Cultural

A unique blend of musicians with an impressive range of repertoire on saxophone, flute, clarinet, oboe, and bassoon.

A concert featuring four of Winchester’s best organists: Jeffrey Mead, First Congregational Church; Jeremy Bruns, Parish of the Epiphany; John Kramer, Winchester Unitarian Society; and Jane O’Keefe, Retired, St. Mary’s Parish. The town of Winchester celebrates 175 years of incorporation as Johann Sebastian Bach turns 340 years old!

The recital showcases the colors, sounds and registrations of FCC’s C. B. Fisk, Opus 50, known as “Winchester Old,” a kaleidoscope at the organists’ fingertips. It promises to delve into the profound beauty and influence of Bach’s music, featuring not only the music

Award-winning, Billboard-charting artist Flamy Grant: shame-slaying, hip-swaying, singing-songwriting drag queen.

Live in person and live streamed from the stunning Ripley Chapel, First Congregational Church is pleased to present singer-songwriter drag queen, Flamy Grant. Armed with a bold lip and a blistering voice, Flamy is brilliant, resilient proof that nothing is sacred (but everything is holy) and shame belongs in the closet.

Hailing from Asheville, North Carolina, Flamy's 2022 debut record, Bible Belt Baby, reached the #1 spot on the iTunes Christian Chart (the first drag

An infectious blend of Classic Country and Southern Soul.  The Boston-based trio of Annie Bartlett (fiddle and viola), Darren Buck (vocals), and Michael Loria (guitar) first came together in 2013 and have since crafted their very own soulful blend of Americana: equal parts down home and gussied up. Available live or live-streamed.

Rachel Sumner and Traveling Light, a Boston-based string band making music that blends folk tradition with feminist storytelling, poetic detail, and just enough grit.

At the center is Sumner's songwriting--rooted in history, myth, and personal reckoning--carried by close harmonies, upright bass, acoustic guitar, and fiddle. The trio features Kat Wallace on fiddle and vocals and Mike Siegel on upright bass and vocals, whose playing brings both tension and tenderness to the sound. Their sound is spare and intimate, sometimes eerie, sometimes sweet, always intentional.

Sumner has performed

First Congregational Church is pleased to present singer-songwriter Sarah McQuaid, whose music nestles in the space between folk and pop. McQuaid's lush, velvety voice combines with her engaging personality, subtle mastery onstage (Huffington Post), and brilliant musicianship (fRoots) on acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards and (occasionally) drum to create a truly immersive experience. Her live performances are full of warmth, wit, and intimacy, and have earned her loyal followings on both sides of the Atlantic.

From Renaissance motets to vocal jazz harmony, four of Boston’s best vocalists celebrate the season with compelling duos, trios, and quartets.

Hildegard Reanimated - Vision in Vision
Passionate and daring, The Pandora Consort crafts re-imagined programs dedicated to historically under-represented voices.

FCCW is pleased to present The Pandora Consort, an early music ensemble dedicated to reimagining classical music performance by integrating multimedia and interactive elements, and by sharing music and stories that uplift historically marginalized composers, particularly early female composers.

In Hildegard Reanimated, The Pandora Consort explores the mystical visions of Hildegard von Bingen through her illuminations and music

Hailing from Vermont and Québec, Triton offer music rooted in the traditional dance repertoire of Northwestern Europe. The three are masters of the piano accordion, the quieter, bellows-blown bagpipes, and fiddle and nyckelharpa, together creating a beguiling and orchestral blend which utterly subverts the common stereotypes of their Old World instruments. Their repertoire includes bourrées from central France, triple-time hornpipes from the Scottish Borders, the Swedish slängpolska, the Breton hanter dro, and compelling originals reflecting these influences. Unified by their zeal and musical

A genre-bending sound tempered with the grooves of Motown, Memphis, the Gulf Coast of Texas, and New Orleans. Willie J. Laws: a Texas guitar “gun slinger,” vocalist, and song writer following in the footsteps of T-Bone Walker, Lightning Hopkins, Albert King and many others. This music is the kind of real Texas soul, all mixed up with classic R&B, country, blues/funk that grows from the Texas soil. Willie has performed nationally and internationally, including two tours of Russia at the invite of the US Consulate in St Petersburg.

Tickets are $20, General Admission (live or live streamed); $5