One West / One East Midday Music Series: Americana—Songs, Hymns, and Sounds of the Nation

The Midday Music series presents a variety of musical artists, both singers and instrumentalists, in half hour concerts during the fall and spring. Suggested contribution is $10 per concert. Our Midday Concert series "One West / One East” is a collaboration with Marble Collegiate Church.

Tickets on this site are for the concerts held at the Church of the Transfiguration only. If buying tickets in advance, please make sure that you choose the date you are planning to attend in the dropdown in the top left. It will default to the upcoming concert. 

Below is the full schedule of concerts, which will be held on Wednesdays at 1 pm on the dates below: 

September 30 - Church of the Transfiguration

Claudia Dumschat, organ and Molly Yuko McGuire, mezzo-soprano
Toccata and Fugue on “Chester” (William Billings) — Barbara Harbach
The Fourth of July (A Grand Military Sonata) — James Hewitt
Variations on “America” — Charles Ives
Songs by Charles Ives

October 7, Marble Collegiate Church
Molly Yuko McGuire, mezzo-soprano and Friends
From Ballad to Folk Song: An American Musical Journey

This program traces the transformation of folk singing in America—
from the old ballads brought across the Atlantic, through the birth of distinctly American sacred and shape-note traditions, and into the folk music that survived and evolved as America modernized.
Traditional tunes plus folk arrangements by The Carter Family and The Wailin’

October 14 - Church of the Transfiguration
Thomas Hobson Williams, organist
Sonata No. 2 — Charles Ore
Variations on “Restoration” — Janette Linker
The Path to Glory: Four Spirituals — Evelyn Larter

October 21 - Marble Collegiate Church
Michael Hey, organist - program TBA