Classical Pianist Performs at the Adams Theater

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ADAMS, Mass. — Pianist and conductor Lucas Huang Amory, a Juilliard graduate student and 2024 PianoArts First Prize winner, will perform works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Mozart at the Adams Theater on Friday, Aug. 29 at 7:30 p.m. 

Amory has performed at prestigious venues including Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and the 92nd Street Y. To the Adams Theater, he will bring works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Mozart to The Adams Theater.  said, “windows into their particular flavor of tenderness.”

When not at the piano, Amory is an active conductor and baritone. He is the outgoing Music Director of Harvard's Bach Society Orchestra and has contributed to numerous opera and musical theater productions in both directorial and répétiteur roles.

The son of acclaimed violists Misha Amory and Hsin-Yun Huang, Amory grew up in intensive music education, attending the Special Music School in New York City as a child, with many hours of practice and private lessons. At Harvard, he ventured into conducting and found he had a love and a feel for it, conducting orchestras, opera pieces, and musical theater, as well as singing in the University Choir. 

As a complement to the show, local artist, Adams Theater Board Member, and culinary expert Joe Wheaton will be catering a family style dinner at the theater before the show. 

See a full lineup of events at www.adamstheater.org/present. 

The Adams Theater participates in Mass Cultural Council's Card to Culture program, in collaboration with the Department of Transitional Assistance, the Women, Infants & Children Nutrition Program, and the Mass Health Connector.

EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders receive free admission to our shows and events by presenting their cards at our Box Office. See the complete list of participating organizations offering EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare discounts.

 

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Hoosac Valley Students Find Their Voice Through Advisory Board

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
ADAMS, Mass. — For the last three years, Hoosac Valley High School has encouraged students to take part in shaping their school community through its Student Adult Advisory Board. 
 
The board has become popular among students, with approximately 70 members currently enrolled and a waiting list of others eager to join — the largest it has ever been, said Jaclyn Ricci, history teacher. 
 
"It gives us such a voice in the school, and I just think it's something every school should have because it really just brings all of us together, our whole student body as one, and helps us be more comfortable with each other," senior Rylin Larabee said. 
 
Students highlighted how the initiative allows them to work alongside school administrators and other adults to implement policies and advance programming, from bringing back the peer mentorship program and planning enrichment activities based on the student body's needs to advancing multi-year plans for outdoor classrooms and planning school celebrations and pep rallies. 
 
"I feel like it brought me closer to a lot of the advisers that we work with, and the teachers in the building, and just being able to communicate with them and explain, like student to teacher, how both of us are feeling about different roles that we have in our school," senior Leyah Brown said. 
 
Senior Preston Hnatonko said the Student Adult Advisory Board (SAAB) operates similarly to government in that it gives students firsthand experience in developing policies. They can then carry that experience beyond graduation and advocate for change and influence public policy as adults.
 
As an environmentalist, Hnatonko said one of the biggest things the program has done is teach him how to write legislation for the causes he believes in. 
 
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