Paintings in Song—The Four Freedoms

November 24, 2018 @ 5:30 pm EST - 6:30 pm EST

Paintings in Song—The Four Freedoms
Saturday, November 24
5:30 p.m.

Enjoy the Four Freedoms in song with choral ensemble Crescendo, led by artistic director Christine Gevert, and Berkshire-based composer John Myers. Paintings in Song was inspired by Norman Rockwell’s art. His compositions reflect Rockwell’s timeless images in a musical setting, highlighting the continued cultural relevance represented in the artist’s Four Freedoms, among others. Free for Museum members, or included with Museum admission.

Musicians:
Sharon Powers – flute
Charles Huang – oboe
Thomas Sadin – clarinet
John Myers – jazz guitar
Richard Mickey – violoncello
Pete Toigo – double bass
Jay Bradley – drums

Young Singers
Elisabeth Enoch (Berkshire Children’s Chorus), Gudrid Johnson, Mollie Sosin

Crescendo Vocal Ensemble  *Section Leaders
Sopranos: Andrea Bargabos*, Sarah Fay*, Jordan Rose Lee*, Sarah Melcher
Altos: Mavis Hsieh*, Trudy Weaver Miller*, Susan Pettee
Tenors: Dan Foster*, Gordon Gustafson, Ron M’Sadoques*, Douglas Schmolze*
Basses:  Jim Barrett*, John-Arthur Miller*, Tom Schindler, Michael Wise

Christine Gevert, Director

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Land Acknowledgement

It is with gratitude and humility that we acknowledge that we are learning, speaking and gathering on the ancestral homelands of the Mohican people, who are the indigenous peoples of this land on which the Norman Rockwell Museum was built. Despite tremendous hardship in being forced from here, today their community resides in Wisconsin and is known as the Stockbridge-Munsee Community. We pay honor and respect to their ancestors past and present as we commit to building a more inclusive and equitable space for all.

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