Vocalis Youth Choir will perform a concert on June 8th at 4:00pm with funds going to The People’s Pantry of Great Barrington. Participating artists: Eric Martin, fiddle; Jon Suters, guitar; Dorothy Cowles, piano; Elizabeth Allyn, piano. Join us for a selection of beautiful, upbeat, and inspiring music and poetry from the classical, contemporary, and folk […]
Saint James Place opens its doors to families with children who love music for this interactive free family concert. Aston Magna Family Event introduces children to the instruments and music of past centuries, which continue to have a place in today’s concert halls. Event is on Saturday, May 25 at 3pm in our Great Hall. […]
The concert will feature an audience singalong of favorites from Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music, as well as an exploration of global sounds of music, including Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes, and Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo, a cantata by contemporary British composer Cecilia McDowall based on the true story of a teenage Syrian […]
The dramatist W. S. Gilbert and the composer Arthur Sullivan are famous for their partnership in creating works with ridiculous twists and turns of the plot. Virtually all of their works are spoofs and satires of the British legal and social class system. Their wit and sense of irony go beyond musical theater to comedy […]
A Dramatic Early Baroque Oratorio and a Twelve-Voice Mass Crescendo Vocal Ensemble, Pablo Bustos - Jephte, Christina Kay - Filia, Douglas Williams - Historicus, Soloists, and Period Instrument Ensemble, directed by Christine Gevert. The Italian composer Giacomo Carissimi – who continued Claudio Monteverdi's legacy of dramatic vocal music – tells the story of a human […]
Two giants of solo violin music played by a contemporary virtuoso on period violin. Baroque violinist Edson Scheid, concertmaster of Crescendo's Period Instrument Orchestra, offers a program with solo violin works by two titans: Johann Sebastian Bach and Nicolo Paganini. Both composers revolutionized solo violin repertoire, and hearing their works side by side in a […]
The notable Avalon String Quartet returns with “The Art of the String Quartet” with a Berkshire premiere, “For Such a Time as This,” a retelling of the biblical Esther story for string quartet and vocalist, from a feminist perspective. Composer Stacy Garrop’s (recent commissions from the Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Louisiana symphony orchestras) intent is […]
Crescendo Presents Early Polyphony for Low Voices from Ockeghem to Palestrina Crescendo Low-Voice Vocal Ensemble, with Rachel Begley, dulzian, directed by Christine Gevert, performs on Sunday, February 4 at 4:00pm in the Saint James Place Sanctuary Space. The Renaissance is considered the Golden Era of vocal music. The evolution of polyphonic music started in the early 15th […]
Tickets are almost sold out as of November 28!Seven-time Grammy®-winning saxophonist Paul Winter, with the Paul Winter Consort, will celebrate the winter solstice on Saturday, December 23rd here at Saint James Place, 352 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA. There will be two performances, a matinee at 3 pm and an evening concert at 7 pm. […]
Tickets are almost sold out as of November 28!Seven-time Grammy®-winning saxophonist Paul Winter, with the Paul Winter Consort, will celebrate the winter solstice on Saturday, December 23rd here at Saint James Place, 352 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA. There will be two performances, a matinee at 3 pm and an evening concert at 7 pm. […]
Berkshire Lyric Holiday Concert – Great Barrington Berkshire Lyric presents The Holly and the Ivy , the second of their three 2023 Christmas Concerts on Sunday December 10. The choral program will take place at 3:00 at Saint James Place on Main Street in Great Barrington. The featured work will be the Vivaldi Magnificat. accompanied […]
Enjoy beautiful festive sounds of the season with Vocalis Youth Choir on Saturday, December 9 at approximately 7:30pm. This FREE holiday concert begins after the Southern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce’s Holiday Shop, Sip and Stroll fireworks. Founded in 2021, the Vocalis Youth Choir is a vocal ensemble for young people who are passionate about singing. […]
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