June 27 at 2:00 pm Free Live Stream, Link TBA Liana Paniyeva, piano Program: This concert features compositions by Rachmaninoff: preludes op 23 no 4 and 6.as well as the Polish-Soviet composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg – sonata no 4 op 56, Schubert – Liszt lieder transcriptions, and Chopin ballade no 4. Hailed by the New…
Sunday, June 13 at 2:00 pm Free Live Stream, click HERE Dave Whitney will be back to the CCA, this time with his quartet. Dave is well known for his amazing Louis-type trumpet and wonderful vocals. He will be joined by Jon Wheatley on Guitar, Mark Carlsen on Bass, and…
June 12 at 7:00 pm Marietta Arakelian, violin I, Tigran Dolukhanyan, violin II, and Arpineh Arakelian, piano FREE live stream, click HERE We are pleased to present this live stream concert with 2021 Chelmsford High School graduate Marietta Arakelian, her teacher, Tigran Dolukhanyan, and her mother, Arpineh Arakelian. It represents…
May 26 through June 3 The CCA is participating in the townwide outdoor exhibit, “Petaling” into Summer. Our entry will be created by Kate Crawford and Susan Gates from the Chelmsford Garden Club. Our theme is plein air painting. The Chelmsford Garden Club invites everyone to “Petal into Summer” by…
Heather Gallagher and Sophie Michaux, Mezzo-sopranos Yukiko Oba, Piano 2:00 pm Link HERE Handel sure knew how to write music that would knock your socks off! This mezzo duo will share some of his most ornamented, passionate and moving works. After bringing the arias into dramatic context and sharing what…
May 15 at 7:00 pm Ann Assarsson, voice & Alexei Tsiganov, piano Live Stream link HERE Ann Assarsson returns to the CCA to perform timeless classics live from our Main Stage with Alexei Tsiganov on our CCA Steinway B. This concert is a gift from the CCA to our community.…
May 1 at 7:00 pm The Arthur Bakopolus Quartet LIVE from the CCA Main Stage LINK HERE Arthur Bakopolus, sax; John Arcaro, piano; Tony Sumbury bass; and George Farrell, drums. This concert is offered as a gift to our community by the CCA. Please consider supporting our work by donating…
April 28 at 7:00 pm Click HERE “Techniques to Start a Daily Journal Practice to Generate New Ideas for your Art”. Priti Lathia will be our feature artist in the month of April on the 28th. Her demonstration will cover “Techniques to Start a Daily Journal Practice to Generate New Ideas…
April 17 at 7:00 pm Live Stream HERE Jack Soref- Guitar, Jameson Stewart – Guitar, Sven Larson – Bass Reaching both forward and back in time, the Jack Soref Trio pays homage to the music of Django Reinhardt while simultaneously enriching the tradition, with many of their own compositions. The chemistry of these…
April 16th at 11:00 am Watch HERE Diana Stelin focuses exclusively on landscapes, on memorable places that one dissolves into by spending more than a passing second snapping a photo. She expertly catches that moment when a viewer allows herself/himself to truly melt into the surroundings, and when borders break…
Spring is eternal at the CCA, so just click HERE to join the party again! Come party with us (Virtually) and welcome back our annual CCA in Bloom art and flowers gala! See art interpreted in floral arrangements. Some art will be available for purchase. We will post photos and…
3:00 pm LIVE STREAM Register HERE for code to stream El Rio (2019) (Read Review: https://bit.ly/38GQkp8) Digital Copy ($10) https://carlosodria.bandcamp.com/album/el-rio CD ($15) https://www.carlosodria.com/merch Donations Venmo: https://venmo.com/CarlosOdria PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/carlosodria The Carlos Odria Trio is a high-energy acoustic ensemble that performs original compositions and arrangements of jazz standards and Latin American popular music. It delivers an…
January 1 at 3:00 pm, Donate what you can to benefit the CCA HERE Watch on Chelmsford Arts YouTube page beginning at 3 pm on Jan 1 HERE Celebrate the NEW YEAR! 2020 will be a memory still fresh in our minds as the most tumultuous year of our lives.…
Vocalist Joan Watson-Jones returns to our stage with her first solo show as part of the CCA Stream Series on December 5 at 3:00 pm. Tickets $15 Purchase HERE and you will receive the link to the live performance. JOAN is a singer, lyricist, multi-instrumentalist, and host and producer of The Jazz…
7:00 pm LIVE STREAM, Link TBA FREE, but please consider a $15 donation (no amount is too large or small!) to the CCA. Donate HERE Spend Thanksgiving Eve with Martin and Kelly and Help Support the Chelmsford Center for the Arts! The incredibly talented duo of Jilly Martin and Ryan…
Saturday, November 21, Live at 10:00 AM. Link to event HERE We are thrilled to be able to offer this VIRTUAL DIY class hosted by Chelmsford’s favorite “Kite Guy”! This is a project you can work on now or for the new year. You will learn how to make…
7:30 pm LIVE STREAMED from the CCA Free, but please DONATE HERE to support the MRWC LINK TO CONCERT HERE Saturday, November 7th, join us for the Third Annual Concert for the Merrimack, benefitting the Merrimack River Watershed Council, featuring Jamie Dunphy and True North with special guest Drew Dunphy The CCA is…
Here is the concert that was live streamed from our concert hall for you to enjoy at your leisure. Please considering making a donation to support the CCA and the artists who perform here in this difficult times.
The Chelmsford Center for the Arts is funding and providing FOLLOW YOUR COMPASS to all Chelmsford elementary public schools for a full week. The CCA is Chelmsford’s public visual and performing arts center and we want to give children an experience we had hoped to provide in person. We have paid the…
Saturday, Sept. 19th, Noon to 9 pm Drive by the CCA or stop by and take a photo with a super hero (WEAR A MASK and NO CROWDING!) as we celebrate Batman Day with “standups” by Mike Combs.
The Chelmsford Center for the Arts celebrates the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution with an outdoor exhibit of banners designed by four women artists. Artists Donna Berger, Erica Clifford, Frances Killam, and Trina Teele, responded to the call to graphic artists to design…
Show your support of Women Vote! and the CCA by purchasing a t-shirt with one (or more!) images from our outdoor exhibit celebrating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. All sales will benefit the Save the CCA campaign.Click HERE to purchase.
The Dacey Zouzas Endowment for the Arts has 23 pair of girls sneakers donated by Puma North America to GIVE AWAY! The shoes are painted with the endowment’s daisy logo by local artist Angelina Tavares of Forty Kicks. The shoes are available in the following sizes and number: Size 7…
August 9, join us for the second CCA PARKING LOT CONCERT featuring the Artie Bakopolus Quartet. AB4 will present cool jazz on a summer afternoon. The doors open at 5:00 pm and the show will begin at 5:30. Tickets $10 per person for parties of 1-4. Purchase HERE We have…
The CCA is Chelmsford’s own public visual and performing arts center. Besides the patrons from all over the Merrimack Valley who attend performances, we are primarily the home to our Resident Arts Organizations: the Chelmsford Art Society, the organization that sponsors the beloved annual 4th of July Art Show; the…
Did you know the second Saturday in June is “Glad Day”? It is a celebration of Pollyanna, the creation of author Eleanor Hodgman Porter of Littleton, NH. Pollyanna is a beloved character of 13 books, beginning in 1913. Pollyanna was positively determined to find the good in every situation and…
