About the Berkshire Lyric Theatre
The Berkshire Lyric Theatre consists of three choral groups: the Berkshire Lyric Theatre Chorus(BLTC), The Blafield Children's Chorus, and the newly founded adolescent Berkshire singers. The choirs perform major works and acappella works from the repetoire. The BLTC has performed the major works of J.S. Bach, G.F. Handel, W. A. Mozart, G. Faure, and M. Durufle have been performed. In addition, the choruses perform many well-known acappella works for Christmas and Hannukah.
Director
Jack Brown.
Jack Brown brings a large range of musical activities to the position of director of the Berkshire Lyric Theatre Chorus. Jack is a well known oratorio performer to audiences in the Berkshires. Beginning in his debut role as Elijah with the Lyric Theatre at Tanglewood in 1995, Jack has sung major roles in the oratorio field, such as Vaughn-Williams Dona Nobis Pacem and Five Mystical Songs, Bach's Passions as Jesus, Handel's Messiah, the Durufle and Faure Requiem's , and many more. He also sings songs of Schubert, Brahms, and Ives.
Besides directing the Berkshire Lyric Theatre Chorus, Jack currently is the director of choral Activites at Mass. College of Liberal Arts, on the visiting faculty of the Bard College at Simon's Rock, and teaches at the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville conn.
Raised in Philadelphia, Jack is a long time resident of New York, where he worked for G. Schirmer and sons in a vraiety of managerial positions.
Jack currently is owner operator of the Beethoven House in South Egremont: a store which supplies music worldwide from South Egremont, Mass. in oint business operations with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood and The Manhattan School of Music in NYC.
Our Mission
Our purpose is to foster and cultivate interest in choral music; to provide training, practice and performance opportunities for the development of talent; to establish scholarships for deserving students of vocal and instrumental music; and to provide a variety of forums in which singers can come together and perform.
Membership
All singer are welcome to join the BLT. There is no audition, but the director may ask you to sing to know where to place you in the choir.
Dues are $40.00 per 1/2 season: Fall and Spring. Dues help support the purchase of music and some administrative costs.
DONATIONS
Donations are very important to the BLT. Dues and revenues from concerts do not begin to cover the costs for a season. A gift to the BLT will ensure the future of this well-established organization, now in it's 45th year. Having a party/outing. Consider contacting the BLT to provide a short program of entertainment for your event.
Contact Information
Berkshire Lyric Theatre PO Box 347 Pittsfield, MA 01202 413 499-0258
berkshirelyrictheat@berkshirelyrictheatre.org
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