Program Guide April 2026

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John Ramsey

THE FOLK NEXT DOOR

If the station’s staff had known in advance the amount of work that would have to go into producing the first Folk Next Door concert in 1992, they might never have taken on the event! The administrative details alone took dozens of hours. And then there was the listening to demo tapes, contacting the bands (both the ones accepted and the ones who weren’t), getting releases signed, doing publicity, etc., all very time consuming, and all of that had to be done properly well before the day of the show.

Making a live CD is a difficult task, and in our case we were in essence recording “live to tape” so there would be no room for error and no chance to “fix it in the mix”.

In preparation for the show, the Engineering Department spent well over a hundred hours planning, wiring, and testing the equipment to make sure that everything was just right. Two digital audio tape (DAT) machines were used to make the master tapes, and a backup was made on reel to reel tape running at 15-ips just in case.  

Veteran station engineers Dave Viveiros and Chuck Dube were the mainstay of the recording staff the night of the show, and they worked closely with John Ramsey to make sure the tapes came out properly. We borrowed a PA system from Hartt School, and hired student Brett Heinz from Hartt’s excellent Recording Studio to take care of the house sound.  

Twenty-one acts paraded in front of the microphones during the 5-hour concert, which was also videotaped by the campus TV studio.

During the summer, the DAT tapes from the Folk Next Door concert were transferred at Dave Budries Sound Situation digital workstation, and the CD was compiled, edited and sent to Record Technologies in California for mastering. The CD was released in September, with two hundred copies being sent out to the folks who had attended the show.

The Folk Next Door musicians received not only received a copy of the CD when it came out; they were sent a copy of the video tape of their performance as well.   

In late fall, Ed McKeon finished editing the video tape of the folk next door concert and we sent copies to eight public access TV stations in the Hartford area, who promised to air it on their stations. Audience reaction was very good, and the stations were allowed to keep the tapes (much to their amazement) for future broadcasts.

The Folk Next Door CD came out in September, and a release party was held at The Muni Cafe in Hartford in October. About 60 people turned out for the event. Most of the FND performers were on hand at the Muni to perform and autograph the CDs.



The Release Party for the FND Disc was held at the Muni in Hartford. Our first Folk Next Door CD sold out in November, less than two months after it was released. An additional 500 were ordered. 

The Lithuanian Radio Hour “Tevynes Garsai”, “Sounds of The Homeland”, heard weekly, Sundays from 5 to 6 PM.

The program is dedicated to broadcasting Lithuanian music, segments in both Lithuanian and English on Lithuanian culture, local news, parish announcements, special events programs, interviews, and commentary on various political and cultural subjects.

The first Lithuanian radio program in Connecticut was heard in the late 1940’s and early 50’s; it originated in New Britain and was produced and aired by Vytautas Žalnieraitis who relinquished the show to Vladas Pleckaitis in 1954. That program ended in early 1957 and gave way to the “Tevynes Garsai” – “Sounds of the Homeland” Lithuanian radio hour which, almost 70 years later still airs weekly.

The Hartford area based Lithuanian radio program was born at the home of Joseph Belazaras of South Windsor. He with the assistance of Barney Vedeikis gathered a group of individuals, with whose financial support “Tevynes Garsai” first aired on

March 17, 1957 on WPOP. It has been on the air for almost 70 years, producing close to 4,000 programs during that time period. The program is incorporated in the State of Connecticut as a non-profit organization.

The first program director was Vladas Pleckaitis; he was succeeded by Jurgis Petkaitis in July, 1958. In 1960 Jurgis invited Algimantas Dragunevicius to assist him in the production of the “Tevynes Garsai” programs. Mr. Dragunevicius assumed the helm of the Lithuanian program in 1961, and remained its host for 27 years, when in 1988 due to failing health, he turned over the responsibilities of the show to its announcer , Alfonsas Dzikas. Upon Alfonsas death in the fall of 2008 his son Alex Saulius Dzikas and Alfonsas’ wife Dalia with a dedicated staff continued airing “Tėvynes Garsai”. In 2017, Alex Saulius took over the director’s duties.

During the seventy years of its existence “Tevynes Garsai” has aired its programs from five local Connecticut radio stations:

1957 to 1964 – WPOP-AM Newington, CT

1964 to 1968 – WBMI-FM Meriden, CT

1968 to 1970 – WKSS-FM Hartford, CT

1970 to 1991 – WRYM-AM Newington, CT

Since 1991 “Tevynes Garsai” has found its perfect home at – WWUH-FM University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT. Since it is a public service radio station, there are no monthly fees for the show. Twice a year fundraising Marathons are held. The Tėvynes Garsai” listeners have always participate very generously.

Over the years, the program has held live remote broadcasts, celebrated our 1000th, 3000th and 3500th shows.

We’ve hosted athletes, writers, community leaders and political figures as well as musicians performing live on air.

During our 70 year run a group of dedicated individuals, who have since passed away, have served as announcers: Algimantas Dragunevicius, Juozas Benešiunas, Nijole Rukaite, Gene Tijuneliene , Zita Dapkiene , Alfonsas Dzikas, Lionginas Kapeckas, Leonas Adamkevicius, Vladas Pleckaitis, Jurgis Petkaitis and Birute Bernotiene.

Former “Tevynes Garsai” staff members are: Evaldas Malinauskas, Skirmantė Mončiuskaitė, Tomas Nenortas, Raminta Nenortiene, Sigita Lančinskiene, Kristina Čišauskaitė, Gražina Aleksandravičienė and regular guest host Laurynas Misevičius. Also Algis and Lionė Simonaitis were longtime administrators.

The current production and announcing staff consists of:

Alex Saulius Dzikas staff member since 1988

Asta Nenortas staff member since 1998

Rimas Polikaitis staff member since 2012

Irena Valys staff member since 2014

Danute Šliogerytė Simpson staff member since 2016

Linas Balsys staff member since 2023

Former announcer and director Alfonsas Dzikas, was always very active in the Lithuanian Community holding leadership roles for decades in different local CT and national Lithuanian organizations. He spent 45 years working with the “Tevynes Garsai” radio program. As a youth, his son Alex would go with him to WRYM to watch the live broadcasts while sitting next to the engineer. He regards the program as his dad’s legacy and is something he is proud to keep alive.

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WWUH Classical Programming

April 2026

Sunday Afternoon at the Opera… Sundays 1:00 – 4:30 pm

Evening Classics… Weekdays 4:00 to 7:00/ 8:00 pm

Drake’s Village Brass Band… Tuesdays 7:00-8:00 pm

Wednesday 1st

Host's Choice

Thursday 2nd

Weber: Grand Duo Concertant for clarinet and piano Op. 48; Martinů: Concertino for Piano Trio and String Orchestra H. 232; Stamitz: Orchestral Quartet in C Major Op. 14 No. 1; Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A Major K. 581; Beethoven: Sextet in E Flat Major Op. 71; Lachner: Septet in E-Flat Major; Mendelssohn: Octet in E Flat Major Op. 20; Farrenc: Nonet for strings & winds in E Flat Major Op. 38. 

Friday 3rd

Baseball season began last week (with “Casey at the Bat”) and April Fools’ Day was Wednesday (PDQ’s party continues)

Sunday 5th

Easter 2026: Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius

Monday 6th

Turandot Overture from Rossini; Piano pieces , Three Minutes from Cesar Cui; Violin Sonata # 3 in A minor By Robert Shumzn; Cannon in D major by Johan Pachabell; Brandenburg Concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach

Tuesday 7th

Debussy/ Beamish: La Mer for Piano Trio; Villa-Lobos: String Quartet #7; Messiaen: Turangalila Symphonie

Drake’s Village Brass Band – Equale Brass -Bacchanales

Wednesday 8th

Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: La part du diable, ou Carlo Broschi, S. 36: Overture; Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: La part du diable, S. 36, Act I: Le singulier récit qu'ici je viens d’entendre!;  Cipriani Potter: Ricercate on a Favorite French Theme for Piano and Orchestra; Ferdinand Hiller: Symphony in F Minor;Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz:  EXTENDED EXCERPTS;  Joseph Canteloube: Vocalise-étude - Bourrée auvergnate (arr. for saxophone and piano);  Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche, Op. 165 (arr. for saxophone and piano);  Jean Françaix: 5 Danses Exotiques; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Petite suite de concert, Op. 77; Franz Liszt: Weber - Oberon: Overture, S574/R288;   Francesco Paolo Tosti: Plenilunio Song Cycle (Complete); Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: String Trio in B Minor;   Johannes Brahms: 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 4. Richard Wagner: Polonia Overture (Evening Concert – Early Start); Rued Langgaard: Violin Concerto, BVN 289; Augusta Holmès: Ludus pro Patria: La Nuit et l'Amour;  Giuseppe Martucci: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75.

Thursday 9th

Leclair: Violin Concerto in d minor Op. 7 No. 1; Kerll: Ciacona in C Major; Price: Symphony No. 3 in c minor; Monn: Cello Concerto in g minor; Tosti: A Vucchella, Ideale, Marechiare; Sallinen: Sunrise Serenade Op. 63; Brahms: Intermezzi Op. 117

Friday 10th

Bolling doesn’t require ten pins

Sunday 12th

 Gluck, Alceste (Vienna version,1767)

Monday 13th

Overture on a Spanish Them Opus 6 by Mily Balakirev; Symphony # 7 by Joan Sibelious; Symphony # 1 in A flat Major by Camille Saint-sans; Symphony # 103 in A flat Major by Joseph Hyden.

Tuesday 14th

Irish Rhapsodies and Symphonies E. Bernstein: The Field; Bax: In the Faery Hills; Sullivan: Irish Symphony; Cowell: Four Irish Tales for Piano and Orchestra; Stanford: Irish Rhapsody

Drake’s Village Brass Band - The Wallace Collection plays Tippet, Carter, Lutoslawsi and Britten

Wednesday 15th

Host's Choice

Thursday 16th

Mancini: Baby Elephant Walk, The Pink Panther, Breakfast at Tiffany's: Moon River; Vasks: Musica Dolorosa; Weiner: Serenade in f minor Op. 3; Chaplin: Modern Times: Smile; Mompou: Cancons y Danses Nos. 1, 6, 8; Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Major D. 850.

Friday 17th

Matt Haimovitz – an interview and his music

Sunday 19th

Goetz, Die Widerspenstigen Zahnung

Monday 20th

Candide Overture by Leonard Berbstein; Keyboard Concerto in G major by C.P.E. Bach; Concerto for Orchestra by Bela Bartok

Tuesday 21st

Music for Earthday Portman: Tipping Points; McCartney: Ocean’s Kingdom; Blackford: The Great Animal Orchestra; Garrop: Terra Nostra Oratorio

Drake’s Village Brass Band – Colgrass: Arctic Dreams; Simpson: Volcano; Daugherty: Niagara Falls

Wednesday 22d

Host's Choice

Thursday 23d

Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci: Vesti la Giubba, I Pagliacci: Intermezzo; Mattinata; Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major Op. 25 'Classical', Romeo and Juliet excerpts; Fayrfax: Aeternae Laudis Lilium; Rolla: Viola Concertino in E-Flat Major BI 328; Reinagle: Overture in G Major; Farwell: From Mesa and Plain: Pawnee Horses, Navajo War Dance No. 2.

Friday 24th

It should be familiar, but it’s different

Sunday 26th

Donizetti, La Fille du Regiment 

Monday 27th

Preciosa Overturer b Carl Matia von Weber; Piano Concert # 2 in C minor opus 18 by Sergei Rachmaninoff

Tuesday 28th

Ortiz: Yanga, Dzonot Cello Concerto; Sandsengen: Tombeaux; León: Raices (Origins)

Drake’s Village Brass Band – John Wallace – British Trumpet Concertos

Wednesday 29th

Host's Choice

Thursday 30th

Lehar: Gold und Silber Walzer Op. 79, Das Land des Lächelns: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz; Subissati: Violin Sonata; Dvořák: Cello Concerto in b minor Op. 104; Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in c minor Op. 111.

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SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE OPERA

your "lyric theater" program

with Keith Brown



Programming for April 2026

SUNDAY APRIL 6TH  Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius With its theme of death, resurrection and the life everlasting, Sir Edward Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius (1900) is perfect programming for Easter Sunday. The great British conductors have essayed it in recordings which I have broadcast going back to Easter of 1984, starting with Sir Malcolm Sargent (1895-1967), who conducted the first-ever complete recording of the work, made in 1945 and available to me on monaural Turnabout LP's. Sargent recorded Gerontius a second time in high-fi mono sound in 1955. That recording I featured at Easter of 2015 (April 15th), and his third and last interpretation, made in early stereo in 1963, went over the air at Easter of 2000 (April 23rd). Then there was the recorded interpretation with the famed British composer Benjamin Britten conducting (Sunday, April 19, 1992), along with selections from the work as recorded in 1927 with Elgar himself directing. Other Easters have witnessed the broadcasts of recordings led by Sir Colin Davis (Easter, April 8, 2007) and Alexander Gibson (April 4, 2010). Another distinguished British conductor of the mid twentieth century was Sir John Barbirolli (1899-1970). He recorded Gerontius live in radio broadcast from Rome in 1957 leading the Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of RAI, Radio Italy Rome. Canadian tenor Jon Vickers sang the title role for Barbirolli. That historic recorded interpretation was remastered for compact disc release in 2008 through the British Archipel label as part of its "Desert Island Collection." 

SUNDAY APRIL 12TH Gluck, Alceste This was the composer's pioneering work in his reform of eighteenth century Italian opera seria,first staged in Vienna in 1767. The Alceste opera of Christopf Willibald Gluck is a truly "classical" lyric stagework. Gluck set a revolutionary preface to the published score in which he inveighed against the late baroque degeneracy of the artform. Long ago on Sunday, April 17, 1988 I broadcast what was even back then a conventional and not exactly "reformed" recorded interpretation of Alceste from 1956 on Decca London/Richmond Treasury LP's, with Geraint Jones conducting his own orchestra and chorus, all of them British musicians backing the big-voiced Swedish diva soprano Kirsten Flagstad miscast in the title role. (She was an aging diva then, but her voice was still impressive.) That was once the only recording of the original Italian language version of Alceste available on disc. (The later Paris version of 1776 is a quite different remake of the opera with a French libretto.) Teresa Ringholz possesses a lighter, brighter vocal quality than the doughty Flagstad. Her spinto soprano voice is much better suited to the historically informed performance practice of the Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra, playing instruments of the period. Arnold Ostman conducts the orchestra, chorus and singing cast. The 1767 Vienna version of Alceste was recorded in1998 at the historic Drottningholm Theatre- a remarkably well-preserved eighteenth century structure located not far from Stockholm where the Swedish royalty for a time maintained their Summer residence. Reviewer James Camner cannot praise the 1999 Naxos CD release of the 1767 Alceste enough. Writing for Fanfare magazine (Nov/Dec 1999 issue), he states forthrightly it's "a triumph on every level, a magnificent set [of three compact discs] that is a must for every opera collection...This is the landmark release of a landmark opera."

SUNDAY APRIL 17TH Goetz, Die Widerspenstige Zahmung The career of Hermann Goetz (1840-76) as a composer was pitifully short. Rather like Mozart, his life ended just shy of his thirty sixth birthday. Goetz left us only two operas, the first one Die Widerspenstige Zahmung (1868-72) is a German language adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. It could be said to be Goetz's masterpiece. In his own time it was acclaimed as one of the two best German comic operas of the nineteenth century, the other one being Otto Nicolai's Die Lustigen Wieber von Windsor,"The Merry Wives of Windsor," (1849), also an adaptation of a Shakespeare comedy, upon which Goetz seems to have modelled his own work. Goetz' musical style has nothing to do with his contemporary Wagner. He follows a creative line from Mendelssohn going back to Mozart. His "Taming of the Shrew" opera was produced all over Europe and clung to the fringe of the international standard repertoire into the early twentieth century; then after the First World War it disappeared. Yet it was recorded complete later on in the twentieth century. That recording was made in Munich in 1955 in relatively high fidelity monaural sound. Josef Keilberth led the chorus and orchestra of Bavarian Radio. Many of the great male voices in German opera of the mid century took part in the studio taping sessions: Gottlob Frick, Waldemar Kmentt, Benno Kusche and Paul Kuen. The shrew Katerina is soprano Annelies Kupper. Her sister Bianca is soprano Elizabeth Lindermeyer. In 2006 the German Hannsler/Profil label issued the old mono recording on compact disc. Profil's audio engineers have digitally enhanced the pretty-good-to-begin-with sound from the original tapes for transfer onto latterday silver disc. I last made use of the Profil CD's on Sunday, August 12, 2007.

SUNDAY APRIL 26TH Donizetti, La Fille du Regiment (1840) I have never officially scheduled a recording of this French opera comique for broadcast before, although I have aired what I now understand was its historic first complete recording on Sunday, February 18, 2012, when I had to come up with an opera presentation on short notice and grabbed the Sony Classical CD's out of our station's extensive holdings of classical music on disc. Recorded live in performance in 1940 at the Met, it stars soprano Lily Pons as Marie, the"Daughter of the Regiment" and comic basso Salvatore Baccaloni as Sargeant Sulpice of the 21st Regiment of Napoleon's army. La Fille du Regiment has a considerable discography. Another now historic recording of it has come into my hands, taped originally in 1968 and reissued in digital sonic upgrade on compact disc in 1986. This is a studio recording made in London's Kingsway Hall for the Decca/London label. That esteemed diva Joan Sutherland is Marie, singing opposite superstar tenor Luciano Pavarotti as her soldier boyfriend Tonio, who gets to sing nine (count 'em!) high C's. It was Sutherland who was largely responsible for the revival of the bel canto repertoire. She "had the chops," as they say, for this challenging vocal music. Sutherland's husband conductor Richard Bonynge directs the orchestra and chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.       

keithsbrown1948@gmail.com

Boomer's Paradise

Monday's 1-4 PM with your host, The Turtle Man

There's no April Fool's here on Boomers Paradise, just real (rock and roll) music.

No better to start the month than looking back from where we came. In this case April 1976. This was a pivotal time in the music scene and the music begins to reflect the changes ahead.

Change is also synonymous with the music coming out of the San Francisco Bay area scene and you'll hear another volley of music that made this area famous.

Next, it's more Power Ballads that some love to hate but a lot of people must like them because a lot of records were sold. We also have another opportunity to hear songs whose titles reference all manner verbal communication.

We end the month with a dose of New Wave, Power Pop, Punk and Pub Rock I think you'll enjoy.

Enjoyable variety is what you'll find each Monday from 1-4 PM on Boomers Paradise with your host, The Turtle Man on WWUH 91.3 FM/wwuh.org, 1-4PM. See you then.

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Tune in on the radio (91.3 FM) or streaming online at wwuh.org.

Here is our current schedule:

Monday: Noon–1 p.m. Democracy Now

8 p.m.–9 p.m. Radio Ecoshock

Tuesday: Noon–1 p,m, Democracy Now

8 p.m.–9 p.m. Alternative Radio

Wednesday: Noon–1 p,m, Democracy Now

8:00-8:30 p.m. Nutmeg Chatter

8:30-9 p.m. T.U.C. Radio

Thursday: Noon–1 p,m, Democracy Now

7:30-8 p.m. 51 Percent

8:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m. This Way Out

8:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Gay Spirit

Friday: Noon–1 p,m, Democracy Now

Friday: 7:00 to 7:30 p.m. Counterspin

Sunday: 4:30 p.m.–5 p.m. Amazing Tales About History

Alternative Radio you have an idea for a radio program?

If you have an idea for a radio program and are available to volunteer late at night, please let us know.

We may have some midnight and/or 3am slots available later this year. Email station manager John Ramsey to find out more about this unique and exciting opportunity for the right person.

Qualified candidates will have access to the full WWUH programmer orientation program so no experience is necessary. He/she will also need to attend the monthly WWUH staff meetings (held on Tuesday or Sunday evenings) and do behind the scenes volunteer work from time to time. This is a volunteer position.



After completing this process, we will review the candidate's assets and accomplishments and they will be considered for any open slots in our schedule.

Leaving Your Legacy

Have you ever considered making a planned gift to UHart Radio? Those that do so provide vital support to ensure the future of WWUH while securing benefits for themselves and their loved ones now.

Some of the types of planned giving include:

Bequests - A gift made through your estate, which can provide estate tax and capital gains savings.

Charitable gift annuities - An irrevocable contract where an annual payment is received for life in exchange for a gift to the station. 

Charitable remainder trusts - A gift that allows you to maintain income while providing a tax deduction for the future IRAs or qualified plans. A charitable bequest funded with an IRA or retirement plan can be made with pre-tax dollars. 

Donor-advised funds (DAFs) - A DAF can be used to give now or later, or both, and can include a succession plan for members of your family. 

With a variety of options to choose from, your gift can offer the advantages of an income stream or tax savings. UHart has a team that is here to guide you through your options and can help tailor a plan to your interests and philanthropic goals. You can contact then today at founders@hartford.edu or by calling 860.768.2400.

CT Blues Society

CT Blues Society Update:

The Fall/Winter series of first Sunday CTBS Blues Jams kicked off on Sunday October 5 at The Pine Loft in Berlin CT. The CTBS All-Stars are the house band . Musicians bring your instruments and voices; amps, drums and keyboard are provided. Music starts at 1 PM.

For more information or to join the CTBS, visit the website at ctblues.org

Founded in 1993, the Connecticut Blues Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation of Blues music in our state. CTBS is an affiliated member of The Blues Foundation, a worldwide network of 185 affiliates with an international membership in 12 countries.

The mission of the Connecticut Symphony Orchestra is to provide opportunities for advanced musicians and emerging professionals to perform a high level of repertoire while engaging and collaborating with diverse communities in mutual growth through the joy

of making music.

Coming Up

Saturday, April 11, 2026 / 7:30 PM

East Catholic High School

115 New State Road, Manchester CT 06042

Paul McShee, Music Director

Anton Bruckner - Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major “Romantic”



https://connecticutsymphony.org

Connecticut Lyric Opera

Connecticut Lyric Opera is the state’s leading opera company, performing to thousands in Hartford, Middletown, New Britain, and New London. We have earned the reputation as an innovative company that is renowned for our world-class singers, phenomenal concert-quality orchestra and programming choices that go beyond the well-loved standards of the repertoire to include lesser-performed yet equally compelling works.

https://ctlyricopera.org/

Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra

The Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra is the state’s premier professional chamber orchestra dedicated to presenting both traditional and contemporary classical chamber works to the public. The Orchestra, led by Founder and Artistic Director Adrian Sylveen, continues to grow in size and repertoire, presenting approximately 35 times a year in many major performing arts centers throughout Connecticut and New York.

Coming Up

Carmen

Friday, May 1 @ 7:30 pm

First Presbyterian Church in Hartford 136 Capitol Ave, Hartford, CT

Friday, May 15 @ 7:30 pm

Academy of Music Theater 274 Main St, Northampton, MA

Sunday, May 31 @ 6:00 pm

Trinity-On-Main 69 Main St, New Britain, CT

Sunday, June 7 @ 6:00 pm

Evans Hall, Connecticut College 270 Mohegan Ave., New London, CT

Join Connecticut Virtuosi for an electrifying evening as Bizet’s immortal Carmen—one of the most beloved and recognizable operas in the world—returns to the stage with irresistible passion, color, and drama. Carmen remains a timeless masterpiece, captivating audiences with its fiery spirit and unforgettable melodies. Set in vibrant Seville, the story follows Don José, a soldier torn between duty, love, and the magnetic allure of the free‑spirited Carmen.

http://thevirtuosi.org/

Manchester Symphony Orchestra and Chorale

Tickets can be purchased at the door. For further information, visit the MSOC Web site at www.msoc.org or the Manchester Symphony Orchestra and Chorale Facebook page.

http://www.msoc.org

Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra

Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra is one of Connecticut’s premier community orchestras dedicated to promoting musical excellence. We believe that classical music provides a magical experience that inspires, delights, and brings our community together.

Founded in 1981, the Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra performs 6-7 concerts each season with a variety of classical, romantic and popular holiday favorites. The orchestra serves Farmington, Canton, Avon, Simsbury, Burlington, Bloomfield, West Hartford & Hartford, as well as Greater Hartford and the Connecticut River Valley. We are your local, civic orchestra and look forward to seeing you at one of our concerts!

Further information is available at FVSO.org or by calling 800-975-FVSO.

fvso.org

www.fvso.org

West Hartford Symphony Orchestra

Learn more at WHSO.org

South Windsor Cultural Arts

SWCA Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/SouthWindsorCulturalArts

https://www.facebook.com/SouthWindsorCulturalArts