David Noel Edwards is a writer, composer, and recording artist from Canaan, New York. He has been writing for the Berkshire Edge since 2015, mainly about music, but also about books, birds, and reptiles.
The Chamber Music Society roster of artists tours nationally and internationally, with South Mountain a longtime fall destination that reflects their shared commitment to chamber music excellence.
"We feel a real responsibility to share with the next generation. We’re here because of teachers who inspired us, who showed us what was possible. If our mission is to bring percussion to the front of classical music, then part of that means making sure the work continues beyond us." — Terry Sweeney of Sandbox Percussion.
Simone Dinnerstein has premiered major works by Philip Glass and Richard Danielpour, regularly curates programs at New York’s Miller Theatre, and is a passionate advocate for music accessibility, education, and outreach.
Heerema and Szabo have performed together as a duo for more than two decades at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, the Kennedy Center, and in concert halls and churches throughout Europe, North America, and Asia.
Their recordings on BIS and Naxos—featuring works by Mendelssohn, Zemlinsky, Ives, Barber, and others—have been praised for their “eloquent, full-blooded playing” (BBC Music Magazine).
"I hope it gives us all space to reflect on what it means to be a port city—how we might create small ports within our own communities that prioritize openness, welcome, and care in all that we do." — Palaver Strings' Teagan Faran
"Composed for connoisseurs, for the refreshment of their spirits, by Johann Sebastian Bach, composer for the royal court of Poland and the Electoral court of Saxony, Kapellmeister and Director of Choral Music in Leipzig." — Title page of "The Goldberg Variations"
Known for their precision and expressive range, the quartet has premiered works by composers such as Caroline Shaw, Anna Clyne, and Gabriela Montero and has collaborated with artists including Joshua Bell, Anne-Sophie Mutter, and the Emerson String Quartet.
Dr. Szabo is music director, organist, and choirmaster at Sacred Heart and Our Lady of Pompeii parish in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.; music director and conductor of the Oratorio Society of New Jersey; and organist and choir director at Temple B’nai Abraham in Livingston, N.J.
