Meet Rupert Boyd, an Australian classical guitarist. Meet Laura Metcalf, an American cellist. Now come to The Church and meet Boyd Meets Girl, the musical duo who has toured the world sharing an eclectic mix of music from Debussy and Bach to Radiohead and Beyoncé. Join us for an acoustic performance from artists that bring pop to classical, traverse the musical terrain with ease, and create engaging experiences with their audiences.

Concert pianist Rupert Egerton-Smith takes to The Church’s vaunted corridors to perform a program that includes Chopin, Gershwin, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, and Scarlatti, as well as an improvisational piece inspired by The Church. Described as “particularly impressive” and noted for his superb musicality, Rupert gifts us with a performance of the highest caliber of solo instrumental, classical artistry that has garnered him praise from around the world.

Grab your dancing shoes! Our much-loved program JUST DANCE returns! Join us for the straight-up good times and great dance party. We are thrilled to welcome DJ HENRY EAU recommended to us by the one and only legendary DJ Mister Lama. Get into the grooves of your favorite tunes, make requests, and join the fun! Our Dance parties are a casual, cool, inclusive atmosphere for all ages looking to let loose and shake it off. Grab a snack or a beverage from our concession stand, dance the night away, and start the weekend off right!

WORD, our popular series of spoken word and readings, returns! We welcome you to explore the program’s third iteration Spring Cleaning. Featured writers include Rev. Houston R. Cypress, Rachel DeLoache Williams, and Adriana Devers. Writers may opt to share a previous work that never left the pages of their journal or write a new work to cleanse themselves of a lingering idea that they’ve been eager to explore. Our writers have been asked to reflect, declutter, and invite ideas, stories, and inspirations that may have been tucked away to resurface, releasing them into the universe as we enter a new season.

The Church is honored to welcome Renaissance Man and “Father of World Music,” David Amram to Sag Harbor, for an intimate concert and an unforgettable evening. Join us for a performance and dialogue with a living legend who strives to “remain open and respectful to all forms of artistic expression and to the people and the cultures who keep these arts alive and share them with others.”

Performing a combination of his classical jazz compositions and weaving together anecdotes of his experience working with some of America’s most notable creative giants, Amram invites audiences to an evening that explores the polymath’s incredible contribution to the legacy of American Music and offers a renewed embrace of international cultures.

Dancer and choreographer Claudia Hilda interweaves performance, digital media, and writing to create art that is sensitive, reflective, and widely aware of contemporary times. Méritos, a dance performance that makes up part of the Las Repúblicas series, explores the journey towards awakening and liberation after a lifetime devoted to a failed social-political system. The piece will be presented by Hilda solo, followed by a screening of additional works from Las Repúblicas and a Q&A.

The innovative Reflections in Music series returns with artistic director Bruce Wolosoff and an ensemble of gifted musicians inviting audiences to Love Stories, a chamber music concert of duos and trios all of which have something to do with love. Composer and pianist Bruce Wolosoff, soprano Luna Seongeun Park, violinist Max Tan, and cellist Aaron Wolff, will perform classics by Faure, Rachmaninoff, Piazzolla, Clara Schumann, and the newly revised version of Bruce Wolosoff’s acclaimed piano trio “The Loom” which was inspired by watercolors by his good friend and The Church co-founder Eric Fischl.

“I think the main thing a musician would like to do is give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things he knows of and senses in the universe,” says John Coltrane, one of Mercer Shavelson’s many musical influences. Join us for an intimate performance with Mercer Quintet, a collaborative modern jazz ensemble comprised of Mercer Shavelson, Adam Cordero, Gary Jones III, Nick Panoutsos, and Alexandra Ridout. Drawing from a multitude of influences including Hip-hop, Avant-garde Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, and Folk music from around the globe, Mercer Quintet invites the audience to enjoy a preview of newly developed pieces inspired by known experiences and curiosity of the unknown.

Last January, the interactive, freestyle, performance platform LAYERHYTHM made its debut in our village and left a lasting, invigorating impact on the community. The Church welcomes LayeRhythm back in 2024 with yet another DANCE JAM SESSION, where the audience plays an active role in the dance and music output throughout the performance. Bring the whole family, as the collective is dedicated to serving transformative art experiences to all-age audiences!

Break up the winter blues and join us for a warm magical evening of great music and delicious food! Joined by Marta Sanchez, an esteemed and globally recognized jazz pianist, Hamptons Jazz Fest and The Church co-present a winter benefit to support our future programming. Join us at The American Hotel for a four-course meal (full menu below) and an intimate concert with Miss Sanchez. A perfect holiday gift to yourself or your special loved one, or an opportunity to start the new year in a positive spirit, we invite you to purchase your tickets early as space is limited.

Audiences from near and far, “The Troupe” invites you to The Church for a welcome mass seeking newcomers to join Kinetic Grace, a movement (some call it a cult) that believes transcendence can be reached through the sacred art of dance. Be prepared to sing and dance as “The Troupe” explains its tenets, introduces its members, and, through this sacred revelry, attempts to reach Kinetic Grace.

Creator (some call him a cult leader) and Artist Ryan Ponder McNamara asked himself, “After all these years, what do we want out of performance?” The answer is Kinetic Grace, a musical about a cult, guided by the Greek muse Terpsicore, that worships their own sweat and choreography— ranging from hardcore, gabber, rave, disco, line dance to tectonic. McNamara is joined by collaborators Liv Bruce, Sigrid Lauren, Rebecca Patek, and Josh Weidenmiller, with a few surprise appearances from local talent and community members you may recognize!

Lambert Moss, singer, storyteller, and performer extraordinaire, coming all the way from San Francisco to enchant Sag Harbor with a two-night run of a holiday-infused cabaret show! Created exclusively for The Church, Lambert’s show will take you back to the golden days of New York’s cabaret nightclub scene. An intimate evening of jazz standards, surprising twists on classics, and a sprinkle of holiday tunes, Lambert’s silky vocal styling will be accompanied by the incomparable Nicolas Perez on the keys.

Lambert Moss, singer, storyteller, and performer extraordinaire, coming all the way from San Francisco to enchant Sag Harbor with a two-night run of a holiday-infused cabaret show! Created exclusively for The Church, Lambert’s show will take you back to the golden days of New York’s cabaret nightclub scene. An intimate evening of jazz standards, surprising twists on classics, and a sprinkle of holiday tunes, Lambert’s silky vocal styling will be accompanied by the incomparable Nicolas Perez on the keys.

This event is SOLD OUT! The innovative Reflections in Music series is back with artistic director Bruce Wolosoff and a group of all-star musicians inviting audiences on a soul-stirring journey through classical music with Sound & Spirit(s). This program promises an exploration of sacred (and perhaps a touch of no-so-sacred) musical realms, featuring composer and pianist Bruce Wolosoff, violinist Michelle Barzel Ross, and cellist Clarice Jensen performing music by Arvo Pärt, Eric Satie, and Olivier Messiaen.

The East End is filled with outstanding artists of Latino descent, and we are thrilled to present a showcase introducing you to a small number of them. Una Noche Espectacular is a collaboration between Tu Prensa Local, a Spanish language, non-profit media organization that provides news, resources, and information to the Latinx community, and The Church in celebration of Latino culture and community.

Dedicated to music inspired by visual art, the Montage Music Society invites you to a salon concert from composer Niles Luther’s Light Bending the World, inspired by April Gornik’s painting of the same name. Join us as we celebrate the fusion of Gornik’s reimagined observable reality with the idioms of contemporary music.

Taylor Barton and G.E. Smith, the musical couple that produces the A-List series Portraits, return to The Church this fall with an inspiring event! Join us as we gather together for an intimate evening of original songs, writings, and folklore that is bound to provoke thoughtful conversations. With over thirty years in the music industry and a wealth of experience, memories, and stories to share, the couple joins forces to present a stellar evening that takes audiences on an insightful journey. Taylor will read snippets from her music memoir I Pitched a Tent in Hell, present sections from her new novel, Condom Eddie, and unveil new music from her EP, Get Off My Ship. G.E. will frame, exemplify, and expand on Taylor’s interesting set of songs and stories. Join us as we celebrate the East End couple that work effervescently together.

Jack Evans, screenwriter and director, presents an immersive evening of Long Island’s vital legacy of maritime storytelling in the film adaptation of the Peter Matthiessen masterpiece, Far Tortuga. Join us at The Church for a live talk with Jack, a trailer screening of the film, and a theatrical performance and live reading of the script.

Sag Harbor Song Festival 2023 will feature three concerts at The Church on successive days from Friday September 22. Six opera stars, each a musician of great talent and accomplishment, will present a program of opera, musical theater, songs and lieder.

Sag Harbor Song Festival 2023 will feature three concerts at The Church on successive days from Friday September 22. Six opera stars, each a musician of great talent and accomplishment, will present a program of opera, musical theater, songs and lieder.

Sag Harbor Song Festival 2023 will feature three concerts at The Church on successive days from Friday September 22. Six opera stars, each a musician of great talent and accomplishment, will present a program of opera, musical theater, songs and lieder.

The Sag Harbor Partnership and Steinbeck House Local Advisory Committee will celebrate the launching of Steinbeck House on Saturday September 9, 2023 with an evening entitled THE FALL OF OUR CONTENTMENT, a star-studded, newly penned staged reading of the classic Steinbeck novel The Winter of Our Discontent.

Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winning writer, John Steinbeck’s last novel, and the only one to take place on the East Coast, was written in his beloved cottage and is about the residents of a town much like Sag Harbor where the action takes place. Writer, director, and producer Marc Abraham has written this adaptation of the novel that is being primed for a theatrical run. The director, actor, and playwright, Tim Blake Nelson, will direct the reading that will feature local artists including James Badge Dale in the pivotal role of Ethan Hawley. A former member of the village’s aristocracy, Ethan’s father lost their fortune and Ethan is now a clerk in the grocery store his family once owned. A novel that grapples with morality, justice and power and was justly reviewed as marking the return to the mood and concerns with which Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath, The Winter of Our Discontent reverberates with what the author saw to be the moral disintegration of American society in the latter part of the 20th century.

A reception will take place at 6:00 p.m., followed by the reading of the play at 7:00 p.m. on the ground level of The Church, 48 Madison Street.

For those interested, a private dinner with members of the acting company will follow the reading at one of Sag Harbor’s oldest and most charming private homes. The dinner will feature food by Sybille van Kempen of Loaves and Fishes and wines by Wölffer including Roman Roth’s The Grapes of Roth.

One of the Partnership’s latest and proudest accomplishment is the purchase of Steinbeck House. Proceeds from this event will directly benefit both the Sag Harbor Partnership and the Steinbeck House Local Advisory Committee.

Hamptons Jazz Fest presents groundbreaking duo, vocalist Mafalda Minnozzi and guitarist Paul Ricci and their quintet. Known for their musical empathy, the ensemble is sure to inspire The Church an emotionally unique experience. Minnozzi’s vocal range and versatile timbral pallet, coupled with her charismatic stage presence blurs the dividing line between singer and improviser. Ricci’s unique fingerpicking style jazz, influenced by and infused with Bossa and blues, has amazed fellow guitarists and Jazz critics alike.

Hamptons Jazz Fest presents award winning drummer and bandleader, Matt Wilson and his quartet. Wilson is on a mission to foster lively and deep connection between music and people. He comes to The Church with extensive experience and heightened passion, ensuring that jazz aficionados and jazz newcomers alike will leave with enthusiasm and energy.

Hamptons Jazz Fest presents Middle Eastern vocalist and composer Galeet Dardashti and the all-female Mizrahi band Divahn. Together, the all-woman musical group celebrate Middle Eastern heritage, infusing traditional songs with sophisticated harmonies, funky arrangements, and entrancing improvisations. From music festivals, to live television and radio programs, Divahn has sparked international interest and welcomed audiences to a beautiful sphere of multiculturalism. As the lead singer of the edgy all-woman Mizrahi ensemble Divahn, Dardashti entrances audiences and lends dimension to the group with her diverse background.

Hamptons Jazz Fest presents Punjabi vocalist and trumpeter Sonny Singh. Known for bringing his fiery trumpet and vocals to audiences around the world, Singh will fill The Church’s studio space with anthems that uplift and ignite. Singh’s music is a reminder that hope, love, and devotion are crucial to our struggles and our collective survival. Singh’s musical talents range across genres like ska, reggae, funk, punk rock, bhangra, and more.

Hamptons Jazz Fest continues its concert series at The Church with vocalist/composer Sarah Elizabeth Charles joined by her Quintet. Having released three critically acclaimed albums with her band, SCOPE, Charles is on the rise and her music has been described as “soulfully articulate” by the New York Times and “an unmatched sound” by Jay Z’s Life+Times.

Insight Sunday returns with multidisciplinary artist Stephen Laub. Originally from California, Laub moved to New York City in 1977, where his performances and videos were presented at venues such as 112 Greene Street, The Kitchen, and MoMA, and his sculptural work was represented by the Elan Wingate Gallery. He taught at Tyler School of Art and then in the Art Department at Rutgers University, Newark, retiring in 2018.