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Company Name:
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Berkshire Choral Festival
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Description:
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What is it about choral singing that we find so compelling? At the sound of voices joined in song our emotions are immediately engaged. We catch the notes of a rehearsal, and we pause to linger in a church alone, or outside an auditorium door or walking across a college campus. We recognize the rich harmonies and subtle phrasings of pieces we have sung. Some are as dear to us as members of the family.
The Berkshire Choral Festival was founded in 1982. It was a new idea about a unique way of learning and singing choral music, in a rich and artistically stimulating setting. It involved world-class conductors and a professional music staff in direct interaction with choristers, teaching the masterpieces of the choral-orchestral repertoire. Offsetting the energy spent in the condensed timeframe of rehearsals were afternoon tours, sports and recreation.
More than twenty years later, we still hold to a particular philosophy about choral music: that it is best when it is studied, absorbed, discussed and mulled over by choristers and conductors together - in total immersion - until it makes sense as a genuine revelation and expression of the human spirit.
At the Berkshire Choral Festival, each concert's repertoire is carefully chosen to capture the full range and glory of choral music. From day one, our goal is to create an intense learning experience for singers who want to reach more deeply into the choral music experience. And we do this in three stunningly beautiful loc
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City:
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Sheffield
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State:
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MA
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Postal Address:
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245 North Undermountain Rd
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ZIP / Postal Code:
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01257
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Phone Number:
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413.229.8526
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