Johnny Appleseed Plus!

We are pleased to present our inaugural season at our new home52 Sumner. The new performance facility, operated by the Springfield Performing Arts Ventures, is located at 52 Sumner Avenue and Fort Pleasant Avenue in Springfield, MA. The building is fully accessible. Free parking is available across the street at the site of the old Friendly’s. Food and drink are available before and during performances. The on-site box office opens 2 hours prior to performance. Doors open one hour prior to performance. All seating is General Admission.

MOSSO - Springfield Chamber Players

A family-friendly holiday program for kids 8-80+!

52 Sumner ( Springfield Performing Arts Ventures, Inc. )

SPRINGFIELD CHAMBER PLAYERS 2024-25 SEASON

We are pleased to present our inaugural season at our new home 52 Sumner. The new performance facility, operated by the Springfield Performing Arts Ventures, is located at 52 Sumner Avenue and Fort Pleasant Avenue in Springfield, MA.

The Springfield Chamber Players bring their family-friendly Johnny Appleseed Plus concert to Springfield’s new event venue, 52 Sumner on Sunday afternoon, December 8, at 3PM. Kara Noble will narrate Clifton J. Noble’s folk cantata Johnny Appleseed, inspired by Jane Yolen’s book, which tells the story of John Chapman (also known as Johnny Appleseed), who spent his formative years in Longmeadow, MA. Johnny Appleseed was commissioned in 2008 by the Longmeadow Chamber Music Society, and revived for the first time last season in Longmeadow.This family-friendly program also includes Peter (PDQ Bach) Schickele’s The Boston Wonder, narrated by Mark Auerbach; The Swan from Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals for cello and piano, and Ferdinand the Bull by Munro Leaf with music by Alan Rideout, narrated by Marty Kluger. The ensemble includes composer Clifton J. Noble, Jr. as music director and pianist; Marsha Harbison, violinist; Boris Kogan, cellist; Ellen Redman, flutist; Michael Nix on banjo; and Justina Golden, mezzo-soprano.Springfield Performing Arts Ventures is located at 52 Sumner Ave in Springfield, MA. The building is fully accessible. Free parking is available across the street at the site of the old Friendly's. Food and drink are available before and during performances. Doors open one hour prior to performance. All seating is general admission.

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