The mission of the West Springfield Arts Council, a Massachusetts Local Cultural Council (LCC), is to promote, support, and encourage the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences within the West Springfield community.
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April 21 ~ Concert Fanfare Brass Choir
Concert Fanfare Brass Choir
Friday, April 21st, 7:00 pm
Grace Lutheran Church/ Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
1552 Westfield Street West Springfield, MA
Presents a concert of classical and light popular music.
Free and open to the public.
The Fanfare Brass Choir provides quality classical and light popular music to the New England area. Founded in 2008 and consistently performs to a high standard and includes the top musicians in Western New England. The choir performs music from the sixteenth century to the present, covers many styles of music including, classical, jazz and light popular.
The Concert Fanfare Brass Choir program is supported in part by a grant from the West Springfield Arts Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
March 22 ~ Tin Whistle Workshop at 5:30 pm
Come join in the celebration as the students finish up our first ever Tin Whistle Workshop on Wednesday, March 22 at 5:30 pm. We will present a short seisiún featuring the tunes we have been working on these past weeks. We’ve learned polkas, barn dances and mazurkas and had a fun time doing it so the craic will be mighty!
Family and friends are welcome to join us. Our weekly traditional Irish seisiún starts at 6:30 pm – stay for dinner or a pint and enjoy a celebration of Irish music. Please call 413-342-4358 if you would like to make dinner reservations.
The Tin Whistle Workshop program is supported in part by a grant from the West Springfield Arts Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
Saturday, March 4, 2023
Arts Council Local Cultural Project ~ Arts Council Debuts First Local Cultural Project with West Springfield Public Schools
The 2023 Project will be dedicated to providing funding to each of West Springfield’s public schools for Arts and Cultural ventures. Local Cultural Projects are designed to encourage and support groups which have demonstrated commitment to furthering Cultural and Arts experiences to members of their community. The stipend will be used by each school to support additional aspects of their current curricula in culture, arts, and music.
The Ashley Elementary School will focus on an arts event, the High School will revisit their Heritage History and annual Arts Festival, the Middle School is resupplying art materials for Makerspace, and the Tatham, Mittineague, Memorial, Coburn, Cowing/CAS and Fausey Elementary schools are all scheduling cultural events before the end of the school year. Each school has not only continued to incorporate culture, arts and music into their programs, they have prioritized expansion as a critical element to welcoming new students to the community, developing a stronger relationship with STEM academics and encouraging creativity throughout the entire school experience.
For further information about the Council’s work, log onto the West Springfield Arts Council website https://westspringfieldartscouncil.blogspot.com/