Simon's Rock: Concert Commemorating Black History Month
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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — On Sunday Feb. 26 at 3 p.m., the South Berkshire Concerts at Simon's Rock, in partnership with Berkshire Multi-Cultural Bridge, will offer a free performance of music by Black composers from the 18th through 21st centuries, performed by members of the Harlem Chamber Ensemble, the resident performers at the Schomberg Center for Black Culture in New York City.
The ensemble will constitute a string quartet, and will offer works by Joseph Bologne (the Chevalier St. George), Florence Price, William Grant Still, George Walker, and Jessie Montgomery.
The program will be performed at the Schomberg Center prior to the Simon's Rock appearance.
The performance will take place in the McConnell Auditorium of the Daniel Arts Center on the Simon's Rock campus.
Free tickets will be available at the door on a first-come, first served basis and the audience is requested to remain masked during the performance. For further information, call 413-528-7212.
The performers will include Ashley Horne, violinist and native of Los Angeles, Puerto-Rican born violinist, violist and baritone José Pietri-Coimbre, Violist Tia Allen, and cellist Kirsten Jermé.
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