CCMS Recital Hall

Peggo and Paul Hodes met to play music when Peggo advertised in the Boston Phoenix for a husband under the guise of looking for a guitar player to round out her folk duo. Two kids, seven albums and forty-five years later, they’re still making music together. He plays by ear. She is a classically trained ... Read more

Travel back in time with flutist Erin Dubois, clarinetist Stephanie Ratté Jenkins, and bassoonist Maria Isaak to the World Wars through the sounds and experiences of four different composers. The program includes music from Rosy Wertheim, a Dutch Jewish composer who lived and hid in Amsterdam during World War II; Walter Piston, an American Composer ... Read more

Calling all prospective Canterbury Singers! This ensemble, led by Kathy Southworth, presents authentic Shaker music, arrangements of American folk songs, music of early America, and inspired arrangements by a variety of composers, often in partnership with Canterbury Shaker Village. It’s one of the very few non-auditioned, high quality professionally directed choral experiences for mixed voices ... Read more

Come join CCMS music therapist Tony Varga and dance movement therapist Heather Bigelow Hearne for an interactive experience introducing the benefits of expressive arts therapies. Attendees can enjoy an easily digestible menu of therapeutic exploration by singing, playing instruments and moving right from the comfort of their own seats. All Bach's Lunch events are free ... Read more

Grace Schust & Lindsey Schust will give a talk on West African drumming traditions and the use of drumming as a cross-cultural bridge and community builder. Grace and Lindsey are long-time CCMS percussion faculty and co-directors of the Songweaver Drummers. They will perform some traditional rhythms and talk about the journey of the drum in ... Read more

Northern Lights Women's Vocal Ensemble with Director Peggo Horstmann Hodes present "Voices of Winter", a Solstice/winter/holiday program on Friday, December 15 at 7 pm in the Recital Hall. Northern Lights is a small women's vocal ensemble, open by audition. Its name highlights its musical goals: to create a shimmer of sound through the power of ... Read more

"Carry the Light" The Canterbury Singers will share a warm, witty, and heartening selection of holiday music and more, including our traditional carol singing with audience participation. All Bach's Lunch performances are free and open to the public. They are presented in part through the generosity of the Walker Fund.   About the Canterbury Singers: ... Read more

Three of New England’s finest present an evening of holiday music and folk favorites, as longtime musical compatriots Susie Burke and Kent Allyn join with sideman extraordinaire Steve Roy to bring their popular Christmas concert to Concord Community Music School on Saturday, December 9 at 7 pm in the Recital Hall. Over twenty years ago, ... Read more

Medical professional and musician Joel Begin PT, DPT, CPRCS, MES (Creative Pathways PT, PLLC; Henniker, NH) will lecture on the relationship between music, movement, and healing from stress / trauma. He will also teach attendees how to use a Neurogenic Tremoring Technique to help them listen to -- and leverage -- the unique and natural ... Read more

Join us for "Songs for a Darkened Puppet Theatre", a lighthearted concert songs for accordion and voice by CCMS faculty Jonathan Edward Cross {aka Jonny ClockWorks}, originally created for productions of The Cosmic Bicycle Theatre across 33 years. All Bach's Lunch performances are free and open to the public. They are presented in part through ... Read more

Join us as CCMS faculty member Jonathan Edward Cross presents "ClockWorks and Cosmic Bicycles",  tales of his quarter century as a puppet theatre artist in NYC, and his hope to establish a home for puppetry here at home. All Bach's Lunch performances are free and open to the public. They are presented in part through ... Read more