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The Okee Dokee Brothers – *FAMILY SERIES!*
Friday, September 19, 2025 at 7:00 pm
Bring your family closer to nature through an afternoon of songs performed by this creative duo. The Okee Dokee Brothers draw creativity from their incredible extensive outdoor experiences. With humor and heartfelt connections to nature, their songs teach and entertain audiences of all ages.
Yelena Beriyeva, Piano Inspirations
Friday, October 24, 2025 at 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 East and Southeast Asia. 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 & 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.
*Past Events
Music & Identity: Your Listener Profile
November 22, 2024
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
January 25, 2025
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
February 7, 2025 
Meet music history’s rebels and revolutionaries, from Monteverdi and Beethoven to Cage and our contemporaries and witness how, by breaking the rules, these composers changed the course of history. In honor of the 250th 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
March 22, 2025
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
April 26, 2025
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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