Ripley Chapel Arts & Spirituality

We are proud to announce our 2024-25 Ripley Presents Season of Events! Both live in person and live streamed, please join us for an exciting line-up of concerts. From high octane blues to singer-songwriter Indie Pop, from Valentine’s Day Cabaret to soul-satisfying classical music, Ripley Presents offers a uniquely satisfying and distinctive roster of artists for the 2024-25 season. For more information about the season, please contact Jane Ring Frank, Minister of Music and the Arts at 857-919-0983.

All events begin at 7:30 p.m. Our line-up includes:

9/27: Late Night Thoughts – Indie-Pop Duo, singer/songwriter stylings + anthemic pop production.
10/25: Boston Saxophone Quartet – a unique blend of musicians with an impressive range of repertoire on saxophone, flute, clarinet, oboe, and bassoon.
11/15: You Are Welcome Here: Syldason – Daniela Tosic (voice) and Sylvie Zakarian (marimba) meld folk and classical traditions to form a new Balkan repertory.
12/20: Songs for the Waiting: An Advent Serenade – From Renaissance motets to vocal jazz harmony, four of Boston’s best vocalists celebrate the season with compelling duos, trios, and quartets.
1/24/2025: Willie J. Laws Band – a genre-bending sound tempered with the grooves of Motown, Memphis, the Gulf Coast of Texas, and New Orleans.
2/14: Valentine’s Day: Scott Nicholas and Friends – In honor of Cupid’s mischief and matchmaking, a cabaret evening of musical theater’s best love (and heartbreak) songs.
3/21: Celebration Organ Concert – in honor of Winchester’s 175^th anniversary and on the very date of Bach’s 340^th birthday, a town-wide organ extravaganza on our beautiful Fisk organ (Sanctuary concert).
4/11: Hank Wonder – Our favorite Winchester-based trio returns to Ripley Chapel with an infectious blend of Classic Country and Southern Soul!
5/9: Aryaloka String Quartet – four stunning musicians, inspired by prodigious composers.
6/06: Triton – With piano accordion, bellows-blown bagpipes, fiddle, and nyckelharpa, this dynamic trio offers music rooted in the traditional dance repertoire of Northwestern Europe.

All concert tickets are $20 or $5 for Students– both live and live-streamed. Details and live stream links will be provided closer to each event.

For more information about the season, please visit www.fcc-winchester.org or contact Jane Ring Frank, Minister of Worship and the Arts at 857-919-0983 or at jane@fcc-winchester.org.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Ripley Chapel can be found at First Congregational Church, Winchester, 21 Church St. The entry is located on the Vine Street side of the church. Please use the accessible ramp entrance, and Ripley Chapel will be directly to your right as you enter the building.

Upcoming Events

Ripley Presents: We Have Faith – Pride Exhibit

First Congregational Church & Ripley Presents warmly invite you to our second annual pride art exhibit! This year, we are proud to display Family Diversity Projects’ We Have Faith, a photo exhibit that highlights the stories and lives of LGBTQ+ clergy and people of faith… read more

Taizé Worship: The Light Returns

Wednesday, June 11, 2025 7:30 PM

As we welcome the return of the light and the coming Summer, please join us for a joyful and poignant service, featuring the ecumenical prayers and gorgeous musical chants of France’s Taizé community. All denominations are welcome.

This simple service – of prayer, poetry, silence, candle lighting, and SINGING – is modeled after the rich and beautiful Taizé tradition. Our ministers will guide us in blessing the light; voice, violin, cello, guitar, and piano will lead glorious songs and chants, as a meditation on and a celebration of the season of light…read more