Jul 15, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Release: Stockbridge Sinfonia Summer Concerts Pay Tribute to Ukraine
FROM: Tracy Wilson, Music Director
RE: Stockbridge Sinfonia Summer Concert Series
Stockbridge Sinfonia, Berkshires’ longest running community orchestra, presents three concerts in tribute to Ukraine. All are free and open to the public. The concerts take place on Saturday, August 3, 3 pm at Lenox Memorial Middle and High School, East Street; Saturday, August 10, 3 pm at Zion Lutheran Church Common Room, 74 First Street, Pittsfield; and Sunday, August 11, 6 pm at Saint James Place in Great Barrington. Compositions by Ukrainian composers include Troika by Prokofiev; Sailors Dance by Gliere; Melodiya by Skoryk, and the Ukrainian National Anthem. The Ukraine Anthem will be sung in Ukraine by members of three Berkshire choruses: Stockbridge Festival, Berkshire Concert, and Northern Berkshires, and this combined chorus will begin each concert with America the Beautiful; the audience will be invited to join them. The first half of the concert will conclude with a piece by Pittsfield High School junior Davis Albayeros, El Ăšltimo Baile, for strings featuring Sinfonia’s students. The second half is a performance of Beethoven Seventh Symphony.
The 50-piece community orchestra consists of students ranging in age 13 through 22, and amateur and semi-professional adults up to age 90. All players are volunteers, and the participating students earn scholarships for their involvement with the organization. Last year, over $5,000 was awarded. The Sinfonia season runs from the beginning of June through mid-August, is open to any and all interested classical musicians, and is conducted by Tracy Wilson.
This summer series program is supported in part by grants from the cultural councils of Pittsfield, Lee, Stockbridge, Lenox, Great Barrington, Alford/Egremont, Richmond, and West Springfield, local agencies which are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency. Other grants come from Berkshire Bank, Greylock Foundation and The Feigenbaum Foundation, in addition to private individuals’ donations. The concerts are free and open to the public; however, donations at the door are always welcome. More information can be found at StockbridgeSinfonia.org.
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