South Shore Trio to Bring FROM RICHES TO RAGS to The Colonial Theatre

Berkshire Theatre Group presents an afternoon of chamber music and chocolate with The South Shore Trio, on Sunday, June 5 at 3pm, as part of the On the Stage Series. This event is sponsored by Chocolate Springs.

Tickets to South Shore Trio, From Riches To Rags: An Afternoon of Chamber Music are $30, and include a post-show reception catered by Chocolate Springs. Contact the Colonial Ticket Office at 111 South Street, Pittsfield by calling 413-997-4444, or online at www.berkshiretheatregroup.org. The Ticket Office is open Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, Saturdays 10am-2pm or on any performance day from 10am until curtain.

Join us for an intimate afternoon of chamber music and chocolate with The South Shore Trio and Chocolate Springs.

The South Shore Trio features: Berkshire native, Jennifer Muñiz on piano, and Northern Indiana/Chicago's Trevor O'Riordan on clarinet, and Rudolf Haken on viola.

The program will include: Mozart's "Kegelstatt Trio" K498 for clarinet, viola and piano which was composed specifically for these instruments in 1786 and is one of the riches of the clarinet repertoire. Mozart artfully blends the lyricism of the viola with the clarity and warmth of the clarinet in this special piece.

Contemporary American composer Libby Larsen, who has won Grammy awards for her music which has been recorded on more than 50 CD's, recently wrote a new chamber work (2014) for clarinet, viola, and piano entitled "Ferlinghetti" which was inspired by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti's A Coney Island of the Mind. The piece presents impressions of images from the poetry, like memories, or postcards. Several of the titles recall places such as London and Paris.

Also by Larsen, is the movement entitled "...fifty-one clowns in the back all wearing nothing but Stars and Stripes," which features 23 different American songs, such as "My Country 'Tis of Thee," and "America the Beautiful," arranged in a humorous pastiche.

Concert pianist John Novacek composed the boisterous and jazzy "Four Rags for Two Jons" for clarinet and piano in 2006.

The On the Stage Series features audience and artist on stage together in an intimate setting with limited seating. Seating is general admission.

The Colonial Theatre, founded in 1903, and Berkshire Theatre Festival, founded in 1928, are two of the oldest cultural organizations in the Berkshires. Having united in November of 2010 under the leadership of Artistic Director and CEO Kate Maguire, these two institutions are providing the Berkshires and beyond with the finest in live theatre, music, dance and the visual arts in Stockbridge, MA and Pittsfield, MA. The Fitzpatrick Main Stage (314 seats), cataloged by the National Register of Historic Places, was originally designed and built by Stanford White as the Stockbridge Casino in 1888. The intimate Unicorn Theatre (122 seats) is a home for emerging artists and new theatrical ideas. The Colonial in Pittsfield (780 seats) re-opened in August of 2006, following a $21 million restoration, and boasts pristine acoustics, classic gilded age architecture and state-of-the-art technical systems. The Colonial is available to rent for performance events as well as other events/functions. BTG also performs at The Garage, a music venue located in the lobby of The Colonial. BTG serves over 100,000 patrons per year and reaches over 13,000 students through its educational and outreach programs. To purchase tickets, call (413) 997-4444 or go online to www.BerkshireTheatreGroup.org.

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