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A large choir, dressed in black, sings from the front of the sanctuary, accompanied by a male pianist and directed by a gray-haired woman dressed.
Music Sunday, November 12, 2023

Twice each year, in November and March, our worship service is given over to music. Highlighting the incredible talents of our congregation’s singers, musicians, and dancers under the leadership of our Director of Music Ministry, Anne Watson Born, our music services invite contemplation, elevate the spirit, and celebrate the richness and diversity of our musical traditions.

Music Sundays for 2025-2026 are held on November 2025 and April 2026. Folk Music Sunday is held on May 2026.

 

Music Sunday, November 16, 2025

Can You See?  Reflections on the heaviness of these times with music expressing our resilience, our community, and our hope.

 

Date: November 16, 2025
Time: 10:15am
Place: First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton, 1326 Washington Street, West Newton, MA 02465

  • A man with gray hair and glasses wearing a gray sweater stands at a podium at the front of the Sanctuary, with choir members seated behind him.
  • A bald man with glasses, dressed in a black long-sleeved shirt and black pants, sits and plays a grand piano in the Sanctuary, with a gray-haired woman standing nearby and many congregants seated in pews.
  • A gray-haired woman with glasses, dressed in a black suit and black shirt, stands in the pulpit. A guitar rests against its base.
  • A man with white hair and beard wearing glasses, a plaid shirt, and blue jeans, lights the chalice as a woman with long, white hair wearing glasses and a red sweater reads from a sheet of paper.
  • A man with gray hair wearing glasses, a black long-sleeved shirt, and black pants, sits in a chair beside a grand piano and plays the guitar.
  • A man with gray hair and a white beard wearing glasses and a long-sleeved black shirt stands in the pulpit, with the pipe organ in the background.
  • A woman with short brown hair wearing glasses, a long-sleeved pink shirt, and black pants sits and plays a grand piano while congregants in the pews listen.
  • A gray-haired woman wearing glasses and a black long-sleeved shirt and a brown-haired woman dressed in black at a podium on the opposite side of the Sanctuary read together, with a choir seated behind them.
  • A group of about ten adults wearing black stand in the choir seating in the Sanctuary and sing from hymnals.
  • A group of eleven men dressed in back and holding binders stand at the front of the Sanctuary beside a grand piano
  • A man with white hair and beard wearing glasses and a black long-sleeved shirt stands in the pulpit of the Sanctuary.
  • A woman with short brown hair wearing a long-sleeved pink shirt and black pants sits and plays a grand piano at the front of the Sanctuary
  • A large choir stands at the front of the Sanctuary and sings, accompanied by a male pianist and directed by a gray-haired woman dressed in black.
  • A large choir stands at the front of the sanctuary, directed by a gray-haired woman dressed in black.
  • A large choir sings at the front of the Sanctuary, accompanied by a male pianist at a grand piano.
  • Music Director Anne Watson Born, a gray-haired woman with glasses wearing a black shirt and black suit, stands holding a hymnal with a congregant in the first pew of a church filled with singing congregants, including a balcony above the main sanctuary.
  • A bald man with glasses dressed in a black long-sleeved shirt and black pants sits at the complex keyboard of a pipe organ, with seated choir members in the background.