TO CONNECT AND TO HEAL THROUGH MUSIC IN OUR CHANGING WORLD

JAZZ AND CLASSICS FOR CHANGE (“JCfC”) was established in the summer of 2019 with the mission, “To connect and to heal through music in our changing world.”

It has remained dedicated to its mission of bringing the highest quality music to its ever-growing and diverse audiences in Columbia and Berkshire Counties. The programs we have offered, performed by world-class jazz and classical musicians, have fostered a community that values music as an essential and vital expression of the human experience. 

As we enter our seventh season in 2025, we are excited to continue creating and expanding our programming for people in all walks of life. In addition to our public concerts, we perform for those who can’t come to us, so they too can experience the healing power of music — including programs for young adults and adults with special abilities, seniors in assisted living communities, and for children of underserved communities.

Thank you for continued support — it helps us build connections through music that enrich, inspire and honor the lives of all people.






JUNE 28, 2025

Anthony, Rhiannon, Luke & Gili

With Anthony Bracewell (violin & viola), Rhiannon Banerdt (violin), Luke Krafka (cello), and
Gili Melamed-Lev (piano).


The program includes music for duo, trio and quartet performing jewls from the chamber music repertoire by Schumann, Piazzolla, Arvo Pärt and Schubert.

Adults – $50

Students (with ID) – $25

Family – $90

Children over 6 – free

SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 4PM

Tydeman Farm, 564 County Route 10, Germantown, NY

Our concerts are open to all who want to experience them. For discounted tickets, please contact us.

AUGUST 9, 2025

JCfC Annual Gala Concert and Dinner, with Haley McAvoy (mezzo soprano),
Joel Pitchon (violin) and Gili Melamed-Lev (piano).

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 5PM

at a private home in Great Barrington, MA

Tickets – $150

SEPTEMBER 20, 2025

Krista, Rhiannon, Anthony, Caleb,
David & Gili

With Krista Bennion Feeney and Rhiannon Banerdt (violins), Anthony Bracewell (viola), Caleb Van der Swaagh (cello), David Rockefeller (narrator) and Gili Melamed-Lev (piano).

The program will include music by Dvořák, Brian Shea, the grand Schumann piano quintet and poems by Langston Hughes.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 4PM

Tydeman Farm, 564 County Route 10, Germantown, NY

Adults – $50

Students (with ID) – $25

Family – $90

Children over 6 – free

Our concerts are open to all who want to experience them. For discounted tickets, please contact us.

NOVEMBER 8, 2025

John, Hailey & Gili

With John McManus (actor), Hailey McAvoy (mezzo soprano) and Gili Melamed-Lev (piano).

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8

Mettabee Farm & Arts, Hillsdale, NY

Tickets will go on sale
during the summer 

Recent Concerts


MAY 17, 2025

Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves

PHOTO: RODRIGO LOPES

Grammy-nominated duo clarinetist Anat Cohen and seven-string guitarist Marcello Gonçalves team their intricate talents together for a result of breathtaking melodies, Brazilian grooves, and elements of jazz.

DownBeat writes about their critically acclaimed record, “‘Outra Coisa’ is a duo album that achieves something very rare: It reduces the big band arrangements of the great Brazilian jazz composer Santos down to just two musicians … The mastery of the two musicians is such as to render additional instruments superfluous.” On stage, the duo’s joyful interplay is utterly captivating!

SATURDAY, MAY 17, 5PM

Saint James Place in Great Barrington, MA

Our concerts are open to all who want to experience them. For discounted tickets, please contact us.

FEBRUARY 7, 8 & 9, 2025

   

Light in the Season of Love

Music by Piazzolla, Beethoven, Copland, Faure, Monti and Vaughan Williams.

HAILEY MCAVOY, mezzo-soprano

ANTHONY BRACEWELL, violin

GILI MELAMED-LEV, piano

FRI, FEBRUARY 7, 3PM

Camphill Ghent, 2542 NY-66, Chatham, NY

SAT, FEBRUARY 8, 3:00PM

Falcon Hall, Triform, 20 Triform Rd, Hudson, NY

SUN, FEBRUARY 9, 3:30PM

Fountain Hall, Camphill Village Copake, 84 Camphill Rd, Copake, NY

November 10     Camphill Village Copake

Musicians and villagers at Camphill Village Copake

November 9, 7:00 pm     Mettabee Farm & Arts, Hillsdale, NY

MAYA LORENZEN, violin

GILI SHARETT, bassoon

GILI MELAMED-LEV, piano


METTABEE FARM & ARTS

551 Harlemville Road,

Hillsdale, NY

Music by Piazzolla, J.S. Bach, Saint-Saëns, Malkiel, Brahms and Glinka

September 21, 4:00 pm     Tydeman Farm, near Hudson, NY

Music by J.S. Bach, Brahms, Dohnanyi and Beethoven

EUGENE DRUCKER &
KRISTA BENNION-FEENEY, violins

DANA KELLEY, viola

ROBERTA COOPER, cello

GILI MELAMED-LEV, piano

JOHN FEENEY,  double-bass

June 8, 4:00 pm     Tydeman Farm, near Hudson, NY

“Winds of Change”

ELI EBAN, clarinet

RONI GAL-ED,  oboe

GILI SHARETT, bassoon

LIRI RONEN, horn

GILI MELAMED-LEV, piano

JOHN McMANUS, actor


Works by Mozart, Silver, Beethoven, Glière, Shakespeare and Shea

TYDEMAN FARM

564 County Route 10,

Germantown, NY


Click photos for musician bios

April 27, 4:00 pm     The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA

EUGENE DRUCKER &
KRISTA BENNION-FEENEY, violins

DANA KELLEY, viola

Music in Praise of Dignity and Care

A concert to benefit Camphill Village Copake

ROBERTA COOPER, cello

GILI MELAMED-LEV, piano

JOHN FEENEY,  double-bass

Masters of ceremony Sam Mirkin and Finot Sellasie
Dohnanyi piano quintet with Eugene Drucker and Joana Genova on violins, violist Dana Kelley, cellist Roberta Cooper and pianist Gili Melamed-Lev
Triform Bell Choir led by Akiko Suesada
Dohnanyi piano quintet with Eugene Drucker and Joana Genova on violins, violist Dana Kelley, cellist Roberta Cooper and pianist Gili Melamed-Lev
Group photo, from L to R Finot, Gili, Roberta, Eugene, Sam, Joana and Dana

April 6, 3:00 pm     Spencertown Academy, Spencertown, New York

A concert to benefit Operation Unite, New York

ANTHONY BRACEWELL, violin and viola

JULIAN MÜLLER, cello

GILI MELAMED-LEV, piano

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