From mid-Septemeber through May, the Interchurch Center sponsors a series or programs by professional artists from the New York metropolitan region and beyond. Programs range from string quartets to woodwind ensembles, traditional African folk music to Celtic songs and dances, medieval to jazz, vocal soloist to choir. piano. to organ, emerging artist to established professionals. Music Director John. F. Schuder arranges a broad spectrum of quality programming that is designed to appeal to the widest possible audience. The programs which are one-half in length to take place during the lunch hour beginning at 12:05 p.m. While the primary purpose of the series is to provide a cultural respite for the tenants of The Interchurch Center in midst of the workweek, anyone is welcome to attend.

The Interchurch Center sponsors two choral organizations, each of which performs three times during the Septemeber-May Session. The Gospel Choir offers a range of styles spanning both traditional and contemporary Gospel music. This choir rehearsals in the chapel each Friday for one hour beginning at 1:00 p.m. The Interchurch Center Chorus performs a variety of works from the choral repertoire, often accompanied by instrumental ensembles. Though there are no auditions required for The Interchurch Center Chorus, it is desirable that participates have some choral experience and some sight-reading ability. Rehearsals for this choir are held every Tuesday from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. in the chapel.

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Martin Jean

Professor of organ, professor in the practice of sacred music, and director of the Institute of Sacred Music.

Professor Jean has performed widely throughout the United States and Europe and is known for his wide repertorial interests. He was awarded first place at the international Grand Prix de Chartres in 1986, and in 1992 at the National Young Artists’ Competition in Organ Performance. A student of Robert Glasgow, in the fall of 1999 he spent a sabbatical with Harald Vogel in North Germany. He has performed on four continents and nearly all fifty states. In 2001 he presented a cycle of the complete organ works of Bach at Yale, and his compact discs of The Seven Last Words of Christ by Charles Tournemire and the complete Six Symphonies of Louis Vierne, both recorded in Woolsey Hall, have been released by Loft Recordings. Recordings of the organ symphonies and Stations of the Cross of Marcel Dupré are forthcoming on the Delos label.