Unite Mt Vernon “Seasons of Wonder: Holiday Concert featuring Clayton Bryant w/ Mariah Bonner

Please RSVP HERE for this event

Clayton Bryant performs December 18 in the famous “green” church, the Mount Vernon
Place Church. The talented vocalist and composer has performed with legends including Elton
John, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, John Legend and Ashford & Simpson. His soulful blend of gospel, pop
and R&B has already made him a standout presence on Broadway and in concert halls alike. His
holiday show, A Season of Wonder, captures the joy, warmth, and spiritual uplift of the holidays.
Baltimore’s own cabaret artist Mariah Bonner – home from Argentina — and pianist and
songwriter Marcus Dagan will open with season’s favorites and surprise you with new
tunes.

The “Season of Wonder” Holiday Concert is the first offering from newly-formed UNITE
Mount Vernon, which acquired the iconic Mount Vernon United Methodist Church in July
2025. UNITE’s mission is two-fold: to preserve and restore the distinctive architecture of
the Church and to revive its vital role in Baltimore’s historic heart.

UNITE Mount Vernon is proud to launch with a free Holiday Concert — donations gratefully
accepted – especially because music was a key to the building of the Mount Vernon Place
Church. Its Methodist founders had broken away from an earlier group partly over a
musical controversy. Any music other than hymn singing was considered sinfully
distracting by some – but not at the Mount Vernon Place Church. A magnificent organ was
immediately installed after the Church opened its doors in 1872. It was the fourth largest
in the nation, and full of innovations. Some of the pipes were powered by water. And
sparks generated by the organ itself were used to light the gas lamps in the sanctuary.

Donation are welcome and can be made here

Doors open at 7p and the concert starts at 8p