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Winchester Community Music School is pleased to present its second faculty concert of the 2024-25 season. The Zefíra Trio features WCMS faculty member Olga Patramanska-Bell, violin, with Ashima Scripp, cello, and Eleanor Perrone, piano. The members of Zefíra have established themselves as solo artists and chamber musicians of the highest standard. They are top prize winners of many national and international competitions and appear often as soloists with orchestras or in major recital halls across the country. The trio engages their audiences with the artistry and depth of their performances

Please join us for the first Faculty Concert of 2024-2025 featuring the Sempervirens Ensemble at Winchester Community Music School. Four virtuoso recorder players (Heloise Degrugillier, Dan Meyers, Emily O'Brien, and Roy Sansom) will present a program which comprises music from the 14th century to this year. Works will include Baroque keyboard pieces, a medieval Estampie, one of Ligiti's Bagatelles for Wind Quintet, the scherzo from Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, a short piano prelude by Prokofiev, and more. The members of the ensemble felt they simply had to create arrangements to

Come enjoy two exquisite and romantic chamber pieces performed by a woodwind quintet with piano, a rare combination in chamber music. The first half of the program will consist of a beautiful wind chamber piece by Mozart, Quintet for Winds and Piano in E flat major, K452. The second half will feature Beethoven's Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, Op. 16. Faculty performers and special guests will include Kyoko Hida-Battaglia, oboe; Glenn Dickson, clarinet; Dr. Jacky Ho-Yin Li, French horn; Sally Merriman, bassoon; and Dr. Sarah Tocco, piano.

Free admission. The program will be held

No matter what instrument you play, we probably have an ensemble for you!
Ensembles at WCMS offer opportunities for students to be mentored by professional faculty members, play with other musicians, understand the roles of different band members, and perform in front of an audience. By connecting with other like-minded creative individuals, you'll cultivate relationships and develop your personal musical expression. Each ensemble will be curated by matching the level, age, and skill of the musicians, and scheduled based on the availability of coaches and participants.
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Fall is a great time to plant new vegetable crops, harvest others, cook and preserve foods. This hour-long workshop discusses various vegetables to sow, harvest and eat in fall. We will also discuss how to make the growing season longer, potential vegetables that survive mild winters and how to put your garden to bed to promote soil health.…Learn More

A Fall Plant ID Nature walk at the farm and on Whipple Hill. We’ll focus on basic identification characteristics primarily looking at native species, including a plant Native Americans used to supposedly cure “craziness” as well as one they used to wash their hands, a few best identified using our noses, several that are edible and medicinal along with a few non-natives. And we’ll discuss specifics on native vs. non-native. Cost: $25/$20/$15 (tiered).