Solo Organ, Chamber Singers & Holiday Cookout

Friends of Music at Guilford (FOMAG), now in its 53rd season, is hosting its 11th Spring Concert & Holiday Cookout in the Organ Barn on Sunday, May 26. The concert includes an opening set by the Guilford Chamber Singers and a solo recital by Christopher Lewis on the c. 1897 Tracker Organ. The Chamber Singers, under the direction of Tom Baehr, perform part songs set to poems by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Blake, Moore, Teasdale, and others. Singers include sopranos Christina Gibbons and Sarah Lott, altos Beth McKinney and Joy Wallens-Penford, tenors Steven John and Bill Johnson, and basses Calvin Farwell and Tom Green. The organ recital, “Peace Offering,” includes works by German Baroque composers Bach, Lubeck, and Walther; as well as French Romantic composers Boëllmann, Dupont, and Vierne. A holiday cookout on the deck and back lawn offers grilling options for carnivores and vegetarians, assorted salads, sides, sips, and sundaes. In case of rainy or cold weather, the meal and camaraderie are moved indoors. The Organ Barn is at Tree Frog Farm, on Kopkind Rd., off Packer Corners Rd. in rural Guilford. Follow signs for 9 mi. from the Guilford Country Store at Rt. 5, just over a mile from Exit 1 off I-91, or for 5 mi. from Keets Brook Rd. at Rt. 5 in Bernardston, Mass. Concert admission is $15; the optional meal $10 per person. Reservations are useful but not required. For info, contact FOMAG at 802-254-3600 or office@fomag.org; visit online at www.fomag.org.