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Smith College Orchestra

Jonathan Hirsh, music director

December 6th, 2022: Geoffrey Baker, guest conductor

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in c minor, ‘Resurrection’

Past

‘Chocolates and Sardines:’ an evening of musical and dramatic dialogues

September 17th and 18th, 2022

Conway and Amherst, Massachusetts

with

Joan Haley as Minnie

Michael Haley as Ernie

Marcia Lehninger and Kailia Graef, violins

Geoffrey Baker, viola

Ignacy Gaydamovich, cello

September 17th, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.: Roaring Brook Farm in Conway, MA

September 18th, 2022 at 4:00 p.m.: Applewood at Amherst

Antonin Dvorak: ‘Cypresses’ for string quartet, B. 152

‘A Man’s Best Friend’ by James Saunders and ‘Resting Place‘ by David Campton

Adapted for the stage by Michael Haley

Heirloom Music Festival, part II

August 26th, 27th, and 28th, 2022

Greenfield, Amherst, and Goshen, Massachusetts

‘Beethoven’s Blues: exploring the blues in classical music’

presented by

Conway Fine Arts

Geoffrey Baker, artistic director

Heirloom Music Festival 2022 is made possible in part by support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council

with

Chris Devine, guitar

Marcia Lehninger and Allyson Michal, violins

Geoffrey Baker and Mikayla Reine, viola

Ignacy Gaydamovich, cello

August 26, 2022 at 8:00 p.m.: Hawks and Reed in Greenfield, MA

August 28th, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.: Three Sisters Sanctuary in Goshen, MA

*August 27th, 2022 at 2:00 p.m.: ‘Strings at Strong’ at the Amherst Historical Society

*A special guest performance, not including Kenny Butler’s Mercy’s Door

Franz Schubert: Overture in c minor, D. 8

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Five fantasy pieces for string quartet, Op. 5

Kenny Butler: ‘Mercy’s Door’ for blues guitar and string quartet

Beethoven: Quintet in C for two violins, two violas, and cello, Op. 29

The Pierre Monteux School

June 19th through July 31st, 2022

Hancock, Maine

Tiffany Lu, interim music director

Neil Gittleman, Ludovic Morlot, David Rahbee, Kensho Watanabe, and William White, conducting faculty

2022 conducting fellows

Geoffrey Baker, 2022 conducting fellow

The Monteux Festival Orchestra

Geoffrey Baker, conductor

July 6th, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony No. 40

July 17th, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6

July 31st, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila

Mainely Chamber Music

July 13th, 2022 at 5:00 pm

The Forest Studio at the Pierre Monteux School

with Lian Ojakangas, Allion Salvador, and Andrian Harubaru

Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 6 in f minor, Op. 80

Heirloom Music Festival, part I

June 3rd and 5th, 2022

Plainfield and Ashfield, Massachusetts

‘Beethoven’s Blues: exploring the blues in classical music’

presented by

Conway Fine Arts

Geoffrey Baker, artistic director

Heirloom Music Festival 2022 is made possible in part by support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council

with

Veronika Schreiber, violin

Geoffrey Baker, viola

Ignacy Gaydamovich, cello

Kenny Butler, composer and blues guitar

June 3rd, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.: Plainfield Congregational Church, MA

June 5th, 2022 at 4:00 p.m.: Ashfield Congregational Church, MA

Beethoven: Duo for viola and cello in E-flat, WoO 32

Rebecca Clarke: Lullaby and Grotesque for viola and cello

Kodaly: Intermezzo for string trio

Butler: ‘Mercy’s Door’ for blues guitar and string quartet

Beethoven: Trio in c minor for violin, viola, and cello, Op. 9 No. 3

San Francisco Bach Choir

Magen Solomon, artistic director

May 21st, 2022 at 4 pm: First Congregational Church in Berkeley, CA

May 22nd, 2022 at 4 pm: Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA

Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45

Monadnock Chorus

Colin Mann, artistic director

May 7th, 2022 at 4:00 pm: Peterborough Townhouse in Peterborough, NH

May 8th, 2022 at 4:00 pm: Peterborough Townhouse in Peterborough, NH

Mozart: Missa brevis in F, K. 192
Bach: Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut, BWV 117
Martines: Dixit Dominus

New England Repertory Orchestra

Cailin Marcel Manson, music director

April 27th, 2022 at 7:30 pm: Mechanics Hall in Worcester, MA

Mendelssohn: Overture, The Hebrides, Op. 26
Beethoven: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op. 112
Beethoven: Choral Fantasy, Op. 80

Concert for Ukraine

March 6th, 2022 at 2:00 pm: the Divine Theater at Gateway City Arts in Holyoke, MA

Veronika Schreiber and Kaila Graef, violins

Geoffrey Baker, viola

Ignacy Gaydamovich, cello

Lysenko: Prayer for Ukraine

George Walker: Molto adagio from String Quartet No. 1

Borodin: Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in c minor, Op. 110

Opus Amadeus Chamber Orchestra

Geoffrey Baker, leader and viola

Caroline Wrobleski, soprano

Ryan Nash, tenor

January 30th, 2022 at 2:00 pm: Holy Family Church in South Deerfield, Massachusetts

Handel: Overture, pifa, and arias from The Messiah

Mozart: Divertimento in D, K. 136

Torelli: Concerto grosso in g minor, Op. 8, No. 6, ‘Christmas’

Corelli: Concerto grosso in g minor, Op. 6, No. 8, ‘Christmas’

Victoria: Motet in four voices, ‘O Magnum Mysterium’

Piedmont Chamber Music

November 22, 2020 at 3:00 pm: Crocker Park in Piedmont, CA

with Mélanie Clapiès, Rochelle Nguyen, and James Jaffe

Haydn: Quartet in E-flat, Op. 33, No. 2, ‘The Joke’

Schubert: Quartet No. 13 in a-minor, D. 804, ‘Rosamunde’

Piazzolla: Four, for Tango