Join us for the premiere of Gregory W. Brown's 'Rural Hours,' a multi-movement work for tenor and string quartet featuring texts by Susan Fenimore Cooper. Her amazing and under-appreciated nature diary (also titled 'Rural Hours') gives a delightful first-hand account of living in rural New York state in the mid 19th century. Her witty and insightful writings are here excerpted into a song-cycle for tenor. The composer will give a brief introduction to the piece, including background information on the author and the publication of her works.

Entry is by free-will donation and will benefit Hampshire Bird Club