Events

Po’ Ramblin’ Boys

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Introducing a hard-driving, traditional Bluegrass band that captures the authentic spirit and energy of the genre.

Saturday, January 25, 2025, 7:00 pm

Purchase Tickets in advance or payable at the door for this event. ($35 General Admission and free for students 18 and under)

At a time when most people feel constantly distracted by technology and barraged by the news, authenticity and straightforward honesty are paramount. 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, The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys take pride in being ambassadors of their genre, bringing their music from rural bluegrass festival stages to the rock clubs of Europe with stunning results, now coming to Concord Conservatory.

Music & Rebels

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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 250th anniversary of Concord’s role in the American Revolution, the program will feature the world premiere of Unrest by local composer and CCM faculty member Aaron Jay Myers, commissioned by Concord Conservatory.

Friday, February 7, 2025, 7:30 pm

Purchase tickets in advance or payable at the door for this event. ($25 General Admission and free for students 18 and under)

Join CCM faculty speaker Jackson Carruthers as he recounts how each featured musical selection broke with the conventions of its time, launching the artform and its audience into the next era.

CCM faculty artists soprano Rose Hegele and cellist Steve Marotto, along with guests, violinist Nicole Parks, pianist Elaine Rombola Aveni, and percussionist Matt Sharrock will perform this array of boundary-breaking music.

Around Hear Family Concert

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Around Hear enriches our local communities with their innovative, fun, and uplifting chamber music concerts, bringing joy and excitement to families and music lovers of all ages!

Saturday, March 22, 2:00 pm

Purchase Tickets in advance or payable at the door for this event. ($10 General Admission and free for students 18 and under)

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!

Around Hear founders and core members violinist Marji Gere and pianist Dan Sedgwick are joined by singer Will Green. The program will open with a special feature of one of CCM’s own student performers.

Southern Rail, A Bluegrass Concert

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Southern Rail’s performances are high-energy exuberant fun, with riveting harmonies, irrepressible humor and sparkling banjo, mandolin, and guitar solo work.

Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 7:00 pm

Purchase Tickets in advance or payable at the door for this event. ($25 General Admission and free for students 18 and under)

Southern Rail celebrates more than four decades of performing together. CCM faculty member Rich Stillman (banjo and harmony vocals, Jim Muller (guitar and lead vocals), Sharon Horovitch (acoustic bass and harmony vocals), and John Tibert (mandolin and harmony vocals) give us rich vocals on beautiful and creative bluegrass arrangements.

Southern Rail brims with contemporary energy, harmonies and nuance while featuring lots of original material…A bluegrass band with the total package of style, material, vocals and picking. They stand ready for an international breakout.

– Bluegrass Canada Magazine