Pianist Aldo López-Gavilán arrived on the Vineyard Saturday and spent much of Sunday practicing in advance of concerts with Harlem Quartet on Monday and Tuesday as part of the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society summer series.

Martin Sexton is a showman and on Friday evening he put on a heartfelt show at the Old Whaling Church. The show was a benefit for WMVY.

At the end of the second movement of Cesar Franck’s Violin Sonata in A Major for violin and piano, something unusual happened.

The Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society started 47 years ago. This year's season opens on July 17 at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown and July 18 at the Chilmark Community Center.

In all three of her books, Cornelia Dean, former New York Times science editor, Brown University instructor and Chappaquiddick resident, has campaigned against the misuse of science.

Audiences at the weekend performances by the Island Community Chorus were treated to selections from two Verdi operas, a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta and eight musicals.