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SUMMARY:NE Roots and Branches - "Contradance Music: The New England Contradance Repertoire"
DESCRIPTION:Continue to explore the roots of New England’s unique and beautiful folk music tradition via Concord Community Music School’s ongoing “New England Roots & Branches” series. Some of New Hampshire’s premier folk musicians will combine concerts\, jam sessions\, and contradancing into lively celebrations of a variety of traditions. Folk musicians of all levels are invited to bring their instruments to play along with performers (and CCMS faculty) Audrey Budington\, Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki\, and Liz Faiella\, fiddles and Dan Faiella\, guitar at the start and end of each session. However\, it is not necessary to play an instrument or have contradance experience to attend and enjoy the events. \nOur second season of the “New England Roots & Branches” series concludes on Saturday\, May 30\, 2026 with “Contradance Music: The New England Contradance Repertoire”\, honoring the genre’s melding of a variety of folk traditions. This event will be held at the Citywide Community Center (Concord\, NH.) It begin with an open slow jam session at 6:00 p.m.\, followed by a contradance called by David Millstone at 7:00 p.m. For the second half of the dance\, starting at 8:00 p.m.\, musicians are invited to join the band and play along. \nThe “New England Roots and Branches” series is free and open to the public. It is made possible in part through an arts grant from the City of Concord\, NH.
URL:https://www.ccmusicschool.org/event/2026-ne-roots-and-branches-3/
LOCATION:City Wide Community Center\, 14 Canterbury Road\, Concord\, NH\, 03301\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Featured
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SUMMARY:NE Roots and Branches - "Music From North & South: Canadian & Appalachian Folk Tunes"
DESCRIPTION:Continue to explore the roots of New England’s unique and beautiful folk music tradition via Concord Community Music School’s ongoing “New England Roots & Branches” series. Some of New Hampshire’s premier folk musicians will combine concerts\, jam sessions\, and contradancing into lively celebrations of a variety of traditions. Folk musicians of all levels are invited to bring their instruments to play along with performers (and CCMS faculty) Audrey Budington\, Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki\, and Liz Faiella\, fiddles and Dan Faiella\, guitar at the start and end of each session. However\, it is not necessary to play an instrument or have contradance experience to attend and enjoy the events. \n“Music From North & South: Canadian & Appalachian Folk Tunes” begins with a slow jam at 6:00 p.m.\, followed by a concert at 7:00 p.m.\, and wrapping up with a fast jam at 8:00 p.m. \nAnd save the date for the final 2026 “Roots and Branches” event: \n\nSat\, May 30\, 2026 – 6-9PM – “Contradance Music: The New England Contradance Repertoire” (held at the Citywide Community Center\, Concord\, NH)\n\nThe “New England Roots and Branches” series is free and open to the public. It is made possible in part through an arts grant from the City of Concord\, NH.
URL:https://www.ccmusicschool.org/event/2026-ne-roots-and-branches-2/
LOCATION:CCMS Recital Hall
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Featured
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SUMMARY:2026 CCMS Jazz Night Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:CCMS welcomes the James Fernando Trio back on Saturday\, March 21\, 2026 to headline our annual Jazz Night Fundraiser\, with proceeds benefiting our Financial Aid Fund. \n  \n \nHeld in our Recital Hall with table seating\, this evening features one of today’s most exciting jazz groups: the James Fernando Trio. Fernando is a Philadelphia-based pianist whose career includes international performances\, collaborations with GRAMMY Award–winning artists\, and five acclaimed albums. \nDrawing inspiration from legends like Duke Ellington\, Oscar Peterson\, and Thelonious Monk\, the trio performs with irresistible rhythm and genuine joy. If you enjoyed their lively Bach’s Lunch appearance at CCMS in October 2024\, you’ll love this evening of inventive improvisation\, fresh takes on jazz standards\, and standout original music. \nTickets: $80 per person | Table of 4: $300 (includes one free drink ticket for each person at your table.) \nBonus: Join us for a complimentary pre-show reception\, including light appetizers and a performance by the CCMS Adult Jazz Ensemble\, from 5:30–6:30 PM \n*Please note: we will not have physical tickets for this event. When you purchase a table or individual ticket\, the name of the ticket purchaser will be on a list at the door. We will contact the purchaser for a list of guest names. \n\nWe have opened up additional seating! Order Tickets Online or call 603-228-1196.\nRead our article about James Fernando.\nView YouTube video of the trio in performance\n\n_______________________________________________________________________________________________ \nThank you to our event sponsors: \nHEADLINER SPONSORS \n\nLT Development\nNortheast Delta Dental\nRath Young Pignatelli\nSt. Paul’s School\n\nSPOTLIGHT SPONSORS \n\nFocus Partners Wealth\nOrr & Reno\n\nMEDIA SPONSOR \n\nConcordTV\n\nPHOTO SPONSOR \n\nCorey Garland Photography\n\nFOOD SPONSOR \n\nConstantly Pizza\n\n 
URL:https://www.ccmusicschool.org/event/2026-jazz-night/
LOCATION:CCMS Recital Hall
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SUMMARY:David Surette Mandolin Festival 2026
DESCRIPTION:There will be workshops on Saturday and Sunday for all levels on things like specific styles and skills\, waltzes\, how to play tasty back-up for songs\, and more. There are classes each period for beginners to advanced levels. Each teacher will offer something for each level so you will get to be with every teacher by the end of the weekend. As always\, a set of group tunes will be sent out in advance for you to work on for us to play together. The Saturday concert is included with your fee for the weekend. The Friday night concert in Kittery\, Maine will be a separate ticket. \nINSTRUCTORS: Glen Loper\,  Chris Moore\, Noah Fishman\, and Steve Roy (Learn more here) \n \nWEEKEND SCHEDULE \n\nFriday\, March 6 – David Surette Mandolin Festival Kickoff Concert at Kittery Dance Hall \nFeaturing Mandolin Festival Instructors with special guests Susie and Julianna Burke. (Note: this is a separate ticket from Saturday and Sunday events at the Music School and can be ordered directly through the Dance Hall at thedancehallkittery.org/.)\nSaturday\, March 7 – Participatory workshops and jams at CCMS\nSaturday\, March 7 – David Surette Mandolin Festival Concert – Purchase tickets online or call 603-228-1196. \nSunday\, March 8 – Workshops at CCMS\n\nFOOD\nAnd as always\, we will be offering the option to order a delicious lunch to be delivered to the school on Saturday for an additional fee. Coffee\, tea and afternoon cookies will be freely provided. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQUESTIONS\ncontact Registrar Nicole Laurin at nlaurin@ccmusicschool.org or call 603-228-1196. \nREGISTER NOW
URL:https://www.ccmusicschool.org/event/david-surette-mandolin-festival-2026/
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SUMMARY:NE Roots and Branches - "Transatlantic Tunes: Celtic & British Isles Folk Tunes"
DESCRIPTION:Continue to explore the roots of New England’s unique and beautiful folk music tradition via Concord Community Music School’s ongoing “New England Roots & Branches” series. Some of New Hampshire’s premier folk musicians will combine concerts\, jam sessions\, and contradancing into lively celebrations of a variety of traditions. Folk musicians of all levels are invited to bring their instruments to play along with performers (and CCMS faculty) Audrey Budington\, Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki\, and Liz Faiella\, fiddles and Dan Faiella\, guitar at the start and end of each session. However\, it is not necessary to play an instrument or have contradance experience to attend and enjoy the events. \n“Transatlantic Tunes: Celtic & British Isles Folk Tunes” celebrates music from across the pond that has made its way into the New England folk repertoire.  It will begin with a slow jam at 6:00 p.m.\, followed by a concert at 7:00 p.m.\, and wrapping up with a fast jam at 8:00 p.m. \nAnd save the date for the other two  2026 “Roots and Branches” events: \n\nSaturday\, April 25\, 2026 – 6-9 PM –  “Music From North & South: Canadian & Appalachian Folk Tunes”\nSaturday\, May 30\, 2026 – 6-9PM – “Contradance Music: The New England Contradance Repertoire”\n\nThe “New England Roots and Branches” series is free and open to the public. It is made possible in part through an arts grant from the City of Concord\, NH.
URL:https://www.ccmusicschool.org/event/2026-ne-roots-and-branches-1/
LOCATION:CCMS Recital Hall
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Featured
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED - 2026 Winter Folk Student Recitals & Jam
DESCRIPTION:Due to winter weather\, this event has been cancelled.\nJoin us for an afternoon of folk student performances\, plus a jam with faculty from the Concord Community Music School Folk Department. This event is free and open to the public. Bring your instruments to join in! \nSchedule: \n1:00pm – Recital 1 \n2:00pm – Open Folk Jam (walk-in musicians welcome!) \n3:00pm – Recital 2
URL:https://www.ccmusicschool.org/event/2026-winter-folk-student-recitals-jam/
LOCATION:CCMS Recital Hall
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Featured
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SUMMARY:CCMS New Horizons Band 2026 Winter Concert
DESCRIPTION:Get ready to experience the warmth of music this winter! \nThe New Horizons Band is a community band that welcomes adults of all ages who play woodwind\, brass\, or percussion instruments. No auditions\, no requirements\, just reasonable comfort on your instrument to get started. Under the direction of Maria Isaak\, New Horizons at CCMS is a supportive group for those who have always wanted to learn an instrument\, those who haven’t played in years\, and even players who have kept their music making current and desire to play in a concert band setting.  Learn more about the Band at ccmusicschool.org/new-horizons-band/ \nThis concert will be held at the Bow High School Auditorium. It is free\, open to the public\, and made possible in part due to the support of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation’s Ellen Downing Waite and Edward Osgood Waite Fund. \n(Snow date is Thu\, Jan 29.)
URL:https://www.ccmusicschool.org/event/nhb-winter-concert-2026/
LOCATION:Bow High School Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250308T193000
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SUMMARY:David Surette Mandolin Festival Concert 2025
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, March 8 at 7:30 PM for the David Surette Mandolin Festival Concert\, featuring Carlo Aonzo\, Sharon Gilchrist\, Will Patton and Neil Pearlman with special guests Susie\, Isa and Julianna Burke. This concert takes place in the Music School Recital Hall\, and tickets are $25 for adults and $20 for older adults (ages 65+) and ages 18 and under. Tickets can be purchased at the link below\, in person at the Music School or over the phone by calling 603-228-1196. Note: admission to the Saturday evening concert is included for all festival participants; registration for the weekend workshops is available online HERE or by calling 603-228-1196. For questions regarding registration\, please contact Registrar Nicole Laurin at nlaurin@ccmusicschool.org. \nOnline ticket purchase no longer available – limited tickets available at the door!\n  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nAs some of you know\, Carlo Aonzo experienced last minute visa problems which kept him from joining us from his home in Italy for the 2024 festival. We are so happy to tell you that Carlo will be joining us in 2025! Carlo’s illustrious career began with learning from his father in his native Savona. He is now is a world-renowned player and teacher of traditional Italian classical mandolin repertoire\, but his interests and skills span across many genres. Carlo’s deep interest in outreach activities focused on his instrument is witnessed by his countless collaborations with mandolin orchestras and chamber orchestras around the world\, as well as collaborations with a great number of fellow musicians including Beppe Gambetta and David Grisman. He is also regularly invited to judge mandolin contests\, give lectures\, and teach workshops in many countries. In the last few years he has toured Japan\, USA\, Panama\, Australia\, India\, Switzerland\, France\, Norway and Germany. He has been awarded both the first prize at the Concorso Internazionale “Pitzianti” in Venice\, and first prize at the Walnut Valley National Mandolin Contest in Winfield\, Kansas! In 2006 he founded the International Italian Mandolin Accademia in Genoa Nervi\, where David Surette taught in both 2018 and 2019. https://www.carloaonzo.com/ \n  \nWe are pleased to welcome into our mando family Nashville mandolin player Sharon Gilchrist! Our festival founder David had hoped to hire Sharon for a number of years\, and we’re thrilled that our schedules have finally meshed. Sharon Gilchrist began touring the national bluegrass circuit in her home state of Texas before earning a BA in Mandolin Performance at Belmont University in Nashville\, TN. For two decades\, Sharon has performed with many of the groundbreaking legends in bluegrass and new acoustic music including The Peter Rowan and Tony Rice Quartet\, Scott Nygaard and John Reischman in The Harmonic Tone Revealers\, Darol Anger\, Tony Trischka\, The CA Bluegrass Reunion Band\, Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands\, Uncle Earl and many others. She is also a respected and influential music educator offering private mandolin instruction\, online mandolin courses at http://www.pegheadnation.com\, and teaching at music camps internationally. In 2024\, Sharon joined the John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project as a featured artist and co-producer on their Vol 2. album\, which will be released in early 2025. Sharon currently lives in Nashville\, Tennessee. https://linktr.ee/sharongilchristmusic \n \nLast year\, with just days before the festival\, Maine’s Neil Pearlman filled in for Carlo with fabulous mandolin and piano playing. We asked him to come back for 2025 and are glad he said yes! Multi-instrumentalist\, producer\, step dancer and host of the TradCafe podcast\, Neil Pearlman is a vital and distinctive voice in contemporary folk music. While he is best known for his groundbreaking approach to the piano in Celtic music\, Neil is also a fantastic mandolinist\, as anyone who attended the 2024 mandolin festival can attest. Neil’s playing is continually evolving and spontaneous without losing its roots in the traditional piano styles of Atlantic Canada\, New England and Scotland. He has appeared internationally at major festivals such as the Newport Folk Festival\, Celtic Connections in Glasgow\, Celtic Colours in Cape Breton and the Orkney Folk Festival and has recorded or performed with luminaries of traditional folk music including Natalie MacMaster\, Darol Anger\, Seamus Egan and Alasdair Fraser. Neil plays with the wonderful Maine-based quartet the Pine Tree Flyers\, in addition to his solo work and other collaborations. His medley of Scottish tunes was a memorable concert moment in 2024. https://neilpearlman.com/ \n  \nAnd last but not least\, it will be great to welcome back after a long absence our Vermont friend\, Will Patton. Will has taught at the mandolin festival several times over the years\, always to rave reviews. Will plays everything from Brazilian choro music to bluegrass to the Beatles. He has been playing music since the age of 6\, starting on piano and taking up guitar at age 12. Mandolin and bass soon followed\, and he’s been leading bands since he was thirteen. He studied at Middlebury College in Vermont and discovered a deep connection with the rural landscape there\, but his travels have taken him to Rio\, Paris and the Caribbean as well as all over the U.S. and Canada. During the last twenty years he has been visiting and playing in Paris\, and has been recording and collaborating with legendary manouche guitarist Ninine Garcia. He also has a passion for Brazilian music\, exploring the music known as choro with his band Estrela do Norte\, and in the last 5 years he has been performing with the Vermont Mandolin Trio featuring Matt Flinner and Jamie Masefield. (Susie fondly remembers the duets David and Will did over the years and recalls even more of their ear-to-ear grins\, as seen in his photo.) https://wpatton.com
URL:https://www.ccmusicschool.org/event/david-surette-mandolin-festival-concert-2025/
LOCATION:CCMS Recital Hall
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:David Surette Mandolin Festival 2025
DESCRIPTION:Announcing the 2025 David Surette Mandolin Festival at the Concord Community Music School on March 7-9\, 2025. \nThere will be workshops on Saturday and Sunday for all levels on things like specific styles and skills\, waltzes\, how to play tasty back-up for songs\, and more. There are classes each period for beginners to advanced levels. Each teacher will offer something for each level so you will get to be with every teacher by the end of the weekend. As always\, a set of group tunes will be sent out in advance for you to work on for us to play together. The Saturday concert is included with your fee for the weekend. The Friday night concert in Kittery\, Maine will be a separate ticket. \nInstructors for the 2025 David Surette Mandolin Festival are Carlo Aonzo\, Sharon Gilchrist\, Will Patton and Neil Pearlman. Read more about the instructors here. \nWEEKEND SCHEDULE \nFriday\, March 7\, 7:30pm – David Surette Mandolin Festival Kickoff Concert at Kittery Dance Hall featuring Carlo Aonzo\, Sharon Gilchrist\, Will Patton and Neil Pearlman with special guests Susie\, Isa and Julianna Burke https://www.thedancehallkittery.org/ (note: this is a separate ticket from Saturday and Sunday events at the Music School). \nSaturday\, March 8 – Participatory workshops and jams\, 9:30am-5:00pm (all Saturday and Sunday events at the Concord Community Music School\, Concord\, NH) \nSaturday\, March 8\, 7:30pm – David Surette Mandolin Festival Concert featuring Carlo Aonzo\, Sharon Gilchrist\, Will Patton and Neil Pearlman with special guests Susie\, Isa and Julianna Burke. Online ticket purchase no longer available – limited tickets available at the door! \nSunday\, March 8 – Workshops 9:30am-1:00pm \nLodging is available at the Concord Courtyard by Marriott in Concord\, New Hampshire\, with a special festival rate of $139 per night. Please book by February 14\, 2025 by using the following link: Book your group rate for Concord Community Music School Mandolin Festival \nAdditional Notes: As in years past\, there will be a jam session at the Concord Courtyard by Marriott after the Saturday concert open to all festival participants. And as always\, we will be offering the option to order a delicious lunch to be delivered to the school on Saturday for an additional fee. Coffee\, tea and afternoon cookies will be freely provided. \nClick Here to Register for Mandolin Festival Workshops \nFor questions regarding registration\, please contact Registrar Nicole Laurin at nlaurin@ccmusicschool.org or call 603-228-1196.
URL:https://www.ccmusicschool.org/event/david-surette-mandolin-festival-2025/
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