Beat the Winter Blues Concert11:19AM / Monday, January 26, 2009
On Saturday, January 31, St. John’s Episcopal Church in Williamstown will present a free “Beat the Winter Blues” concert, featuring five local music groups. The concert will begin at 7:00 pm, and include a wide variety of music. Families are encouraged to bring children to this lively concert. The groups performing include: Trio Cafe Budapest (violin, guitar, piano) was formed at St. John's in 2002. Their repertoire includes traditional American fiddle tunes, spirituals, blues, and ethnic and popular music.
Their debut CD, Meridian, was released last summer. Trio Brevalo, comprised of local singers Doug Paisley, Paul McFarland and Silvio Eberhardt, sings traditional folk and liturgical songs from Caucasus Georgia. The Shoes is a local teenage world music group. The five member group has been playing together since the summer of 2006 and has built up a repertoire encompassing many different cultures and styles from around the world. The 24-voice Cantilena Chamber Choir, directed by Andrea Goodman, is the Berkshire region's leading a cappella group.
Now in its fifth season, it has collaborated with the New England Baroque, the Empire Brass, Aston Magna and others. This season, the Choir was heard live on WMHT on December 24th in a service of Lessons and Carols from Trinity Church in Lenox. The St. John’s Youth Band (guitar, bass, keyboard and vocals) provides music for the church’s “Worship Outside the Box” services, and last October performed at the Crop Walk in North Adams.
St. John’s is located at 35 Park St in Williamstown, and is wheelchair-accessible. |
