This is Austin’s longest running free weekly concert series (since 1980.) When Covid hit, we had to go online, but we kept going with online concerts each week, some live, some videoed. Covid changed many things, and one is the availability of musicians to play each week, so for now, we’ll have one live concert monthly, on 2nd Thursdays. The other weeks will be online, some will be videos of musicians who will be online with us, and some will be curated from YouTube videos, but we’ll continue to have great music each week.
This Thursday, January 16th!
Live in-person in our Sanctuary!
Dr. Madeline Anderson, piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in D Major, Op. 23 No. 4
Franz Liszt: Ballade No. 2 in B minor
Claude Debussy: L’isle Joyeuse
Florence Price: Clouds
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About our Musical Artist:
Dr. Madeline Anderson is a classical pianist based in Austin, TX. Anderson holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music (BM ‘17), Texas State University (MM ‘19), and the University of Iowa (DMA in Piano Performance and Pedagogy ’23).
Anderson passionately shares her joy of music with others through performing and teaching. She performs regularly in the central Texas area and recently joined the piano faculty at the Orpheus Academy of Music. Her teaching experience includes private lessons for children and adults, as well as collegiate teaching such as Group Piano Class, Music Theory, and private instruction for undergraduates.
One of Dr. Anderson’s interests is audience and listener engagement. Anderson’s dissertation centered around active listening and sensory involvement – both literally and conceptually – to heighten listeners’ engagement, enjoyment, and apprehension of music. Using sensory blending as the cornerstone, Anderson developed a listening activity – Attend, Notice, Blend – and was fortunate to conduct a research study at the University of Iowa debuting this listening activity.
The study showed extremely positive results and inspired Anderson to create a series of sensory blending performances in San Antonio entitled “Tasting Notes.”
In addition to music, Dr. Anderson values movement, community, and health: when she is not playing piano, she can be found happily at the gym teaching group exercise classes.
We will also have the concert online. We broadcast live concerts on our Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/CPCThursdayConcerts
| Live concerts for 2025: Feb. 13 – One Ounce Opera for Valentines March 13 – Aaron Kurz & Vivian Anderson, 4-hands, 1 piano! Apr. 10 – Austin Brassworks May 8 – Ben Baralla, piano |
About the IN-PERSON Concerts
COVID SAFETY: Masks are optional in the church, but for everyone’s safety, if you are unmasked, we ask that you socially distance yourself from our musicians and anyone who is masked. If you are not feeling well, please do not attend in person, and instead you can watch online.
LUNCH: On weeks that are live, to make a reservation for lunch, please use this link: https://tinyurl.com/CPCConcertLunch
PARKING: You can park for free (2 hours) at the Capitol Visitors’ Parking lot (corner of Trinity & 12th St .) There is almost always street parking (meters) on Trinity (2 blocks to the East.) There is nearby garage parking at St. David’s Episcopal Church and First Baptist Church. There are surface lots on Trinity at 7th St. (on the east side of road.) Capitol Metro comes pretty close to the church.
See you Thursday!
Kathi, Coordinator, CPC Thursday Noonday Concerts
ZOOM Link for ONLINE CONCERTS: https://tinyurl.com/CPCThursConcert Meeting ID: 845 9343 2397, Passcode: 753717