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SUMMARY:2025 Allstate Audition Workshop (Winds/Brass)
DESCRIPTION:Ace your Allstate Audition! In this workshop for wind and brass students\, we will talk about preparation strategies\, managing anxiety\, and what to expect on the audition day. All will be welcome to play some of the audition material as a trial run. \nWhen: Wednesday\, November 5\, 2025 \nTime: 6:30-7:30 PM \nInstructors: Stef Burk and Stephanie Jenkins \nCost: $15 (FREE for current CCMS students) \nRegister: https://ccms.asapconnected.com/#CourseID=277616 \nIf you are a current CCMS student\, please email Nicole Laurin\, Director of Student Services\, at nlaurin@ccmusicschool.org to register. \n 
URL:https://www.ccmusicschool.org/event/2025-allstate-woodwinds-brass/
LOCATION:CCMS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T121000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T125000
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SUMMARY:Bach’s Lunch: The Composer's Process
DESCRIPTION:Composer Stephen James will speak about his creative process when composing\, how he researched the poems of Mary Oliver\, what inspired him\, and how he chose which poems to include in his song cycle for soprano and piano.   He will share insights into the texts and how they influenced his writing as he composed the songs. \nMary Oliver (1935 – 2019) was an American poet who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and the National Book Award in 1992. She found inspiration for her work in nature and had a lifelong habit of solitary walks in the wild. Her poetry is characterized by wonderment at the natural environment\, vivid imagery\, and unadorned language. In 2007\, she was declared the best-selling poet in the United States. \nBio: \nStephen James completed his doctoral degree in composition at Boston University\, where he received the graduate composition prize in 1984\, the Malloy Miller Composition Award in 1986\, and an award for continuing musical excellence in 1987.  He is a pianist as well as a composer and has performed for the Tanglewood Music Center Chamber Series\, the WICN Radio concert series at Mechanics Hall (Worcester\, MA)\, the American Repertory Theater\, Alea III\, the Omnibus Series at Boston University\, the The Essex Chamber Music Players\, and on many other concert series in New England. \nDr. James was a 1985 Crofts Fellow in Composition at the Tanglewood Music Center and a member of the Center for Compositional Study at the Aspen Music Festival in 1986.  Performances of his works include premieres by the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston and the Atlantic Brass Quintet\, commissions from the Washington Music Ensemble and the Newburyport Choral Society\, and performances by the Society for New Music (Syracuse\, NY) and the Fellows of the Music Center at Tanglewood.  He has taught piano performance\, music theory and  composition at Boston University\, Worcester State University\, the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth\, Anna Maria College and Bridgewater State University. \nBach’s Lunches are free and open to the public. They are made possible in part through the generosity of the Walker Fund. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.ccmusicschool.org/event/bachs-lunch-20251106/
CATEGORIES:Bach's Lunch,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T203000
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SUMMARY:CCMS Fall Folk Gathering
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of jamming with fellow folk musicians and CCMS folk faculty\, plus performances by students from the Concord Community Music School’s Folk Department! \n\n6:00 – 7:00 pm:  Slow Jam | Novice/Early Intermediate\, other levels welcome to sit in!\n7:00 – 7:30 pm:  Ensemble Performances\n7:30 – 8:30 pm:  Fast Jam | Late Intermediate/Advanced\, other levels welcome to sit in!\n\nThis event is free and open to the public.
URL:https://www.ccmusicschool.org/event/ccms-fall-folk-gathering/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T200000
DTSTAMP:20260406T074714
CREATED:20251030T135510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251106T164550Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: CCMS Student Recital - November 7\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PLEASE CONSIDER ATTENDING ANOTHER UPCOMING ACTIVITY HERE AT CCMS. \nStudent recitals are part of the Concord Community Music School’s multi-level curriculum for private lesson students. These frequent performance opportunities help our students perform more easily\, broaden their musical skills\, and help them make new musical friends. \nRecital to be held at 7PM. It will be held in our historic Recital Hall. It is free of charge and open to the public. Donations are appreciated.
URL:https://www.ccmusicschool.org/event/ccms-student-recital-nov-7-2025/
LOCATION:CCMS Recital Hall
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251109T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251109T133000
DTSTAMP:20260406T074714
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SUMMARY:2025 Allstate Audition Workshop (Cello)
DESCRIPTION:Ace your Allstate Audition! In this workshop for cello students\, we will talk about preparation strategies\, managing anxiety\, and what to expect on the audition day. All will be welcome to play some of the audition material as a trial run. \nWhen: Sunday\, November 9\, 2025 \nTime: 1:30-3:30 PM \nInstructors: Jan Fuller \nCost: $15 (FREE for current CCMS students) \nTo register\, please email Nicole Laurin\, Director of Student Services\, at nlaurin@ccmusicschool.org  \n 
URL:https://www.ccmusicschool.org/event/2025-allstate-audition-workshop-cello/
LOCATION:CCMS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T121000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T125000
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SUMMARY:Bach’s Lunch: NH Premiere of "In Blackwater Woods"
DESCRIPTION:Stephen James\, composer\, turns collaborative pianist and is joined by soprano Jennie O’Brien for the premiere performance in New Hampshire of his song cycle In Blackwater Woods\, set to poems by Mary Oliver.  The song cycle includes seven remarkable poems of Mary Oliver which explore moments in her life\, the wonders of nature and human reactions to life and the world.  Her sometimes surprising point of view will sometimes make you smile\, sometimes make you cry\, sometimes give you an “a-ha” moment.  Jennie and Stephen have often collaborated through the years and are excited to present this new piece of work as part of the Bach’s Lunch series. \n  \nBios: \nStephen James completed his doctoral degree in composition at Boston University\, where he received the graduate composition prize in 1984\, the Malloy Miller Composition Award in 1986\, and an award for continuing musical excellence in 1987.  He is a pianist as well as a composer and has performed for the Tanglewood Music Center Chamber Series\, the WICN Radio concert series at Mechanics Hall (Worcester\, MA)\, the American Repertory Theater\, Alea III\, the Omnibus Series at Boston University\, the The Essex Chamber Music Players\, and on many other concert series in New England. \nDr. James was a 1985 Crofts Fellow in Composition at the Tanglewood Music Center and a member of the Center for Compositional Study at the Aspen Music Festival in 1986.  Performances of his works include premieres by the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston and the Atlantic Brass Quintet\, commissions from the Washington Music Ensemble and the Newburyport Choral Society\, and performances by the Society for New Music (Syracuse\, NY) and the Fellows of the Music Center at Tanglewood.  He has taught piano performance\, music theory and  composition at Boston University\, Worcester State University\, the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth\, Anna Maria College and Bridgewater State University. \nJennie O’Brien is a graduate of Boston University with Bachelor of Music\, one in Vocal Performance and the other in Music Education and a Master’s in Education from University of Massachusetts Boston specializing in teaching students with visual impairments. A soloist for several area churches and with Stephen James\, Jennie has also performed with Newton Choral Society\, Longy Chamber Singers\, Broadmoor Chamber Singers\, Vokes Theater\, Revels\, Inc.\, In Good Company\, and her own trio Crooked Mowth. Jennie teaches Voice\, co-directs Euphonias teen chorus and directs Songweavers women’s chorus all at Concord Community Music School.  Additionally\, Jennie teaches voice and theatre arts at Perkins School for the Blind. Jennie formerly taught at New England Conservatory in the Continuing Education department and was a board member of the theater group\, In Good Company. \nBach’s Lunches are free and open to the public. They are made possible in part through the generosity of the Walker Fund. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.ccmusicschool.org/event/bachs-lunch-20251113/
CATEGORIES:Bach's Lunch,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T190000
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SUMMARY:Wagner’s Women: Archetypes and Inspirations
DESCRIPTION:Come join us as we step into Wagner’s world\, where love\, loyalty\, and redemption burn at the heart of opera’s most unforgettable heroines. In this fun and engagingly narrated concert\, we’ll explore the women who shaped Wagner’s life and discover how his search for loyalty and faithfulness in turn shaped the unforgettable heroines of his operas. Experience these towering figures and timeless themes brought vividly to life by soaring voices performed in a way you’ve never heard them before; up close and personal. \nThe Berlin Wagner Group is an international opera company based in Berlin\, Germany and New Hampshire dedicated to supporting dramatic opera singers in mastering new roles and bringing the works of Richard Wagner to broader and underserved audiences. It achieves this through innovative programming\, including full opera productions\, semi-staged highlight concerts\, and its signature Snackable Wagner© concert series. \nPerformers: \nAward-winning soprano Jenny Ribeiro has been seen on opera\, concert and recital stages throughout the United States and Europe.  Roles include Ortlinde in Die Walküre\, Dritte Norn in Götterdämmerung\, Mrs. McNeill in Breaking the Waves\, Giulietta in  Les Contes d’Hoffmann\, Musetta and Mimi in La Boheme\, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel\, Nella in Gianni Schicchi\, Lady Macbeth and Dama in Lady Macbeth\, Geraldine in A Hand of Bridge\, and Lady Billows in Albert Herring. Jenny has performed with Detroit Opera\, Teatro Nuovo\, Bard Summerscape Theater\, New York Dramatic Voices Opera Noire of New York\, Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra\, Lansing Symphony Orchestra\, Bremerton Symphony Orchestra\, The Collegiate Chorale\, New York Virtuoso Singers\, Hudson Valley Singers\, and Altoona Symphony Orchestra\, and many others. She is a frequent recitalist and interpreter of concert work and oratorio\, including Mahler’s Symphony No. 2.\, Brahms Requiem\, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony\, Verdi’s Requiem and more. She is also a wife to amazing husband Brian\, mom to two kids (Josh/10 and Kiki/8) and a producer/educator/company administrator who teaches as a full time professor at Albion College in Michigan\, is on the board of the international non-profit Berlin Wagner Group and is the founder of Michigan Opera Outreach in Lansing\, MI. \nDramatic soprano Joanna Parisi has earned international acclaim for her commanding performances in Wagner\, Verdi\, and verismo repertoire. In 2026 she will sing the title role of Salome by Richard Strauss at West Bay Opera in California. Recent Wagnerian highlights include Brünnhilde in Die Walküre with the Miami Wagner Institute (2024) and New York Dramatic Voices (2025)\, and Brünnhilde in Götterdämmerung with the Moravian Symphony Orchestra (2025). She sang Elsa in Wagner’s Lohengrin at Utah Festival Opera (2023). Parisi is a finalist of the 2024 Lauritz Melchior International Wagner Competition in Aalborg\, Denmark\, and a winner of both the Maria Callas Award (Rome/New York\, 2022) and Enrico Caruso Award (New York\, 2023). She has also appeared in leading roles across Europe\, Asia\, North and South America\, including Verdi’s Aida\, Don Carlo\, Nabucco and Il trovatore\, as well as Puccini’s Tosca and Madama Butterfly. Critics have described her as “born to sing Wagnerian roles” and “a soprano to watch\, rich in voice and beauty”. \nMezzo/contralto Rachel Barg  is acclaimed for her “wondrous depth of sound” (Opera News) and “plummy mezzo” (Opera Today). Earlier this year\, she performed the role of Mrs. Herring in Albert Herring with Opera Baltimore. In the 2023-2024 season\, Rachel showcased her versatility singing Giovanna and covering Maddalena in Opera Delaware and Opera Baltimore’s co-production of Rigoletto\, as well as singing Larina and covering Olga in Eugene Onegin with Opera Baltimore. Additionally\, she covered Amneris in Aida at Opera Maine. During the 2022-2023 season\, Rachel was a Gerdine Young Artist at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis\, where she performed as Mrs. Ott in Patricia Racette’s production of Susannah\, and portrayed Tisbe in Opera Maine’s La Cenerentola. \nCCMS Faculty and Pianist Kathryn Southworth holds a B.M. in Piano Performance from Oberlin Conservatory and an M.M. in Vocal Accompanying and Coaching from the University of Illinois. She held a graduate assistantship as staff accompanist under the tutelage of acclaimed accompanist John Wustman and served as a musical ambassador to Costa Rica with soprano Ollie Watts Davis. She has been a collaborative pianist for Opera North\, Dartmouth College\, Plymouth State University\, and Boston Ballet\, and has also served as music director\, accompanist\, and organist for many theater and choral groups in New England. Kathy is currently music director and organist for the Canterbury United Community Church. Former faculty positions include St. Paul’s School and Plymouth State University. \nCCMS Faculty and Soprano Jennie O’Brien is a graduate of Boston University with Bachelor of Music\, one in Vocal Performance and the other in Music Education and a Master’s in Education from University of Massachusetts Boston specializing in teaching students with visual impairments. A soloist for several area churches\, Jennie has also performed with Newton Choral Society\, Longy Chamber Singers\, Broadmoor Chamber Singers\, Vokes Theater\, Revels\, Inc.\, In Good Company\, and her own trio Crooked Mowth. Jennie teaches voice\, theatre arts\, vocal ensembles\, and independent living skills at Perkins School for the Blind. Jennie also teaches at New England Conservatory in the Continuing Education department and is a board member of the theater group\, In Good Company. \nThis performance is free and open to the public. It is made possible in part by the City of Concord\, the Ellen Downing Waite and Edward Osgood Waite Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation\, and the generosity of individual donors. It is part of CCMS’s Concord Classical Concerts series.
URL:https://www.ccmusicschool.org/event/wagners-women-archetypes-and-inspirations/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T200000
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SUMMARY:2025 Allstate Audition Workshop (Cello)
DESCRIPTION:Ace your Allstate Audition! In this workshop for cello students\, we will talk about preparation strategies\, managing anxiety\, and what to expect on the audition day. All will be welcome to play some of the audition material as a trial run. \nWhen: Wednesday\, November 19\, 2025 \nTime: 6:00-8:00 PM \nInstructors: Jan Fuller \nCost: $15 (FREE for current CCMS students) \nTo register\, please email Nicole Laurin\, Director of Student Services\, at nlaurin@ccmusicschool.org  \n 
URL:https://www.ccmusicschool.org/event/2025-allstate-audition-workshop-cello-2/
LOCATION:CCMS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251121T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251121T200000
DTSTAMP:20260406T074714
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SUMMARY:CCMS Student Recital - November 21\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:Student recitals are part of the Concord Community Music School’s multi-level curriculum for private lesson students. These frequent performance opportunities help our students perform more easily\, broaden their musical skills\, and help them make new musical friends. \nThis event will be held in our historic Recital Hall. It is free of charge and open to the public. Donations are appreciated.
URL:https://www.ccmusicschool.org/event/student-recital-20251121/
LOCATION:CCMS Recital Hall
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T203000
DTSTAMP:20260406T074714
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SUMMARY:Northern Lights 2025 Fall Concert: Songs of Hope and Resilience
DESCRIPTION:with special guests Euphonias (CCMS teen chorus). \nPrepare to be empowered and uplifted. This program is based on the poem by Emily Dickinson\, “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words\, and never stops at all.” \nThe Northern Lights will be singing songs that answer the chaos of life with hope\, light\, and resilience. Song titles include: “Hope Lingers On” (written by Lissa Schneckenburger\, a traditional fiddle player who used to teach at CCMS\, “We Will Rise”\, “Resilience”\, “Light of a Clear Blue Morning”\, and “Tending the Spark”. \nAs the Northern Lights know that singing together makes people happy\, they have also planned several sing-alongs\, including “If Not Now\, Tell Me When?”\, “The Power of Kindness”\, and “Singing for our Lives”. \nInstrumentation includes guitars\, piano\, cajon\, and percussion. \nThe concert takes place in the Recital Hall at Concord Community Music School. Tickets are $15 by general admission\, and can be purchased here\, at 603-228-1196 or in person at the Music School.  Learn more about the Northern Lights here and about the Euphonias here.
URL:https://www.ccmusicschool.org/event/northern-lights-hope-resilience/
LOCATION:CCMS Recital Hall
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