Event Series BHPF Master Class

Piano Master Class with Alexander Shtarkman

Berkshire School 245 N Undermountain Rd, Sheffield, MA, United States

This Berkshire High Peaks Festival Master Class on Sunday, July 25 at 2:00pm is presented by Alexander Shtarkman of Peabody Conservatory. Read full biography here. Berkshire High Peaks Festival master classes, talks, and Moonlight Sonatas concerts are free and open to the public and take place at Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts (unless otherwise noted). […]

Event Series BHPF Master Class

Cello Master Class with Diego Fainguersch

Berkshire School 245 N Undermountain Rd, Sheffield, MA, United States

This Berkshire High Peaks Festival Cello Master Class on Sunday, July 25 at 4:00pm is presented by Diego Fainguersch of the Institute of Art at the Teatro Colon. Read full biography here. Berkshire High Peaks Festival master classes, talks, and Moonlight Sonatas concerts are free and open to the public and take place at Berkshire […]

Moonlight Sonatas Faculty Concert

Berkshire School 245 N Undermountain Rd, Sheffield, MA, United States

This Berkshire High Peaks Festival Moonlight Sonatas concert on Tuesday, July 25 at 7:30pm is at Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts features BHPF faculty. See faculty bios here.  The concert showcases the brilliant guest artists who share their experience and inspire a new generation of performers during the eleven-day festival. Pianists Alexander Shtarkman performs works […]

Event Series BHPF Master Class

Cello Master Class with Ross Harbaugh

Berkshire School 245 N Undermountain Rd, Sheffield, MA, United States

This Berkshire High Peaks Festival Cello Master Class on Wednesday, July 26 at 2:00pm is presented by Ross Harbaugh of the Frost School of Music. Read full biography here. Berkshire High Peaks Festival master classes, talks, and Moonlight Sonatas concerts are free and open to the public and take place at Berkshire School in Sheffield, […]

Event Series BHPF Master Class

Violin Master Class with Hye-Jin Kim

Berkshire School 245 N Undermountain Rd, Sheffield, MA, United States

This Berkshire High Peaks Festival Violin Master Class on Wednesday, July 26 at 4:00pm is presented by Hye-Jin Kim of East Carolina University School of Music. Read full biography here. Berkshire High Peaks Festival master classes, talks, and Moonlight Sonatas concerts are free and open to the public and take place at Berkshire School in […]

Moonlight Sonatas Concert IV

Berkshire School 245 N Undermountain Rd, Sheffield, MA, United States

This Berkshire High Peaks Festival Moonlight Sonatas concert on Wednesday, July 26 at 7:30pm is at Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts. The concert features performances by BHPF students. Berkshire High Peaks Festival master classes, talks, and Moonlight Sonatas concerts are free and open to the public and take place at Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts […]

Event Series BHPF Master Class

Piano Master Class with Ching-Yi Lin

Berkshire School 245 N Undermountain Rd, Sheffield, MA, United States

This Berkshire High Peaks Festival Piano Master Class on Thursday, July 27 at 2:00pm is presented by Ching-Yi Lin . Read full biography here. Berkshire High Peaks Festival master classes, talks, and Moonlight Sonatas concerts are free and open to the public and take place at Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts (unless otherwise noted). At […]

Master Class: “The Acting Singer II” with Jay Lesenger

Berkshire School 245 N Undermountain Rd, Sheffield, MA, United States

This Berkshire High Peaks Festival opera master class, "The Acting Singer" is on Thursday, July 27 at 4pm is presented by Jay Lesenger, former artistic director of the Chautauqua Opera Company. Witness brilliant musical and psychological insight into operatic roles as he works with vocalists. Read faculty biography here. Berkshire High Peaks Festival master classes, […]

Moonlight Sonatas Concert V

Berkshire School 245 N Undermountain Rd, Sheffield, MA, United States

This Berkshire High Peaks Festival Moonlight Sonatas concert on Friday, July 28 at 7:30pm is at Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts. The concert features performances by BHPF students. Berkshire High Peaks Festival master classes, talks, and Moonlight Sonatas concerts are free and open to the public and take place at Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts […]

Event Series BHPF Master Class

Violin Master Class with Peter Zazofsky

Berkshire School 245 N Undermountain Rd, Sheffield, MA, United States

This Berkshire High Peaks Festival Violin Master Class on Saturday, July 29 at 2:00pm is presented by Peter Zazofsky of Boston University. Read full biography here. Berkshire High Peaks Festival master classes, talks, and Moonlight Sonatas concerts are free and open to the public and take place at Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts (unless otherwise […]

Event Series BHPF Master Class

Master Class: Unleashing Your Inner Improviser II!

Berkshire School 245 N Undermountain Rd, Sheffield, MA, United States

This Berkshire High Peaks Festival Master Class on Sunday, July 30 at 11:00am is presented by John Esposito of Bard College Conservatory. Read full biography here. Berkshire High Peaks Festival master classes, talks, and Moonlight Sonatas concerts are free and open to the public and take place at Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts (unless otherwise […]

Moonlight Sonatas Farewell Concert

Berkshire School 245 N Undermountain Rd, Sheffield, MA, United States

Our last Berkshire High Peaks Festival Moonlight Sonatas concert! Come celebrate our students and faculty. Join us on Sunday, July 30 at 7:30pm is at Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts for our Farewell Concert. Berkshire High Peaks Festival master classes, talks, and Moonlight Sonatas concerts are free and open to the public and take place […]

Virtue and Virtuosity

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

The words are intricately related but diverge. Virtuosity: music that glorifies the possibilities of the instrument and the prowess of the performer—that titillates and stuns the audience in the Romantic tradition of Paganini.  It’s the violinist tight-rope walking on the strings, performing impossible feats, stretching the capabilities of the instrument, creating pacts with the Devil. […]

Nocturne — Night and Dreams

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

Nuances of the night are explored in this multi-faceted program. Release from the brightness of daylight, from consciousness into sleep and dreaminess, the night’s seductive, mysterious potion-like allure has fascinated artists throughout the ages. Lullabies celebrate repose, the restful charm; serenades celebrate love. Other works mark the fear of darkness, the unseen and what may […]

The Art of the String Quartet — The Avalon

Saint James Place 352 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA, United States

The notable Avalon String Quartet returns with another Berkshire premiere, “For Such a Time as This,” a retelling of the biblical Esther story for string quartet and vocalist, from a feminist perspective. Composer Stacy Garrop’s (recent commissions from the Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Louisiana symphony orchestras) intent is to remind us “we each possess agency […]

A Bach Family Concert — Celtic Baroque Band Makaris

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

In his dance suites, J. S. Bach ventures into Spanish sarabandes, French bourrées and British gigues. He and family members delighted in arranging Celtic and Scottish folk music. They will be joined by Beethoven and Haydn, who also forayed into Irish folk music with their own arrangements. Makaris formed in 2018 to explore the broad […]