Carnegie Hall announces 2026–2027 ‘Well-Being Concerts’

Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute (WMI) said on Tuesday, June 16, that, throughout the 2026–2027 season, it will present 15 Well-Being Concerts, hour-long concert experiences that combine elements of mindfulness and deep listening with performance in an “immersive, nurturing space.”

WMI said the lineup of concerts this season explores music as a shared space for “presence, connection, and renewal.”

“Audiences are invited to discover the subtle ways that sound can shape how we feel, reflect, and relate to one another,” it said.

WMI said the first in the series of Well-Being Concerts in Carnegie Hall’s Resnick Education Wing takes place on Friday, Oct. 9, with the return of trumpeter Sean Jones, who performs alongside an ensemble of remarkable alums from Carnegie Hall’s NYO Jazz.

“This immersive concert reimagines the relationship between audience, artist, and space, inviting listeners to experience jazz as a living conversation that unfolds in unexpected ways,” WMI said.

The following day, Oct. 10, it said Tony Award-winner Matt Doyle, joined by collaborators, offers a genre-crossing program of songs that move between humor and vulnerability.

WMI said Well-Being Concert highlights of the 2026–2027 season include an immersive solo piano experience exploring flow and focus from Conrad Tao (Dec. 19) and cellist Joshua Roman, joined by vocalist and guitarist Camila Meza and percussionist Zane Rodulfo, who returns for his third Well-Being Concert (Dec. 20).

In addition, WMI said the series includes a genre-crossing program shaped by migration, memory, and musical dialogue with clarinetist Kinan Azmeh (Feb. 12); Rumbo Tumba, the electroacoustic project of Argentine multi-instrumentalist Facundo Salgado, which transforms wooden instruments into immersive musical journeys (Feb. 13); and flutist Catherine Gregory, percussionist Ian Rosenbaum, and soprano Ariadne Greif collaborating on a program that explores breath, which was originally performed for cancer patients (Feb. 27).

WMI said viral choral sensation Gaia Collective invites audiences to connect and build community through song “in what is sure to be a moving evening of collective singing” (April 3).

In the community, WMI said Carnegie Hall collaborates with two New York City institutions to present Well-Being Concerts in iconic NYC spaces next season.

For the third season, WMI said Carnegie Hall partners with The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, presenting Grammy Award-winner — and Carnegie Hall 2026–2027 Perspectives artist—esperanza spalding in a program centered around navigating grief (March 6).

WMI said the Westerlies, joined by special guest Sam Amidon, draw on folk traditions and improvisation for an “unforgettable evening” in the rotunda of Guggenheim New York (May 7 and 8).

In addition, WMI said private Well-Being Concerts will be offered for groups of veterans, healthcare workers, researchers, policymakers, and other invited community members throughout the season.