CCMS Recital Hall

Our popular Bach's Lunch series returns for our 2024-'25 season! Join us at the Concord Community Music School on Thursday, October 3 at 12:10 p.m., to hear the Avalyn Reed Trio in a concert of classical music entitled, "Timeless Breezes".  This unique wind ensemble features Christine Fell and Nancy Fiske on clarinets and Maria Isaak ... 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

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. This event is part of our 40th Anniversary Year celebration and will be held in our historic Recital ... Read more

    Zefira Trio presents "Songs Without Words." They comprise violinist (and CCMS faculty member) Olga Patramanska-Bell, cellist Ashima Scripp, and pianist Eleanor Perrone. The members of Zefíra have established themselves as solo artists and chamber musicians of the highest standard. They are top prize winners of many national and international competitions and appear often ... Read more

Orkney (Scotland) born fiddler Louise Bichan and Indiana (USA) mandolinist Ethan Setiawan present a collaboration and meeting of their musical worlds. A path steeped in the fiddle traditions of their respective sides of the Atlantic, the journey taken wends through Scottish, oldtime, and Swedish inspired music intertwined with contemporary compositions. Bichan’s fiddle is a melodic ... Read more

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

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