Events for August 2017

Open Mic Night at Brew Practitioners hosted by Alex Johnson of Colorway. Every Wednesday enjoy a variety of local talent while enjoying a pint of local craft beer brewed by Brew Practitioners on site! Or come and exhibit your talent and enjoy a pint after! Sign up starts at 6:30 ish and the show begins at 7:00 PM!

Youth Jazz Workshop: “Communication and Creativity through Music”

    Jazz drummer and composer Benny Woodard offers a free introductory jazz workshop at the Northampton Community Music Center (NCMC) on Saturday, August 5, 2017 at 11:00 AM. The class is for students grades 3 through 8. The event is free and open to participants with at least one year of instrumental music study. Registration is required as space is limited. Call Sam at the Northampton Community Music Center to register. Participants should bring their instruments to the workshop.

    Instructors include Benny Woodard, an alum of the Northampton Community Music Center who is currently pursuing his degree in jazz studies at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City, as well as Zack Cross and Noah Harrington of the Benny Woodard Trio. For more information, call NCMC at 413-585-0001.

    Founded in 1986, the Northampton Community Music Center is a not-for-profit arts organization whose mission is to foster the love and pursuit of music within our community through quality education, performances, and activities that are accessible to all. NCMC’s programming is made possible, in part, by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency (www.massculturalcouncil.org). For more information about NCMC, visit: www.ncmc.net

Open Mic Night at Brew Practitioners hosted by Alex Johnson of Colorway. Every Wednesday enjoy a variety of local talent while enjoying a pint of local craft beer brewed by Brew Practitioners on site! Or come and exhibit your talent and enjoy a pint after! Sign up starts at 6:30 ish and the show begins at 7:00 PM!

    The Northampton Community Music Center (NCMC) presents a jazz concert featuring the Benny Woodard Quintet on Thursday August 10, 2017, at 7:30 PM in NCMC’s Feinstein Hall at 139 South Street in Northampton. General admission is $10 at the door.

 

    This concert features Benny Woodard, a jazz drummer, composer, and alum of the Northampton Community Music Center. The quintet also includes New York-based artists Anton Derevyanko on tenor saxophone, Hassani Cummings on alto saxophone, Franz Robert on piano, and Jason Schwartz on bass. Originally from South Hadley, Massachusetts, Woodard has gone on to play at venues such as The Blue Note, Cornelia St Cafe, Iron Horse Music Hall, and Jordan Hall. He looks forward to returning to NCMC, where he developed much of his musicianship as a student at the center.

 

    Founded in 1986, the Northampton Community Music Center is a not-for-profit arts organization whose mission is to foster the love and pursuit of music within our community through quality education, performances, and activities that are accessible to all. NCMC’s programming is made possible, in part, by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency (www.massculturalcouncil.org). For more information about NCMC, visit: www.ncmc.net

Open Mic Night at Brew Practitioners hosted by Alex Johnson of Colorway. Every Wednesday enjoy a variety of local talent while enjoying a pint of local craft beer brewed by Brew Practitioners on site! Or come and exhibit your talent and enjoy a pint after! Sign up starts at 6:30 ish and the show begins at 7:00 PM!

Open Mic Night at Brew Practitioners hosted by Alex Johnson of Colorway. Every Wednesday enjoy a variety of local talent while enjoying a pint of local craft beer brewed by Brew Practitioners on site! Or come and exhibit your talent and enjoy a pint after! Sign up starts at 6:30 ish and the show begins at 7:00 PM!

Open Mic Night at Brew Practitioners hosted by Alex Johnson of Colorway. Every Wednesday enjoy a variety of local talent while enjoying a pint of local craft beer brewed by Brew Practitioners on site! Or come and exhibit your talent and enjoy a pint after! Sign up starts at 6:30 ish and the show begins at 7:00 PM!