Nick Revel, Violist

St. John’s Episcopal Church in Williamstown continues its Summer Noontime Concert Series on Monday, August 3 with a performance by New York-based violist Nick Revel and local pianist Scott Bailey of music by Bach, Vaughan Williams and Bruch. The concert will begin at noon and end by 12:45. Audience members are welcome to bring a bag lunch and St. John’s will provide drinks and cookies. Admission is free; donations to help offset expenses are welcome.

Nick Revel is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music where he studied viola with John Graham and had chamber music coaching with the Ying Quartet. He lives in New York City where he is a freelance performer, teacher, composer and improviser. He has performed in such venues as Carnegie Hall, Ozawa Hall, the Glimmerglass Opera House and many others. He is a member of the Allentown and Norwalk Symphonies.

Pianist Scott Bailey is staff accompanist/vocal coach at Westfield State College and Director of Choral Activities at Bay Path College in Longmeadow, MA. He has served on the faculty at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and works as a freelance accompanist and teacher throughout the Pioneer Valley as well as Berkshire County. He is the music director at the First Congregational Church of North Adams, United Church of Christ, and is coordinator of their North County Music Series, a concert series featuring local and emerging musicians from Berkshire County and beyond.

The concert series will continue on Mondays from August 3 – August 17. Featured performers include Loadbang, a contemporary ensemble from New York City; duo-violinists Emily Kalish and Abigale Reisman.