Concord Community Music School to Celebrate Anniversary

From Concord Community Music School: Student concerts of folk, Broadway, jazz, Nepali, and classical music will fill the day as the Concord Community Music School opens its doors for the annual Performathon & Community Open House, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 6, at 43 Wall Street in downtown Concord.

This event, part of the Musical School’s 32rd Annual Anniversary Weekend, is free and open to the public. Musical participants and audience members alike are welcome to join in the day’s festivities, tour the Music School and try something new at the instrument “petting zoo.” The Music School is also celebrating the grand re-opening of its beautiful Community Room and teaching spaces, renovated following a January sprinkler-pipe flood that caused severe damage to the facility.

New this year, the Music School’s Anniversary Weekend coincides with the Capital Arts Fest, a downtown-wide celebration of performing and visual arts and culture taking place on Saturday, May 6. Visit Phenix Plaza (40 North Main Street in Concord, in front of The Works) between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to see our Himalaya Heritage Music Classes, the Sunflower Singers chorus, jazz and folk ensembles, and student singer-songwriters. The Songweavers Women’s Community Chorus wraps up the day downtown at City Plaza in front of the State House.

From fiddle tunes to classical piano, jazz bands, Broadway, and solo vocalists, students will perform all day in both locations (Music School and Phenix Plaza), raising money for the Financial Aid Fund.

For families with young children, make it a midday outing! The instrument petting zoo is open from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., featuring string, wind, brass, and percussion instruments for all to explore and play.

On Friday, May 5, at 7:30, the Music School hosts the Anniversary Weekend Gala Alumni Concert, a multi-genre evening of music featuring Elizabeth Blood, piano, Courtney Bonifant, viola, Peter Lehmann, piano, Chris Veilleux, saxophones, and Phil Sargent, guitar, joined by the Boston band Sonic Explorers.

Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students and seniors, and are available at 603-228-1196 or here.

Anniversary Weekend at the Concord Community Music School is sponsored by Merrimack County Savings Bank. For more information, call 603-228-1196 or visit here.

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