PETER STANGANELLI & RAPTURE offer a wonderful concert package which includes the six piece group and a complete sound system. Rapture plays middle of the road Christian rock which can appeal to all ages. They get your audience involved occasionally singing along with the group. Their music is a mixture of approximately 75% original material from their CD’s and 25% popular standard Christian songs including a contemporary version of Amazing Grace, Put A little Love in Your Heart, Put Your Hand in the Hand, Celine Dion's That's The Way It Is and an exciting grand finale version of God Bless America.

Peter Stanganelli has been promoting positive messages through his music for many years performing in various concert halls, colleges and churches since 1986. Peter holds an MA Degree in Music Composition/Theory and a BA in Music Education. He is currently one of the Directors of Instrumental Music in the Garden City Public Schools. He founded Christian Music Ministry of America in 1985 and later Do It Up America in 1997. He has appeared numerous times on national TV as well as Telicare TV with Father James Vlaun and Father Thomas Hartman.

Peter and his band have performed many benefit concerts to feed and shelter the poor in the New York area. Peter was the cantor at the Pastoral Formation Weekends for the Diocese of Rockville Center in New York from 2001-2004. He was also Director of Music for the South Shore Y Jewish Community Center's Summer Camp on Long Island, New York during that same time period. Peter and his band have performed many times at the Jones Beach Summer Christian Ccncert Series at the Jones Beach Band Shell. Peter lives in Merrick and is quite well known throughout the Long Island/Tri State area, especially in the Christian community.