The Salisbury Congregational Church is pleased to announce that it will be able to host the forty-first season of the Salisbury Summer Performance Series this summer and to welcome back Point Counterpoint faculty ensembles. Varying by camp session in terms of music directors and participants, these ensembles give the local public an opportunity to experience chamber music performed by some of the brightest young professional musicians from leading institutions. In the first of five such appearances this season, on Friday, July 2, at 7:30 p.m. the Point Counterpoint ensemble will perform the Piano Quartet in A Minor, Op. 7, of Vincent D'Indy and Franz Schubert's Cello Quintet in C major, D 956.

Because of the need to utilize the piano, these concerts will occur indoors, whereas some of the other summer events will take place, weather permitting, under a tent on the meetinghouse lawn. Also, to accommodate the camp's scheduling needs for student recitals during this transitional year of opening up, some of our usual Friday public performances have shifted to Thursdays and Saturdays. As a result, we suggest watching the weekly announcements closely for details on date and location. We request that you wear a mask for indoor events unless you have been fully vaccinated, and we welcome those who prefer to remain masked even though they are fully inoculated.

The Summer Performance Series will run through August 26 at the historic, but handicapped accessible, 1838 meetinghouse in Salisbury Village. There is no admission charge; a free-will donation in support of the series will be appreciated.