Jul 21 Thursday
Do you love to read? So do we! That’s why we’ve launched the NEPM Book Club — a new quarterly meet-up dedicated to bringing NEPM friends together to chat about new, diverse and interesting fiction.
Our next meeting will be Thursday, July 21 at 7 p.m. on Zoom. We'll be talking about Telephone by Pervical Everett. It tells the story of perpetually dissatisfied geologist Zach Wells, who returns home from a desert field trip to find his world crumbling. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Telephone is a deeply affecting story about the lengths to which loss and grief will drive us. The catch? There's three (yes, THREE) versions of the book. Don't panic — you only have to pick up one!
Learn more about the NEPM Book Club and register for our next meeting at nepm.org/bookclub.
Jul 02 Saturday
Listen to fine brass music performed in the acoustically superb Shelburne Falls band shell, surrounded by the beautiful hills of Western Mass. Bring a chair and a picnic!
Jul 06 Wednesday
Electric Earth Concerts is delighted to present “The Wind in High Places”, a concert for the longest day of the year. The concert is on June 21 at7 pm, in Bass Hall in Peterborough. EEC’s midsummer begins with music that celebrates the natural world, including the classic Voice of the Whale by the late, great George Crumb (1929-2022); The Wind in High Places by John Luther Adams, who “brings the sense of wonder that we feel outdoors into the concert hall”; and a new piece by David Kirkland Garner, one of the creators of EEC’s 2018 eco-cantata, A Forest Unfolding. Featuring Maiani da Silva and Kako Miura, violins, Molly Morkoski, piano, and Robert Burkhart, cello.
George Crumb was the winner of Grammy and Pulitzer Prizes. His music often juxtaposes contrasting musical styles, ranging from music of the western art-music tradition, to hymns and folk music, to non-Western music traditions. Many of Crumb’s works include programmatic, symbolic, mystical and theatrical elements, which are often reflected in his beautiful and meticulously notated scores.
John Luther Adams is an American composer whose music is inspired by nature, especially the landscapes of Alaska, where he lived from 1978 to 2014. His orchestral work Become Ocean was awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Music.To share our concerts with as many of you as we can and so that everyone will feel safe and comfortable, we will offer two ways to hear our concerts this summer. Admission to Bass Hall is $30. Or bring a chair or a blanket, sit outdoors, and listen for free from outside, enhanced by an excellent sound system.For more information, contact joan.electricearth@gmail.com or call 603.499.6216.
Jul 07 Thursday
Repertoire includes: SCHUBERT - Mass in G majorBACH - Dona Nobis Pacem from the Mass in B minorMENDELSSOHN - He Watching Over Israel from ElijahVERDI - Va pensiero from Nabucco
The PVS' Summer Sings are open, community events. Our Sings are opportunities to welcome choral enthusiasts and instrumentalists from around the region in an informal and musically rewarding experience. This summer, each Sing is led by a different conductor, who will share comments, work on tricky sections, and then conduct a sing-and-play-through.
We welcome singers of all experience levels. You do not have to have performed the work before, but you will probably get the most out of the experience if you either enjoy sight reading or are familiar with the work. You can bring your own score or borrow a copy from us at the door.
Jul 10 Sunday
The world-renowned Telegraph String Quartet will perform works of Florence Price, Baciewicz, and Ravel.
Jul 13 Wednesday
PETER BLANCHETTE, inventor of the 11-string archguitar, will perform and discuss Baroque and Renaissance music for guests of The Hampshire Music Club at the Club's annual "Summer Serenade." If the weather be sunny and dry, Peter will perform on the porch. Bring a chair or blanket to sit on the lawn. Otherwise, the event will take place in the Civic Center's commodious meeting room. Everyone is welcome! It is FREE! Parking wil be available in the Civic Center's own lot, and at Lilly Library, next door.
The Hampshire Music Club will also share plans for their annual music appreciation series, "Musical Potpourri", to be presented on five successive Wednesday mornings, beginning September 28th. "Musical Potpourri" is a subscription series, but tickets for individual events will also be available timely.
Electric Earth Concerts is delighted to present “The Joy of Septets” on Wednesday, July 13 at 7 pm, at the First Church in Jaffrey Center. Winds and strings come together in a joyful serenade that culminates with Beethoven’s youthful Septet for Winds and Strings, Op. 20. Also on the program are a Donizetti Trio for Flute, Bassoon and Piano, and Beth Wiemann’s “The Lake Guide” (2021), newly commissioned by the Sebago Long-Lake Festival. In partnership with the Sebago-Long Lake Festival & musicians. The Sebago Long-Lake Festival presents chamber music in the Lakes Region of Western Maine.
Laura Gilbert, flutist, will be joined by clarinetist Benjamin Fingland, bassoonist Adrian Morejon, violinist Min-Young Kim, violist Matthew Sinno, cellist Mihai Marica, double bass player Jered Egan, and pianist Mihae Lee.Admission is $30 and is payable online at www.electricearthconcerts.org or at the door. Middle and high school students may attend for free. Weather permitting, we offer the option of bringing a chair and listening outside via our excellent sound system, for free.
For more information, contact joan.electricearth@gmail.com or call 603.499.6216.
Jul 17 Sunday
Enjoy the Great American Songbook performed by New York City-based Amy Burton and John Musto.
On Thursday, July 21, Maestro Kevin Rhodes returns to Springfield to conduct a MOSSO benefit concert, with a program of light classics and music of renowned composer John Williams, whose works include Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Schindler’s List. Maestro Rhodes will be joined by guest soloist, violinist Yevgeny Kutik, whose two prior solo appearances in Springfield were met with great acclaim.
Jul 23 Saturday
Liam Kaplan is an accomplished, nationally recognized pianist, Oberlin Conservatory graduate, and former student of Blandford’s Marcia Eckert. He is joined by his close friend and fellow Oberlin graduate, violinist Herdís Guðmundsdóttir, a citizen of Iceland. They join us shortly after their professional debut there, bringing to us the same program – including compositions from Amy Beach, Beethoven, and more.
Jul 29 Friday
Violinist Joshua Bell and soprano Larisa Martinez come together with The Philadelphia Orchestra to present “Voice and the Violin,” an evening of beloved romantic arias and modern classics.
