Please join us for a concert by Hub New Music on Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 12:15 pm - 1 pm. This is a free concert and it is open to the public. Called “contemporary chamber trailblazers” by the Boston Globe, Hub New Music is a “nimble quartet of winds and strings” (NPR) forging new paths ... Read more
Visit the CCMS booth at the Concord Multicultural Festival on Sunday, September 24, 2023. Learn more about our programs, including impromptu demos and mini-classes. NH's Diverse Background: New Hampshire has a rich history of diverse cultures. From the Pennacook Tribe of the Abenaki to the British who were the first to settle here; quarry workers ... Read more
Our October 5 lecture by Mellissa Hughes will focus on the ongoing need for female representation in the classical, art song, and theater realm, and how institutions are attempting to address and correct this need moving forward. Artists whose work will be featured in the lecture will include Sarah Kirkland Snider, Jessie Montgomery, Caroline Shaw, ... Read more
Our October 12 recital by Hannah J. Murray, Soprano and Justin McCarthy, Piano is entitled "The World in Her Hands; Songs of Contemporary Female Composers". The performance is a celebration of songs in many American musical traditions including music theater, cabaret, jazz, and spirituals. ABOUT THE ARTISTS: Hannah Murray, lyric soprano, received her B.A. in ... Read more
Student recitals are part of the 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. This event will be held in our Recital Hall. It is free of charge and open to the public. Donations ... Read more
Our Sunflower Singers group brings adults with developmental disabilities and their care providers together from across central New Hampshire each week to sing familiar songs, accompanied by spontaneous harmonica and percussion playing. If you're a current or prospective Sunflower Singer, we invite you to CCMS on Friday afternoon for a Halloween-themed sing-along. No need to ... Read more
Festival 9:30am-5pm; Concert 7:30pm Fiddlers from Scottish, Irish, and New England contradance traditions will join forces in Concord for the fifth Fall Fiddle Festival, a day packed with workshops and group playing for fiddlers (and violinists who are interested in learning to fiddle!). The Festival is open to teens and adults, and will include ... Read more
As of October 17, the Fiddle Festival Concert is SOLD OUT. To add your name to our wait list, please email reception@ccmusicschool.org. Catch the Fall Fiddle Festival Concert in the Recital Hall at Concord Community Music School on Saturday, October 28 at 7:30 PM! Five fiddlers from Scottish, Irish, and New England contradance ... 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
Join us for the return of our Faculty Showcase Recital and learn about the musical passions of our acclaimed teaching artists, who frequently perform on local, regional, and national stages. The concert will be filled with exciting musical selections, from Bach to Chopin and from Folk to Blues. Performers include CCMS faculty Audrey Budington, ... 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
THIS PERFORMANCE NOW INCLUDES STUDENTS FROM THE ADULT STUDENT RECITAL ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR NOV 15. Join us November 17, 2023 to support our students! Student recitals are part of the 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 ... Read more