Community Concerts at Second, Inc.

10/04/2026

10/04/2026

For those who cannot attend today's show with Brandon Woody & UPENDO, please tune in to the livestream on YouTube - here is the link:

SUN, OCT 4, 2026 | 3:30PMBRANDON WOODY’S UPENDOBrandon Woody, tru...

09/27/2026

Despite the nor'easter, we have a packed house today for the first Musicians of the Baltimore Symphony chamber concert of the season. Thanks to the brilliant musicians of the BSO and thanks as always to Second Pres for hosting!

09/27/2026

If you can't attend today's concert in person, please consider tuning in on our livestream:

SUN, SEP 27, 2026 | 3:30PMMUSICIANS OF THE BALTIMORE SYMPHONYMade...

09/25/2026

While we're busy preparing for this Sunday's concert (9/27), we are excited to share photos from the opening concert of the season on September 6th, featuring Vijay Gupta & Dominic Cheli!

The day was magical, and this is not hyperbole; more than 430 people attended the concert. Vijay and Dominic's program spanned three centuries, from Vitali’s dramatic Chaconne and Korngold’s charming music from Much Ado About Nothing to music by Reena Esmail and Brahms’s passionate Violin Sonata No. 3.

At the end of the concert, Vijay and Dominic were greeted with a warm and well-deserved standing ovation. Thanks to all of you for being such a warm and welcoming audience for our out-of-town artists!

Following the concert, audience members gathered for a reception and book signing celebrating Vijay’s new memoir, Restrung: A Memoir of Music and Transformation.

A special thank you to Julia Fleischaker and our wonderful partners at Greedy Reads, who joined us to sell books at the concert and reception. They were also enormously helpful in spreading word about the event.

We are deeply grateful to Vijay and Dominic for sharing their remarkable artistry with us, and to everyone who joined us in person and online for the opening of this milestone season.

Special thanks as well to The Peggy & Yale Gordon Trust for sponsoring the concert—and to our entire community for helping us continue the vision that has guided CC2nd for 40 years: Music for All, Free to All.

📷 Steve Ruark

09/24/2026

📣 CC2nd Artist Spotlight on pianist Wan-Chi Su, performing with the Musicians of the Baltimore Symphony on Sep 27th.

“…played with sensitivity and imagination" (American Scholar).

Pianist Wan-Chi Su has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in Asia, Europe, and the United States. She has played major venues including Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York, Salle Cortot in Paris, and Taiwan National Concert Hall.
Decorated with numerous awards, Dr. Su won first prize in the Taiwan Cultural Cup Invitational Piano Competition and first prize in the Taiwan National Student Music Competition in Piano.

She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, and currently resides in Baltimore with her husband, and cat named Sanji.

Here's Wan-Chi Su joined by cellist Ismar Gomes, playing Bach Sonata in G minor:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNrhLKmk8mk&t=5s

We hope to see you there!

📅 Sunday, September 27th, 2026, 3:30pm
🎟️ All of our concerts are FREE and no reservation is required
📍 Second Presbyterian Church, 4200 St Paul St, Baltimore, MD 21218
🌐 For more info: https://cc2nd.org

Ismar Gomes, celloWan-Chi Su, pianoRecorded April 2017

09/23/2026

On October 4th, Community Concert at Second is thrilled to present trumpeter Brandon Woody and his band UPENDO on our stage.

Recently signed to Blue Note Records and hailed by The New York Times as a “rising force in contemporary jazz,” Woody brings his acclaimed band UPENDO to CC2nd. Members of Upendo include Troy Long (keys), Quincy Phillips (drums), and Michael Saunders (bass). They will be playing a variety of tunes, including original works from their 2024 album, For the Love of It All.

📅 October 4th, 2026, 3:30pm
🎟️ FREE, no reservation is required
📍 Second Presbyterian Church, 4200 St Paul St, Baltimore, MD 21218
🌐 For more info: https://cc2nd.org

09/17/2026

📽️ A sneak peek at our upcoming concert on Sep 27th with the Baltimore Symphony Musicians!

Violinist Holly Jenkins and bassist Ryan Avila will be playing Edgar Meyer's CONCERT DUO FOR VIOLIN AND BASS.
Here's Meyer playing his own multifaceted composition, joined by violinist Tessa Lark:

https://youtu.be/4EN9Qt8pBJ0?si=QPQovB6ziZwXI5bS

We'll see you there!

📅 September 27th, 2026, 3:30pm
🎟️ All of our concerts are FREE and no reservation is required
📍 Second Presbyterian Church, 4200 St Paul St, Baltimore, MD 21218
🌐 For more info: https://cc2nd.org

For the first single release from her upcoming album The Stradgrass...

09/16/2026

40 MOMENTS THAT SHAPED CC2nd
No. 2: Leon Fleisher performs in 1987 as part of our inaugural season

Community Concerts at Second has always been a home for visionaries. In our first season, on October 18, 1987, the late great pianist Leon Fleisher dedicated Second Presbyterian’s Steinway piano in a recital in which he overcame the paralysis of his right hand with a performance of Bach’s “Sheep May Safely Graze” arranged for left hand—a visionary moment, indeed.

Following Fleisher’s passing in August 2020, his student and acclaimed concert pianist Brian Ganz returned to perform a tribute concert celebrating his teacher’s extraordinary life and artistic legacy.

Over the years, CC2nd has welcomed more than 20 of Fleisher’s students to perform on our stage— including Awadagin Pratt and Alon Goldstein (who perform for us this season), Kevin Kenner, Brian Ganz, Jenny Lin, and many, many more!

09/14/2026

Join us for our next concert with our very own musicians of the Baltimore Symphony!

From string quartet by Shostakovich, to a duo concerto by Edgar Meyer and piano Quintet by Dvořák- this is not a concert you want to miss!

As always, all of our concerts are completely FREE and no reservation required.
We hope to see you there!

📅 September 27th, 2026, 3:30pm
🎟️ FREE, no reservation is required
📍 Second Presbyterian Church, 4200 St Paul St, Baltimore, MD 21218
🌐 For more info: https://cc2nd.org

Community Concerts at Second is a free concert series presented at Second Presbyterian Church in Baltimore.