Arthur Foote Music Sunday will include Baroque selections by Corelli, Bach, and Handel; music of the Krahô indigenous people of Northern Brazil; and contemporary choral works by Ernani Aguiar, Elizabeth Alexander, Jacob Narverud, and Frank Ticheli. The musical selections have been woven together with reflections and poetry by worship associates Lorelee Wederstrom and Marg Walker. The performers include Unity’s adult, children, and youth choirs, and a professional Baroque orchestra.
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Foote Sunday Musicians
Unity Choir is a large choral ensemble (typically between 60 and 80 voices) and is the strong component on which Unity's choral program is built; a vital and energetic presence in our community. Its members share various levels of musical experience and a wide variety of activities and interests, all of which are brought together by their love of singing, music, and community.
Unity Singers is Unity's auditioned, chamber choral ensemble. Each singer’s involvement is built on a passion for singing and for ministry through music. This ensemble has an outstanding trajectory of representing Unitarian Universalist music locally and abroad through many commissions and premieres of music by world renowned composers, professionally-produced recording projects, and collaborations with other ensembles and community organizations.
Unity's Women’s Ensemble meets for only one half-hour each Sunday morning and to this short rehearsal time the members bring tremendous creative energy, commitment, and joy! While this group emerged and continues to function as a space that supports and empowers women, all soprano and alto singers are encouraged to apply for Unity's Women's Ensemble, including transfeminine, transmasculine, and nonbinary as well as cis male sopranos and altos.
Unity's Youth Choir for grades 6-9 builds on the Children's Choir and responds to the interest and musical skills of Unity's youth and families. Youth Choir is a primarily-vocal group also welcoming instrumentalists to join in the ensemble.
Unity's Children’s Choir is a vibrant group of first through fifth graders that reflects the many talents of our children and the support of our parent community.
Choir Staff
Mark Dietrich, Bass Section Leader
Kathy Kraulik, Pianist and Assistant
Priscilla Morton, Pianist
Kathleen Radspinner, Children's Choir Director
Shahzore Shah, Tenor Section Leader
Shekela Wanyama, Youth Choir Director and Soprano Section Leader
KrisAnne Weiss, Alto Section Leader
Orchestra
Violins: Conor O’Brien, Elizabeth Ball, Zachary Saathoff, Kelby Strobel
Viola: Valerie Little
Violoncello: Jane Cords O’Hara
Double bass: Charles Block
Trumpets: Douglas Carlsen, Daniel Fretland
Timpani: Peter Kogan
Worship Associates
Marg Walker was drawn to Unity Church by its music program in 1999, and has been singing here ever since. A founding member of Unity Singers, Marg has also served as a worship associate, Coming of Age mentor, trustee, and board chair. After a career focused in the human services, public policy, and philanthropy, Marg now pursues her abiding interest in the human voice through poetry and choral music.
Lorelee Wederstrom has been a member of Unity Church for 20 years and during that time has been joyfully engaged as a founding member of Unity Singers and as strategic planner and project manager for the Unity Tomorrow project. Now retired from the University of Minnesota as a facilities executive, Lorelee lives on the banks of the Mississippi River in South Minneapolis with her life partner, Ruth Palmer, and their two canine kids. Ruth and Lorelee were married in Unity's Chapel in 2014.