All lecture/performances presented this fall by the Hampshire Music Club will be held Wednesdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the Great Room at the Northampton Senior Center, 67 Conz St. in Northampton.
Here’s the lineup:
Sept. 28: “Spiritually Inclined” — David Kidwell, minister of music at Edward’s Church in Northampton, plays organ.
Oct. 5: “French Melodie and La Belle Epoque” — soprano Mary Hubbell of Smith College will deliver songs from her studies of France’s Belle Epoque (1885-1917).
Oct. 12: “Women Composers, Then and Now” — Monica Jakuc Leverett presents works by women composers, and performs on her toy piano.
Oct. 19: “Organs in the Time of Bach” — Thomas Pousont, director of music at Brick Church at the Deerfield Academy, will showcase the organ-plying styles of J. S. Bach.
Oct. 26: “Evolution of Brass Instruments” — Jean Jeffries, a horn instructor at Mount Holyoke College, will take listeners through the history of the instrument, from ones created for hunting purposes to the evolution of orchestral horns.
To register for the entire program, send a check for $50, payable to Hampshire Music Club, to Pat Kapitzky, 59 Pioneer Knolls, Florence, MA. 01053. The registration fee is not refundable unless a program is canceled. Single tickets cost $15, at the door. For information, call Kapitzky at 575-5839.