An Evening Featuring the BEST in Jazz

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International performers Anat Cohen and Marcello Gonçalves will be performing on Saturday, May 17th at 5PM. The Grammy nominated duo will play Brazilian classics and original pieces composed under the influence of choro, samba, bossa nova and more. The performance takes place at Saint James Place, Great Barrington

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.— Clarinetist Anat Cohen and 7-string guitarist Marcello Gonçalves will perform on Saturday, May 17th, at 5 PM at Saint James Place, located at 352 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230.

Cohen, praised by jazz critic Nat Hentoff for her deeply felt storytelling through music, has formed several quartets, a 'tentet', a trio (with her two brothers), a record label and released 21 albums, and has been nominated for two Grammy Awards. NPR's Fresh Air has called her a primary force for re-establishing the clarinet as a solo instrument in the 21st century, and DownBeat Magazine has named her the top clarinetist in both the readers and critics polls every year since 2011.

Gonçalves is known as a performer, musical director, arranger, and producer. Both musicians are also educators, with Gonçalves at the Federal University of Rio and Cohen at the Stanford University of Jazz Workshop in California and the New School in Manhattan.

The performance will feature South American jazz and choro music, a Brazilian specialty.

Tickets can be purchased through "Jazz and Classics for Change" at https://jcfc.company.site/. Prices are $45 for adults, $30 for students with ID, and free for children under 12.

 

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Letter: Southern Berkshire Ambulance Expresses Gratitude for Support

Letter to the Editor

To the Editor:

Over the next nine months, the Southern Berkshire Ambulance Squad (SBAS) will take delivery of two new ambulances, at a cost of roughly $1 million, to replace two vehicles that are very much on their last wheels. Lacking that $1 million, SBAS had to put out an emergency call of its own. I write to share the wonderful news that Berkshire Preservation Inc. (BPI) more than answered our call.

BPI's board, which includes Carole Owens, Louis Schroeter, Wende and David Carver, Nelson Furlano, and Todd Ehrlich worked tirelessly to organize a benefit concert at the Colonial Theatre that netted $98,877 for SBAS. We saw firsthand how hard they worked to bring it off, and we could not be more grateful to be the beneficiaries of their efforts and generosity.

SBAS answers your emergency calls 24/7/365. It means a great deal to us that when we were the ones in need, BPI answered ours. If you would like to learn more about BPI, and you should, please go to preservationinc.org.

With deep gratitude,

Ken Schumacher
Great Barrington, Mass. 

Ken Schumacher is president of the board of directors
of the Southern Ambulance Squad

 

 

 

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