Here’s to a spirited summer of exceptional opportunities! Whether you’re a jazz aficionado or a classical music lover, it’s a sure shot that one of this summer’s most refreshing events will be the Coral Gables Congregational Church (CGCC) Community Arts Program (CAP) Summer Concert Series. CGCC’s intimate and historic setting, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, creates the ideal blend in which to hear and see a roster of extraordinary artists.

The Summer Concert Series flourishes from a commitment found within CGCC’s vision: to “celebrate through the arts a sense of wonder for all creation.” And this “sense of wonder” is one that you will experience in concert, as part of a Community Arts Program that also nurtures young musicians through its Conservatory for the Arts.

The CGCC Community Arts Program Conservatory for the Arts offers music education to young musicians, ages 8-18. With an inclusive approach, the Conservatory for the Arts provides engaging and practical forums for a diversity of youth, no matter their circumstances. The result is valuable lessons for all students through an award-winning after-school music program that delivers classroom, one-on-one, and active-learning-ensemble experiences. Teachers and coaches are also musicians within the University of Miami Frost School of Music and other exceptional South Florida institutions.

A summer extension of the CGCC CAP Conservatory for the Arts is the Young Musicians’ Summer Master Classes. These provide youth with a deeper overall perspective of music and the music industry through the “real-world” experiences of renowned performers. You’re invited to also join in these engaging sessions, for every age, taught by artists appearing on the Summer Concert Series.

We have the perfect mix! Drink it in; and experience vibrant cultural and educational enrichment, with an intoxicating sense of wonder!

The 2009 Summer Concert Series opens with an outstanding sextet of players from the Arturo O’Farrill Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra. A prominent figure of the Afro-Cuban jazz movement, Arturo preserves much of the music made famous by his father, Chico O’Farrill.   Read More

Impassioned performances, compelling music making and mastery of a broad and varied selection of music have made Anne Akiko Meyers one of today’s most sought-after violinists.  Read More

Shortly after moving to New York City in 1999, singer, pianist and songwriter Tony DeSare was cast as the star of the long running Off-Broadway musical, Our Sinatra, in which he was praised by Variety for his “dapper charm.”  Read More

Acclaimed for her extraordinary lyricism, technique and versatility, GRAMMY Award winner Sharon Isbin has been hailed as “the pre-eminent guitarist of our time.”  Read More

Pianist Eldar Djangirov has accomplished something that the vast majority of jazz artists, pianists or otherwise, will never accomplish: He landed a contract with a major label and received a GRAMMY nomination before he could have a drink.  Read More

Master trombonist and member of the famed Marsalis family, Delfeayo Marsalis began playing at age 13 and produced his first recording at 17. He has since produced over 75 major-label recordings that include Harry Connick, Jr., Marcus Roberts, Spike Lee, his father Ellis Marsalis and brothers Branford and Wynton Marsalis.  Read More