What do you do when your graduation recital is cancelled due to the COVID19 pandemic? You invite the entire community to a performance they can attend from their couches!
Join us today at 3:30 via Live Stream for graduating Keene State College piano performance major Kirsten Becker’s recital. The program will include Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, Kapustin, and more. WCCMA is thrilled to have Kirsten’s recital as the debut performance of our newly acquired Steinway, donated by the Fillman Family in memory of Jesse R. Fillman. Kirsten is from Charlestown and a frequent WCCMA collaborator.
Please note: there will not be an audience in person for this performance, it will be a digital concert only.
We are sad we can’t all gather together at the Redfern Arts Center at Keene State College for this milestone in Kirsten’s career, but WCCMA is proud to be able to invite you to attend from the comfort of your home. Please join us in supporting this wonderful young artist!
Due to recommendations from Dartmouth College to limit public gatherings, this Saturday’s HopStop Storytelling event at Claremont, NH – Parks and Recreation Department will be rescheduled. The Marionette event scheduled for April has unfortunately been cancelled due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 outbreak.
West Claremont Center for Music and the Arts is monitoring the situation to determine if spring programming will need to be further impacted, and continues to take regular sanitization actions in our facilities. We will determine in April if the Spring Tea, our only other spring event, needs to be postponed. At this time weekly lessons and art therapy will proceed as scheduled. We ask that any students experiencing flu symptoms to please reschedule their lesson, or to request a video lesson. And of course, wash your hands – we are fully stocked for soap in the bathrooms.
January 24, 2020 @ 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM at Union Church Parish Hall
Brush up your taiko skills with this refresher from past workshops. On Saturday we’ll participate in the Lunar New Year Celebration at the Claremont HopStop. Have you tried taiko drumming in the past, particularly through WCCMA’s annual residency with Burlington Taiko Group? We would like to invite you back to join us for one or both review sessions to participate in the Lunar New Year Celebration at the Claremont HopStop on Jan 25th, at the CSB Community Center. We will have 1 hour with Paton Sensei for each piece, you may join us for one or both. Memorization not required!
Advanced registration is appreciated to guarantee we have enough drums, space is limited: contact melissa@wcc-ma.org Suggested donation is $30 Adults, $25 WCCMA members, $5 for youth, or pay what you can. WCCMA believes in barriers free access to the arts, and invites you to participate with a full or reduced scholarship, as needed.
January 25, 2020 @ 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM at Claremont Savings Bank Community Center
Kick off the Year of the Rat with Chinese music, dragons and New Year’s fun
Our celebration will feature musician Xin Ran who will play selections on the pipa, a Chinese string instrument, and Stuart Paton from Burlington Taiko who will perform the Lion Dance and lead interactive Taiko drumming.
Held one Saturday a month in both Hanover and Claremont, NH, HopStops offer young children and their caregivers free performances that entertain and introduce dance, music, theater and storytelling. These performances are participatory, so come ready to sing, dance and clap along. Bring the whole family!
February 29, 2020 @ 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM at Claremont Savings Bank Community Center
HopStop Family Show: Kids’ Dance Party
Shake and boogie with Hop favorite, DJ (and dad!) Sean/LivemixKings
Held one Saturday a month in both Hanover and Claremont, NH, HopStops offer young children and their caregivers free performances that entertain and introduce dance, music, theater and storytelling. These performances are participatory, so come ready to sing, dance and clap along. Bring the whole family!
