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Looking to see a live musical performance in the Berkshires? Heres whats coming up this month at some local venues.

The Courant's top arts picks for the week include the musical "Mean Girls" at The Bushnell, "American Idol" alumnus Scarypoolparty at the Space Ballroom and farewell tours for The B-52s and the Emerson String Quartet.

The inaugural Boscobel Chamber Music Festival will open with the first concert in the farewell season of the eminent Emerson String Quartet.

The Emerson String Quartet features from left, Eugene Drucker, Philip Setzer, Larry Dutton and Paul Watkins. (Courtesy of Performance Santa Fe)

A chance to experience chamber music, piano recital and vocal ensemble is taking place on-island. The 35th annual Sanibel Music Festival kicked off on March 5

Witnessing true greatness in any art form is a rare experience. For some, bucket-list concerts might include The Rolling Stones at the Hollywood Bowl, Jay-Z playing Madison Square Garden or Lady Gaga at the Greek. But for fans of classical chamber music, a rare opportunity to see one of the supreme stringed ensembles of the...

The quartet is undertaking a kind of farewell tour, which includes what is billed as its final stop in Chicago.

This year’s theme is “visions and revisions,” which explores traditional and contemporary pieces with established and rising artists, including violinist Philip Setzer, pianists Alessio Bax and Soyeon Kate Lee, and world-renowned soprano Christine Goerke.

6. A Waterbird Debra Rentz, soprano, is Chair of the Voice Division at Ohio University. She received her Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance and Music History from Illinois State University and a Master of Music in Voice Performance from the University of Illinois. Rentz has performed extensively in opera, operetta, oratorio, recital, and orchestral concerts. She has been featured as a soloist in numerous oratorios, including Mozart’s Requiem, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass and Mass in Time of...

Clarinetist Anthony McGill performs in Front Row: National starting April 21 Musician and activist Anthony McGill is the featured soloist in the next episode of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s “Front Row: National.” The program includes works by Olivier Messiaen and Francis Poulenc, and Johannes Brahms, which also features cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Inon Barnatan. Image: Tristan Cook Clarinetist Anthony McGill performs in Front Row: National starting April 21 April 0...