Opus | September 2018
In This Issue
Ukulele Taster at Reasons To Be Cheerful in West Concord
Faculty Spotlight – Meet our new instructors
News at CCM
Important September Dates:
- This Saturday, September 8th! CCM Discovery Day Open House, 1 – 3:00 pm. Bring your family and tell your friends about our instrument petting zoo and the Group Keyboard demo class at 2:15 pm. Receive a 15% discount off any group class registration by attending the open house (registration must be made at the open house)
- Ukulele Taster at Reasons To Be Cheerful (110 Commonwealth Avenue in West Concord), Tuesday, September 11th, 7 – 8:00 pm
- Monday, September 17th–most group classes begin. Please check the starting date for your class on our website
CCM’s 2018 -2019 Concert Series—mark your calendars or better yet, purchase your tickets today!
October 19, 7:30 pm, CCM Jazz – Standards Our Way
November 9, 7:30 pm, Mozart and the Masters of the Baroque
February 8, 7:30 pm, Mile Twelve – Bluegrass. Read more on Mile Twelve
March 9th at 2:00 pm – Grammy-Award winning Okee Dokee Brothers, a Family Concert
April 5, 7:30 pm, CCM Jazz - Originals
More information on the Concert Series available soon.
What’s new at CCM?
- Introducing The West Side String Program! The Concord Conservatory of Music’s West Side String Program (WSSP) blends the Suzuki philosophy and traditional string pedagogy. Shinichi Suzuki’s philosophy embraces the idea that all children are born with a musical ability that can be nurtured at an early age through their environment, listening, imitation, and by practicing with a parent at home. The traditional string pedagogy enhances these approaches by incorporating the development of technique and musicianship through scales, etudes, music reading, and a variety of repertoire
- Group classes for Kids: Beginning Fiddling, Uke for Kids!, and Jazz Improvisation
- Group classes for Teens: Vocal Repertoire: The Audition Toolbox, Group Guitar II, and Jazz Improvisation
- Group classes for Adults: Concord Learning Choir, Hand Drumming at CCM, and more!
- Check out all the jams including the new Old-Time Jam Session
- New classes for Lifelong Learners, read on>>
Music Achievement Program (MAP)—our goal is to create well-rounded and confident musicians at CCM by providing music education beyond what can be covered in the private lessons. Last year was the introduction of MAP, and we learned a lot. Be sure to check out the improvements we’ve made to the program; all to enhance your child’s musical education. Will they reach for the Gold this year?
Save the date! Saturday, March 30th, 6 pm for the CCM American Roots Winter Party featuring the band Twisted Pine. Details to come soon.
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Ukulele Taster at Reasons To Be Cheerful in West Concord
Join us at the CCM Ukulele Taster at Reasons To Be Cheerful in West Concord on Tuesday, September 11 at 7 pm.
If you've got a ukulele, bring it along, and plan to have fun. We’ll also have ukuleles to borrow for the evening. Plan to learn a simple song and eat ice cream, what could be more fun? No experience necessary! RSVP today. See you there.
At CCM, we play, sing, learn, and listen together. Get inspired and creative; simply enjoy music with us. Music educates and motivates and keeps us in-tune and in good shape. Whether you like classical, jazz, old-time, or bluegrass, bringing music into your life will help with relaxing and dealing with stress.
Why not improve your mood, feel good and rev up your engine with an extremely social group class or jam session this fall? Let’s learn about various genres and cultures through music.
Why does music matter? Read on …
Faculty Spotlight – Meet our new instructors
Please take a few minutes to learn more about our new and talented faculty members.
Emily Baker, Old-Time & Fiddling
Egle Jarkova, Violin
Hyunjung Kim, Violin
Nicholas Southwick, Flute
