Celebrating Twenty Years of Achievement at Bard

by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday evening Bard College held a celebration for the twentieth anniversary of Sosnoff Theater at the Fisher Center. This year will also be the twentieth…

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Rebirth of Opera at Hudson Hall

by Kevin T McEneaney You need not take the train or car into Manhattan to hear great opera. You can hear it in Hudson, N.Y. G.F. Handel’s Rodelinda, Regina de…

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The Iceman Cometh, Lands with a Bang in Rhinebeck

by Kevin T. McEneaney Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh (1939) has been revived at The Center for Performing Arts in Rhinebeck. The play was likely inspired by Maxim Gorky’s The…

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Clarion: Young Artists Deliver Astonishing Performances

by Kevin T. McEneaney Last Sunday the Clarion Concert directed by Eugenia Zuckerman presented an extraordinary concert at Saint James Place in Great Barrington. Tenor Daniel McGrew, who possesses an…

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Matt Finley & Rio Jazz Swings at Smithfield Church

Matt Finley, Lou Pappas, Larry Ham, and Jeff Siegel by Kevin T McEneaney Cool jazz had its roots in saxophone Prez Lester Young and especially trumpeter Miles Davis’ short-lived nonet…

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Sybarite5 Electrifies the air at The Stissing Center

Suliman Tekalli, Sami Merdinian, Louis Levitt, Laura Andrade, Caeli Smith by Kevin T. McEneaney Five young talented musicians lit up the stage last Sunday at The Stissing Center. This tightly…

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Rio Jazz Quartet at Smithfield Church

Preview by Kevin T McEneaney Next Saturday at 4 pm there is the opportunity to hear a marvelous jazz quartet with Matt Finley on trumpet, Larry Ham on piano, Lou…

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Alejandro Brittes Quartet Dresses in Many Sounds

Charlise Bandeira, André Ely, Alejandro Brittes, Carlos de Césaro At the Stissing Center in Pine Plains last Saturday with a full moon promising drier weather, the Alejandro Brittes Quartet from South…

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The Women of Lockerbie Triumphs at James Baird Park

Joseph Eriole, Cora Colwell, Jess Boyd, Courtney Constantino-Baldeh, Michael Risio, Stephany Hitchcock, Wendy Urban-Mead by Kevin T McEneaney When was the last time that you attended and experienced a transformative…

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