What's New
New Director of Music at CUMC
We welcome Eric Luminais as the newly hired Music Director at CUMC. He joins us in worship on Sunday, January 19, in his official role.
Eric Luminais is a professional musician and flutist born and raised in the west suburbs of Chicago. He started out his professional career teaching private lessons and as a tenor for the FUMC in Lebanon, Tennessee.
From 2017 to 2021, Eric served in the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band in Okinawa, building international relations through music.
He returned to the U.S. and took a job as a flute maker with Wm. S. Haynes Flute Co. for several years before moving to Iowa to start his doctoral studies in music performance at the University of Iowa.
Eric now lives in Coralville with his partner, Dani, and their cat(Harvest) and dog (Harlow).
He is absolutely thrilled to be joining the Coralville United Methodist Church as the Music Director.