Music is a vital part of the life at White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church and there are many opportunities to participate. Vocalists and instrumentalists have options for both group and individual contributions. We present a wide variety of music of different cultures, eras and styles.

WBUUC Adult Choir is open to all adult singers. No auditions are required, though some experience in part singing and reading music is helpful. The choir sings at the 9:00 and 11:00 services twice a month. Rehearsals are Wednesdays 6:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. For more information, contact Thaxter Cunio

WBUUC Big Band is comprised of instrumentalists at WBUUC and special guests. They provide great jazz standards and dance music for two Big Band nights per year along with music for special occasions. For more information, contact Louis Hauser.

WBUUC Youth Jazz Band brings together WBUUC youth and friends for the pleasure of making music with the assist of a qualified director. Participating youth musicians need two years' experience on their jazz instrument (sax, trombone, trumpet, piano, keyboard, guitar, bass, traps). The season is roughly May and June. For more information contact the church office.

Northern Lights Children's Choir is open to children grades one through eight. The children's choir holds rehearsals on Sunday mornings between September and June and performs approximately two to three times per year at the Sunday Services. The Children's Choir is a part of Youth Education at WBUUC and is directed by Russell Packard.

Esperanza is an a cappella choir which sings international songs of freedom and hope. Esperanza meets the 2nd and 4th Thursday evenings from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. For more information, contact the church office.
Wildwood Folksingers is a group dedicated to the folk song genre. Instruments are often used to play and sing joyously together with no performance pressure! For more information, contact the church office.

Featured Musicians
Offers instrumentalists and singers an opportunity to provide music for non-choir Sundays. For more information, contact Thaxter Cunio.

Composer Commissioning Program
The world of sacred music is quite vast, with a long history of choral compositions set to biblical and liturgical texts. In contrast, musical settings of non-traditional and contemporary texts are more difficult to come by. With the proposal of a Composer Commissioning Program at WBUUC, we hope to make a small dent in this contrast. The music committee’s vision is to gather various texts (Unitarian, Humanist, Buddhist, Islamic, Jewish, Christian, Taoist, Hindu, etc.) that lend themselves to music and then vote and select a text to be set to music. A local composer would then be commissioned to write a work using this text with a premiere performance upon completion.

WBUUC Music Staff
Thaxter Cunio, Director of Music/Adult Choir Director
Carol Caouette, Pianist/Vocalist
Mary Duncan, Pianist
Russell Packard, Children's Choir Director