The Suzuki Talent Education Partnership (STEP) invites you to the 3rd annual STEP benefit concert, “Music of the Baroque Heart,” at 6:30 PM on Saturday, February 4th (snow date Feb. 25th) at Faith United Church, 52 Sumner Ave. in Springfield. A dessert buffet will follow the concert. Donation: $12 in advance or $15 at the door; children are free when accompanied by an adult.

Hampshire Young People’s Chorus, along with special guests the Boston City Singers, will present a benefit concert for the Amherst Survival Center Saturday, December 3, First Congregational Church, 165 Main St., Amherst, 4 PM.

The Smith College Chamber Music Society Concert on December 11 is only
one in a series of concerts that present a glimpse into the ‘extended musical family’ of the Smith performance faculty. The concert features new member of the Smith College Music Department, Conor Hanick, who joins the department as an Iva Dee Hiatt Visiting Artist and Lecturer in Piano. Hanick will be joined by three stellar colleagues from NYC, playing distinctive and beautiful music by Thomas Ades, Charles Wourinen, and Olivier Messiaen for piano, clarinet, violin, cello,

Press Release
For Immediate Release
Event Date: Saturday November 26th, 2011

Bobby Sweet & Tommy Filiault
Giving Thanks Concert ‘11
To Benefit Habitat for Humanity

Singer-songwriter Bobby Sweet and The BSweet Band along with The Tommy Filiault Band will be performing a benefit concert for Central Berkshire Habitat for Humanity on Saturday November 26th, at The First United Methodist Church at 55 Fenn Street in Pittsfield, MA.

Smith College: Festival of Sound & Space presents sum and difference: Sam Pluta (laptop) + Jim Altieri (violin)

Publicity Manager: Nancy Lautenbach
Tel. 413.585.3222, [email protected]
Ticket Information: www.smith.edu/smitharts
Tel. 413.585.ARTS (2787)
Email: [email protected] or visit facebook.com/smithcollegeperforming arts

When: December 1, 2011, 9:00 pm Where: Helen Hills Hills Chapel, Smith College, Northampton, MA. Tickets: Free and open to the public.

What: Music in Deerfield Series: Musicians from Marlboro
When: Friday, November 11, 2011, 8:00 pm
Where: Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage Hall, Green St., Smith College, Northampton, MA.
Tickets: $28 in advance, $32 at the door, $5 children, $10 undergraduate students. To order tickets call the MID box office, 413.774.4200 or order online at www.musicindeerfield.org

“Astoundingly gifted virtuosos…performances that radiate vitality and freshness. Playing of daring, conviction and real insight.”- Washington Post

A Sunday Kind of Jazz is a collaborative concert event to benefit the Northampton Community Music Center (www.ncmc.net). The program will feature many NCMC teaching faculty and some of the region's most accomplished musicians and performers.

Suggested donations at the door are $15 for adults, $10 for students and seniors.

Featuring Smith faculty and friends.

a rare opportunity to hear) an epic song cycle by OLIVIER MESSIAEN HARAWI - Chant d'amour et de mort (1945) “In the forefront was Lucy Shelton, a new-music diva if there ever was one, performing with fire, sensitivity, astounding surety of pitch, and what seemed like love abounding.” (The Boston Globe)

On most days Roger Salloom has come to believe that “community” is a sacred word. That being said, this 28 year tradition has good wishes for a head start in that direction.

The longest running free concert in Northampton Massachusetts’ history happens again simply because Roger Salloom keeps doing it and the people keep coming. 28 years is longer than a number of the business in Northampton have been running and definitely longer lived than most of the live music venues