Edward Berkeley with students this month at a master class in the Wheeler Opera House. (Carlin Ma/Aspen Music Festival)
Edward Berkeley with students this month at a master class in the Wheeler Opera House. (Carlin Ma/Aspen Music Festival)
Berkeley with opera students in Aspen in 2016 (Elle Logan/Aspen Music Festival)
Berkeley with students at a 2010 master class (Courtesy photo/Aspen Music Festival)
Aspen Opera Theater director Edward Berkeley outside the Benedict Music Tent (Courtesy photo/Aspen Music Festival)
Longtime Aspen Music Festival and School opera program director Edward Berkeley died unexpectedly on Saturday.
The news was announced from the stage at the Benedict Music Tent on Saturday night moments before a performance of “The Magic Flute,” directed by Berkeley, was to begin. The show went on, dedicated to the director, who was in his 40th season on faculty at the festival.
Edward Berkeley with students this month at a master class in the Wheeler Opera House. (Carlin Ma/Aspen Music Festival)
Edward Berkeley with students this month at a master class in the Wheeler Opera House. (Carlin Ma/Aspen Music Festival)
Berkeley with opera students in Aspen in 2016 (Elle Logan/Aspen Music Festival)
Berkeley with students at a 2010 master class (Courtesy photo/Aspen Music Festival)
Aspen Opera Theater director Edward Berkeley outside the Benedict Music Tent (Courtesy photo/Aspen Music Festival)
Longtime Aspen Music Festival and School opera program director Edward Berkeley died unexpectedly on Saturday.
The news was announced from the stage at the Benedict Music Tent on Saturday night moments before a performance of “The Magic Flute,” directed by Berkeley, was to begin. The show went on, dedicated to the director, who was in his 40th season on faculty at the festival.
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Special to the Crier
Weston High School sophomore Ella Kim was selected as a Grand Prize Winner of the state-wide Boston Pops Orchestra/Fidelity Young Artist Competition and will perform as violin soloist together with conductor Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Orchestra in Boston Symphony Hall in a concert to be streamed online from June 3 to July 3.
The Young Artist Competition was held this spring, consisting of a preliminary video round and a final live round in front of a panel of judges from Boston Symphony Orchestra. As a winner, Kim had lessons with a musical mentor, Lucia Lin, first violinist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and worked one-on-one with Lockhart as well as special guest artist Chris Thile to prepare for her performance.
Wicked Local
The holiday season is here and students across the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras have been working diligently on festive projects to share the joy of classical music with the community.
BYSO, like so many others, is operating virtually with our 550 young students from throughout New England. While it is not easy making music from a distance, the BYSO is proud of the work its students do from afar and their dedication to creating music “together”.
On this snowy December day, here is a special production of Leroy Anderson s Sleigh Ride featuring the young musicians of the Repertory Orchestra (REP).