Community through music

Who we are

The Newton Family Singers (NFS) is about 70 people, ages 5 to 70-plus, who get together every Sunday at the Waban Library Center to learn songs and sing them in harmony. Our chorus consists of kids, parents, grandparents, neighbors, and lots of folks who just like to sing.

Twice a year we put on a show. Each one celebrates a different artist or era. Past show themes include Pete Seeger, Carole King and Joni Mitchell, the Beatles, Johnny Cash, Bob Marley, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Brandi Carlile, the Traveling Wilburys, R.E.M. and the Indigo Girls. We're backed by a real band made up of local musicians. In each show we have group songs plus small group numbers, including one just for the kids and one for the teens. And of course, the audience is encouraged to sing along.

Our mission is to create community through music. Or, as one audience member put it: if you walk in tired, you walk out smiling.

Giving Back

Every concert supports a cause someone in the group cares about. Since 2010 we've raised well over $20,000 for local organizations including the Newton Food Pantry, AANE, Best Buddies, Newton Community Farm, The Second Step, OUT MetroWest, Family Promise Metrowest and Urbanity Dance, and we've sung for free at Waban Village Day, the Waban tree lighting, Newton's Festival of the Arts and local senior residences.