Promoting classical music in the Pioneer Valley
The Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra
“Good News About Classical Music” is a weekly email delivered to you every Friday morning. It features upcoming classical music events, along with profiles of area figures in the classical music world and interesting facts and links.
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Classical Music Events
in the Pioneer Valley
Friday, March 227:00 p.m. Deerfield Academy Music Faculty Concert. Free. Hess Center Concert Hall, 7 Boyden Lane, Deerfield. https://deerfield.edu/students/music-department-calendar
7:30 p.m. Ashuelot: Piano Trios by Schubert, Brahms & Beethoven. Free - $30. Stonewall Farm, 242 Chesterfield Road, Keene, NH https://ashuelotconcerts.org/events/
Sunday, March 243:00 p.m. Ashuelot: Piano Trios by Schubert, Brahms & Beethoven. Free - $30. The Park Theatre, 19 Main Street, Jaffrey, NH. https://ashuelotconcerts.org/events/
3:00 p.m. Amherst Woman’s Club: Valley Winds Woodwind Quintet. Suggested $15. Amherst Woman’s Club, 35 Triangle Street, Amherst. https://www.amherstwomansclub.org/event-5582535
Tuesday, March 267:30 p.m. “You Come Too”, a community sing honoring the 150th anniversary of the birth of Robert Frost. Illumine Vocal Arts Ensemble with the Hampshire Choral Society, Hampshire Young People’s Chorus, Northampton High School Chamber Singers, and other singers from the community. Donations accepted. Johnson Chapel, Amherst College, South Pleasant Street, Amherst. https://illuminechoir.org/
Wednesday, March 277:30 p.m. UMass Woodwind Chamber Ensembles I. Free. Bezanson Recital Hall, 151 Presidents Drive, Amherst. https://www.umass.edu/music/event/woodwind-chamber-ensembles-spring-24i
Thursday, March 287:30 p.m. UMass Guest Artist Concert. Seychelle Dunn-Corbin, baritone saxophone, Adam Merrill, piano. Free. Bezanson Recital Hall, 151 Presidents Drive, Amherst. https://www.umass.edu/music/event/guest-artist-seychelle-dunn-corbin-baritone-saxophone
Friday, March 2912:00 p.m. Codemakers. Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat, Iranian classical singers and composers, discuss their work. Free. Lobby, Randolph Bromery Performing Arts Center, 151 Presidents Drive, Amherst. https://fac.umass.edu/Online/default.asp?BOparm::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=CodemakersVahdat&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticlecontext_id=
2:30 p.m. Springfield Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. “Fantasias.” $25-75. Springfield Symphony Hall, 34 Court Square, Springfield. https://sfso-internet.choicecrm.net/templates/SFSO/#/events
Saturday, March 30All Day. UMass Western Mass. Flute Day. Rachel Woolf, guest artist. Free. Bezanson Recital Hall, 151 Presidents Drive, Amherst. https://www.umass.edu/music/event/2024-western-mass-flute-day
4:00 p.m. UMass Guest Artist Concert. Rachel Woolf, flute. Free. Bezanson Recital Hall, 151 Presidents Drive, Amherst. https://www.umass.edu/music/event/2024-western-mass-flute-day
Sunday, March 313:00 p.m. Mahsa and Marjan Vadaht in Concert, guest artist Bridget Kibbey. Free. Sweeney Concert Hall, 144 Green Street, Northampton.
Thank you to all who came out for the 2023 edition of Summer Serenade! Michael Nix and his fleet of banjoes (and of course his Banjar) were warmly received.
Our 2024 installment will feature Jerry and Kara Noble presenting music of the great Fats Waller. Watch this space for more information!
Thanks to all of you who attended the 2023 installment of Musical Potpourri, our series of lectures and performances on a variety of musical topics. Watch this space for updates on the lineup for our 2024 series.
In the meantime if you missed our series this year, here is Jay Ducharme with his presentation on the Craft of Composing. It will give you an idea of what Musical Potpourri is all about.
The Hampshire Music Club was launched in 2012 by a local group of classical music lovers. It’s an educational organization whose mission is to sponsor music appreciation classes for adults and promote music appreciation (particularly classical music) in the Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden counties of Massachusetts. The organization is run by a volunteer Board of Directors.
Membership is open to anyone. Dues are $15 each calendar year, payable to the Hampshire Music Club, c/o 59 Pioneer Knolls, Florence MA 01062. The membership form can be printed from the link below. Your support is greatly appreciated and helps to spread the word about classical music events. If you’re interested in joining the Board, you can write to the above address. If you have any questions, feel free to email the Classical Music Evangelist:
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION