Wine and Song In The Garden: West Side 5

Edith Wharton's The Mount 2 Plunkett Street, Lenox, MA, United States

West Side 5, the award-winning New York-based vocal jazz ensemble, bring their innovative take on jazz standards to The Mount. WS5 has created its own unique sound, characterized by original arrangements, complex harmonies, and outstanding musicianship. The event will take place at the main house, with the musicians performing from the Terrace. We have a limited […]

$25

Berkshire High Peaks Festival 2021 (virtual)

Virtual

Two weeks of master classes, open classes, talks and performances with our international faculty and students. Strings, piano, vocal and new guitar department this year with renowned guitarist Eliot Fisk! Late night “Moonlight Sonatas” concerts showcase stars of tomorrow. CLICK HERE for the full list of Master Classes, Talks, and Moonlight Sonatas.

Talk: Language, Storytelling Traditions and Music

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Language, storytelling traditions and music with Erik Anderson of Minot State University.     https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KqQlMJrUSJqKXd_WQPdCqg

Talk: The Whole Pianist

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The Whole Pianist - Technique, care for the body, and bettering one's artistry outside of just practicing! Click this link to register for this event: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-rAXEXPOSwKlUz9vr48Eqg

Concert: Moonlight Sonatas

Virtual

Hear our brilliant young current participants, international faculty and alumni on an array of instruments -- violin, viola, cello, guitar, voice and piano -- and with varied repertoire. Everything from Vivaldi to Villa-Lobos, Rossini and Puccini to Brahms and Boulanger. These performances are fresh and free! Close Encounters with Music's Youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/c/CloseEncountersWithMusic

Concert: Moonlight Sonatas

Virtual

Hear our brilliant young current participants, international faculty and alumni on an array of instruments -- violin, viola, cello, guitar, voice and piano -- and with varied repertoire. Everything from Vivaldi to Villa-Lobos, Rossini and Puccini to Brahms and Boulanger. These performances are fresh and free! Close Encounters with Music's Youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/c/CloseEncountersWithMusic

Talk: The Composer-Performer Relationship

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The Composer-Performer Relationship: Making Successful New Music Together with Tamar Muskal. Click this link to register for this event: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q7BcFOxWSTOmwrCgSMDL7g

Concert: Moonlight Sonatas

Virtual

Hear our brilliant young current participants, international faculty and alumni on an array of instruments -- violin, viola, cello, guitar, voice and piano -- and with varied repertoire. Everything from Vivaldi to Villa-Lobos, Rossini and Puccini to Brahms and Boulanger. These performances are fresh and free! Close Encounters with Music's Youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/c/CloseEncountersWithMusic

Talk: Crises, Cries and COVID

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Crises, Cries and Covid: Music in Times of Urgency with cellist and author Marc Moskovitz. Click this link to register for this event: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ophTmFF4RPi2JXuQot7Dzw

Moonlight Sonatas Concert

Virtual

Hear our brilliant young current participants, international faculty and alumni on an array of instruments -- violin, viola, cello, guitar, voice and piano -- and with varied repertoire. Everything from Vivaldi to Villa-Lobos, Rossini and Puccini to Brahms and Boulanger. These performances are fresh and free! Close Encounters with Music's Youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/c/CloseEncountersWithMusic

Moonlight Sonatas Concert

Virtual

Hear our brilliant young current participants, international faculty and alumni on an array of instruments -- violin, viola, cello, guitar, voice and piano -- and with varied repertoire. Everything from Vivaldi to Villa-Lobos, Rossini and Puccini to Brahms and Boulanger. These performances are fresh and free! Close Encounters with Music's Youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/c/CloseEncountersWithMusic

Moonlight Sonatas Concert

Virtual

Hear our brilliant young current participants, international faculty and alumni on an array of instruments -- violin, viola, cello, guitar, voice and piano -- and with varied repertoire. Everything from Vivaldi to Villa-Lobos, Rossini and Puccini to Brahms and Boulanger. These performances are fresh and free! Close Encounters with Music's Youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/c/CloseEncountersWithMusic

Sold Out! End of Summer Celebration and Auction

Private Hilltop Home in Copake, NY MA, United States

Please join us for an End-of-Summer Celebration and Auction, Saturday, September 18, 12:00pm - 4:00pm. (Scroll to the bottom to purchase tickets). You will enjoy beautiful vistas, a scrumptious lunch, and an exciting auction including: Experiences! Spa Day for Two at Canyon Ranch Enjoy the ultimate wellness day at world-renowned Canyon Ranch Lenox. Choose your […]

Sold Out! PRISM Quartet (Saxophones)

TurnPark Art Space 2 Moscow Road, West Stockbridge, MA, United States

The PRISM Quartet’s popular program, Hit Parade, features a cross-section of traditional and contemporary music. New works reflect the enormous range of cultural and aesthetic influences on today’s composers. Praised by The Philadelphia Inquirer for its ability to “move effortlessly between styles,” the program includes two stunningly beautiful sets of adaptations: Schumann Bouquet, selections from […]

Café Music—Jazz, Rap and Grand Reopening!

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United States

Paul Schoenfield’s runaway classical hit, Café Music for piano trio, sets the tone for a celebratory re-opening. Combining elements of classical, jazz, klezmer and whimsy, Café Music is caffeine-fueled and irresistible. Claude Bolling’s musings in the Suite for Cello and Jazz Trio offer up interpolations of boogie-woogie and ragtime with Baroque underpinnings. Gershwin is represented […]

The Roaring Twenties – Berlin, Paris, New York

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United States

The cabaret beckons as Close Encounters With Music ushers in the winter season in the Berkshires. In a performance that evokes the twenties of the last century — a time exemplified by Art Deco, Prohibition, the loosening of social restraints, Jazz, the Charleston and flappers — “Roaring Twenties” offers a panorama of composers and styles […]