Music At Eden

Professional Staff
Eden’s music programs are directed by our Music Director, Lee Steward, who with our organist, Loris Coburn, brings a level of musicianship and magnanimity to the ministry of music that is without peer for a church of our size.

Vocal Music
Sunday worship features choral and congregational singing performed and supported by our Intergenerational Choir (high school through adult). Musical selections vary in period and style. Rehearsals are held on Thursday evenings from 7:30-9:00 p.m. Newcomers are welcome. Our young people receive music education as part of Church School, and rehearse and perform in Advent, Christmas, Holy Week, and Pentecost services.

Instrumental Music
Our Swain and Kates pipe organ was designed in Germany and purchased and installed in the Sanctuary in 1965. The organ has a full pedal and three manual keyboards with thirty-three ranks allowing for an enormous variety of instrumental sounds. Piano accompaniment on the Steinway grand piano is a frequent feature of Sunday services. Acoustic and electric guitar, bass, synthesizer, and drums are also included in worship. Other instruments heard at special services include brass, woodwinds, hand bells, and Orff keyboard instruments. 

2010 Performing Arts Concert Series

Eden Church launches its inaugural season of the Performing Arts Concert Series, “Art for Goodness Sake,” on Sunday, January 17, 2010, at 3 p.m. The series offers superior musical experiences at an affordable price, while lifting spirits and funding organizations that are contributing to the common good. The exciting 2010 program includes performers from across the world stage, including New York Soprano Jessica House Steward, and internationally renowned Greek pianist Charis Dimaras.

All charities benefiting from the Performing Arts Series are registered nonsectarian, nonprofit organizations.

Become an Eden Performing Arts Series

Sponsor by providing a gift of $100 or more, and receive an E-PASS (season ticket) to the concert series, and the joy of being a patron of the arts and several worthy charities. Additional E-PASS benefits include:

• Priority seating for every concert
• Listing (optional) in the “Friends” section of concert programs
• Monthly email reminders of upcoming concerts
• An invitation to an E-PASS members celebration

The next concert in the Eden Performing Arts Series will be on March 21, 2010, 3 p.m., with Soprano Rebecca Krouner. She is excited to perform a recital for women's history month featuring music by female composers from the Baroque to the present. The concert will include works by Barbara Strozzi, Clara Schumann, Amy Beach, and the premiere of a song cycle by Berkeley composer Elizabeth Baker.

Rebecca is currently singing Lady Ella in "Patience" with Lamplighters Theatre, and will be singing Clorinda with Pocket Opera's "La Cenerentola" in February. She holds a masters in music from Manhattan School of Music and a BA in comparative literature and Italian studies from Brown University.

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For more information on the series, or to discuss group discounts, please contact Lee Steward.

To purchase an E-PASS, please complete the Order Form and mail or deliver it to Eden Church with payment.

  E-PASS Invitation Letter

  E-PASS Brochure

  E-PASS Order Form