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Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, March 24, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday. This week we are delighted to be welcoming New York City organist James D. Wetzel to perform a program of music from the eighteenth and...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, March 17, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday. This week we are delighted to be welcoming composer and organist Carson Cooman to perform a program of music by four contemporary composers....

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, March 10, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday. This week we are delighted to be welcoming Muen Vanessa Wei to perform a program of music for piano by two great composers: 32 Variations in C...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, March 3, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday. This week we are delighted to be welcoming organist Midori Ataka to perform a program of music reflecting cultures of Europe, North America, and...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, February 24, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday. This week we are delighted to be welcoming Irvin Peterson and David Houston to perform a program for organ and saxophone. In observance of...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, February 10, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday. This week we are delighted to be welcoming organist Glenn Little from Stafford, Virginia. In observance of Black History Month, this week’s...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, February 3, at 12:15 p.m., for our first Music at Midday recital of 2023. This week we are delighted to be welcoming back organist John A. Wolfe. As we begin Black History Month, Dr. Wolfe has included...

Thanks to all who have helped to support Music at Midday concerts at National City Christian Church with your financial gifts. During nine months of the year, it is our joy to hear weekly performances by fine musicians that inspire, challenge, and uplift us. As you...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, December 16, at 12:15 p.m., for our final Music at Midday recital of 2022. This week we are welcoming organist Justin Brueggeman, who will perform a program of great works by great composers: Prelude and...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, December 2, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday recital. This week we are welcoming organist Jacob Reed, who will perform a program of works that stretch over nearly 400 years: Pastoral –...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, November 18, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday recital. This week we are welcoming Baltimore organist Jordan Prescott, who will perform a program of music by a variety of composers: Nun...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, November 4, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday recital. This week we are welcoming organist Christopher Reynolds, who will perform a rich variety of music: Sonata for Organ in C minor, Op....

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, October 28, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday recital. This week we are welcoming organist David Brock, who will perform the magnificent Symphony No. 6 in G minor by Charles-Marie Widor....

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, October 21, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday recital. This week we are welcoming organist Phillip Lamb, who will perform a program of music that you are sure to enjoy: The Canterbury March...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, October 14, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday recital. This week we are welcoming organist Joby Bell, who will perform a program that is sure to delight: Carillon-Sortie – Henri Mulet...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, October 7, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday recital. This week we are welcoming Houston pianist Yvonne Chen, who will perform a program of music by French composers: Prelude from Le...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, September 30, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday recital. This week we are welcoming Pittsburgh organist Nicholas Will to perform a program of great music by two great composers: Pièce...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, September 23, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday recital. This week we are welcoming organist Justus (Jay) Parrotta, who will be performing a program of music that he has entitled “A Fall...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, June 17, at 12:15 p.m., for our weekly Music at Midday recital. We are delighted to be welcoming organist and composer Carson Cooman, who will be performing works by three living composers: Invokationen –...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, June 3, at 12:15 p.m., for our weekly Music at Midday recital. We are delighted to be welcoming organist Carol Feather Martin, who will perform a program that she has entitled, “Oberlin Connections”: On the...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, May 27, at 12:15 p.m., for our weekly Music at Midday recital. We are delighted to be welcoming Matthew Dion, who currently serves as Organ Scholar at Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal) in Houston, Texas,...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, May 20, at 12:15 p.m., for our weekly Music at Midday recital. We are delighted to be welcoming organist Richard Spotts, from Doylestown, Pennsylvania, to perform the “Three Poems for Organ” by Charles...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, May 13, at 12:15 p.m., for our weekly Music at Midday recital. We are delighted to be welcoming Chicago musicians Sara Su Jones and Tatyana Stepanova to perform a program of music for violin and piano. Come...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, May 6, at 12:15 p.m., for our weekly Music at Midday recital. We are delighted to be welcoming Dr. Michał Szostak, an organist, improvisationalist, and researcher, who currently teaches at the University of...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, April 29, at 12:15 p.m., for a “Post-Easter Mashup” concert by organist David K. Houston, who is Director of Music and Organist at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in College Park, Maryland, and currently...

Please join us at National City Christian Church on Friday, April 22, at 12:15 p.m., for a recital by Ohio organists Chad Pittman and Mark Thewes, who will be presenting a program of music for four hands—and four feet! Here is the music that you’ll hear this week:...

Organist Loreto Aramendi, from San Sebastián in the Basque region of Spain, will be presenting an exciting program of music at the weekly Music at Midday concert this Friday, April 8, at 12:15 p.m. at National City Christian Church. Please join us! Here is the music...

This Friday, April 1 (April Fools Day) at 12:15 p.m., come and enjoy some musical surprises at our free weekly Music at Midday recital. Baltimore organist Michael Britt will be performing a program of organ music that you’ll surely enjoy and remember! Here is the...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, March 25, at 12:15 p.m. for our free weekly Music at Midday concert. We are delighted to be welcoming organist Samantha Scheff, who currently serves as Director of Music at Grace Episcopal Church in...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, March 18, at 12:15 p.m. for our free weekly Music at Midday concert. We are delighted to be welcoming organist Bryan Dunnewald, who currently serves as the Assistant Organist and Choirmaster at Saint Mark’s...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, March 11, at 12:15 p.m. for our free weekly Music at Midday concert. We are delighted to be welcoming organist Tyler Canonico, who will perform “An Afternoon of Spirituals,” celebrating the important...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, March 4, at 12:15 p.m. for our free weekly Music at Midday concert. We are delighted to be welcoming organist Jason Farris, who will perform works appropriate for the Lenten season: Psalm Prelude (Ps....

The Music at Midday concert scheduled for Friday, February 25 at 12:15 p.m. has been cancelled. Please plan to join us on Friday, March 4, for a performance by organist Jason Farris.

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, February 18, at 12:15 p.m. for our free weekly Music at Midday concert. We are delighted to be welcoming French organist Laurent Jochum, who is currently the titular holder of the great Cavaille-Coll organ...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, February 11, at 12:15 p.m. for our free weekly Music at Midday concert. We are delighted to be welcoming Hershey, Pennsylvania organist Grant Wareham, who will perform an exciting and inspiring program:...

Music at Midday, our free weekly concert series, resumes this Friday, February 4, at 12:15 p.m. Recitals will be held each Friday through the end of June, with the exception of Good Friday, April 15. Because of the recent surge of COVID infections, the District of...

Please join us this Friday, December 17, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday concert. We are delighted to be welcoming back organist Kimberly Ann Hess, who will performing a program of works for the Christmas season: Fantasia on In Dulci Jubilo, BWV 729...

Please join us this Friday, November 12, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday concert. We are delighted to be welcoming back David Houston, who is Director of Music and Organist at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in College Park, Maryland, and currently...

Please join us this Friday, November 5, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday concert. We are delighted to be welcoming back David Brock, from Zephyr Springs, Nevada, who is returning to his hometown to perform a rich program of music for the organ:...

Please join us this Friday, October 29, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday concert featuring Kelly Lenahan, a pianist and organist from Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  She received a Master’s degree from the Royal College of Music, London, and an...

Please join us this Friday, October 22, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday concert featuring organist Michael Stefanek. Come and enjoy this wonderful program: Tuba Tune – Norman Cocker Aria – Charles Callahan Roulade Op. 9, No. 3 – Seth Bingham Gigue...

Please join us this Friday, October 15, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday concert. We are delighted to be welcoming back Baltimore organist Wm. Glenn Osborne, who will perform a program of beautiful music: Passacaglia in D Minor, BuxWV 161 - Dietrich...

Please join us this Friday, October 8, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday concert. We are delighted to be welcoming back Chicago pianist Mark Valenti, who will perform music on the church’s magnificent Steinway concert grand piano that will make your...

Please join us this Friday, October 1, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday concert. We are delighted to be welcoming back Craig S. Williams, who is Organist and Choirmaster at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, where he plays the world’s...

Please join us this Friday, September 24, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday concert. We are delighted to be welcoming organist Alain Truche, Director of Music at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Silver Spring, Maryland, As an active recitalist, Truche has...

Music at Midday at National City Christian Church begins a new season of free weekly concerts this Friday, September 17, at 12:15 p.m. We are delighted to be welcoming organist Jacob Reed, a Neubauer Family Distinguished Doctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago....

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, June 25, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday concert. We are delighted to be welcoming organist David K. Houston, who currently serves as Organist and Choirmaster at St. Andrew’s Episcopal...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, June 18, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday concert. We are delighted to be welcoming organist Brent Nolte, who serves as Director of Music Programs at Ohio Christian University. He holds a...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, June 11, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday concert. We are delighted to be welcoming organist Christopher Reynolds, Director of Music and Organist at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on Capitol...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, May 28, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday concert. We are delighted to be welcoming organist Carter Stevens, Director of Music at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Lake Ridge,...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, May 21, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday concert. We are delighted to be welcoming composer and organist Justus (Jay) Parrotta to perform a program of his own works. Many of the pieces are...

Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, May 14, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday concert. We are delighted to be welcoming organist Carol Feather to perform twentieth-century music that expresses the joy of Easter and Pentecost:...

We are back! What better way for Music at Midday to restart in-person concerts than this week’s performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concert No. 2 by the piano and organ duo of Chuyoung and Erik Wm. Suter? Please join us at National City Christian Church...

We are taking a one-week break from Music at Midday, so there will be no concert this Friday, April 30. However, we will be returning to in-person concerts beginning on Friday, May 7, at 12:15 p.m. As spring flowers burst into full bloom and we prepare to celebrate...

This week’s pre-recorded Music at Midday concert features American composer and organist Carson Cooman in a program of works by four living composers. Carson Cooman holds degrees in music from Harvard University and Carnegie Mellon University and since 2006 has held...

Although organist Loreto Aramendi was unable to travel here from her home in Spain, she has recorded this week’s Music at Midday concert that will be premiered on Friday, April 16, at 12:15 p.m. An international concert artist and main organist of the Cavaillé-Coll...

Please join us on, Monday, April 5, at 12:15 p.m. or at any time afterwards to view Music for Easter, a special edition of Music at Midday. This concert was performed by organist Colin MacKnight, a C. V. Starr Doctoral Fellow at The Juilliard School in New York City....

Please join us anytime this week to hear Music for Holy Week, a special edition of Music at Midday. This concert and next week’s special Music for Easter recital are performed by organist Colin MacKnight, a C. V. Starr Doctoral Fellow at The Juilliard School in New...

Please join us on Friday, March 26, at 12:15 p.m. for the YouTube premiere of this week’s Music at Midday concert by Nicholas Will, Director of Liturgical Music, Organist, and Lecturer at Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland. You may view today’s recital by...

Please join us today, Friday, March 19, at 12:15 p.m. for the YouTube premiere of this week’s Music at Midday concert by Colin MacKnight, a C.V. Starr Doctor Fellow at the Juilliard School in New York City. You may view today’s recital by clicking here. If you are not...

Please join us today, Friday, March 12, at 12:15 p.m. for the YouTube premiere of this week’s Music at Midday concert by organist Sondra Goldsmith Proctor, Musician-in-Residence for Gunnison Chapel at St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York. You may view today’s...

Please join us today, Friday, March 5, at 12:15 p.m. for the YouTube premiere of this week’s Music at Midday concert by organist Samantha Scheff. You may view today’s recital by clicking here. If you are not able to tune in for the premiere, you may click on the same...

Please join us this Friday, March 5, 12:15 p.m., when Music at Midday concerts will resume with the premiere of an online performance by organist Samantha Scheff, who is currently the organist at St. John’s Church, Lafayette Square. She holds a Master’s Degree in...

Music at Midday concerts from National City Christian Church will resume online beginning on Friday, March 5, at 12:15 p.m. In addition to restrictions on in-person gatherings because of the coronavirus pandemic, the church is undergoing a complete replacement of its...

We are delighted to present an online concert of Christmas music for organ next Friday, December 18, at 12:15 p.m. National City Christian Church’s Music at Midday series will be broadcasting a recital by organist Jackson Borges, featuring these works: Noël in d –...

There will be a Music at Midday recital this week, but the surge in coronavirus cases in our region has led church leaders to s suspend live performances for now. We will be presenting recorded versions of the two remaining recitals of the fall season at the scheduled...

Please join us at National City Christian Church next Friday, December 4, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday concert. This week’s program, A Baroque Christmas, includes masterworks by Johann Sebastian Bach, Arcangelo Corelli, and Alessandro Scarlatti....

Please join us at National City Christian Church next Friday, November 20, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday concert. We are delighted to be welcoming organist Jason Farris, who will present a program appropriate for this month of...

Please join us at National City Christian Church next Friday, November 13, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday concert. We are delighted to be welcoming organist Carol Feather Martin, who will present a program entitled, "Keepers of the Legacy: Music of...

Please join us at National City Christian Church next Friday, November 6, at 12:15 p.m., for our free weekly Music at Midday concert. We are delighted to be welcoming organist Mi Zhou to perform these glorious works: Carillon de Westminster – Louis Vierne When the...

Please join us at National City Christian Church next Friday, October 30, at 12:15 p.m., for a concert by organist David Brock, who is traveling from his home in Nevada to perform here in his native Washington: Prelude in G minor, BuxWV 149 – Dietrich Buxtehude Nun...

  Please join us at National City Christian Church next Friday, October 23, at 12:15 p.m., for a concert performance by organist Russell Weismann: Deux Pièces (I. Marche) – Arthur Foote Trois Pièces pour Grand Orgue (I. Fantaisie) – César Franck Cantata 29, BWV...

Please join us at National City Christian Church next Friday, October 16, at 12:15 p.m., for a concert performance by Chicago pianist Mark Valenti, performing works of Bach, Bartók, and Debussy. This concert is part of the church’s free weekly Music at Midday concert...

Please join us at National City Christian Church next Friday, October 9, at 12:15 p.m., for a concert performance by the keyboard duo Allegro con fuoco: Tyler A. Canonico and Jordan R. Markham. This concert is part of the church’s free weekly Music at Midday concert...

Please join us at National City Christian Church next Friday, October 2, at 12:15 p.m., for a performance by organist Theodore S. Davis. The concert will feature music by African American composer Florence Price and French composer Henri Mulet. This concert is part of...

Please join us at National City Christian Church next Friday, September 25, at 12:15 p.m., for a program of French organ music performed by organist David K. Houston. The concert will feature three different composers from three different eras, each of whom created...

Please join us at National City Christian Church next Friday, September 18, at 12:15 p.m., for a “stellar” performance of richly beautiful music by organist Tyler Canonico (including several movements from John Williams’ score for Star Wars). This concert will be the...

MUSIC AT MIDDAY VIRTUAL CONCERT National City Christian Church Tuesday, July 7, 2020 Alain Truche, Organist   Music at Midday is proud to be presenting twice-weekly virtual concerts, today featuring organist Alain Truche. We are deeply grateful to all the...

MUSIC AT MIDDAY VIRTUAL CONCERT National City Christian Church Friday, July 3, 2020 Carol Feather Martin, Organist   Music at Midday is proud to be presenting twice-weekly virtual concerts, today featuring organist Carol Feather Martin. The pieces presented today...

MUSIC AT MIDDAY VIRTUAL CONCERT National City Christian Church Tuesday, June 30, 2020 Jordan Prescott, Organist   Music at Midday is proud to be presenting twice-weekly virtual concerts, today featuring organist Jordan Prescott. We are deeply grateful to Jordan...

MUSIC AT MIDDAY VIRTUAL CONCERT National City Christian Church Friday, June 26, 2020 Victoria Shields, Organist   Music at Midday is proud to be presenting twice-weekly virtual concerts, today featuring organist Victoria Shields. We are deeply grateful to...

MUSIC AT MIDDAY VIRTUAL CONCERT National City Christian Church Tuesday, June 23, 2020 Emmanuel Duperrey, Organist   Music at Midday is proud to be presenting twice-weekly virtual concerts, today featuring French organist Emmanuel Duperrey. We are deeply grateful...

MUSIC AT MIDDAY VIRTUAL CONCERT National City Christian Church Friday, June 19, 2020 Jackson Borges, Organist   Music at Midday is proud to be presenting twice-weekly virtual concerts, today featuring organist Jackson Borges. We are deeply grateful to Jackson and...

MUSIC AT MIDDAY VIRTUAL CONCERT National City Christian Church Tuesday, June 16, 2020 John A. Wolfe, Organist   Music at Midday is proud to be presenting twice-weekly virtual concerts, today featuring organist John A. Wolfe. We are deeply grateful to Dr. Wolfe...

MUSIC AT MIDDAY VIRTUAL CONCERT National City Christian Church Friday, June 12, 2020 Samantha Scheff, Organist   Music at Midday is proud to be presenting twice-weekly virtual concerts, today featuring organist Samantha Scheff. We are deeply grateful to Samantha...

MUSIC AT MIDDAY VIRTUAL CONCERT National City Christian Church June 9, 2020 Peggy Brengle and Nathan K. Lively, Organ and Piano   Music at Midday is proud to be presenting twice-weekly virtual concerts, today featuring the organ and piano duo of Peggy...