BETHEL, NY — The Weekend of Chamber Music’s annual Music in the Barn benefit will be at 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 20. Guests are welcome to stroll the grounds of the private country home of the long-time friends of WCM who generously host the benefit, to view the gardens and the pond, and enjoy wine and mingling as the dinner concert evening begins.

A warm-up for WCM’s 22nd summer festival, slated for July 11 to 26 and titled “Persistence of Vision,” the program offers shorter works for string quartet and solo instruments in the rustic barn on the Bethel property. The program offers pieces that sound improvised and improv that sounds like pieces, plus classics by composers including Stravinsky, Schubert and Faure.

Dining al fresco with the musicians after the concert, guests enjoy a buffet supper, dessert and coffee with the musicians on the candlelit terrace. Reservations are required, and the minimum donation is $80 per person.

Tickets are available online at WCMconcerts.org, and directions will be given once we receive your reservation. Call 845/887-5803.