Events

Technique Toolkit: Hands-On Recording Session. Ready to capture your sound with professional clarity? Join CCM faculty member Daniel Fox for an intensive, hands-on session at the cutting-edge CCM 2 Media Lab. This small-group workshop is designed to move beyond basic concepts and give you practical, real-world guidance on achieving industry-standard results. In this session, you will learn the fundamental tools of the trade, industry best practices, and professional workflows for recording.

Join us for a joint opening reception celebrating The Umbrella's winter exhibitions, Ancient Light: Celestial Photography by Marsha Wilcox and Inspirational Jam: Paintings by Carl Ristaino. RSVP appreciated. Admission is free, and the galleries are open to all. Explore additional programming and learn more at TheUmbrellaArts.org/current-exhibition

Get Into the Groove! High-Energy Bucket Drumming Join us for a dynamic, hands-on workshop that proves you don’t need fancy equipment to make incredible music! With nothing more than buckets and drumsticks, participants of all skill levels can dive into an energizing and collaborative drumming session. In this exciting, rhythmic workshop, you will be guided by CCM faculty member Tsuyoshi Honjo through a series of exercises that build rhythmic mastery, helping you deepen your understanding of musical timing, pulse, and complex syncopation.

The Concord Orchestra presents “Far, Far, Away” at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 31, and Sunday, Feb 1 at 2:30 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center at 51 Walden. 

The orchestra, conducted by Music Director Zeke Fetrow, performs a program of W. A. Mozart’s Overture to Don Giovanni, Alexander Borodin’s In the Steppes of Central Asia, and John Williams’ Star Wars Suite.  The winner of the young artist competition, Maggie Bai, joins the orchestra to perform Felix Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor.

Preceding each concert, one of the young artist competition runners-up, both cellists, will present a pre-concert recital.  On Saturday, Gabriel Jojatu performs a recital at 7:15 p.m.  On Sunday, Philip Jeong performs a recital at 1:45 p.m.

Enjoy the best of classic, independent, and foreign films curated by The Concord Film Project at The Umbrella Arts Center, with pre-show dinner options. This February, join us for TORN CURTAIN (1966, dir. Alfred Hitchcock), a suspenseful Cold War spy thriller starring Paul Newman and Julie Andrews. This film is rated PG and runs 2 hours and 8 minutes. Optional pre-show dinners from Saltbox Kitchen are available.