By Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday, on December 6, the Smithfield Chamber Orchestra, under the musical direction and arrangement by trumpeter Matt Finley, performed its annual Christmas celebration, marking its…
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday and Sunday, Crescendo, under the direction of Christine Gevert, provided an unusual choral program from the Baroque era, the Saturday concert being performed at…
by Neil Donelley My first thought, This can’t be happening, but it was. At the end of the fast walk I missed my footing, and in that powerless moment, I…
by Antonia Shoumatoff Last Sunday, the “Family Organ Experience,” as it was billed in the program, was attended by young and old alike, with scores of children sitting in chairs…
Poem and photo by Neil Donnelly At the back of the house, on my route to the compost place, sudden overhead buzzing makes me look up, and there on the…
Preview by Susan Bang Smithfield Church in northwestern Amenia will conduct its annual (the twentieth) Christmas Concert & Tea, sponsored by the Bang Family Concert Series, this coming Saturday at…
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Kent, The Sherman Ensemble was transformed into a quintet with Julia Bailen adding vocals to a sophisticated program…
by Kevin T McEneaney I once called my son a little pumpkin. He did not like that—being called little, knowing he was much smarter than a squash. * Pumpkins are…
by Kevin T McEneaney The final enterprise of sapiens? To clutter the universe with robots who garner evidence of human life, which once flourished on this planet called Earth. They…
by Kevin T McEneaney For one hour at Trinity Church in Lakeville, Countertenor Nicholas Tamagna held forth with a formidable menu of excerpts from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries with…