Maggie Hanson
Music Minister, Choir Director, Organist and Pianist; Maggie leads the music ministry at St. Patrick Church. Please email or call any time: [email protected] / 973-635-0625, ext. 2161.

REGISTRATION:  To sign up for any choir, please click on the appropriate Choir Registration link located in the left-hand column of this webpage. 

Living Nativity Choir Grades K-4:  Our youngest choir sings for the 4pm Christmas Eve mass and also performs for the Living Nativity with costumes and music. The 2025 Living Nativity Performance will be Saturday, December 20 at 4:30pm prior to the 5pm Mass.
 
                                     Rehearsals are Wednesdays 5:00pm - 5:35pm starting October 22

Boys and Girls Choir Grades 4-8:  Our intermediate choir sings for the 9:30am mass monthly and also sings for the Christmas Eve, the annual Christmas Concert, Easter, First Communions, and Confirmation. This choir also participates in the Pueri CantoresNational Choir Festival. Prayer, teamwork, music reading, and music-learning games are important parts of our rehearsals.

Rehearsals Wednesdays 3:45pm - 4:30pm starting September 24
 

God Unplugged Choir - Grades 7-12 and young adults. Our lively ensemble of instrumentalists and vocalists plays for the Sunday 5:00pm mass each week during the academic year. The group also plays hand bells for the Christmas concert and performs music for the high school Action and Antioch retreat masses. Rehearsals are at 3:45pm in the church prior to the mass. God UnPlugged - be a GUPPY!

                                          Rehearsals Sundays 3:45pm - 5:00pm starting September 14
                                            
                                                                  
St. Patrick Choir - SATB adults and high school. Our choir family of approximately thirty-five members sings September through Pentecost. Members choose to sing for the Saturday 5pm mass or Sunday 11:30am liturgy. The groups sings a wide variety of styles and levels of difficulty. Previous choral or music experience is helpful but not required. Rehearsals are held in the church.

                                           Rehearsals Wednesdays 7:00pm-9:00pm starting September 10

                                                                  

Youth Instrumentalists.   Instrumentalists in 7^th through 12^th grade are encouraged to register for our teenage ensemble “God Unplugged” (see above).
                              
Freelance Adult Instrumentalists. Accomplished adult instrumentalists schedule with the music minister independently as desired for any mass.

Cantors. All cantors are volunteers and sing with one of our choirs.