Music at the Southfield Church continues its sixth season with an invitation to join in the fun with Lucy Bardo, Allan Dean, and Ben Harms, members of CALLIOPE: A RENAISSANCE BAND, performing music of the early to late Renaissance using instruments of the period: cornetto, recorders, pipe and tabor, viols, medieval fiddle and assorted improvisatory percussion. Calliope, in the 80s and 90s, was a busy touring early music ensemble, leaders in introducing new music to the genre, as well as creating 20th century arrangements of wonderful old tunes.

The concert will begin at 7:00 pm on Saturday, June 18th at the Southfield Church, 234 Norfolk Road in the Southfield Village of New Marlborough. For more information, a full season lineup, and updated Covid protocols, visit thesouthfieldchurch.org. Admission is free; a retiring collection will be taken at the door to support the artists. A reception on the lawn follows each concert (weather permitting).

Music at the Southfield Church is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council through a grant from the New Marlborough Cultural Council.

Lucy Bardo is a long-time member of Calliope, the New York Consort of Viols, and the Berkshire Bach Society. She has performed with many organizations over the years, including the Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic, Philharmonia Virtuosi, and Musica Viva. She has appeared as viola da gamba soloist for the Bach Passions with many choral organizations, including the Washington, D.C. Choral Arts Society, Canterbury Chorale, and the Berkshire Choral Festival. Her recording credits include Nonesuch, Vanguard, Telarc, Musical Heritage, Columbia, Summit, Equilibrium, and Lyrachord. She teaches viola da gamba and cello privately, and has been a member of the faculty of many early music workshops. She is the editor of two publications for viola da gamba: The J. S. Bach Art of the Fugue for viol ensemble and Le Nymphe di Rheno by Johann Schenck for viola da gamba duo.

Allan Dean is Professor Emeritus at the Yale School of Music, having retired from the school in 2019 after 30 years on the faculty. Dean previously served on the faculties of Indiana University, the Manhattan School of Music, the Hartt School, the Eastman School, and the Mendez Brass Institute. He is still actively performing with the Berkshire Bach Society. In the early music field, he was a founding member of Calliope, and the New York Cornet and Sacbut Ensemble. Dean was a member of the New York Brass Quintet for 18 years and free lanced in the New York City concert and recording field for over 20 years before joining the faculty of Indiana University in l982. Dean performs and teaches each summer at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in Norfolk, Connecticut. He can be heard playing both modern trumpet and early brass on over 80 recordings on most major labels including RCA, Columbia, Nonesuch, Summit and others.

Ben Harms studied at University of Cincinnati, Curtis Institute and City University of New York. His performing career as a percussionist has ranged from playing medieval, renaissance, and baroque music with prominent early music groups including Calliope, premiering works of the composers Steve Reich, Olivier Messaien and others, to the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (since 1968). Along the way he has played in venues as varied as Cincinnati’s Gaiety Burlesque House, the Hamburg Staatsoper, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, every major concert hall in New York City and most other concert halls on the East Coast. A short list of additional credits includes Leningrad Philharmonic's United States tour (1976), Canadian Brass, Bill Ochs’ pennywhistle tutor, numerous television and film soundtracks, and folk and classical chamber ensembles. Recording credits include performances on all major labels. He has performed as a recorder player in two Metropolitan Opera productions and plays viola da gamba in annual performances of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos presented by the Berkshire Bach Society.