Please join us at National City Christian Church on Friday, November 7, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday concert. We are delighted to be welcoming organist Jeremiah Mead and soprano Luisa Fernanda Torres, who will perform an exciting program of operatic and contemporary vocal pieces and a monumental work for organ:
- Dich Teure Halle from Tannhäuser, Act 2 – Richard Wagner
- Oh! quante volte from I Capuleti e Montecchi – Vincenzo Bellini
- Toccata, Villiancico and Fuga, 18 – Alberto Ginastera
- Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma
- I Got Rhythm from Girl Crazy – George Gershwin
Jeremiah Mead and Luisa Fernanda Torres met in New York City in 2019 and have been working together ever since, performing at various venues in the United States and the United Kingdom. Organist Jeremiah Mead is a concert organist and church musician with organ degrees from Juilliard and Jacobs School of Music. He currently serves as Director of Music at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Verona, New Jersey. Colombian soprano Luisa studied voice both in the U.S. and in Austria and has performed in various notable operatic roles. She currently teaches music at schools in New Jersey and is a staff singer at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.
If you are unable to join us in person, you may view a livestream on our YouTube channel (Friends of National City Christian Church) or on our Facebook page (National City Christian Church). You may also view a recording afterwards at those same sites.