Music School to Present 'Jazz Influences from Around the World'

From Concord Community Music School: Take a trip through the “wild worlds” of jazz music—at May’s free Bach’s Lunch programs at the Concord Community Music School Recital Hall (23 Wall Street, Concord, NH).

On Thursday, May 4, Music School faculty member Matt Langley shares his vast musical knowledge of the “Wild Worlds of Jazz”; and on May 11, a faculty jazz quartet presents and performs “Jazz Influences from Around the World.”

Bach’s Lunch programs are free and open to the public, and take place from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. on the first and second Thursdays of each month in the Music School’s Recital Hall, 23 Wall Street, downtown Concord.

Jazz is the melting pot of contemporary music. In his May 4 Bach’s Lunch Lecture, multi-instrumentalist, teacher, and music coach Matt Langley discusses the effect of world cultures on jazz music in the last 30 years. Who are some of the artists leading the way? Find out – and check out some fantastic modern jazz with fellow music enthusiasts.

Although jazz music started in America, it is musically rooted in cultures around the world. Our Bach’s Lunch Concert on May 11 features Music School faculty members Matt Langley (saxophone), David Tonkin (guitar), Scott Kiefner (bass), and Tim Gilmore (drums). You'll hear a mix of jazz styles from early New Orleans through today, and learn how rhythms and melodies from Cuba, Africa, Eastern Europe and other places affected music born in America.

“Musical Migrations” is the theme of this year’s Bach’s Lunch programs, which are an outgrowth of the Music School’s leadership work on the Steering Committee of the Welcoming Concord Initiative. Welcoming Concord began through the statewide efforts of the Endowment for Health’s Immigration Integration Initiative, and is a forum for collective action and shared learning, with the goal of warmly welcoming New Americans into the cultural, economic, and civic life of the region.

The Bach's Lunch Series is sponsored by the Timothy and Abigail Walker Lecture Fund and the Gertrude Couch Trust; TD Wealth Management, NA; Trustee. For more information, please call 603-228-1196 or visit here.

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