An ongoing record of the music programmed each Sunday at the United
Church of Christ in Keene, New Hampshire — composers, pieces, bulletin notes, and,
as they accumulate, recordings. The programming is adventurous on purpose:
the church has built a culture of listening that supports unusual repertoire,
and this archive exists to document the work as it happens.
A Sermon in Music
From chains to freedom, from dungeon to light.
February 8, 2026
Programming notes for a Sermon in Music Sunday at UCC Keene, featuring Duke Ellington, Thomas Tallis, Oscar Peterson, and the music of the Civil Rights Movement.
Choose Love. Always.
Seeing the world as wonderful does not require ignoring its brokenness.
January 25, 2026
Programming notes for a service on choosing love, featuring René Clausen, Bill Withers, Jester Hairston, and a postlude on ‘L-O-V-E.’
Martin Luther King Sunday
Justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
January 18, 2026
Programming notes for Martin Luther King Sunday at UCC Keene, featuring Bach, African American spirituals, Thomas Dorsey, and Oscar Peterson’s Hymn to Freedom.
The Baptism of Jesus
From stillness and expectation to the waters that claim us.
January 11, 2026
Programming notes for the Baptism of Jesus Sunday at UCC Keene, featuring Arvo Pärt, Hildegard von Bingen, Samuel Barber, and a congregational postlude of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy.