http://cymaticsconference.com/ LEAD PASTOR
buy Neurontin gabapentin The Reverend, Sheila M. Beckford
Appointed 2026
BIO Pending
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC
Karina Calabro
Karina has been sharing her musical talent and experience at MUMC for several years. For this reason, the Choir sings in different languages such as German, Hebrew and Swahili. Also, because of her eclectic musical background, Karina believes in providing a variety of musical styles at MUMC. One can hear the Choir, Solo instrumentalist/Vocalist, Bell Choir or Praise Band being featured at any given time of the month.
Karina was known as the “Church Mouse” as a child because she lived in an apartment at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in New Rochelle with her parents who were Sextons there. During that time, she was involved in the Church Choirs, formed her own Vocal Groups and directed Musical Shows. She attended Capital University in Columbus, Ohio as a Voice Major and went on to earn a M.A. in Music Performance at NYU which included study abroad in Munich, Germany.
Karina has been a performing artist for most of her professional career. As a Coloratura Soprano, she has sung in several Opera Houses in Germany and Switzerland and has performed various roles in Musical Theatre, such as Maria in “West Side Story”. She has toured and cruised around the world as the Vocalist for the Sammy Kaye Orchestra and has appeared on TV and in Film, including the role of the Opera Singer in the hit movie: “Pretty Woman”.
Ten years ago, Karina was asked to be the Music Director at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Mt. Kisco, NY. She was pleasantly surprised to sense that this is what she should be doing with her life. To improve her skills as a Church Music Director, she went back to school… this time to a Seminary! She has since earned a MACM (Master of Arts in Church Music) Degree at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio and is currently working on an additional degree in Theological Studies with a focus on Interreligious Relations.
In recent years as an Interfaith Music Director, Karina has had many wonderful opportunities, such as accompanying Cantors from Synagogues throughout the U.S. on a Healing Mission to Germany, being asked to be part of a group of 300 Singers from around the world to perform in a Gospel Music Festival in Prague, being invited to be the Music Leader for a Congregation of African Seventh Day Adventists on a trip to South Africa, and assisting the Bet Torah Cantor of Mt. Kisco on a tour of Israel. (One of her biggest thrills was singing a Duet in Hebrew with the Cantor at the Wall of Jerusalem.)
Karina also enjoys Ballroom Dancing, Foreign Film and Traveling. She volunteers at various Animal Shelters and Sanctuaries across the U.S. and has her own little “Menagerie” in her apartment at the MUMC Church House, where she is, once again in her life, known as the Church Mouse.
Amber began working for Mamaroneck United Methodist Church in 2022.
She is a 2010 graduate of Buffalo State College (now University) with a BS in Hospitality – Restaurant and Institutional Management. She has over 5+ years of retail management experience and began her admin career in the United Methodist Church in 2016 as the Administrative Assistant to the Pastor/ Office Manager for First Hollis UMC in Hollis Queens, NY. In March 2020, at the beginning of the pandemic, Amber was hired for the positions of AAtP/OM at New Rochelle UMC. When the city of New Rochelle was mandated to shut down, she helped NRUMC to transition to the newly needed world of virtual meetings.
In 2022 New Rochelle UMC and Mamroneck UMC were blessed with the appointment of their former Pastor, The Rev. Dr. Peola C. Hicks. In the fall of that same year Amber was hired in the position of Office Manager for Mamaroneck United Methodist Church. She currently splits her days between NRUMC and MUMC.
Amber grew up in and currently resides in the Bronx, NY with her 2 boys Jeremiah and Marcel. She is currently the Audio/Visual director for New Rochelle UMC and a small business owner. She enjoys spending her time with family and friends and being the best example she can be for her boys and niblings.
Anner has been the church’s caretaker for many years. He is responsible for cleaning and caring for the church facility, His dedication and hard work is evident in the beautiful and clean condition of the buildings on our church campus.
Anner is married with children.