May 03 Friday
Pioneer Valley Cappella, led by music director Geoffrey Hudson, performs on Friday, May 3rd at Edward’s Church in Northampton, and Saturday, May 4th at All Saints' Episcopal Church, South Hadley. Both concerts are at 7:30PM.
Pioneer Valley Cappella’s spring concert focuses on the serene and glowing Requiem of Niccolo Jommelli. Born and educated in Naples, Jommelli composed for opera houses across Italy and spent his later years as a court composer in Vienna and Stuttgart. He was an important transitional figure between the Baroque and Classical styles and exerted significant influence on later composers, including Stamitz and Mozart.
Jommelli’s Requiem, composed in 1756, was the best-known setting of the text until Mozart’s unfinished version. The music is characterized by a luminous intimacy, conveying a profound message of consolation. Jommelli’s style is filled with delicious harmonies and infused with subtle rhythmic energy. , Performed with string ensemble, PVC’s performances afford Valley audiences a rare opportunity to hear this neglected masterpiece.
The program begins with short choruses by Handel and Mozart, which place Jommelli’s music in contrast with typical examples of the Baroque and Classical styles.
Geoffrey Hudson conducts Pioneer Valley Cappella, accompanied by an instrumental ensemble: Colleen Jennings and Kaila Graef, violins; Charlotte Malin, viola; Karl Knapp, cello; and Gregory Hayes, organ.
Admission is by free will donation.
Samora Pinderhughes is a composer, pianist/vocalist, interdisciplinary artist and surrealist whose work delves into all the things our society tries to hide—about its history, about its structures, and about the individual and daily things we all experience but don’t know how to talk about. His primary body of work, The Healing Project, is an extension of the political commitments that Samora has held throughout his life and work: abolitionist, anti-capitalist, anti-colonialist, internationalist, pro-Black power, intersectional, revolutionary. Pinderhughes has been known in the music world for a while now as somebody who is fiercely committed to the fight for liberation, and as somebody who goes past just making songs about issues and is actively involved in the struggle—it’s an everyday, lifelong commitment for him, not just a moment. Tickets are available as part of the Music@Amherst 2023-2024 subscription packages, via the ticketing website listed below, from August 22 until Sept. 14. FREE with current AC ID. Single tickets are also available at amherst.universitytickets.com beginning,Friday, Sept. 15. General Seating. Single ticket prices: General Public: $28 Senior Citizens (65+): $22 Students, with valid ID: $12 FREE with current Amherst College ID
May 04 Saturday
Going us for ongoing adult classes and season youth & teen classes at SCDT!
Check out our current offerings here:
Adult Classes: https://www.scdtnoho.com/adult-class-schedule.html
Youth Classes: https://www.scdtnoho.com/youth-class-schedule1.html
Our updated Spring season schedule will be out soon!
Explore the captivating worlds of mystery and wonder in this exhibition featuring highlights from the Norman Rockwell Museum’s Permanent Collection, which now holds almost 25,000 illustrations by prominent artists working across genres and time periods. On display are cover art for award-winning novels and mysteries, children’s book illustrations inspired by classic tales, fantastical anthropomorphic drawings, and heart-stopping editorial images.
Exhibit Link: https://www.nrm.org/2023/12/mysteryandwonder/
March 9 Members Receptionhttps://www.nrm.org/2023/12/mysteryandwonder/RSVP https://tickets.nrm.org/
Saturday May 4, rain date May 5th. Carlson Orchards is bringing back the Apple Blossom Festival! A nostalgic nod towards the event in the past - now hosted at the orchard. Kids activities, local artisans (for the long standing Harvard tradition of last minute mother's day gift purchasing), music, food trucks, apple blossoms wagon rides through the orchard and more!
ART SHOW. BOOK SHOW. LIVE MUSIC. COMMUNITY PAINT. GRAFFITI BOARD. ARTWORKS WESTFIELD SCHOLARSHIP RAFFLE. BBQ by North Elm Butcher Block.
ADMISSION IS FREE. CREATIVITY & TALENT ARE PRICELESS.
The ice is out. Cultural creativity is in ... on the arena floor. Come explore!
Articulture Westfield, our annual expansive community art and cultural experience featuring local and regional artists, authors and musicians all indoors under one roof at the same time, returns to the Amelia Park Arena, 21 South Broad Street Westfield, MA on May 3 and May 4, 2024. Seventy-five new, emerging, experienced and professional artists and authors will showcase their creativity and talent in their individual 10’ x 10’display spaces on the floor of the arena!
Wear your walking shoes and come prepared to explore … there will be so much to experience!
Featured art work will include painting, drawing, sculpture, mixed media, collage, photography, printmaking, digital art, functional art, wood, glass, metal, fiber, clay, ceramics and scratch board created by artists from around New England. All works will be available for purchase.
Also featured are local and regional published authors, writers and poets. Signed copies of their literary works will be available for purchase.
Live musical performances by: 10:00am - 11:30am: Ari + Jeff Lynch 11:45am - 12:45pm: Jane Martin Pelletier with Ed Bentley1:00pm - 2:30pm: The Rock Duo featuring Harry Rock & John Severance.2:45pm - 4:00pm: Bow & Slide featuring Neal Liptak & Todd Severance
William Baczek Fine Arts, in Northampton, Massachusetts is proud to announce the opening of a group exhibition titled Masters of Realism. Ten of the most prominent realist painters from across the United States will be exhibiting work for the exhibition. Participating artists are Julie Beck, Matthew Cornell, Gregory Gillespie, Jeff Gola, Jane Lund, Rick Pas, Larry Preston, Scott Prior, Eric Wert, and Yin Yong Chun. The exhibition will be on display from Wednesday, May 1 through Saturday, June 15, 2024. The public is invited to an opening reception on Saturday, May 4 from 4 to 6 p.m.
Reception: Friday May 10, 5-7 PM
We invite you to a special exhibit featuring a variety of pieces created by JFK Middle School 6th through 8th grade art students. Over 400 expressive works in ceramic, sculpture, printmaking, painting, and design will be showcased!
Both Katherine and Cindy find excitement and inspiration in the natural world for their abstract work in different media – Cindy in photography and Katherine in her oil paintings on canvas. Cindy probes the minute details of colorful plants over the seasons to create her botanical abstractions, while Katherine’s work evokes elementary particles forever intertwined, no matter how far apart they are, even if separated by millions of miles."
Artist Reception, Saturday April 27, 3-5pmGallery open Thursday - Sunday