Hiroya Tsukamoto, Guitarist & Composer

Trinity United Methodist Church
Community Gallery
361 Sumner Avenue
Springfield, MA 01108

We’re pleased to welcome Hiroya Tsukamoto back to Trinity Church for an intimate concert in the lovely community gallery overlooking Forest Park.

Hiroya is a one-of-a-kind composer, guitarist and singer-songwriter from Kyoto, Japan. He began playing the five-string banjo when he was thirteen, and took up the guitar shortly after. In 2000, he received a scholarship to Berklee College of Music and came to the United States. He formed his own group in Boston “Interoceanico” which consists of unique musicians from different continents including Latin Grammy Colombian singer Marta Gomez. The group released three acclaimed records (“The Other Side of the World”, “Confluencia” and “Where the River Shines”). Hiroya has released five solo albums.

Hiroya has been leading concerts internationally including several appearances at Blue Note(NYC), United Nations and Japanese National Television(NHK). Hiroya is a two time 2nd place winner of International Fingerstyle Guitar Championship in 2018 and 2022.

This concert is presented by Bing Productions in collaboration with Trinity United Methodist Church. Special thanks to our season sponsor Florence Bank.

Tickets are $15 and available through Eventbrite or at the door.

Don Bikoff, American Blues

Trinity United Methodist Church
Community Gallery
361 Sumner Avenue
Springfield, MA, 01108

Hope you can join us in welcoming old friend Don Bikoff back to Springfield for a night of acoustic fingerstyle guitar blues!

Don is known for his American Primitive and authentic recreations of traditional Delta, Chicago and Mississippi blues music. He released one lone, rare solo album, ‘Celestial Explosion’, on Keyboard Records in 1968, and reissued on LP/CD/DL by Tompkins Square. A kid from Oyster Bay, Long Island, Bikoff got his start in Greenwich Village, annoying Dave Van Ronk and playing the folk/blues circuit where he met Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Jesse Fuller and Mississippi John Hurt. The comparisons to John Fahey’s and Robbie Basho’s work stated in the LP liner notes touched a nerve with Fahey himself at the time. Today, those comparisons are still inevitable, however they are for lazy ears. Bikoff has his own approach.

Whether you’re a die-hard fan or just discovering this timeless genre, you won’t want to miss this opportunity to witness a true legend in action.

This concert is presented by Bing Productions in collaboration with Trinity United Methodist Church. Special thanks to our season sponsor Florence Bank.

Tickets are $15 and available through Eventbrite or at the door.

La Vie en Bleu

Trinity United Methodist Church
Asbury Hall
361 Sumner Avenue
Springfield, MA, 01108

La Vie en Bleu began as an informal gathering of musicians in 2021, playing outdoors as an antidote to the pandemic. With the addition of multi-lingual vocalist, Marguerite Suozzo-Golé, the sextet has developed a repertoire that includes world music, jazz, and popular standards in French, Spanish, Italian and English. La Vie en Bleu has performed in neighborhood driveways and house parties in the Pioneer Valley, at Atlas Farms in South Deerfield, and as part of the Kahn Institute series at Smith College.

The group features Luca Capogna, guitar; Matthew Ghazarian, bass; Christopher Golé, piano; Richard Murphy, bass clarinet, alto and baritone saxophone, recorder; Bill Spirer, drums; and Marguerite Suozzo-Golé, vocals.

Tickets are $15 and available through Eventbrite or at the door.

Saturday, December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM

The Boston Camerata presents: Sing We Noel: Christmas Music from England and Early America

Trinity United Methodist Church
Asbury Hall
361 Sumner Avenue
Springfield, MA, 01108

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear the fabulous Boston Camerata perform their much-loved holiday program in Trinity Church’s lovely Asbury Hall!

The program will celebrate Christmas in the English-speaking world down through the centuries, with wonderful songs and carols from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance to early America.

While most music presented here is ‘art’ music, – transcribed from old manuscripts and prints – the means of expression are generally direct and simple, with a strong folk and popular vein.

Performers are Anne Azéma, Deborah Rentz-Moore, and Camila Parias, voice; Shira Kammen, vielle and harp; Christa Patton, harp and winds. Together they offer a unique experience at year’s end.

This concert is presented by Bing Productions in collaboration with Trinity United Methodist Church. Special thanks to concert sponsor Flowers, Flowers! and to our season sponsor Florence Bank.

Tickets are $30 and available through Eventbrite or at the door.