Madison Avenue Baptist Church (MABC) is set to present “Songs of Eurasia,” an evening of vocal music celebrating traditions from across the Eurasian region, as part of the MABC Emerging Artists Program. The concert is set to take place at OPERA America in New York City on Feb. 13, 2026 at 7 p.m. local time and features vocal works by {…}
Madison Avenue Baptist Church will host a public masterclass with soprano Olga Makarina on Feb. 8, 2026, presented as part of the MABC Emerging Artists Program. The event is set to place at 2 p.m. with participating singers including mezzo-sopranos Narentsetseg Ren and Yi-Chun Sarah Tsai, sopranos Nina Mutalifu and Kristina Bombara, bass Jiayi George Baolin. Pianist Aza Sydykov will {…}
Ana Gelovani Foundation and Madison Avenue Baptist Church are teaming up to present a Benefit Concert to support children battling cancer worldwide. The event will take place on June 8, 2025, at the Madison Avenue Baptist Church and features music by Verdi, Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Georgian composers. Performers include Ana Gelovani as well as baritone Gocha Abduladze, sopranos Samina {…}
The Madison Avenue Baptist Church will showcase a gala concert featuring its Emerging Artists Program on May 8, 2025. The event will feature sopranos Anna Aistova, Samina Aslam, and Chantal Freeman; mezzo-soprano AddieRose Brown; tenors Teddy Lei and Andres Penalver; and bass-baritone Blake Austin Brooks. The artists will perform a program of art songs and opera arias. “We are thrilled {…}
Madison Avenue Baptist Church’s Madison Sounds has announced its upcoming concert featuring highlights from Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin.” The 2024 MABC Emerging Artists, soprano Anna Aistova, mezzo-soprano AddieRose Brown, tenor Andres Penalver, and baritone Blake Austin Brooks are soloists. They are accompanied by piano and narration. Marc Verzatt directs. The “Eugene Onegin” performance will take place on Feb. 20 at 7:30 {…}
The Madison Avenue Baptist Church has opened the application for its 2024-25 Emerging Artists Fellowship Program. The Madison Avenue Baptist Church new fellowship program offers six talented singers the opportunity to immerse themselves in sacred choral works, opera, art song, musical theater, and chamber and contemporary music. The church’s Minister of Music Aza Sydykov leads the year-long program. Fellows will {…}
The historic Madison Avenue Baptist Church in New York will host a concert as part of its Madison Sounds Concert Series, on Nov. 9, 2023. The audience will hear an assortment of solo and ensemble works, featuring compositions by Mozart, Rossini, and Puccini, spanning different genres and styles. World-class vocalists from the church’s choir, such as Jenny Lindsey, Karen Rich, {…}
Madison Avenue Baptist Church has opened partnership proposals for its Madison Sounds Music Series. The initiative extends partnership opportunities to New York’s arts and community 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations and individual artists seeking collaboration with Madison Avenue Baptist Church. Madison Sounds welcomes artists from diverse musical backgrounds such as classical, jazz, world music, and pop. Artists chosen for the program will {…}