July 31, 4:30 p.m.

Silent Film Night

August 7, 4:30 p.m.
Berkshire Shorts
SHORT GEMS BY THE BEST OF TODAY’S  BERKSHIRE WRITERS

Ariel Bock	Jonathan Epstein

Performed by actors Jonathan Epstein and Ariel Bock
$10
Host: Holly Morse

Humorous fare from serious talent is the guiding principle of Berkshire Shorts, a literary event inspired by NPR’s popular Selected Shorts. Beloved authors whose reputations for entertainment precede them include Roy Blount Jr., author of twenty-one books and a regular panelist on NPR’S Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me; Laura Chester, author of poetry, prose and fiction with a comic edge; Dan Klein, who has penned ten novels and works of non-fiction with a comic edge; Maria Nation, whose Hollywood screenplays include literary adaptations, historical dramas, true-crime and bio-pics; and Ruth Reichl, former New York Times Food Critic and Editor in Chief of Gourmet magazine, television host and memoirist. Add an exciting new work by David A. Smith, winner of the New Marlborough Short Story Contest, and readings by actors Jonathan Epstein (Shakespeare & Company) and Ariel Bock (Berkshire Theatre Festival) for a unique and entertaining experience.

       A wine reception follows in the Meeting House Art Gallery

This program is made possible by a generous grant from the New Marlborough Cultural Council and an anonymous donor.

August 28, 4:30 p.m.  
A Concert
of Great American Songs
New Voices in American Song
From Surprising to Sublime

Katharine Dain	Paul Sperry	Christopher Berg

$25 / $20 members

Katharine Dain, soprano; Paul Sperry, tenor; Christopher Berg, pianist

Songs by Christopher Berg, Tom Cipullo and Richard Hundley

“When the director of Music and More asked me to put together an appealing program for the end of summer, I jumped at the chance to include songs by three of my favorite living composers. I prize them so highly because they all demonstrate a love of song, of poetry, of beautiful melody, of humor – qualities that I value when I go to a concert. I was also eager to share the concert with Katharine Dain, a remarkable young singer whose enthusiasm for this repertoire equals my own. Chris Berg is an amazing pianist as well as composer and getting him to play is a big added plus for Katharine and me.” — Paul Sperry

“Katharine Dain, the ensemble’s engaging soprano, gave as graceful, and as intense, a performance… as you could want.” — The New York Times “He [Paul Sperry] made the evening a genuine tour de force...he can have the audience breathlessly anticipating the next phrase...from first song to last, the ideal interpreter.” —The New York Times

A wine reception follows in the  
Meeting House Art Gallery

September 4,  4:30 p.m.  
Xuerong Zhao, piano

Xuerong Zhao

A BERKSHIRE DEBUT
$25 / $20 members

  From first prize winner of the Beijing Young Pianist Competition at age seven, to the 2003 International Chopin Competition in Rome, to her 2010 Weill Hall at Carnegie debut in New York, this young pianist from Beijing, China has proven to be an exciting performer with a genuine flair for virtuosity.
Her program includes sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti, Carnival by Robert Schumann, Variations on a Theme of Paganini by Johannes Brahms, and music by Franz Liszt.

A wine reception follows in the  
Meeting House Art Gallery

September 11, 4:30 p.m.
The Apollo Trio

Michael Kannen, Marija Stroke, Curtis Macomber

$25 / $20 members

Music by Haydn, Schumann and Beethoven

  The Apollo Trio is comprised of three outstanding soloists and chamber music performers in their own right: Naumberg-Award winner, violinist Curtis Macomber; founding member of the Brentano String Quartet, cellist Michael Kannen; and pianist Marija Stroke, The ensemble was formed in 1997 after playing together in the Soirées des Junies Music Festival in the south of France and has performed to critical acclaim in the United States and in Europe. In addition to frequent appearances at American music festivals, from the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York to Chamber Music Northwest in Oregon, the Trio has also performed at prominent New York venues, including Caramoor, Bargemusic, Avery Fisher Hall, Weill Hall at Carnegie, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. The Apollo Trio made its Kennedy Center debut in 2009 and is currently recording the complete piano trios by Antonin Dvorak.
Haydn Trio in D minor, XV: 23; R. Schumann Trio in D minor, Op. 63; Beethoven Trio in Eb major,  Op 70 No. 2

A wine reception follows in the  
Meeting House Art Gallery

September 25,  4:30 p.m.  
Keith Robinson, cello and Donna Lee, piano

Keith Robinson, cello and Donna Lee, piano

$25 / $20 members

Music by Beethoven, Shostakovitch and Mendelssohn

  A brilliant solo cellist with an exquisitely beautiful tone, Keith Robinson hails from a distinguished musical family that includes Sharon Robinson, cellist of the Kalichstien-Laredo-Robinson Trio, and Hal Robinson, principal bass of the Philadelphia Orchestra. As a member of the famed Miami String Quartet, Keith can be heard with the Quartet on numerous CD’s.
Recent concert appearances range from Maui in Hawaii to New York City and include such distinguished venues as Ravinia, Mostly Mozart, The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, La Jolla Summerfest, San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, Chamber Music Northwest, South Mountain Concerts in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and more. This year the pair will record the complete works for cello and piano by Felix Mendelssohn.
Beethoven, Sonata in A major Op. 69; Shostakovitch, Sonata in D minor Op. 40; Mendelssohn, Sonata in D major Op. 58

A wine reception follows in the  
Meeting House Art Gallery

October 2,  4:30 p.m.  

Award-Winning Authors

$20 / $15 members

Host: Mitchel Levitas of The New York Times

  Three nationally prominent authors will discuss the rewards and frustrations of writing their recently published work and answer questions from the audience.

	Marion Roach is the author of several non-fiction works, most recently, The Roots of Desire: The Myth, Meaning and Sexual Power of Red Hair. She co-authored Dead Reckoning, about the new science of tracking down murderers, and Another Name for Madness, about her mother’s struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. She is a commentator on NPR’s All Things Considered and a former staff member of The New York Times.
	Terry Teachout Terry Teachout is the drama critic and arts columnist of the Wall Street Journal, the author of All in the Dances: A Brief Life of George Balanchine, and The Skeptic:A Life of H.L. Mencken. His most recent book, Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong, is a gripping portrait of the man, his world, and his music, drawing on a cache of important new sources unavailable to previous Armstrong biographers.
	Scott Spencer is the author of nine novels, including Endless Love, which has been translated into fourteen languages and has sold over two million copies. His novel Waking The Dead became a film produced by Jodie Foster. Spencer’s latest novel is Man in the Woods, a gripping psychological thriller. Screenwriter Rudy Wurlitzer lauds Man in the Woods as a stunning work that “reveals the talent and confidence of a master story teller at the top of his game.”

Mitchel Levitas has been at The New York Times for 45 years in various senior editorial positions: Metropolitan Editor, The Week in Review editor, editor of the Sunday Book Review and editor of the Op-Ed Page. Currently he is executive associate of the paper’s Book Development Program, which he launched in 1999. Winner of the George Polk Award for outstanding metropolitan reporting, he also has been a Nieman Fellow at Harvard.

A wine reception follows in the  
Meeting House Art Gallery

All events will be held
at the Meeting House, Route 57
New Marlborough, Massachusetts

Enjoy a 10% discount on a post-concert
dinner at the Old Inn On The Green.
Advance reservations required.
Call (413) 229-7924.