Learn how to play — 12/05/2024

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Want to be a rock star — or just play a few songs at your next gathering? In this week’s cover story, Michael Witthaus talks to some of the local music instructors helping music lovers of all ages achieve their guitar (and piano and more) dreams.

Also on the cover Take a cookie road trip! Tickets are on sale now for next Saturday’s Currier & Ives Cookie Tour in the Monadnock region and for next weekend’s Inn to Inn Cookie Tour up north (see page 22). Symphony New Hampshire celebrates the season with a concert highlighting brass instruments (page 14). And Michael Witthaus talks with Seán Heely about his Celtic Christmas concert (page 32).

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