Singer/songwriter Meghan Cary will return to 6 On The Square in Oxford for a special holiday show at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22 joined by Peter Farrell on keyboard, mandolin and vocals. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door; purchase at 6onthesquare.org or call 607-843-6OTS (6876) to make a reservation. Doors open one hour before the start of performances. The concert also will be streamed live online for $10. (Submitted photo)

OXFORD - Singer/songwriter Meghan Cary will return to 6 On The Square in Oxford for a special holiday show at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22.

Cary didn’t mean to be a musician — but when her fiancé unexpectedly died, she picked up his guitar, figured out how to play it and wrote her debut record, which earned Billboard Magazine’s Critics Choice Award.

She continues to share the healing power of music with the community that has rallied around her message of hope and being heard. The title track of her album “Sing Louder” debuted on the US/International Folk DJ Radio chart at #2, with the album coming in at #6. Cary released her first book, “Sing Louder: The Stories Behind the Songs,” on International Women’s Day 2019.

A frequent performer at such venerable festivals as Philadelphia Folk Festival, Spring Gulch, Huntington, DelMarVa Folk Festival and music venues around the country, Cary brings her message of unity and the power of raising our voices together to every show. Her smoky voice, emotional singing and vulnerable writing garner comparisons to Melissa Etheridge, Brandi Carlisle and Bruce Springsteen.

Raised in Hershey, Pa., Cary studied math and chemistry at Duke University, with plans of becoming a doctor. She made an about-face at school, earning a degree in drama before going on to obtain her MFA in acting at FSU’s Asolo Conservatory for Acting. A professional actor and playwright with a career in theatre, television and radio, Cary has written and performs a one-woman show, “On the Way to the Waterfall.”

At the 6OTS show, she’ll be joined by Peter Farrell on keyboard, mandolin and vocals.

Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door; purchase at 6onthesquare.org or call 607-843-6OTS(6876) to make a reservation. Doors open one hour before the start of performances. The concert also will be streamed live online for $10; more information at 6onthesquare.org.

Coming up this winter/spring at 6OTS: Ellis Paul (Jan. 21), Cold Chocolate (March 28), Rupert Wates (April 5), Abby Posner (April 12), Joe Crookston (May 11) and our 18th Anniversary Show with Vance Gilbert (June 21).

Sponsors for this fall’s 6OTS concerts are Chenango County Tourism and Patocka's Restaurant in Greene. 6OTS also is funded in part by Earlville Opera House's Arts in the Community Grants Program, made possible by the New York State Senate with support of the Office of Gov. Kathy Hochul, and administered by the New York State Council on the Arts.

6 On The Square, Inc. is an intimate, not-for-profit, volunteer-based acoustic music listening room and arts venue located at 6 Lafayette Park in downtown Oxford.

- Information from 6OTS