Sacred Music at Columbia

Concerts are at St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University (117th & Amsterdam), and streaming on YouTube. No tickets or reservations are required, and the concerts are free and open to all.

With questions, contact Julian Bennett Holmes.

Julian Bennett Holmes and occasional guests play organ meditations every Tuesday at 1pm (except March 12th, during spring break).

JANUARY

Tuesday, January 30th at 7pm: Inner & outer worlds, with Domenic Salerni, Carrie Frey, Raffi Boden

FEBRUARY

Thursday, February 1st at 6pm: Yifei Xu: The Other End… — New Music from Around the World for Piano & Electronics

Tuesday, February 6th at 7pm: Jude Ziliak, violin, & Nicola Canzano, harpsichord: Phantasticus to rococo

Thursday, February 8th at 6pm: Raga-influenced chamber concerto, by pianist Richard X Bennett

Thursday, February 15th at 6pm: Organist Marco A. Jimenez plays Messiaen’s Les Corps glorieux

Tuesday, February 20th at 7pm: Chris Morrongiello, Renaissance lute

Thursday, February 22nd at 6pm: Nicole Brancato & Greg Hammontree: Impressions — explorations of improvisation & classical music

Tuesday, February 27th at 7pm: Benne Synge, Scorzia, and Colm Keady-Tabbal: AMN’T — music for organ, voices, and electronics

Thursday, February 29th at 6pm: In Nomine ensemble: Baroque music from across Europe

MARCH

Tuesday, March 5th at 7pm: TeReKeTe: Tabla recital by Mir Naqibul Islam, with Shreyas Ravi, harmonium, & Elliot Cole, keyboard

Thursday, March 7th at 6pm: Visveshwar Nagarajan, flute, and Kedar Naphade, harmonium

Saturday, March 23rd at 7pm: Ekmeles vocal ensemble: Lamentations

Thursday, March 28th at 6pm: Organist Gail Archer: B.A.C.H.

APRIL

Thursday, April 4th at 6pm: Stacey Fraser & Alastair Edmonstone: Sigmund Dreams of the Earth — A meditation for the elements

Thursday, April 11th at 6pm: Roan Ma, violin: Music of Clara Schumann, Ruth Crawford Seeger, and Kaija Saariaho

Saturday, April 13th from 12pm–8pm: John Cage’s As Slow As Possible: 8-Hour Organ Marathon

Tuesday, April 16th at 7pm (downstairs in the choir room): Terton celebrates the release of its new Tzadik CD, Outer, Inner, Secret

Tuesday, April 23rd at 7pm: The Elbereth Duo (Dongmyung Ahn, violin, & Yi-heng Yang, harpsichord) — Music by Bach & Couperin

Thursday, April 25th at 6pm: Vinay Desai, santoor

Tuesday, April 30th at 7pm: Orange Road String Quartet: Sonic Architectures

MAY

Thursday, May 2nd at 6pm: Liudmila Matsyura: Spanish Organ Music

Tuesday, May 14th at 7pm: New Music for Chamber Quartet

Thursday, May 16th at 6pm: New Works for MIDI Organ by Laura Cetilla, Seth Cluett, Julian Bennett Holmes

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