Nathan Quiring & Susan Richter

Nathan Quiring and Susan Richter play Central Presbyterian Church on Thursday, August 27, from 12 PM to 12:30 PM. It's a half-hour set of piano and clarinet, with the possibility of recorder joining in, and it's free.

If you haven't spent much time there, Central Presbyterian is one of Austin's oldest music venues. The church has gone by that name since 1983, but it dates back to 1871, and its formation goes back another 32 years before that. It's been booked by Kathi Thomas since 2003, and it's hosted weekly half-hour lunch-break shows every Thursday since 1980. Touring acts like Rickie Lee Jones have played here, and the sanctuary's acoustics are nearly perfect. The room holds 450 and has served as an SXSW venue since 2006. The church has only two rules for musicians: don't drink, and don't break the stained-glass windows.

Quiring and Richter fit right into that tradition. The program is piano and clarinet, and maybe recorder, and the whole thing is free. It runs from 12 PM to 12:30 PM on Thursday, August 27, at Central Presbyterian Church, 200 E. Eighth in downtown Austin.