Classical Pianist Performs at the Adams Theater

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ADAMS, Mass. — Pianist and conductor Lucas Huang Amory, a Juilliard graduate student and 2024 PianoArts First Prize winner, will perform works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Mozart at the Adams Theater on Friday, Aug. 29 at 7:30 p.m. 

Amory has performed at prestigious venues including Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and the 92nd Street Y. To the Adams Theater, he will bring works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Mozart to The Adams Theater.  said, “windows into their particular flavor of tenderness.”

When not at the piano, Amory is an active conductor and baritone. He is the outgoing Music Director of Harvard's Bach Society Orchestra and has contributed to numerous opera and musical theater productions in both directorial and répétiteur roles.

The son of acclaimed violists Misha Amory and Hsin-Yun Huang, Amory grew up in intensive music education, attending the Special Music School in New York City as a child, with many hours of practice and private lessons. At Harvard, he ventured into conducting and found he had a love and a feel for it, conducting orchestras, opera pieces, and musical theater, as well as singing in the University Choir. 

As a complement to the show, local artist, Adams Theater Board Member, and culinary expert Joe Wheaton will be catering a family style dinner at the theater before the show. 

See a full lineup of events at www.adamstheater.org/present

The Adams Theater participates in Mass Cultural Council's Card to Culture program, in collaboration with the Department of Transitional Assistance, the Women, Infants & Children Nutrition Program, and the Mass Health Connector.

EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders receive free admission to our shows and events by presenting their cards at our Box Office. See the complete list of participating organizations offering EBTWIC, and ConnectorCare discounts.

 

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Hoosac Valley Seeks to Prevent 'Volatile' Assessments

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
ADAMS, Mass.— The "volatile" shifts in Hoosac Valley Regional School District's town assessments year to year is hard for smaller towns to absorb; however, a proposed change to the regional agreement would fix that. 
 
During the Select Board meeting last week, Superintendent Aaron Dean presented the proposed change to the regional agreement that would set assessments based on a five-year rolling average rather than the annual student enrollment.
 
"The long-term goal is to make the assessment process a little bit more viable for people from year-to-year," he said. 
 
An ad hoc committee was convened to review the district's agreement, during which concerns arose about the rapid fluctuations in assessments.
 
"I think you have to look short term, and you have to look long term. The goal is to kind of level it off and make planning easier and flatten that curve in terms of how it's going to impact both communities," Dean said. 
 
Every year, it is a little more difficult for one community because they are feeling disproportionately impacted compared to the other, he said. 
 
"The transient nature of this population right now is like nothing I've ever seen," Dean said. 
 
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