Worship Music at First Church
Music Director -Deborah J Colageo
Deborah has enjoyed a life enriched with wonderful music. Her favorite genres are: classical, sacred and choral music. She attended three colleges, and has taken private lessons in piano, voice and pipe organ throughout her life.
One could say that Deborah naturally seeks to hear music all the day long, and is always excited to tell others about it! When her son was ten years of age and was riding in the car with Deborah he asked, ‘Mom, do we have to listen to classical music all of the time?’ Hhmmm. That had never occurred to her. Haha!
Deborah has had experience in various facets of the music industry, such as: piano accompanist for high school musicals, community choirs, voice students and both school and college classroom settings. She has sung in choirs and choruses her whole life, and for a time served as one of three paid soprano lead vocalists in her colleague’s 36 member church choir. Recently Deborah was honored with the distinction of having been the first hired female, Lutheran trained church musician in a local church’s 101 years history!
In addition to music Deborah loves to draw, sew and perfect her calligraphy, which she taught herself in high school. She is available to teach piano, voice and pipe organ, and is thrilled to have been chosen as the new church musician at First Congregational Church of East Longmeadow, Massachusetts!
