About Us
OUR MISSION is 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 prepare for 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 your unwavering support as we strive to build connections through music that enrich, inspire and honor the lives of all people.
To purchase tickets, please make a donation via PayPal of a suggested amount per ticket:
Family: $30 – $100
Adult: $20 – $50
Children: $10 – $40
Please also contact us by phone at (518) 929-5950 or via email and let us know how many tickets you are purchasing and for which concert(s).
Thank you!
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Matt Cain – Chairman
Gili Melamed-Lev – President and Artistic Director
Craig Bender – Treasurer
Martina Deignan – Secretary
Nicole Furnée
William (BJ) Johnson – Director Emeritus
Thomas Chulak – Director Emeritus
FOUNDERS:
Gili Melamed-Lev and Joe Gold
WEBSITE & GRAPHIC DESIGN
LOGO DESIGN
Suzanne Gold & Allison Crowly,
2022 Annual Benefit Concert Honorary Chairs: EUGENE DRUCKER and ROBERTA COOPER
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
George Brooks
Roberta Cooper
Eugene Drucker
Mark Evans
Ronald Feldman
Joe Gold
Gwen Gould
Deborah Grace
Philip Lasser
Abigail Laufer
Marianne Lockwood
Rafi Malkiel
Elizabeth Morse
Joe Mulholland
Bonnie Podolsky
Gili Sharett
Brian Shea
Sheila Silver
Michael Thomas
Peter Weitzner
OUR BUSINESS SUPPORTERS
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.