Sacred Music at Columbia

We present free concerts at St. Paul’s Chapel (117th & Amsterdam) and streaming on YouTube. With questions, contact Julian Bennett Holmes.

While Columbia’s campus remains closed to the public, you can register in advance for each concert, and you will be able to get onto campus for that concert. You must register separately for each concert, and there is a strict deadline: 11am the day before each concert. It is impossible to register late, so please register as soon as you can — simply click the Register link below each concert. (Note: please don’t use the same email address to register more than one person, as this confuses the computers.)

If you are a student, faculty member, or staff member at Columbia and you can already get onto campus, you don’t need to register.

March

Tuesday, March 25, 7pm
Many Paths to the Divine: Devotional Music from the Indian, Persian, and Arab Traditions
This concert will be followed by a discussion with the musicians.
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Thursday, March 27, 6pm
In Nomine Ensemble: Elegance & Wildness
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April

Tuesday, April 1, 7pm
Trio Fadolín
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Thursday, April 3, 6pm
Matt Parker: solo tenor saxophone
(this concert was originally scheduled to be played by Richard X Bennett; he is unable to play this concert and will return in the fall)
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Tuesday, April 8, 7pm
A Bulgarian Celebration, with Yasna Voices & Gail Archer
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Thursday, April 10, 7:30pm (note the unusual time)
The Mystery Sonatas of Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
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Tuesday, April 15, 7pm
Duo Sapientia: violin duos by Gibbons, Bach, and Bartók
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Thursday, April 17, 6pm
New Works for MIDI Organ by Laura Cetilia, Josh Mastel, Seth Cluett, Yike Zhang, Julian Bennett Holmes
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Tuesday, April 22, 7pm
Marco Jimenez, organ
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Tuesday, April 29, 7pm
Sonnambula
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And, organ meditations by Julian Bennett Holmes and guests, every Tuesday at 2pm (through April 29).