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About Berkshire Music School

Founder Winnie Davis Long CraneThe Berkshire Music School was founded in December 1940 by Winnie Davis Long Crane, a leader in the Berkshire cultural community.

On several occasions she was piano soloist with the former Pittsfield Symphony Orchestra and she was an incorporator of the Berkshire Symphonic Festival (now Tanglewood). But the effort most dear to Mrs. Crane was the founding of the Pittsfield Community Music School (now the Berkshire Music School). It is no mere coincidence Read More »

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