Concord Conservatory of MusicConcord Conservatory of MusicAs a nonprofit community music school, CCM provides opportunities to learn and listen to great music. Explore our events and mark your calendar!
CCM strives to create a community that fully appreciates and enjoys music. Each year, we present a diverse series featuring our faculty’s exceptional talents and notable guest artists. Performances and lectures cover the gamut from classical to American Roots, Jazz to the unique intersection of music in our everyday lives. Live concerts nurture the appreciation of music and provide the opportunity to make social connections with like-minded individuals.
Music & Transformation
Friday, November 21, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Discover the captivating arc of transformation in music with Concord Conservatory of Music’s own pianist and speaker, Jackson Carruthers. He’ll show how a single musical idea evolves and expands, much like our own personal paths from novice learning to expertise. Through discussion and live performances by CCM faculty, Jackson vividly illustrates how music transforms in real-time, offering a unique and enriching experience for everyone in the community.
Musical Storytelling with Schumann – *FAMILY SERIES!*
Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 11:00 am
CCM piano faculty member Kitty Cheung-Evans retells Robert Schumann’s Kinderszenen, “Scenes from Childhood” and prompts listeners to create their own stories in this participatory event. Song titles such as “Dreaming” and “Of Distant Lands” inspire the imaginations of today’s youth and kindle affectionate sentiments of childhood for adults, connecting all listeners with the art of musical interpretation.
Matt Flinner and Joe K. Walsh
Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 7:00 pm
Known for their mastery of tone and tasteful musical approach, this mandolin duo brings profound voices and diversity of texture to the acoustic and bluegrass worlds, with Matt Flinner on the banjo and mandolin and Joe Walsh switching between mandolin, mandola, octave mandolin, and mandocello. Experience their artistry in an intimate evening of sublime music.
Music & Math
Friday, February 6, 2026 at 7:30 pm
Discover the hidden patterns and elegant structures woven into the music of J.S. Bach and Béla Bartók, as Professor Gareth Roberts of Holy Cross reveals their surprising mathematical brilliance.
Around Hear – *FAMILY SERIES!*
Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 11:00 am
Rejoice in winter’s shorter days with this moon-themed family concert, featuring music by Messiaen, original music set to Margaret Wise Brown’s beloved Goodnight Moon, and others.
Then & Now, A CCM Jazz Reunion
Friday, March 6, 2026 at 7:30 pm
A rare gathering of past and current Concord Conservatory jazz faculty, this exciting concert will blend timeless jazz classics with modern creativity and forward-looking sounds. Together, they’ll take the audience on a cutting-edge jazz journey—honoring the past while forging new musical ground.
Biribá Union
Friday, April 10, 2026 at 7:30 pm
This dynamic trio draws on the freestyle theatrics of hip-hop and Go-go music, the effortless beauty of Brazilian forró and choro, the earthiness of American roots music, and the improvisational spontaneity of jazz.