Join us for a wonderful night of Broadway classics in QUEENS!

October 30, The Town Hall. History will be made when one of the world’s greatest Qawwali ensembles, Ustad Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad Qawwal Brothers, bring the soaring poetry and trance-inducing rhythms of the Sufi shrine to the heart of New York City—joining forces for the first time ever with Gospel powerhouse Damien Sneed and his Chorale Le Chateau. This epic concert unites music lovers from across the world through the love of music and the divine, creating bridges of shared ecstasy in a time of turbulence and difference.

Jimmy Carter's first Habitat for Humanity project was in the East Village, off Tompkins Square Park. Carter had a love for music and musicians of every ilk and, as President, he brought many of them to the White House, from Leonard Bernstein and Dizzy Gillespie to the great pedagogical pioneer Shinichi Suzuki. He saw music as a healer and a bridge between diverse groups, and recognized excellence in all genres.

Following the gamelan concert, join us inside the church as we revisit some of that music, with Damien Sneed, his jazz ensemble and gospel Chorale Le Chateau, violinist David Fulmer, soprano Sharon Harms and pianist Joan Forsyth performing favorites close to the President's heart.

One more chance to join us for "A Baroque Fantasy," on May 16, 2025, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel. This concert artfully juxtaposes Antonio Vivaldi's motet "In furore iustissimae irae" with Courtney Carey's Baroque-inspired setting of the poignant hymn Stabat Mater. Featuring Olanna Goudeau, Jay St. Flono, Scott La Marca, Phillip Bullock, and members of the Bronx Arts Ensemble Chamber Orchestra, this is an event you definitely do not want to miss. This program is presented in collaboration with the Bronx Arts Ensemble. FREE ADMISSION

Join us on May 8, 2025, at St. Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church for “A Baroque Fantasy,” a concert that artfully juxtaposes two Latin motets (In furore iustissimae irae and Cessate, omai cessate) by Antonio Vivaldi and the world premiere of the Baroque-inspired setting of the poignant hymn Stabat Mater by Courtney Carey. Featuring Olanna Goudeau, Daveda Browne, Scott La Marca, Justice Yates, and members of the Bronx Arts Ensemble Chamber Orchestra, this is an event you definitely do not want to miss. This program is presented in collaboration with the Bronx Arts Ensemble. FREE ADMISSION

The Unsung & NY Philharmonic present "Songs of Separation" & Brahms' "Requiem", exploring intimacy, longing & the powerful role of women.

A Chamber Opera, Created and Conceived by Composer, Damien Sneed and Librettist, Karen Chilton. Directed by Denyce Graves.

The Town Hall celebrates James Baldwin and the 60th anniversary of the Baldwin/Buckley Cambridge debate with the New York premiere of the chamber opera, THE TONGUE & THE LASH by Damien Sneed, composer/conductor and Karen Chilton, librettist. Making her Town Hall and New York directorial debut, the opera will be directed by world-renowned mezzo-soprano, Denyce Graves-Montgomery.

Admission to the event is:

A used clean overcoat(s)

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a warm clean blanket(s)

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a new unwrapped toy(s)

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2 packages of baby diapers

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$40 cash or check made out to:

Music and Mentoring House, Inc.

Soloist for the presentation of Dr Brown’s new collections of “Spirituals and Inspirational Songs”.

A Celebration of the Pipe Organ and the Christian Experience

Guest soloist, Olanna Goudeau

Parlando Chamber Ensemble

Happy to join the Unsung Collective for it's second collaboration with Bethany Collins on in a series of performances of the Battle Hymn of the Republic— A Hymnal.

“Written by the abolitionist Julia Ward Howe in 1861, The Battle Hymn of the Republic is perhaps the most familiar early American contrafacta, a musical term referring to a song in which the melody remains constant while the lyrics are rewritten over time. Each re-writing in support of a passionately held cause—from revolution, suffrage, temperance and Indigenous sovereignty, to the Confederacy and abolition—articulates an often contradictory version of what it means to be American.”— BrynMawr.Edu