On a January night when the calendar still leans heavily toward winter, the lights of the Walton Theatre will come up for a concert that moves easily between classical tradition and the American stage.
Music on the Delaware will open its 2026 Spring Coffeehouse series Sunday, Jan. 18, with a free performance by cellist Paul Huh and pianist-composer Kent Kim, a duo whose collaboration bridges concert hall repertoire and Broadway idioms. The program runs from 6 to 8 p.m. and is open to the public.
The evening will begin in firmly classical territory with Johannes Brahms’s Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, performed in all three movements. After intermission, the mood will shift as Kim presents a series of Broadway-themed medleys, arranged for cello and keyboard, bringing theatrical melodies into an intimate setting.
Huh is a familiar presence to Walton audiences, both as the installed pastor of the Walton United Presbyterian Church and as a returning performer in the Coffeehouse series. He began playing the cello at age 10, studied music at Wheaton College, and earned a master’s degree in cello performance from the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. His academic and professional path has also included graduate study at Biola University, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Drew University, reflecting a career that has woven together music, scholarship and ministry in both Korea and the United States.
Kim, based in New York City, brings a distinctly theatrical résumé. She holds an MFA from New York University’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, where she composed the full-length musical Out With a Bang. Her mini-opera Petronilla has been performed by university opera programs in New York and Oklahoma, and her music direction credits include Off-Broadway productions such as Frankenstein, Swing! The Musical and Teen Party Massacre. As a performer, she is active in New York’s cabaret and theater scene, with appearances on Broadway and at the Manhattan Repertory Theatre.
The Coffeehouse concerts, presented by Music on the Delaware, take place on the third Sunday of the month from September through November and again from January through May. While admission is free, donations are welcomed, and drinks and desserts are part of the ritual.
The series will continue on Feb. 15 with a performance by Robin Seletsky and friends, featuring jazz, blues and klezmer. A full schedule of spring events is available at the organization’s website.
