Musician in Residence

The mission of our Musician in Residence program is to provide space for local musicians to create (teach, write, and practice) and showcase (in worship, outreach/concerts, and educational workshops/masterclasses) their music in exchange for “in-reach” and “out-reach,” resulting in bringing people together through a common love of music in a safe and sacred space.

• The MiR program enables South Church to:
  Enhance music and the arts for people of all ages in a welcoming environment
• Expand and diversify musical and artistic offerings to engage listeners on a deeper level
• Promote musical and artistic offerings as an outreach to the greater community
• Foster unique communication and expression among those who love music
• Provide spiritual and educational experiences through sacred music

• The MiR program enables South Church to provide support to local artists by:
  Providing space to create, teach, rehearse, and showcase their work
• Offering access to instruments (e.g. Yamaha S7X concert grand piano & Bozeman pipe organ)
• Giving opportunities to collaborate with musicians and artists of various levels and experiences
• Sharing news of events and projects to our congregation and the greater community
• Mentorship by our professional musical staff

Questions? Contact Cathy Meyer, Minister of Music.

2025-2026 is the premier season for Polaris Flutes.  This group was founded to fill a need for flute ensemble performance opportunities for professional flutists on Boston’s North Shore. The members come from various career backgrounds, but all have vast performance experience including orchestras, community bands, chamber ensembles, mixed groups, pit orchestras for theatrical performances, teaching, and solo performing. 

The group’s mission is to provide not only the performance opportunities for the members, but to provide musical experiences for members of the north shore communities, including churches, senior living facilities, local events, special occasions such as weddings/funerals among others.  Our plan is to host and coordinate master classes for youths from middle and high school surrounding communities and give them opportunities to learn from, and occasionally play, with professional musicians. We will also be collaborating with various musicians from the South Church for some of our upcoming performances. 

Polaris Flutes are grateful for the South Church’s generous acceptance into the Musicians in Residence program and we consider it an honor and privilege to have their support for our efforts.   To give back to the South Church, the group will be performing during the upcoming year on multiple occasions and we invite the community to join us on this journey.