About us

Voices in the Heights is a concert series dedicated to creating community among musicians and listeners.  

We love music, especially music that comes from the heart, promotes social justice, and reminds us of the diversity and traditions of our community. While we emphasize presenting singer-songwriters in the acoustic tradition, you can expect to hear an eclectic mix of music in the series.

We also love great food. Our desserts are all home-made and memorable, including chocolate cheesecake and a vegan dark chocolate torte that is beyond description. If you love telling your friends about your latest culinary discovery, our desserts will give you something to talk about. 

If you are coming to hear a specific musician, we hope you stay to hear everyone. Great music in a concert setting is an interaction between an engaging artist and a receptive audience. A full house calls a performer to new heights and we are, after all, "Voices in the Heights"!

History

Voices in the Heights grew out of the Greenwich Village Showcase, a bi-weekly concert series hosted at Café Vivaldi in New York City by Jeremy Aaron. The series featured extraordinary emerging artists who were on the cusp of being recognized by larger audiences and venues. It was an incubator for acoustic singer-songwriters, featuring an eclectic mix of artists from a wide range of traditions from folk to bluegrass to jazz. When Café Vivaldi closed in June of 2018, one of the last musical communities that was a true listening venue in NYC disappeared.

Voices in the Heights presented our first concert in the historic McKinney Chapel of the First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn Heights in the fall of 2018, determined to continue the mission of presenting live music to NYC audiences featuring extraordinary singer-songwriters performing in a setting designed for attentive audiences. A community of artists quickly developed an affinity for performing at Voices in the Heights, giving the series access to a wide pool of talented performers, including many emerging artists from the historically marginalized LGBTQ and BIPOC communities.