Community Concerts at Second, Inc.

11/04/2024

Photos from an amazing piano performance last week! Thank you to Einav Yarden for inspiring our audience and sharing her passion! 🎹✨

10/20/2024

A packed house for pianist . Thank you, for being such terrific hosts for these concerts--for 38 years strong!

10/18/2024

Visit us at 4200 St Paul Street at 3:30pm this Sunday for an INCREDIBLE performance from Einav Yarden! We hope to see you there! 🎵

Full interview link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjnlg3x6beM

10/13/2024

The EXCEPTIONAL pianist Einav Yarden will be performing on Oct. 20-- don't miss it!!!! (Catch her beautiful performance at 3:30pm at 4200 St. Paul Street! Link in our bio for more info...) 🎵

10/06/2024

Join us at 4200 Saint Paul Street -- all concerts are completely FREE to attend!!

09/27/2024

We are saddened to share the news that Margaret Budd, the Founder of Community Concerts at Second, passed away this past Sunday at the age of 94. While the CC2nd family mourns the loss of Margaret, we want to take this opportunity to celebrate her life, legacy, and her immense talent. Community Concerts at Second would simply not exist without Margaret and her incredible dedication to bringing free, world-class concerts to the community.

In addition to being our founder, Margaret was an extremely accomplished organist. Her 1996 album that she recorded at Second Presbyterian Church is evidence of that. We have uploaded the first track of that album--Bach's magnificent Toccata and Fugue in D minor--to our YouTube channel.

Margaret's interpretation of this piece is wondrous and represents the love she had for music, especially Bach's music! While the piece has become associated with Halloween and darker themes, when I listen to Margaret's interpretation I think of the inspiring passion with which she brought music to the people of Baltimore.

We will share details about services for Margaret when they are available. In the meantime, please feel free to use the comment section here to share your memories of Margaret.

This recording is the first track on Margaret Budd's 1996 album recorded at Second Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, Maryland.Margaret was a highly-accomplis...

09/22/2024

Hello all! We are excited to see you all at today's concert featuring the Baltimore Symphony Musicians! If you cannot attend in-person, here's the link to our livestream for today:

Sep 22, 2024 at 3:30pmBaltimore Symphony Musicians & FriendsPresented in-person at Second Presbyterian Church and livestreamed on YouTube.Free concert. No ti...

09/15/2024

Cyrus Chestnut has set our single concert attendance record. Thanks to all for coming out!!

08/14/2024

Our 24-25 brochures should be hitting mailboxes this week! This little guy is pretty excited to chew on them.

07/18/2024

WELCOME TO OUR 38th SEASON!!!
Showcasing both established artists and young talent, the twelve concerts on the 2024-25 season offer opportunities to enjoy jazz, classical, New Orleans-style brass, guitar, choral music, and more!

Season at a Glance:

Sep 15, 2024 | 3:30pm
Cyrus Chestnut, jazz piano

Sep 22, 2024 | 3:30pm
Baltimore Symphony Musicians & Friends

Oct 20, 2024 | 3:30pm
Einav Yarden, piano

Nov 17, 2024 | 3:30pm
ensemble132, piano quartet

Dec 1, 2024 | 3:30pm
Baltimore Symphony Musicians & Friends

Jan 26, 2025 | 3:30pm
Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass

Feb 23, 2025 | 3:30pm
Morgan State University Choir

Mar 2, 2025 | 3:30pm
Baltimore Symphony Musicians & Friends

Mar 16, 2025 | 3:30pm
Mak Grgic, guitar

Apr 13, 2025 | 3:30pm
Baltimore Symphony Musicians & Friends

May 4, 2025 | 3:30pm
Musicians from The National Orchestral Institute & Festival

Jun 22, 2025 | 3:30pm
Baltimore Symphony Musicians & Friends

AFTERNOON CONCERTS WITH BALTIMORE SYMPHONY MUSICIANS & FRIENDS
New name and time - still the same excellent musicians! You spoke via our surveys; we listened! Concerts with Baltimore Symphony Musicians & Friends (formerly “Chamber Music by Candlelight”) curated and performed by musicians from the BSO and the region, are moving to Sunday afternoons to make them more accessible to all audiences.

For more information, visit CC2nd.org

06/20/2024

We're thrilled to announce that we've been awarded our third grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, in support of the 2024-25 guest artist season. Those concerts will soon be announced on Instagram, Facebook, and our website! Stay tuned!!

06/02/2024

Tonight we're presenting our final concert of the season at 7:30pm, and it's a doozie, as they say, featuring two world premieres (by Brian Prechtl and Michael Sheppard, pianist/composer/conductor), a gorgeous violin/piano sonata by Mozart, and Tchaikovsky's barn-storming string sextet, Souvenir de Florence. All performed by the terrific Baltimore Symphony Musicians.

We hope you will come on out for what promises to be a terrific concert. As always, presented free to all! If you cannot attend in-person, here is the link to the livestream:

JUNE 2, 2024 | 7:30PMCHAMBER MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHTProgramBrian PrechtlANAHATA (world premiere)Brian Prechtl and Edouard Beyens, percussion;Lura Johnson, piano...

04/14/2024

Hi all! Hope to see many of you in-person at this afternoon's Wonderlic Piano Recital at 3:30pm. These young musicians are incredible artists.

If you cannot attend in-person, please consider tuning in to our livestream link here:

APR 14, 2024 | 3:30PMWONDERLIC PIANO RECITALSponsored by the Russell C. Wonderlic BequestFree. No tickets or registrations required.Venue: Second Presbyteria...

04/07/2024

Hi everyone! We're excited to see everyone in person at tonight's concert, but if you can't make it out, please check out the livestream.

Here's the link:

SUNDAY, APRIL 7th, 7:30pmCHAMBER MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHTFree. No tickets or registrations required.Venue: Second Presbyterian Church, 4200 Saint Paul St, Baltim...

10/15/2023

Special thanks to Free Fall Baltimore for supporting this afternoon's concert!

You can still catch the livestream of the second half:

https://youtu.be/Eta2xNiB99Y

FREE FALL EVENT!!
Adam Sadberry, flute

October 15, 2023 Time: 3:30pm

Second Presbyterian Church, 4200 Saint Paul St, Baltimore, MD 21218

Named one of The Washington Post’s 23 for ’23, flutist and educator Adam W. Sadberry intertwines “his virtuosic practice with a deeply personal history” (Post). As a winner of Concert Artists Guild’s 2021 Victor Elmaleh Competition, he has made acclaimed debuts with Chamber Music Detroit and Merkin Hall, among other venues. On this program, he presents music inspired by his late grandfather, a lauded journalist and unsung hero of the Civil Rights Movement, L. Alex Wilson.

*You can still catch the livestream of the second half:
https://youtu.be/Eta2xNiB99Y

10/15/2023

Adam Sadberry & Wynona Wang rehearsing for this afternoon's concert. So great to meet and welcome these two wonderful musicians! (This music is sublime, btw.)

09/27/2023

Please join us for the first Chamber Music by Candlelight concert of the season this Sunday, October 1st at 7:30pm!

Free concert, no tickets or registration required.
Presented in-person and livestreamed on YouTube.

PROGRAM
Claude Debussy
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, arr. for flute, viola & harp
Trio Sirènes: Marcia McHugh, Flute* Karin Brown, viola; Jacqueline Pollauf, harp

Erwin Schulhoff
Concertino for Flute, Viola, and Double Bass
Christine Murphy, flute; Lisa Steltenpohl, viola; Nina DeCesare, bass

Wolfgang Mozart
String Quartet No. 16 in E-flat Major, K. 428
Clipper Mill Quartet: Ivan Stefanovic and Kevin Smith, violins; Karin Brown, viola; Dan Levitov, cello

09/10/2023

Enormous thanks to Benjamin Pasternack for a tour de force concert in front of a very full audience!