We hope to see you at this amazing performance! Stay warm!

Ida Mae Specker with John Specker and Friends

Friday, December 6, 2024 @ 6:30 PM — 8:00 PM
Claremont Creative Center
56 Opera House Square, Claremont NH

WCCMA is pleased to welcome back Ida Mae Specker for an evening of folk and original music at the new downtown Claremont Creative Center.

This special concert will feature John Specker, (fiddle, banjo, vocals), as well as Ida Mae’s frequent collaborators Mowgli Giannitti (bass, vocals), and Sam Merwin (guitar, mandolin, vocals). The performance will highlight original material in addition to creative, high-energy arrangements of traditional old-time tunes, bluegrass, and country songs.

The concert will be followed by a Q&A with the artists.

Tickets are pay-what-you-can! Suggested at $5-20 (households on a budget), or $25-60+ (I’ve got money and want to make a difference!). Support live music in this unique intimate venue by attending and offering whatever amount works for your household.

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SAVE THE DATE for upcoming events

12/21 Saturday — Open House @ CCC
2:00 PM — Sacred Harp
4:30 PM — Festive Caroling and Music

12/22 Sunday 3:00 PM — No Strings Marionette Company: Quill and Foyle’s Hasty Composure @ CCC

1/18/25 Saturday 3:00 PM — HopStop Claremont: The Baffo Box Show – Modern Times Theater @ Claremont Savings Bank Community Center

Have you missed previous concerts? Watch them on our YouTube Channel!

Thank you for your continued support!
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We hope to see you at this amazing performance!

Karim Nagi

Friday, November 22, 2024 @ 6:30 PM — 8:00 PM
Claremont Creative Center
56 Opera House Square, Claremont NH

This event is presented by the West Claremont Center for Music and the Arts, in partnership with BarnArts Center for the Arts. Tickets are Pay-What-You-Can, and will be available at the door.

Karim Nagi is a true crossover artist uniting the Arab tradition with the global contemporary world as an Egyptian immigrant in the USA. He has released fourteen albums, ranging from traditional Arab music to fusion and electronica, and has authored instructional videos for Arab percussive instruments and Arab dance styles. As a dance and drum teacher, Nagi has taught in dozens of festivals in the United States, Asia, Europe and Cairo, as well as most major Arab Culture festivals in the USA. He is also a public speaker with a TEDx talk.

https://karimnagi.com

More info here >

SAVE THE DATE for upcoming events

12/6 Friday 6:30 PM — Ida Mae Specker @ CCC
12/22 Sunday 3:00 PM — No Strings Marionettes @ CCC

Have you missed previous concerts? Watch them on our YouTube Channel!

Thank you for your continued support!
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We hope you’ll join us for great music with friends in Claremont this weekend!

Autumnal Traditions and Dia de Muertos with the Villalobos Brothers

Saturday, November 9, 2024 @ 6:30 PM — 8:00 PM
Union Episcopal Church
133 Old Church Road, Claremont NH

The Villalobos Brothers Raise A Joyful Noise for Day of The Dead! If you’ve heard them you know there’s no sadness with these guys! Wear your Halloween Costume one more time, or, come as you are! Join us for a celebration of All Hallows and fall folk traditions with Dia de Muertos as its heart. The Villalobos Brothers always lift our spirits in the “valley”! All-ages music & mask-making: 2pm

This event is presented by the West Claremont Center for Music and the Arts: bringing great artists to our community, and a great community to our artists! For more about WCCMA and the Claremont Creative Center visit www.claremontmusic.art

Suggested donation sliding scale: $5 – 60 (pay what you can)

Masking Making and Music for Dia de Muertos with the Villalobos Brothers more info >>>

This program is supported in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies.

Join us for this festive family annual tradition with candles, stories, music, and afrenda Begun in 2022 as a celebration of All Hallows and fall folk traditions, we are pleased to have our friends the Villalobos Brothers return again this year bringing their own music and traditions of Dia de Muertos as the centerpiece of this performance. Costumes are welcome. Audiences are encouraged to arrive a few minutes early so they can add a photo to the ofrenda (we’ll have some frames to borrow).

More info here >

SAVE THE DATE for upcoming events

11/22 Friday 6:30 PM — Karim Nagi

Have you missed previous concerts? Watch them on our YouTube Channel!

Thank you for your continued support!
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