Welcome to NOONY TUNES, the Music School's weekly folk jam sessions -- happening each Wednesday, from 12:00 noon to 1:00pm, 9/29/21 - 6/1/22. Location: Recital Hall at CCMS Faculty leader: Audrey Budington Gather at the Music School on your lunch hour for a folk fiddle tune jam! All instruments welcome, especially fiddles, guitars, mandolins, banjos, basses, accordions, flutes and whistles, ... Read more
In the lecture, Takemitsu and Piazzolla: Twentieth-Century Master Composers and Innovators, Dr. Jose Lezcano will discuss the unique musical languages, cultural landscapes, and contributions to the classical music world of Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu (1930 – 1996) and Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla (1921 – 1992). As Japan’s foremost composer, Takemitsu expanded the musical language of ... Read more
Jazz Jam Sessions Join us at the Music School for monthly jazz jam sessions! When: First Tuesday of each month from October to June, 7:00-8:00pm (first session: Oct. 5, 2021) Who: Instrumentalists who want to play jazz together! All instruments welcome, and all levels of experience. Location: Studio A at Concord Community Music School, 24 Fayette Street in ... Read more
Music School faculty members Erin Dubois and David Ross will perform a Bach's Lunch concert, Imagery Through Music. The program includes Toward the Sea by Toru Takemitsu for Alto Flute and Guitar, Histoire Du Tango by Astor Piazzolla for Flute and Guitar, and Homenaje a Takemitsu by José Manuel Lezcano. Each piece evokes images and references ... Read more
The Music School is proud to participate in Concord's annual Market Days Festival, a FREE three-day street festival on Main Street in downtown Concord on June 23-25! Stop by our booth anytime from 10 am - 8 pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday to learn more about our programs, and join us for some free ... Read more
The Music School is proud to announce a FREE masterclass and concert from the Navy Band Northeast's Brass Quintet to kick off fall semester on Monday, September 12th! This event is open to the public. Navy Band Northeast's Brass Quintet performances are appreciated by audiences of all ages. The quintet performs a wide range of ... Read more
Songweavers is New Hampshire’s original women’s community chorus, open without audition to women and teens and directed by Peggo Horstmann Hodes. Based on the belief that everyone can sing, chorus members learn songs by rote, in the African-American tradition of call and response; music-reading skills are not a prerequisite. Songweavers rehearse on Tuesday evenings from ... Read more
The Canterbury Singers partner with the Canterbury Shaker Village to present authentic Shaker music, expanded by arrangements of American folk songs, music of early America, and inspired arrangements by a variety of composers. One of the very few non-auditioned, high quality professionally directed choral experiences for mixed voices (men and women/teens and adults blended ensemble) ... Read more
We're participating in Capital Arts Festival, a lively street festival that highlights Concord's incredible arts community with vendors, food and live music on South Main Street in downtown Concord. Stop by our booth on S. Main Street (between Fayette Street and Concord Street) on Sunday, September 25 from 10 am - 4 pm and view ... Read more
In the lecture, Tev Stevig draws on his 20-year exploration of makam-based music to define Turkish makam and explain how the Western musical experience can both help and hinder our understanding of this music. The New York Music Daily calls Tev Stevig "one of the world's most brilliantly individualistic guitarists" and the Boston Globe says of ... Read more
Please join us for a special student recital for Kids Music Day on Friday, October 7 at 7 pm in the Recital Hall. Kids Music Day is celebrated each year on the first Friday in October through the organization Keep Music Alive, which partners with music schools, stores, and other music organizations around the world ... Read more
Tev Stevig and Michael K. Harrist present a program of original modal music inspired by their experiences with the folk and classical music traditions of Turkey, Greece, the Balkans, the Levant, Iran, Afghanistan, and North India. At turns romantic and elegant, vivacious and playful, the music of Çeşni Duo is grounded in the flavors (çeşniler) ... Read more