Weekly and Monthly New England Area Singings
All listed singings use the 1991 Denson revision of the Sacred Harp. Any additional books used are listed after the contact information.
The information on this page was last updated in January 2016. We do our best to keep things current, but we recommend confirming the location and time just in case! Contact us with updated information about any of these singings.
For singings outside New England, see this list of local singings around the United States and internationally.
Massachusetts
See WMSHC Local Singings for information on singings in Western Massachusetts.
Boston/Cambridge:
Second Sundays, 3–6pm (Charlestown)
Wednesdays, 7–9pm (Downtown/Cambridge/JP — location varies by week)
Website: Boston Sacred Harp
Newton:
Second Mondays, 7:45–10pm
Additional books: Norumbega Harmony
Website: http://www.mit.edu/people/ijs/opensing.html
Phone: Bob Parr at 781-648-1009 or Bill Holt at 617-923-6044 (home), 617-797-1895 (mobile)
E-mail: Bob Parr at parr2w4s@gmail.com or Bill Holt at bill@wrholt.com
Salem:
Third Sundays, 2–5pm
Additional books: Cooper revision
Facebook page: Salem Sacred Harp
Rhode Island
Providence:
Fourth Sundays, 3–6pm
Thursdays, 5–7pm
For details, see the Rhode Island Sacred Harp website and the Providence Shape-Note Singing Facebook page
Connecticut
Yale-New Haven:
Tuesdays, 7–9pm
Website: Yale-New Haven Sacred Harp
Maine
Get details for all Maine singings at the Maine Shape Note Singing website
Portland:
Tuesdays, 7–9pm
First Sundays, 2–5pm
Facebook page: Portland Sacred Harp
Downeast:
First Saturdays, 2–4pm
Facebook page: Downeast Shape Note
Waterville:
Second Sundays, 2–5pm
Bangor:
Third Sundays, 2–5pm
Damariscotta/Coastal:
Fourth Sundays, 2–5pm
Eastern New York
For a complete list of New York State singings, see the Albany Sacred Harp regional singings page
Catskills Region
Website: Catskills Sacred Harp Musical Association
Albany Area
First Saturdays, 6:30–9pm
Website: Albany Sacred Harp
New York City (Manhattan, East Village), Lower East Side Singing:
First Sundays, 3–6pm
New York City (Brooklyn), Joe Beasley Singing:
Second Sundays, 2–5pm
New York City (Manhattan, Midtown):
Third Sundays, 1:30–4:30pm (September to May)
New York City (Manhattan, Gramercy), Christian Harmony and Gospel Singing:
Saturdays before Fourth Sundays, 2–5pm
For details on all New York City singings, see the New York City Sacred Harp website
New Jersey
Upper Montclair:
Fourth Sundays, 2–5:30pm
Montclair Friends Meetinghouse, 289 Park St., Montclair
Phone: Gina Balestracci or Roland Hutchinson at 973-509-2165
E-mail: gssh.singings@verizon.net
New Hampshire
Hanover:
Second Thursdays, 7–9:30pm
Hanover Friends Meeting House, 43 Lebanon Street, Hanover
E-mail: Dan Hertzler at danhertzler@gmail.com
Berlin:
Website: North Country Sacred Harp
Vermont
For information about all Vermont singings, visit vermontshapenotesingers.
Middlebury:
First Sundays, 1–3pm
Mitchell Green Lounge, McCullough Student Centre, 14 Old Chapel Road, Middlebury
E-mail: David Rosenberg, middleburyshapenote@gmail.com
Brattleboro:
Third Sundays, 3:00–5:30pm
St. Michael's Episcopal Church (NOT St. Michael's Catholic), 16 Bradley Avenue, Brattleboro, VT (in the upstairs meeting room)
Phone: Matthew Wojcik at 802-246-1008
E-mail: Matthew Wojcik at mwojcik@earthlink.net or Dan Hertzler at danhertzler@gmail.com to be added to the email announcements list
Website: Brattleboro Sacred Harp Facebook page.
Norwich:
Fourth Sundays, 1:30–4:30pm
St Barnabas Episcopal Church, Parish hall, Norwich, VT.
E-mail: Dan Hertzler at danhertzler@gmail.com
Derby Line:
Fourth Sundays, 3:30pm (with a potluck)
Universalist Unitarian Church Hall, Derby Line (about 500 feet from the international border)
Phone: Julia Richmond at 819-657-4703
E-mail: Julia Richmond at doerfler@netrevolution.com
Glover:
Second and Fourth Tuesdays, 7pm (Fall-Spring)
Every Tuesday, 7:30pm (Summer)
Bread and Puppet Farm, Rte. 122
Phone: Linda Wells at 802-586-0698
E-mail: Linda Wells at craftsbury@hotmail.com