Tanglewood Music Center anniversary concert
Lenox — On Saturday, May 14, at 7:30 p.m., the Cantilena Chamber Choir will present a performance of choral music at Trinity Episcopal Church showcasing compositions by former Tanglewood Composition Fellows in honor of the Tanglewood Music Center’s (TMC) 75th anniversary. Included on the program will be works for chorus and orchestra by Lukas Foss, Ned Rorem, Elliot Carter, David del Tredici, and others. Cantilena will also present a new work by a younger graduate, 29-year-old Stephen Feigenbaum, called “Home.”
The concert’s featured composer is Ken Lampl, who writes Jewish choral music. The program will feature his works “Adon Olam” and “Jerusalem” for a cappella choir, as well as a world premiere of “In the Most Silent Hour” for choir, strings and harp which was written especially for Cantilena.
Tickets are $30 for general admission, $20 for seniors, and free for children. For tickets and more information, see the Berkshire Edge calendar or contact the Cantilena Chamber Choir at (518) 791-0185 or satbchoir@yahoo.com.
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Kids 4 Harmony and Boston String Academy concert
Lenox — Berkshire Children and Families’ Kids 4 Harmony will give a concert with the Boston String Academy on Sunday, May 15, at 3 p.m. at Shakespeare & Company’s Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre. The concert is free and open to the public. A reception will follow at 4 p.m.
Berkshire Children and Families‘ Kids 4 Harmony is inspired by Venezuela’s El Sistema, an intensive, values driven, ensemble-based approach to teaching classical music to effect social change. Kids 4 Harmony is offered at Brayton Elementary School in North Adams and at Morningside Community School in Pittsfield.
For more information, contact Berkshire Children & Families at (413) 448-8281 or info@berkshirechildren.org.
–E.E.
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Author Daniel Klein to speak at Stockbridge Library
Stockbridge — Daniel Klein, author of “Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It: Wisdom of the Great Philosophers on How to Live,” will appear at the Stockbridge Library, Museum and Archives as part of its Sunday Speaker Series on Sunday, May 15, at 4 p.m.
Daniel Martin Klein, born in Delaware in 1939, is a writer of fiction, non-fiction, and humor. Klein went to Harvard College where he received a B.A. in philosophy. After a brief career in television comedy, he began writing books, including “Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar” co-written with Thomas Cathcart. He lives in Great Barrington and is married to Freke Vuijst, American correspondent for the Dutch newsweekly Vrij Nederland.
For more information, contact the Library at (413) 298-5501 or info@stockbridgelibrary.org.
–E.E.
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Piano concert at Lee Congregational Church
Lee — The Baldwin grand piano recently purchased by Lee Congregational Church will be the focus of a concert at the Church on Sunday, May 15, at 2 p.m. which will feature Tari Wheeler Roosa on flute, Will Hack on double bass, and Joshua Birns-Sprague on piano and flute. The musicians will perform selections by Mozart, Claude Bolling, Scott Joplin, and Tsuneo Imahori. The concert is free and open to the public but donations will be gratefully accepted.
Berkshire native Tari Wheeler Roosa is a founding member of Jovia Trio, plays with the Eagles Community Band, and teaches flute and early childhood classes at Berkshire Music School in Pittsfield.
Fresh off of a national tour of Saturday Night Fever, University of Michigan graduate Will Hack is a Berkshire-raised upright and electric bass player and has spent the past few years performing and music-directing at sea with Holland America cruise line. In the summer he can be found as a musician-in-residence at Pittsfield’s Barrington Stage Company.
North Adams native Joshua Birns-Sprague is a University of Massachusetts graduate who has been active in theater and vocal ensembles, including five years spent in the music circuit in the Portland, Ore., area. He is currently the music director of Pittsfield’s First United Methodist Church and musician/cantor at St. Patrick and Raphael Parish in Williamstown and St. Elizabeth of Hungary in North Adams.
For more information, contact Tari Wheeler-Roosa at (413) 243-1033.
–E.E.
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Dr. Bill Thomas’ Age of Disruption tour
Pittsfield – On Tuesday, May 17, Dr. Bill Thomas will bring his Age of Disruption tour to the Colonial Theatre.
Blending myth, science, live music, and visuals, Dr. Bill Thomas’ Age of Disruption tour will challenge audience members to reject ageist stereotypes and embrace the moments of life that offer the greatest risk, reward, and possibility. The 2016 tour kick-off will begin with ‘Disrupt Dementia,’ an afternoon workshop at 2:30 p.m. which will be followed by an interactive live music experience and community-building exercise. The Lobby Experience will begin at 5 p.m. and will feature food, music, activities, a drum circle, and more. The evening performance, “Life’s Most Dangerous Game,” will take place at 7 p.m. and is a mixed-media show that begins with a light-hearted look at cultural perspective on aging.
Tickets are $15. For tickets and more information, see the Berkshire Edge calendar or call the Colonial Theatre at (413) 997-4444.
–E.E.
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BCC students inducted into National Honor Society
Pittsfield — Berkshire Community College (BCC) recently held an induction ceremony for students joining the Xi Alpha Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at the Boland Theatre.
Phi Theta Kappa is the national honor society of junior and community colleges in the United States. To be eligible for membership, students with freshman standing must have achieved a cumulative grade point average of 3.7 or better, and students with a sophomore standing must have achieved a cumulative average of 3.5 or better.
The inductees include Richard Robillard of Cheshire; Henry Fristik of Chester; Brittany LaVigne of Clarksburg; Portia Adjei-Donkor, Juliauna Jacobson, and Nicole Rudd of Dalton; Stephanie Fredsall of Egremont; Juliana Herzen and Joshua Kuhn of Great Barrington; Bonnie Saunders of Hinsdale; Kathleen Adamczyk, Amie Birch, Mary Mick, and Mary Boland of Lanesboro; Jastine Somostrada, Vinicius Onorato, and Ellen Orell of Lee; Adam Gazit of Lenox; Michael King of Lenox Dale; Amy Wood of North Adams; Dina Bilotta, Cariss Black, Bernice Boateng, Polana Casian, Megan Charbonneau, Sarah Cicchetti, Kristina Cook, Megan Creamer, Victoria Croshier, Ryan Dion, Maureen Feldman, Kimberly Forrest, Danielle George, Jennifer Hunt, Erik Inbar, Bryan Jones, Allison Kahn, Jessica Koomson, Matthew Lee, Cassidy Lewis, David Litano, Andrew Mais, Dustin Malossini, Lucas Mancari, Deborah Remillard, Kelly Robertson, Janell Sargent, Anthony Swenson, and Nicole Wright of Pittsfield; Diane Shaheen of Richmond; Zachary Aichner of South Lee; Amanda Kerswell of West Stockbridge; Kristen Mabey of Williamstown; Danielle Allison of Windsor; and Emma Hobson of Hudson, N.Y.
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