Evan Makes Music

01/10/2026

Bittersweet news to report from Evan Makes Music! After nearly twenty years at Our Lady of Mount Virgin in Garfield, this weekend is my last weekend as Music Director there. I'll still be there on Saturday evenings to play the 5pm mass while they look for a permanent replacement, but from now on my Sundays will be spent at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Park Ridge! I'm grateful for many joyful years of music making at Mt. Virgin, excited about the new opportunity and can't wait to start, while also feeling bittersweet about leaving my long-time "home base."

In other news - I have taken and officially passed the Music Content Knowledge Praxis, meaning I will also be looking to become a classroom music teacher in this new year! Big career changes, but as always, I'll be making music everywhere.

If you'd like to see me make some more music, come check out Pascack Hills Players production of the Addams Family this Spring! I'm choral directing and playing Key 1 in the pit (with my buddy Joe Christianson conducting!) I'll be sure to post ticket links as soon as they're available.

Thanks for all the support, friends! Make music everywhere.

05/23/2024

Tickets are now on sale for the Big Gay Cabaret! I'll be performing in a few numbers! Come support OLT and the Bergen County LGBTQPIA+ Alliance!

05/15/2024

Hi friends! Many of you know my friend Naomi Dances - unfortunately, her cancer is back and she needs us now more than ever. Please click the link, read, learn more, and then donate as generously as you can, and if you can't donate, please share this fundraiser with as many people as you can! Let's keep Naomi dancing through cancer. Thanks, friends.

Hi, my name is Evan, and I've been friends with Naomi Arad-Broome since high sch… Evan Cerqueira needs your support for Help Keep Naomi Dancing Through Cancer

03/09/2023

12/27/2022

It's your last chance to vote in the annual OLTie Awards! Yours truly is nominated along with Armanda Cerqueira and a whole host of deserving, talented friends! Please take the survey, be sure to vote in every category, and pass it along to friends and family! See you at the Gala in February!

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09/09/2022

It's that time of year again! As you're packing up the kids lunches and packing up their schedules, don't forget to make time for music lessons! Students who take music lessons score significantly higher in Science, Math, and English! Visit evanmakesmusic.com and snag a time slot!