Concert Series
Love Fights Back: Joy Springs Forth
Sunday, May 3rd, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Mark your calendars and get ready to join us for the third concert in the Love Fights Back series! Once again we are bringing together singers from all over the city under the music direction of our very own Darnell White and Matt Podd to build solidarity, community and JOY in the face of injustice.
This concert series sends a strong message that we refuse to be divided from our neighbors or view “other” as “enemy.” From Minneapolis to Tehran, from Sudan to Palestine, we are one.
Attendance is always free and all are always welcome.
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Love Fights Back: Songs of Joy & Justice
Our second annual winter concert, Love Fights Back, took place on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025.
With music direction by our very own Darnell White and Matt Podd, singers from all over the city came together with our community to raise our collective voices against oppression everywhere. We enjoyed an evening of inspiring music that reminded all that the only way we can tackle the challenges facing us today is in solidarity and action.
Love Fights Back!
Following the success of Love Sings: A Winter Concert in December, 2024, the Community Church of New York followed up with a Spring Concert: Love Fights Back!
Taking place on Sunday, May 18 at 5 PM at 209 Madison Ave., the concert aimed to create music and build collective power in these times of uncertainty and fear.
Director of Music Darnell White and Assistant Director of Music Matt Podd, members of our amazing choir, musicians, and performers from all over the city provided an evening of uplifting, empowering music.
Love Sings: A Winter Concert
On December 22, 2024, our professional choir, under the leadership of our incomparable Music Director Darnell White and Assistant Music Director Matt Podd, performed a wide array of holiday and winter pieces for the Community Church of New York’s Love Sings: A Winter Concert. Some are likely to be familiar, but we guarantee there is nothing “standard” about these performances. Anyone who follows us on social media or takes part in our services, either online or in person, knows how special this music team is - and we are excited to share the recording of this phenomenal concert!
Donations collected during the concert went to support the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Disaster Relief Fund, which gives grants to UU congregations and non-profit entities in the wake of disaster and emergency situations. Funds like these provide urgently needed mutual aid to communities like those in Western North Carolina, which were devastated by hurricane-related flooding in October, 2024.