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.

CCM 2024 – 2025 Concert & Lecture Series

Yelena Beriyeva, Piano Inspirations
Friday, October 25, 2024, 7:30 pm

Award winning pianist and CCM faculty member Yelena Beriyeva will perform Brahms’ introspective and penultimate piano work Klavierstücke, dedicated to Clara Schumann, followed by Debussy’s Estampes (“Prints”) inspired by sounds of the middle and far east. The program will conclude with Mussorgsky’s iconic Pictures at an Exhibition, a musical narration of the composer’s visit to an exhibit of artist Viktor Hartmann and depictions of his paintings.

Music & Identity: Your Listener Profile
Friday, November 22, 7:30 pm

Why do you love the music that you do? Join guest speaker Susan Rogers, record producer for Prince and Barenaked Ladies, Berklee College of Music professor, and author of the book This is What it Sounds Like, as she guides us through what it means to be an active participant of our own listening experience. Uncover insights about your personal listening identity by learning about the 7 Listening Dimensions outlined in Roger’s book. This interactive event will include performances by The Adventure Trio with Rick Stone on alto saxophone, Sean Farias on bass, and CCM faculty artist Brooke Sofferman on drums. 

Po’ Ramblin’ Boys
Saturday, January 25, 7:00 pm

With authenticity, the music of The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys cuts right through the noise of the world and speaks plainly to the soul. Formed in 2014 in the Smoky Mountains, they are ambassadors of their genre, bringing their music from rural bluegrass festival stages to the rock clubs of Europe, and now to Concord Conservatory.

Music & Rebels
Friday, February 7, 7:30 pm

Meet music history’s rebels and revolutionaries, from Monteverdi and Beethoven to our contemporaries and witness how, by breaking the rules, these composers changed the course of history. In honor of the 250^th anniversary of Concord’s role in the American Revolution, the program will also feature the world premiere of Unrest by local composer Aaron Jay Myers, commissioned by Concord Conservatory of Music.

Around Hear
Saturday, March 22, 2:00 pm

Explore music with all your senses. Families are invited to listen to chamber music, see images, and create their own floor art at this energetic concert adventure! The Somerville based chamber ensemble Around Hear will perform works by J.S. Bach, Dvořák, and local composers Mike Kelley and Dan Sedgwick, whose musical subjects range from exoplanets to pigeons!

Southern Rail
Saturday, April 26, 7:00 pm

Described by Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine as “on the cutting edge of creativity”, the award-winning bluegrass band Southern Rail returns to CCM with high energy exuberant fun and stunning harmonies, irrepressible good humor and sparkling banjo, guitar and mandolin.

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