Helen Robinson Wright Fund Benefit Concert

Wade in the Water — a concert of chamber music to benefit the Helen Robinson Wright Charitable Fund

Streamed live from First Parish Church on Sunday, September 26, at 3:00pm.

Join us for a concert of chamber music performed by Charlyn Bethell, oboe, Guy Urban, piano, Jill Dreeben, flute, and special guest Jean Gauthier, contralto. Music by Saint-Saëns, J. S. Bach, Slovenian composer Blaz Pucihar, and featuring Margaret Bonds’ “Troubled Water”, a piano fantasy on the spiritual “Wade in the Water”. This hour-long concert will give you some energized time-away from your usual world.

The Helen Robinson Wright (HRW) Fund provides modest financial assistance to individuals and families facing short-term financial hardships in Watertown.

We ask that you contribute to the HRW Fund through online giving or a check to the church. Checks may be mailed to Helen Robinson Wright Fund c/o the First Parish of Watertown, 35 Church Street.

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From Mass Turnpike (I - 90): Take exit 17, (Newton -Watertown).

Follow signs for Watertown. On Galen Street, go east towards Watertown. Just before you cross the Charles River, you will join Rte. 16. After you cross the Charles, move to one of the two left hand turn lanes in Watertown Square, and then turn left on Rte. 20 (Main St.). This is heading towards Waltham.

Take your second right onto Church Street (the Armenian Library and Museum is on the corner of Main and Church Sts.). The First Parish is one block upon your right. Turn right at Summer Street to reach the parking lot.

Public Transportation

From Harvard Square take #71 bus down Mt. Auburn Street. Get off at Dunkin Donuts approaching Watertown Square. Summer St. is on the right, follow for two blocks until you see church on your left.

Parking

There is a parking lot adjacent to the church. It is available for event parking in the evening after 4:00 p.m. and on weekends after 1:00 p.m., but NOT at other times.