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Ionia First
United Methodist Church
105 East Main St
Ionia, Michigan
48846
Phone: 616-527-1860
E-mail: ioniafirst@sbcglobal.net
Office hours:
Monday
9 AM - 3 PM
Tuesday through Thursday
9 AM-12 noon
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The Brill family, long involved with the musical scene of Ionia
and Ionia First UMC in particular
joined with friends to grace us with a concert in our sanctuary on 9/19/2010
Click the image for videos
Featuring:
Pianist Brian Brill
and
Organist Kyle Webber
Sponsored by the Ionia First United Methodist Church Investment Fund
A free-will offering was collected for the Jesus Fund
"Kum-Ba-Yah" .......................................................
...Joel Raney
1. Someone's Dreamin'
2. Someone's Laughin'
3. Someone's Singin'
4. Someone's Dancin'
5. Someone's Mournin'
6. Someone's Shoutin'
"Images" (A Jazz Suite for Organ and Piano)
...Joe Utterback
1. Ballad
2. Dance
3. Jubilee
"A Quiet Meditation on Psalm 63"
Joe Utterback
"In A Mist"
..Bix Beiderbecke
"Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing"
.................Albert Travis
"Go Down, Moses"
...arr. Brian Brill
"What A Friend We Have in Jesus"
.
.Charles Ore
"Lord of the Dance"
..
...Joel Raney
"In His Hands"
Joel Raney
1. The Tiny, Little Baby
2. The Busy, Busy People
3. The Thunder and Lightening
4. The Little "Bitty" Creatures
5. All My Joy
6. All Our Sorrow
7. The Whole Wide World
Brian Brill, pianist and two-time Emmy Award winning composer, has written original music and film scores for PBS Television, CBS Sports, and The Discovery Channel. Recently, he scored thirty "Our Gang" silent films for Turner Classic Movies and the documentary "The Small Matter of Big Science." He continues to produce music for national/regional radio and TV ads.
Brill received his Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Studies from Western Michigan University in 1981. He was one of the founding members of Fast Tracks, a touring group that played clubs and concert halls, opening for many nationally known jazz musicians, including Wynton Marsalis, Herbie Mann, Jeff Lorber, and John Scofield. In addition, he has arranged, played on, or produced a number of award-winning recordings for regional musicians, including David Barrett, Gemini, and the Chenille Sisters.
Brill's personal recordings include "Red Arrow Highway", a smooth jazz project of original compositions with guitarist Robert Tye and "Sunday Morning," which features his own compositions as well as jazz and popular standards. He works out of Attic Studio in Chelsea, Michigan.
Kyle Webber has been Director of Music Ministries and Organist at First United Methodist Church in Chelsea, Michigan since June 2007. There, he leads a comprehensive music ministry of musical groups from Kindergarten - Adult as well as a free community concert series, which attracts performers from across the United States.
Kyle was born and raised in northwest Indiana and graduated from Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana where he earned his Bachelor of Music Education degree in May of 2004.
Before coming to First United Methodist Church, Kyle taught Middle School Band and Orchestra in the Sarasota County, FL public schools and served as Minister of Music at Lakeside Lutheran Church in Venice, FL from 2005-2007. He also has served numerous churches as organist and/or director of music since he was 13 years old including organist at St. John's United Church of Christ in Michigan City, Indiana from 2002-2004.
Kyle currently serves on the Executive Board of the Ann Arbor Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and is a member of the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts and the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers.
