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 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…
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 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…
by Kevin T McEneaney This sold-out event in the carriage house opened with a recent composition by Seth Grosshandler, pianist, painter, lawyer, and composer. Seth was present at the event.…
Back in the 1970s, there was an Irish folk music revival with the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem (the man of a thousand songs), Clannad, The Chieftains, Planxty, and the…
by Kevin T McEneaney Agate String Quartet, four players from France, are currently on a tour of the Once-United States. They performed in the acoustically favorable All Saints Chapel in…
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday at Saint James Place in Great Barrington, Christine Gevert showcased elements of Latin American music with indigenous origins. Gevert played a virginal keyboard and…