The Concord Community Music School’s Jazz Department invites the public to take part in its annual workshop series on jazz technique and performance, November 16 -18. All sessions are free, open to the public, and designed to reach all ages and levels. Workshops take place at the Concord Community Music School at 23 Wall Street in downtown Concord.
The workshops cover Jazz Vocals, Percussion, and Acoustic Guitar, and include a three-day Beatles Orchestra experience, open to all instrumentalists – no matter your instrument or genre. This year, the Beatles Orchestra will focus on recreating and adding to the Beatles hit “I Want You” and concludes on day three with a recording session. Other workshops include a Rhythm Slam and Build a Band. All sessions are led by jazz department faculty. The Jazz Vocal Workshop is led by Peggo Horstmann Hodes of the Music School’s voice faculty with Tom Robinson, on piano.
Workshop Weeks, free and open to the public, are held throughout the year by the Music School’s faculty. Piano Department Workshops take place the week of December 7th. Woodwind Department Workshops are scheduled for the week of January 18, 2010 and the String Department will hold its workshop series the week of April 19, 2010. Call the Music School for more information, 603-228-1196, or visit the website http://www.ccmusicschool.org.