Concert change for this week!

Our Noontime Concert series will continue this Wednesday, July 18 with a program by the Trio Cafe Budapest beginning at noon and ending by 12:45. Bring a bag lunch to eat -- St. John's will provide drinks and cookies. The concert is free and open to the public.

(note: Emily Kalish's violin recital, originally scheduled for this week will be given on Wednesday, August 1.)

With a name inspired by the ethnic music of central Europe, Trio Cafe Budapest performs a wide variety of folk, blues and jazz instrumentals as well as instrumental and sung versions of popular music of the 20th century. The Trio is part of the worship and outreach program at St. John’s, and plays for a variety of church services and functions, as well as at concerts in homes.

Call the church office at 458.8144 if you would like to have them play in your home!

Trio Cafe Budapest has performed in Bennington at the South Street Café and at Ava’s Boutique. They will be playing in Manchester at Frog Hollow on July 21 at 2 pm, and in Williamstown tomorrow night at the Images Cinema from 6:30 pm until the start of the 7:00 pm show!

Ted Gilley, guitar has played locally with Generation Tex, and now works at the Chapin Library at Williams College.

Bill Wootters been playing the piano for fun for about forty years. He teaches physics at Williams College.

Jimmy Bergin was the music director at Lexington Christian Academy for eighteen years before coming to the Berkshires five years ago to work in the orchestra department of Broude Brothers Limited. He is the Coordinator of Special Events at St. John’s. He is a composer and the the executive director of NotaRiotous, a Boston-based chamber ensemble dedicated to the performance of microtonal music (www.bostonmicrotonalsociety.org).