The Salisbury Congregational Church announces the forty-second season of the Salisbury Summer Performance Series, which will open with the first of four concerts by the faculty ensembles of Point Counterpoint Music Camp. 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. Thus the first session faculty represent such programs as the Juilliard, the Cleveland institute, Eastman, Salzburg, and Krakow and have performed at venues including the Chicago Symphony, Atlanta Opera, Tanglewood, Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall, and Aspen. Their concert, under music director Philip Boulanger, on Friday, July 1, at 7:30 p.m. will feature Rachmaninov's Piano Trio, "Trio Elegique;" Shostakovich's Piano Trio No. 1; and Brahms' Viola Quintet in G Major, op. 111.

Because of the need to utilize the piano, these concerts will occur indoors. We request that you wear a mask 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 25 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.