As a mediation conference approaches, The Berkshire Edge reviews the two-year legal journey of ArantzazĂş Zuzene GaldĂłs-Shapiro's civil rights lawsuit against the town of Great Barrington, its police department, and former Berkshire Hills Superintendent Peter Dillon.
There are chefs who excel in both baking and cooking just as there are musicians, such as Yo-Yo Ma and Peter Serkin, who excel at interpreting classical music scores and improvising over a jazz chart.
The fledgling group that was conceived of seven years ago has grown from about a dozen people each week to 35-40 people singing three- and four-part harmony.
'I love all the music of our lives: the show tunes, the country, the blues, the opera, the jazz. It’s all related, the way we are all related.' -- Wanda Houston
Professor Yudkin literally wrote the book on music appreciation: Now in its eighth edition, “Understanding Music,“ is used by more than 20,000 students across North America every year.
In her letter to the editor, Ruth Heuberger writes: "Imagine the sounds of music that might fill the vacant and sturdy old school in the center of Housatonic if it were bought by one of the many prominent musicians who have made their name, good fortune, and even their temporary or permanent home here."
“Maybe there’s someone out there at the 11th hour. I don’t want the community to lose their music store. It’s a turnkey business.”
-- Claudia d’Alessandro, owner of The Music Store in Great Barrington
AntonĂn Dvořák’s Serenade for Winds and String Instruments (1878) evokes the 18th century, late-baroque, tradition of outdoor performances on the grounds of the nobility’s castles for the amusement of both the aristocracy and its serfs.
Each set of the concert consisted of spellbinding trio and individual improvisations, which displayed not only delicious two- and three-way instrumental conversations but also foot-tapping swing.
The unamplified strings and drums summoned the essence of instrumental and vocal timbres -- an unforgettable evening of music for the mind and the heart.
“The library learning commons and the music performance spaces will spark a different kind of education and become perhaps a model for other institutions.”
--- BCD Head of School Paul Lindenmaier
In her letter to the editor, Ruby Citrin, a sixth grader at Monument Valley Regional Middle School, writes: "A failed school budget gives the impression that our community does not value education."
“We’ve brought music to town and business to town. People are now coming to this side of Main Street. We’ve done a lot to help this town."
--- Keith Weller, patriarch of the Gypsy Joynt gypsies
“For the past 49 years the BHRSD community has expected and supported an active and outstanding band program … I don’t think the music department can continue to provide that along with everything else they are doing with only four positions.”
-- Music instructor Jeff Stevens, who is retiring this year
