Scroll down to explore Downtown Music’s exciting 38th Season.

Scroll down to explore Downtown Music’s exciting 38th Season.

Free 45-minute programs at 12:10pm every
Wednesday from September through May.


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Sounds of the Scottish Highlands - Piper Jonathan Henken
Sep
17

Sounds of the Scottish Highlands - Piper Jonathan Henken

Celebrated piper Jonathan Henken returns to Downtown Music with a program of ancient airs and dances of Scotland. This outdoor concert will take place on the church lawn. In the event of rain, the concert will be held in Grace Church.

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The Chapin Sisters
Oct
22

The Chapin Sisters

The Chapin Sisters return to Downtown Music at Grace with their distinctive sound, a skillful blend of the music of Appalachia, country, folk and pop that makes a deep emotional connection with all who hear them.

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Winds Downtown
Oct
29

Winds Downtown

An all-star cast of Metropolitan Opera Musicians plays woodwind quintet arrangements of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and the Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue in celebration of the life of Bob Fischel.

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TWO Pianos - TWO PIANISTS
Nov
5

TWO Pianos - TWO PIANISTS

Pianists Nabeel Hayek and Amir Ron perform virtuosic duo piano works including a thrilling transcription of Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. IV.

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Treasures of the High Baroque
Nov
19

Treasures of the High Baroque

Music of Handel, Telemann and Bach comes to life as Jörg-Michael Schwarz, violin and Dongsok Shin, harpsichord offer Treasures of the High Baroque.

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Holiday Cabaret with Kimberly Hawkey
Dec
10

Holiday Cabaret with Kimberly Hawkey

It's been said that Kimberley Hawkey, "conjures vistas of the heart for an age in need of vintage, time-tested soul sustenance.” We couldn't agree more, and always look forward to her concerts with Downtown Music as special events.

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Angelica Chamber Choir
Dec
17

Angelica Chamber Choir

 A visit from this wonderful chamber choir, directed by Marie Caruso, has become a seasonal tradition for our Downtown Music audience.

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One Piano, Four Hands
Jan
7

One Piano, Four Hands

Pianist Svetlana Gorokhovich is joined by pianist Irena Portenko for a program including Waltzes of Johannes Brahms from Opus 39, and a transcription of the Beethoven Symphony No. 1.

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Hailey McAvoy, mezzo soprano and Bethany Pietroniro, piano
Jan
28

Hailey McAvoy, mezzo soprano and Bethany Pietroniro, piano

Hailey McAvoy, mezzo soprano and Bethany Pietroniro, piano offer achingly beautiful songs of Maurice Ravel, Alban Berg, and Errolyn Wallen, the exciting Belize born British composer who was recently appointed Master of the King’s Music by King Charles III. 

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Tom Chapin
Mar
11

Tom Chapin

With 26 recordings and hundreds of songs in his repertoire, Tom Chapin serves up a tasty mix of story songs, ballads, comedic and political songs, family music, sing-alongs, old-time folk classics and a favorite song or two of his late brother Harry’s. Tom accompanies himself on guitar, banjo and autoharp and is joined by longtime collaborator, Michael Mark, who plays concertina and bass.

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Reggie Harris
Apr
22

Reggie Harris

Singer-songwriter, storyteller and world-renowned song-leader Reggie Harris makes his Downtown Music debut.

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The Third Annual Dorothy Jackson Memorial Concert
Apr
29

The Third Annual Dorothy Jackson Memorial Concert

The 12 professional voices of the Downtown Music Chorale celebrate the music of Anglo-African composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and his circle of colleagues including Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst. Timothy Lewis conducts.

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Ruthie and Mike of the Mammals
May
13

Ruthie and Mike of the Mammals

Downtown Music is thrilled to welcome Ruth Ungar and Mike Merenda of The Mammals, who hail from New York’s Hudson Valley. Over two decades, the Mammals have built a legacy of genre-defying and emotionally resonant folk-rock praised as “some of the best songwriting of their generation” (LA Times).

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Angelica Chamber Choir
May
20

Angelica Chamber Choir

Angelica, the women’s chamber choir directed by Marie Caruso returns to Downtown Music. In addition to its holiday concert, this wonderful group offers an annual spring concert which, this year, explores music inspired by longing, beauty, and spiritual contemplation.

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Craig Taborn, Piano— A White Plains Jazz Festival Event
Sep
10

Craig Taborn, Piano— A White Plains Jazz Festival Event

Celebrated for his visionary improvisations bordering on jazz and contemporary classical music, and hailed by The New York Times as “one of the best jazz pianists alive,” Craig Taborn makes his White Plains debut in this fully improvised solo piano concert.

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