"Where Worlds Meet," a concert by Miranda Cuckson, a violinist, and Blair McMillen, a pianist, promises to "weave worlds together," according to The Church in Sag Harbor, which will host the performance on Sunday afternoon at 3. The duo will play compositions by Beethoven, Prokofiev, Lili Boulanger, Ross Lee Finney, and Eleanor Alberga, a contemporary Jamaican composer who lives in Britain.
Their musical partnership spans over a decade. In 2013, The New Yorker called them "two of New York's most dependable ambassadors of the musical cutting edge," while The Guardian cited their playing as "frank and urgent, with powerfully stripped-back quiet passages . . . a gritted-teeth ecstatic climax . . . and brutal attacks and silences."
Together they have played recitals of both old and new music at San Francisco Performances, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, and the Detroit Institute of Arts. They have given many world premiere performances and have recorded violin-piano music by Harold Meltzer, Michael Hersch, Jason Eckhardt, Donald Martino, and Elliott Carter. Their 2016 ECM release of music by Bela Bartok, Witold Lutoslawski, and Alfred Schnittke was critically acclaimed. Active as both performers and educators, they serve on the faculty of the Mannes School of Music at the New School in Manhattan.
In addition to her frequent live concerts around the United States, Ms. Cuckson has performed at Tokyo's Suntory Hall, Mexico City's Palacio de Bellas Artes, the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, the West Cork Festival in Ireland, and the SinusTon Festival in Magdeburg, Germany, among others. She is the founder of Nunc, a nonprofit with which she has curated concerts and residencies and produced numerous premieres.
Mr. McMillen's recent appearances include concertos with the American Symphony Orchestra in Carnegie Hall, solo appearances with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and a three-week solo tour of Brazil sponsored by the U.S. State Department. For 10 years he was the pianist for the Naumburg Award-winning Da Capo Chamber Players, and he is the co-founder and co-director of the Rite of Summer Music Festival.
Tickets are $30, $25 for members of The Church.
Kristen Santori, the programming and communications manager of the Sag Harbor venue since 2024, holds a B.A. in English Literature, with an emphasis on multicultural literature, from SUNY Old Westbury. She will lead "Yes. Hands Down. Always," a journaling workshop, on Monday at 3 p.m. A disciplined journal-keeper, Ms. Santori has learned through her writing and research, according to The Church, to create a space for healing.
She will guide participants through a simple exercise that she herself lived through in practice, and that served as a catalyst in her personal journey of wellness.
Tickets are $10, free for members who R.S.V.P.
The Church has invited all makers, creatives, artists, and writers to bring their supplies there on Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m. to make art together in a casual, no-pressure environment.
Participants will be joined by Hollis Chitto and Daniel T. Gaitor-Lomack, current resident-artists, who will open their studios. In the work of Mr. Chitto, an Indigenous beadwork artist based in Santa Fe, the influence of traditional Pueblo pottery is apparent. Mr. Gaitor-Lomack's practice "taps into the social and spiritual dimensions of the everyday in an ongoing dialogue between self, environment, and object."
Attendees are responsible for taking their own supplies, including easels, and cleaning up, starting at 8:30. The Church provides tables, chairs, and the studio space, which is limited; the program operates on a first-come-first-served basis. Advance reservation on the website should guarantee a spot.
The cost is $10, free for members who R.S.V.P.
