Valentine Cabaret at Ventfort Hall
LENOX, Mass. — On Sunday, Feb. 13 at 3:30 pm Sherri James Buxton, accompanied by Bob Shepherd on the rosewood, six foot Steinway, recently returned to the museum from the Morgan family, will perform a Valentine Cabaret.
"Love Me Or Leave Me" takes the audience through a variety of relationships including first love, family, and friends and finding that special someone. Singer Sherri James Buxton and pianist Bob Shepherd perform a variety of songs from the great American songbook, Broadway and cabaret.
Sherri James Buxton is an interpreter of a range of genres from standards and show tunes to jazz. She combines a lifelong love of melody and lyric with a highly skilled voice and stage presence.
Sherri has appeared on and off Broadway, and in numerous cabaret venues. She got her first professional break at the age of seventeen when she was cast as The Girl in an off Broadway production of "The Fantasticks". She was in the original Broadway production of "Look to the Lilies" and has performed at The Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera and Kansas City Starlight Theatre.
Locally she has appeared at the Pittsfield Jazz Festival and her jazz group, the Sherri James Buxton Trio, was the main attraction in the Cranwell Resort "Music Room" supper club. Sherri has also performed at The Colonial Theatre, The Norman Rockwell Museum, The Berkshire Athenaeum, The Gateways Inn, Mission Bar and Tapas, Castle Street Café and the Seven Hills Cabaret. Sherri teaches at the Berkshire Music School where her popular Cabaret Workshop is in the 20th season.
Bob Shepherd has been a working pianist in New England for 70 years. He plays jazz music in various venues from solo to big band and especially enjoys accompanying singers who consider him a musician's magician
Tickets to attend the concert and tea are $45 per person. Reservations are required by calling 413-637-3206. All tickets are nonrefundable and non-exchangeable. Payment is required to make a reservation for an event. Proof of vaccination, ID and masks are required. The historical mansion is located at 104 Walker Street in Lenox.
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