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  • Meet The Birch Festival (Music & Wine Tasting)

    Enjoy good music and a Bold Beginnings wine tasting by Dare Bottleshop and Provisions. You'll have a chance to mingle with the musicians of The Birch Festival, enjoy some small...

    Free

  • Don’t Tap on the Glass- Open Rehearsal

    Come to a free open rehearsal of the Bold Beginnings program. Listen to the musicians tackle thorny passages, discuss the pieces as they go, and rehearse together. No registration required....

  • Bold Beginnings – October 19

    Church on the Hill 169 Main Street, Lenox, MA, United States

    Amit Peled, cello Roman Rabinovich, piano Yevgeny Kutik, violin L.V. Beethoven - Piano Trio Op. 1 No. 3 Gaspar Cassadò - Requiebros in D Major in D Major Sergey Rachmaninov...

    $20.00

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    Don’t Tap on the Glass- Open Rehearsal

    First Congregational Church 4 Main St, Stockbridge, MA, United States

    Come to a free open rehearsal of the Shostakovich and Bach program. Listen to the musicians tackle thorny passages, discuss the pieces as they go, and rehearse together. No registration...

  • Meet The Birch Festival- wine, small bites, and good music

    Doctor Sax House 35 Walker Street, Lenox, MA, United States

    THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. Thank you for your interest. Please contact us for any questions or inquiries. Enjoy good music and Conversation with The Birch Festival Musicians You’ll have...

  • Concert: Shostakovich and Bach

    First Congregational Church 4 Main St, Stockbridge, MA, United States

    violinist Francesca dePasquale,  violinist Yevgeny Kutik,  violist Margaret Dyer,  cellist Christine Lamprea.  Saturday, May 17 at 3:00 PM 2:15 PM - Pre-Concert Talk with Matthew Heck First Congregational Church, Stockbridge...

    $20.00

  • Simone Dinnerstein and Friends: Bach, Mozart, and More

    First Congregational Church 4 Main St, Stockbridge, MA, United States

    Program: Simone Dinnerstein, piano; Alexis Pia Gerlach, cello; Yevgeny Kutik, violin J.S. Bach - Sonatas for Viola da Gamba BWV 1027-1029 W.A. Mozart - Violin Sonata No. 21, E minor,...

    $20.00

L’Histoire du Soldat and More

May 18 | 4:00 pm (Lenox)

May 19 | 6:00 pm (Pittsfield)

$20

Igor Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier’s Tale) and more, with Alysha Deslorieux as the narrator,  musicians from the Boston Symphony, and more! The event is free for any Berkshire county K-12 student and guardian.

Read about our May, 2024 events here:

The Berkshire Eagle

The Strad: Community, Outreach, and Fun

The Berkshire Edge: An All Star Band

Opening Weekend: October 13th and 14th

A Community Thank You

See our letter in the Berkshire Eagle thanking our community for a great opening weekend!

The Birch Festival celebrates its opening weekend with performances and gatherings on Friday and Saturday.

Come to one event or come to all!

Friday, October 13

Opening Celebration

Join us for music and light refreshments at Sohn Fine Art in Lenox to celebrate our opening weekend.

Donations of any size will be accepted with all proceeds going toward our educational programming and artist residencies for our Spring, 2024 Festival.

Donations are optional!

7-8:30pm

Sohn Fine Art (69 Church Street, Lenox)

Saturday, October 14

Yoga by Birch – FREE

Join Rachel Barker, yoga and meditation instructor (E-RYT® 200, YACEP®), for a FREE yoga class in the Chapel’s beautiful labyrinth room. We’ll walk up the hill to Don’t Tap on the Glass after! *Bring your own mats // Class size is limited to 10.

9:00 am

The Church on the Hill Chapel (55 Main Street in Lenox)

Saturday, October 14

“Don’t Tap on the Glass” Open Rehearsal – FREE

The Birch Festival invites you to an open rehearsal for the evening, warts and all! Watch and listen as the musicians talk through thorny passages, play through complicated sections, and negotiate tempos.

10:30 am

The Church on the Hill (169 Main Street in Lenox)

Saturday, October 14

A Conversation with the Musicians

After listening to our open rehearsal, stay for a musical conversation with Kinan Azmeh, Renana Gutman, and Yevgeny Kutik.

12:30 pm

The Church on the Hill, Lenox

Saturday, October 14

Concert: Bartók, Folk Music, and More – $20

Kinan Azmeh, clarinet; Renana Gutman, piano; Yevgeny Kutik, violin

  • Trio violin, clarinet, piano   Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978) 
  • A Scattered Sketchbook for Violin and Clarinet (2012)   Kinan Azmeh (1976) 
  • Deir Ezzor from  Syrian Dances (2018)   Kinan Azmeh
  • Dances from Korond   László Draskóczy (1940-2020)
  • Six Romanian Dances violin and piano (arr. Zoltán Székely) Béla Bartók (1881-1945)   
  • Contrasts for violin, clarinet, and piano, SZ. 111 Béla Bartók  

This concert is generously co-sponsored by Arlene & Gary Schiff

4:30 pm

The Church on the Hill (169 Main Street in Lenox)

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