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Other events this weekend in the 5 college area

For those of you attending the AMS-NE Spring meeting this Saturday or NECMT, you may be interested in a number of opportunities taking place in the 5-college area.



Friday, April 7 - 7:30-9:00pm
Mount Holyoke College Glee Club and Chamber Singers - “Journeys”
Abbey Chapel, Mount Holyoke College

Saturday, April 8 - 5:00-6:30pm
Mount Holyoke College Faculty Baroque: “April in Paris"
McCulloch Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College
Court airs by Bataille and Sebastien le Camus, a cantata by Clérambeault, instrumental music by Leclair, Couperin and others. Robert Eisenstein directs.

Saturday, April 8 - 7:30-9:30pm
Springfield Symphony Orchestra - “Nights in the Gardens of Spain”

Sunday, April 9 - 4:00-6:00pm
Guest Artist Eric Trudel, pianist
McCulloch Auditorium, Pratt Music Hall - Mount Holyoke College


Sunday, April 9 - 2-5pm and 7:30-9:30pm
Old Chapel, UMass Amherst - “Interpreting Shakespeare”
2-5 - panel, roundtable, and performance of selected sonnets
7:30 - The Shakespeare Concerts - Shakespeare settings by Brahms, Schumann, Summer, and Pesetsky


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