Bach’s Lunch concert set for March 11

GREENFIELD — The next Bach’s Lunch concert at the Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew, 8 Church St., will take place on Wednesday, March 11, at 12:15 p.m.
The program will be performed by soprano Jamie-Rose Guarrine, pianist Steven Beck and hornist Josh Michal, and will feature works by Paul Dukas (1865-1935) and contemporary composers Carrie Magin (Between Us Now) and Gina Gillie (To the Seasons).
The concert is free. Attendees can bring their own lunch to eat during the concert.
Guarrine, who serves as associate professor of voice at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is often seen in concert, as a collaborator at chamber music festivals and in recital. Her diverse performance repertoire ranges from the masterworks of Bach, Handel and Mozart to modern works such as the roles of Xanthe/Aphrodite in Mark Adamo’s “Lysistrata” and Maria Celeste in Philip Glass’ “Galileo Galilei.” Guarrine’s debut album, “Transparent Boundaries: Songs Set to the Words of Dickinson, Whitman & Emerson,” with newly commissioned works by Lori Laitman, Daron Hagen and Scott Gendel, debuted in 2020 and was featured in numerous publications, including Gramophone Magazine.
Beck, a graduate of The Juilliard School, is a Steinway Artist who is on the faculty at UMass Amherst and the Sewanee Music Center. He also teaches orchestral piano at Juilliard. Beck is an experienced performer of new music who premiered works by Charles Wuorinen and Fred Lerdahl, and made a complete recording of George Walker’s piano sonatas. He has performed as soloist and chamber musician at Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy Center and the Library of Congress, and as an orchestral musician, he has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, the New York City Ballet Orchestra and Orpheus.
Michal is associate professor of horn at UMass Amherst, a founding member of the UMass faculty ensemble called Bandwidth, and a member of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, Hartford Symphony Orchestra and the Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra. He has also served on the faculties of the Interlochen Arts Camp and Greenwood Music Camp. An advocate for new music, Michal has commissioned and recorded numerous works for horn. Forthcoming albums feature new solo and chamber works, including a recording of “Four Poems of Devotion” by Joseph Summer.

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