Bach’s Lunch: West African Drumming Traditions
Thursday, January 8: 12:10 p.m.
With Lindsey Schust and Grace Schust.
Come experience the joy of the West African drumming traditions!
Grace and Lindsey Schust, mother-daughter team and directors of the Songweaver Drummers, will give an interactive talk and demonstration in the CCMS recital hall as a part of our Bach’s Lunch series.
The Schust family has a deep connection with the West African drum traditions. In the late 1990s, they opened a custom drum business, Timbre Drums, and built a large “ashiko” drum for Nigerian music icon Babatunde Olatunji, which he played around the world. Their “Baba drum” was shown in the Brookline Museum from 2023-2024 as a part of Spike Lee’s “Creative Sources” exhibit.
Lindsey and Grace will talk about the joys of drumming as a cross-cultural pathway, wellness practice, and community builder. They will discuss the influence of Olatunji’s drum teaching method and his far-reaching influence on popularizing African drums abroad. They will also demonstrate traditional West African rhythms and chants and get the audience involved with call and response singing.
Learn more at https://www.ccmusicschool.org/event/bachs-lunch-west-african-drumming-traditions-grace-schust-and-lindsey-schust/
Bach’s Lunch: Wall St. Winds
Thursday, January 15: 12:10 p.m
With Erin Dubois, Maria Isaak, and Stephanie Ratté Jenkins
Experience the woodwind trio at its most colorful and expressive in a program that blends French elegance, American modernism and jazz, and contemporary energy. Bozza’s sparkle, Muczynski’s vivid miniatures, Milhaud’s playful reimagining of Baroque dances, and the fresh voice of VENT by Christian Ellenwood come together highlighting the beauty, versatility, and dynamic interplay of the flute, clarinet, and bassoon.
Learn more at https://www.ccmusicschool.org/event/bachs_lunch_wall_st_winds_2026/
CCMS Student Recital
Thursday, January 15 at 7 p.m. & Friday, January 16 @ 7 p.m.
Student recitals are part of the Concord Community Music School’s multi-level curriculum for private lesson students. These frequent performance opportunities help our students perform more easily, broaden their musical skills, and help them make new musical friends.
This event will be held in our historic Recital Hall. It is free of charge and open to the public. Donations are appreciated.
New Horizons Band Winter Concert
Thursday, January 22: 6:30 p.m.
Get ready to experience the warmth of music this winter!
The New Horizons Band is a community band that welcomes adults of all ages who play woodwind, brass, or percussion instruments. No auditions, no requirements, just reasonable comfort on your instrument to get started. Under the direction of Maria Isaak, New Horizons at CCMS is a supportive group for those who have always wanted to learn an instrument, those who haven’t played in years, and even players who have kept their music making current and desire to play in a concert band setting. Learn more about the Band at ccmusicschool.org/new-horizons-band/
This concert will be held at Concord High School. It is free, open to the public, and made possible in part due to the support of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation’s Ellen Downing Waite and Edward Osgood Waite Fund.
(Snow date is Thu, Jan 29.)
*Note: Bach’s Lunches are free and open to the public. They are made possible in part through the generosity of the Walker Fund. Donations are appreciated.
Concord Community Music School is located at 23 Wall St, Concord. As dates and times are subject to change, please double check our website at ccmusicschool.org/events/ or give us a call at 603-228-1196 for the latest details prior to publication.