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. 

Now in our sixth season, we are excited to continue to create, expand, and provide new programming for people from 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. Those include concerts for young adults and adults with special abilities, residents of assisted-living facilities, and children of incarcerated parents.

Thank you, our audience members, for your unwavering support as we strive to build connections through music that enrich, inspire and honor the lives of all people.






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

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MAYA LORENZEN, violin

GILI SHARETT, bassoon

GILI MELAMED-LEV, piano


METTABEE FARM & ARTS

551 Harlemville Road,

Hillsdale, NY

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

To make this concert accessible to all, we offer variable ticket prices. Please pay what you can afford as revenue from ticket sales helps cover our production costs.

Adults - $25, $35 or $45

Students - $10 or $15

Free for children under 12

May 17, 2025, 5:00 pm     Saint James Place, Great Barrington, MA

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ANAT COHEN, clarinet

MARCELLO GONÇALVES

seven-string guitar


SAINT JAMES PLACE

352 Main Street,

Great Barrington, MA 01230


Online ticket purchases available soon

CURRENT SEASON

Souvenirs

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

Photography by Ricky Zehavi

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


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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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Our Camphill Ghent outreach project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by CREATE Council on the Arts.

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