Music At Eden

Vocal Music
Sunday worship features choral and congregational singing performed and supported by our Chancel Choir. 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. 

Community Music
Through seasonal and special events, we promote community music and the visual arts. Music Making at Midweek is a free, after-school program offered by Eden for children living in the Eden area. Recent events have included choral, jazz, and blues events that combine music, visual art, and refreshments, and benefit partner organizations and the people whom they serve.

Professional Staff
Eden’s music programs are directed by our Minister of Music and Outreach, Mark Unbehagen, who with our organist, Loris Coburn, and our accompanist, Marla Bacina, bring a level of musicianship and magnanimity to the ministry of music that is without peer for a church of our size.