Flying Free: Music without Limits

Musical Program
Jessica Roemischer
Born into a musical family, Jessica's love of music was ignited at a young
age by her parents, who trained with some of the finest classical musicians
of the time. She graduated from Princeton University in 1982 and has,
for the past two decades, taught and performed internationally as well as
at Middlebury College, Vermont, where she was on the Applied Music
Faculty from 1989-1999. Jessica is currently performing throughout the
Berkshires, as well as teaching piano at Riverbrook Residence to students
of all ages and abilities. Her eclectic background includes writing, lecturing,
photography, and architectural preservation. Jessica was a Senior Editor of
the international, award winning magazine, What is Enlightenment?
Please visit www.pianobeautiful.com.
Whatever the level of experience, each Riverbrook woman expresses
her own individual sensibility at the piano. The performances
you
will hear this afternoon are either semi-improvised
duets or original
interpretations of traditional melodies.
"Tanny Labshere's Theme"
Joan Burkhard,
Renee Margaret Speltz
Riverbrook: Sleep-in Care Provider. Shakespeare & Company fifth season
(Information Technology Manager): Cindy Bella or the Glass Slipper (Fairy
God Mother); The Ladies Man; Rough Crossing (Assistant Director); Sonnet
Prelude 2007 (Director); Summer 2006 (Directing Intern), The Tamer Tamed
(Pedro/Country Wife) and The Comedy of Errors (Luce). Fanny Hill Dinner
Theatre: Cactus Flower (Toni). Minnesota State University-Mankato: Equus
(Dora Strang), Butterflies are Free (Mrs. Baker), The Golden Age (Isabel
Hastings Hoyt), Julius Caesar (Popilius/Ensemble), A Christmas Carol (2nd
Solicitor/Chorus), and Footloose (Eleanor Dunbar). Wimbledon Studio
Theatre: The Dining Room (Annie, Grace, Sandra, Old Lady and Harriet).
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota: Our Country's Good (Meg Long),
Uncle Harry (Hester), and Antigone (Chorus). University of Wisconsin-Eau
Clare: Tartuffe (Mme. Pernelle) and Time of Your Life (Nick's Ma/Killer).
MFA in Acting - Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Jessica Roemischer,
Tanny Labshere
Welcome
Executive Director, Riverbrook
Introduction
Creative Director,
"Flying Free"
"Joyful"
Joanne King
"Harmony"
Carol Ray
"Rain Dance"
Andrea Bradley
"Happy"
Jessica Sternick
Renee Margaret
Speltz, Shakespeare
"When the Saints Go Marching
Darlene White
Educator and Berkshire County native who works year round for the Boston
Symphony Orchestra, managing their Berkshire Education and Community
Programs. Darlene received her B.A. in English Literature from Smith
College, and her Massachusetts Teacher Certification from Massachusetts
College of Liberal Arts.
& Company
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Tanny Labshere
"The Waltz and the Sun"
"Wildflowers"
Jane Cole
Joanne King
"Jazz"
The BSO houses a Berkshire Educational Resource Center (ERC) in
Pittsfield, a small but delightful place that offers a wide variety of music and
arts resources for educators. The ERC is the lynchpin ofthe BSO Berkshire
Education Program. It serves as hub for educational initiatives, which reach
across the county. It is located at 30 Wendell Ave. in Pittsfield, directly
behind the Berkshire Music School building in the Taft Recital Hall. For
more information contact Darlene White at dwhite@bso.org.
Carol Ray
Darlene White,
Boston Symphony Orchestra's Berkshire
and Community Programs
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presented in partnership with the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Berkshire
Education and Community Programs, Shakespeare & Company & Miss Hall's School
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