Instruments needed! Local schools are just beginning their band programs and we are in need of a few more instruments to make sure that all local students can participate if they would like. At this time we are looking for: 1 Baritone Horn, 3 Alto Saxophones. If you have an extra instrument that you can donate please contact us. WCCMA loans instruments to local music programs for students who would not otherwise be able to study an instrument. Contact: [email protected]
There is a waiting list for these instruments and instruction has begun. Help us get these students started ASAP!
For more information about the Instruments for Inspiration program visit: wcc-ma.org/donate
Saturday 10am rehearsal for all drummers before the Burlington Taiko Group Performance. Freewill suggested donation $25. Please contact [email protected] to register.
October 12, 2019 @ 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM at West Claremont Center for Music and the Arts
Join WCCMA @Union for an energizing outdoor concert of Japanese taiko drumming with the Burlington Taiko Group and participants in the annual taiko druming residency. Admission is by donation, suggested at $15 for members, $20 nonmembers, $30 for families, and $5 for students.
ABOUT Burlington Taiko Group Since 1987, Burlington Taiko has been mesmerizing audiences with the powerful, spellbinding and propulsive sounds of the taiko.Burlington Taiko Group estimates it has introduced over half a million people to the power of taiko via public performances including feature performances at the 100th running of the Boston Marathon, annual performances at Burlington’s First Night, the Joseph Campbell – Keepers of the Lore festival, the Black Ships Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, and over 200 corporate, collegiate and public performances.In 2001, Burlington Taiko received First Night International’s Prism Award, first place recognition for Most Creative Programming.In 2002 Burlington Taiko participated in its first tour of Japan, performing a series of concerts in the prefecture of Tottori at the Gaina Matsuri in Yonago.The group has been honored 3 times by the International Taiko community having been selected as a feature performer at the 2008 40th International Taiko Festival in San Francisco, the 1999 North American Taiko Conference in Los Angeles, and the 1998 30th International Taiko Festival in San Francisco.Burlington Taikois the performance arm of our non-profit entity, Taiko AikoKai New England (TANE). Our mission: to promote the performance and practice of Taiko and provide education about Taiko and Japanese culture.
October 20, 2019 @ 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM at Windsor Common
Join us on Oct. 20th at 2:30 PM on the Windsor Common. The West Claremont Center for Music and the Arts in collaboration with the American Precision Museum of Windsor VT will host a concert by the Newmont Military Band, www.newmontmilitaryband.org. This free concert will be performed on late 19th century musical instruments using original arrangements, and will feature the music of Sousa, Von Suppe, and Bizet. In addition, you will be treated to works of two Vermont natives, Ezra and Eugene Bagley.
Donations at this event support the youth and community programs for the WCCMA.
In case of inclement weather, the concert will be held at the American Precision Museum in Windsor VT.
Join us tonight, Sept 27, at 6:30pm at @Union, 133 Old Church Rd, Claremont, NH for the world-class Dinuk Wijeratne Trio. The Trio perform works by award-winning composer Dinuk Wijeratne. Enjoy sonorities at the intersections of jazz, world, and classical music. Admission is by donation.
This concert is funded in part by the Expeditions program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional support from the six New England state arts agencies.
