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Music and the Arts at Center Church offers the highest quality music and art, to the Greater Hartford region from a variety of traditions and performers. M&A at Center Church aims to provide opportunities for cultural enrichment, establish and foster relationships with artists and audience members, and encourage all to see Center Church as a place where the many aspects of faith and life – as demonstrated through the arts – can intersect.

All Music and the Arts events are free and open to the public. M&A Events are made possible through monies received from free-will offerings and by the generosity of our donors. If you would like to support Music and the Arts through a donation or sponsorship, please email Bob Gilbert, Center Church’s Director of Music at rgilbert@cchartford.org.

You can download the 2025-2026 Music and The Arts brochure here.

Our next event will be Mad Agnes: A Unique American Folk Trio
Sunday, March 15th, 2026 at 4:30
in the Historic Meetinghouse at 675 Main Street, Hartford.

Hartford-based international trio, Mad Agnes (Margo Hennebach, Adrienne Jones and Mark Saunders) has been called “genre-bending,” refusing to stay within one style but choosing instead to draw upon their varied backgrounds to create a sound of their own. Common to all their work, however, are their signature harmonies (tight as jeans from the dryer!) and carefully crafted arrangements that utilize guitars, mandolin, ukulele, percussion and an adorable pint-sized keyboard. Mad Agnes uses primarily one microphone around which they form and re-form, early-radio style. Their ease with one another onstage invites the audience into their world of human connection and spontaneous fun. Playing together since 2001, they collectively have 12 original CD releases, and have performed at festivals and listening rooms across the US and UK.

To sample their music, go to
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH2Tel0xVMc5B5RrOO9XGaA

Thank you to everyone who made our
20th Annual Messiah Sing a Success!
Stay tuned for the uploaded video if you missed it…
We’re thrilled to welcome back the
Sarah Hanahan Quartet for a
Jazz Lessons and Carols December 2025!
Our Annual Greater Hartford Messiah Event
(January 2026 will be it’s 20th annual performance!)
St. Luke’s Sacred Steel is a regular participant in our Music and Arts series.
Jazz legend, Grammy Nominee and Connecticut Native Jimmy Greene will be joining us for the 2025-2026 season.
We Also have many talented musicians in our congregation who bring their talents to worship each week!