Cultural

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.

- Solar Winds and Impressions of Spring, a compelling and inspiring program of music written especially for woodwinds.

Solar Winds bring music of the highest quality to recital halls and schools throughout the Boston area. The five musicians who comprise the heart of Solar Winds - a traditional woodwind quintet - are professionally trained instrumentalists and music educators. You will hear Jill Dreeben, flute; Charlyn Bethell, oboe; Diane Heffner, clarinet; Sally Merriman, bassoon.

Repertoire includes the most demanding compositions of the modern era as well as the classics

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

Dedicated to the immigrant experience, please join us for Syldason, a duo concert featuring Sylvie Zakarian, marimba and Daniela Tosic, voice.

Taking inspiration from their shared cultural heritage, Syldason strives to honor a long tradition of movement of people in search of a safer and more prosperous life.

Sylvie and Daniela grew up on the Balkan Peninsula in an era of relative political stability yet overshadowed by the heavy cloud of the Cold War. With this program, Syldason hopes to present shared elements of the human experience, bridging the space between us. You will hear music

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

A genre-bending band, tempered with the grooves of Motown, Memphis, the Gulf Coast of Texas, and New Orleans.

The Band is one of the most notable Blues acts with a uniquely modern funky style. The band's sound includes deep Texas roots music, add some funk, and jazz influenced bass patterns, and the influence of various Afro-Caribbean drum beats. This isn't strictly Blues, much of it is original music with its own sound and tempo. You will enter the Willie J Laws Band musical train, covering a varied terrain with its assorted musical sounds. It's an exciting, fast-moving train, and you will