Martha/Mary Concert Series 2022-23

For more than a decade, organizers of the Martha/Mary Concerts, led by artistic founding director Paul Posnak, have been presenting award-winning musical artists. Concerts are $10 to $15 per person. The 2022-23 season runs Sept. 25, 2022, through April 23, 2023, and includes six concerts, at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Miami. The concerts are also offered live on YouTube.

Here’s the schedule:

Sunday, September 25, 6 p.m. BAROQUE JAZZ CLUB PRESENTS: C4 TRIO

Latin Grammy winner C4TRIO fuses Venezuelan folk music (three quatros and electric bass) with contemporary jazz to show why they have earned a Latin Grammy. Traditional rhythms are complemented with non-traditional harmonies, improvisations, mixed genres and rhythms.

This is an outdoor concert on La Merced Plaza at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 3220 Northwest 7th Avenue, Miami, FL 33127

Tickets are $10. Kids 12 and younger are free.

Friday, October 21, 7:30 p.m. VOCES8 with FROST CHORALE

The University of Miami’s Frost Chorale will perform with London-based, internationally acclaimed Voces 8. Together, they will sing classics, jazz, pop and the groups’ own arrangements. 

This concert is at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 3220 Northwest 7th Avenue, Miami, FL 33127.

Tickets are $15 for general admission and $25 for Blue Circle.

Sunday, December 11, 4 p.m. BAROQUE JAZZ CLUB PRESENTS: NESTOR TORRES & ALAIMA GONZALEZ

Miami’s Puerto Rican-born, Latin Grammy-winning jazz flautist Nestor Torres joins Cuban-born Alaima Gonzalez, principal flautist of la Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional (Dominican Republic). Together they will unite classical masterpieces with creative jazz in a special holiday performance building on their sold-out April performance in Santo Domingo.

This is an outdoor concert on La Merced Plaza at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 3220 Northwest 7th Avenue, Miami, FL 33127

Tickets are $10. Kids 12 and younger are free.

Sunday, January 8, 4 p.m. BRANDON GOLDBERG TRIO

Since his Starbust Concerts! appearance at Martha/Mary Concerts in 2018, Brandon Goldberg has issued two albums (both in Downbeat Magazine’s top albums of 2019 and 2020), has performed at Newport, Litchfield and Caramoor Jazz Festivals, and has played at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Dizzy’s Club, Birdland, The Blue Note, Mezzrow, The Apollo Theater, the Side Door in Old Lyme, and Keystone Korner. In Miami, he has been a featured performer with The Miami Symphony Orchestra and the Jazz Roots Series at Adrienne Arsht Center.

This concert is at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 3220 Northwest 7th Avenue, Miami, FL 33127.

Tickets are $15 for general admission and $25 for Blue Circle.

Sunday, February 19, 4 p.m. RACHEL BARTON PINE with PAUL POSNAK

Pianist Paul Posnak joins Rachel Barton Pine in “American Traditions” – a celebration of the violin’s American folk music roots, from the European dance music of early immigrants and its transformation into a uniquely American style thanks to the influence of African-American music making. Featuring works by Florence Price, William Grant Still, Dvorak, Mark O’Connor, and more.

This concert is at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 3220 Northwest 7th Avenue, Miami, FL 33127.

Tickets are $15 for general admission and $25 for Blue Circle.

Sunday, April 23, 4 p.m. ITALIAN SAXOPHONE QUARTET

With a repertoire ranging from Bach to contemporary works, the award-winning quartet is one of the longest-running groups currently performing on the world stage. Sharing their infectious love of music with adoring audiences from New York to Moscow and Athens to Tokyo, they have performed the world premieres of many eminent composers including Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass, Luciano Berio, Salvatore Sciarrino, Franco Donatoni, Henri Pousseur, and Joe Harnell.

This concert is at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 3220 Northwest 7th Avenue, Miami, FL 33127.

Tickets are $15 for general admission and $25 for Blue Circle.

Parking is free in the church parking lot.

You can buy tickets here. Season ticket holders get four Blue Circle tickets for $60, the price of four general admission seats.

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