Join us for an evening of spectacular music from Strauss, Verdi, Mozart, Sondheim, Gounod, and many more performed by the First United Methodist Church of Marietta "Choral Scholars.".The Choral Scholars (Marissa Alban, Dylan Cronan, Jessica Crowell, Coleman Hand, and Lydia McCutcheon) will present a variety of music from Opera, to Musical Theatre hits, to choral music, and hymns.

Online pricing is $25 per person—early bird pricing of $20 available through March 12. Children 12 and under are free but do require a ticket.  Cash sales will be available after Worship in the Gathering Area on March 9, 16, and 23. Nursery Staff will provide childcare for children ages 8 weeks to 5 years old. All proceeds go towards the Music Ministry of First United Methodist Church of Marietta.

The Inaugural Choral Scholars Fundraising Concert will be performed by the First United Methodist Church of Marietta Choral Scholars. Scholars will present a variety of music from Opera, to Musical Theatre hits, to choral music, and hymns. All ticket sales and donations will go towards funding the music ministry. 2025 Choral Scholars: Lydia McCutcheon, Marissa Alban, Jessica Crowell, Dylan Cronan, Coleman Hand, and accompanied by Brian Parks.

Cash sales will be available in the Gathering Area immediately after both Worship Services.

REGISTER HERE

Join us for an evening of spectacular music from Strauss, Verdi, Mozart, Sondheim, Gounod, and many more! The Inaugural Choral Scholars Fundraising Concert will be performed by the First United Methodist Church of Marietta Choral Scholars. Scholars will present a variety of music from Opera, to Musical Theatre hits, to choral music, and hymns. 2025 Choral Scholars: Lydia McCutcheon, Marissa Alban, Jessica Crowell, Dylan Cronan, Coleman Fuller, and accompanied by Brian Parks. All ticket sales and donations will go towards the music ministry.

REGISTER HERE

Parents and students in 6-12th grade are encouraged to attend this session in Room 263, where choir student and adult leadership will present comprehensive information regarding service projects; music training and enactment; and the purpose and vision for the group. This year's two expeditions will be discussed in full, and the 2026 European tour will be included in the talk. An open rehearsal concludes the gathering.

Join us in both worship services on Sunday, August 25 for Music in Ministry Sunday. The Adult Choir, Youth Choir, Children's Choirs (11:15 a.m. worship only), Handbell Choir, Instrumentalists, and their leaders, will provide wonderful music.

Join us at 4:00 p.m. in the sanctuary on Sunday, June 9 for a festive concert with organist Ronald Ebrecht! Mr. Ebrecht will play works spanning the canon including pieces by four African-American composers: Thomas "Fats" Waller; Florence Price; W.C. Handy; and Edmund Jenkins . In addition to being University Organist Emeritus at Wesleyan (CT) and a Yale Fellow, Mr. Ebrecht is the designer of our incomparable new sanctuary instrument. He has concertized on five continents and is considered the world's foremost authority on the music of Maurice Duruflé and the organs built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. This event is free, open to all, and not to be missed!

Nursery Staff will provide childcare for ages 8 weeks - 5 years old on June 9 for the Summer Organ Concert Series. Please register your child(ren) HERE by Friday, June 7.

Drop-off and pick-up will run from the 1st Floor Nursery Lobby.
The Nursery will open for drop-off beginning at 3:40pm.
Pick-up will be directly following the end of the concert. 

We do ask that all children attending Nursery complete registration so we can gather appropriate information regarding allergies, emergency contacts, and plan for the appropriate number of Nursery Staff. 

The Atlanta Concert Band returns to the Park on Polk for the third straight year to present a Spring Pops Concert on Sunday, May 5th at 6:00 PM. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy music in this beautiful pavilion. The Band will perform the music of John Philip Sousa, John Williams, George Gershwin, and more. Featured guests will include mezzo-soprano, and Atlanta Concert Band Board Member, Dian Knight.

Dr. Alcee Chriss, a multiple laureate of many of the world's most prestigious competitions, is one of the great organists of our time. On Saturday April 27 at 7:00 p.m., he will dedicate the church's new pipe organ with a festive concert demonstrating the instrument's near-infinite sonic dimensions. This event is free and open to the public, and not to be missed. 

A featured star in the PBS documentary Pipe Dreams (2019), Alcee Chriss III is an organist and keyboardist from Fort Worth, TX.   Winner of the 2017 Canadian International Organ Competition and Firmin Swinnen Silver Medalist at the 2016 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition, he is widely regarded as one of the leading young organists of our time. He will perform works by Bach, Whitlock, Franck, Joplin, and an Improvisation. You are invited to a dessert reception after the program in the Reception Hall.

Youth Choir Cooks (and Croons) for You! Join us for a choir-made supper and concert on April 17th, 6:30-8:30 p.m. and fund scholarships for the 57th Annual Summer Music & Mission Tour to New England! REGISTER HERE

Georgia Boy Choir will join our Chancel Choir to provide music for both the 9:00 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Worship Services.

Our Director of Music, Dr. Nicole Marane, has been collaborating and working with David White and the Georgia Boy Choir since 2010. We are excited to welcome them to worship on Sunday March 3rd to join the Chancel Choir in providing music for our 9am and 11.15am Worship services.

The purpose of the Georgia Boy Choir is to achieve the highest possible standard of musical excellence, while instilling in its members a life-long appreciation of music; an abiding love of beauty; a keen sense of respect for themselves and others; and the self-discipline necessary to become effective leaders in their families, their communities and the world.

Choir Opportunity! Do you like to sing but can't commit to singing for rehearsals and worship every week? Do you enjoy Christmas music? YOU are all welcome to join the Festival Choir! The Festival Choir will join the Chancel Choir for "Lessons and Carols" Sunday December 15, Christmas Eve, and Sunday December 29. To learn more about rehearsal requirements and dates (including some Saturday options), and to sign up, please contact the Director of Music for information: nicolemarane@mariettafumc.org

Celebrate The Year of the Organ at our Organ Consecration Service.

We will rejoice over the installation of our beautiful Glatter-Götz, Op. 39 as organists Dr. Nicole Marane and Brian Parks and the First United Methodist Church of Marietta Chancel Choir lead us in a dedicatory worship service. We will situate the organ as belonging uniquely to this house of worship, whose sacred role is to lift up musical offerings with praise and thanksgiving to God.  

Donate to the Organ Fund HERE

Choir rehearsals resume Wednesday August 16 at 7pm in the Choir Room (Room 263). We welcome new and returning singers! If you’re interested in joining us, please contact Dr. Nicole Marane at nicolemarane@mariettafumc.org

The church’s fantastic youth choir begins its summer weekly sessions June 18th, 4:00 - 5:30 pm in Room 305. Open to all rising 6th-12th graders. Contact Directress Catherine Moulton for information at catherinemoulton@mariettafumc.org

What is Chapel Choir? Why isn’t it just called Youth Choir? Why do they work so hard? Why is the material they do harder than what they do in school even while they rehearse less? What is the big news for 2026 that requires us getting ready now? What’s the food like? How do you handle the social complexities of this age range? What can I do to help?

And other questions, answered. REGISTER HERE & meet us in room 304.

Join us for a thrilling outdoor concert featuring the Atlanta Concert Band on May 7 at 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. as we kick off our Summer Concert Series in the Park on Polk! Director Paul Scanling leads his forces of 70 brass, woodwinds, and percussionists in music spanning centuries and genres. Brian Parks, Organist and Associate Director of Music at Marietta First United Methodist Church, will join the group as Guest Soloist in George Gershwin's iconic "Rhapsody in Blue," for which a grand piano will be played outside!

Learn more about how you can donate HERE.

Come rehearse with the Chancel Choir as we prepare for the the great festival of Easter Sunday, April 9. Prepare to sing resurrection hymns and glorious anthems from Handel's Messiah, including the Hallelujah Chorus! Join us on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. in Room 263 starting on Wednesday, March 1 through April 9. Contact BrianParks@mariettafumc.org if you're interested.

Families of all ages are invited to join us for Christmas in the Park where we will enjoy a time of fellowship and fun centered on the anticipation of the arrival of the birth of Jesus! Crafts, games, live nativity, a petting zoo and more will make this an evening to remember. We look forward to seeing you there!

Experience the fantastical beauty and physical impossibility-made-possible that is Cirque de Soleil, under the tent at Atlantic Station in Atlanta. REGISTER HERE

Fish, slide, chill, eat, swim! A day in the sun at Lake Allatoona and a 32-ft mega cruiser, with slide and galley. Fun guaranteed or Mr. Parks will drink a gallon of lake water*. Angling lessons given by Choir Captain Lucas Price. We leave the church at 7:45 a.m. and return at 6:00 p.m. Lunch included in cost.
*Lake water may be drunk slowly in micro-increments over 1,000 year period.

REGISTER HERE

Organ Pipe Signing - August 21: Join us on the 3rd Floor during the Sunday School hour (10:10 a.m.) and following the 11:15 a.m. service for a tour of the organ chambers and a chance to sign an actual pipe.