WWUH 91.3 FM Newsletter

Program Guide, January 2026

Broadcasting as a Community Service of

The University of Hartford.

GM Report




The broadcast of live musical performances on the air on WWUH has been an important part of our programming since day one. I recall hearing broadcasts of The Hartt Jazz Band, Coster, Welling and Walach, Sweet Pie and other artists playing live on the air from the WWUH studios back in 1968 and these live broadcasts are one of the things that separated WWUH's programming from that of other Connecticut college stations and help put the new station on the map. It's also one of the treason I joined the station's staff back in 1970.


Over the years we've broadcast dozens of live concerts on the air, including the highly successful Folk Next Door Series, Jazz In The Wilde, Ambience in the Wilde and The Sounds of Hartford. All of these live concerts were made into CDs that were widely acclaimed.


One of our most unique concert series was "It's All Live" which featured 12 hours of all live programming, a monumental feat, especially with an all-volunteer staff. It's All Live is featured in this month's WWUH History section, below.


The second show in our new Bluegrass Concert Series will feature Rock Hearts performing Saturday, January 24th at 7pm in the Wilde Auditorium right down the hall from the station. Tickets are on sale now and are available at the UHart Box Office or by calling 860-768-4228.


Since we came up a bit short of our goal in the fall drive we are hoping that people who missed the drive will consider making an end of year donation, securely, using this link. You can also simply mail a check made out to "WWUH" to WWUH, Univ of Hartford, W. Hartford, CT 06117


John Ramsey



WWUH HISTORY




The History of “It’s All Live”

 

Station manager John Ramsey: “When then WWUH Director of Development Susan Mullis suggested in 2003 that we produce a special program consisting of twelve hours of 100% live programming, I loved the idea, but at the same time had some concerns about whether or not we would be able to pull off such a complex event. Don't get me wrong, I didn’t for a second underestimate the talents and energy of our volunteer staff who over the years had produced literally hundreds of live shows, most of them were three to four hours long and nearly all of them involved WWUH covering an outside event, someone else’s event. However, what Susan had in mind would be at least three times longer, and we would be responsible not only for everything that goes into a live broadcast, but for the actual content as well. Such an undertaking, which would tax even a seasoned professional staff, was a tremendous responsibility for our volunteers to take on. Not surprisingly, the staff got behind the idea in a big way.

The station's programmers pooled their resources and made the arrangements for booking the dozen or so artists and performers who would be on-the-air during the marathon event. Eugene Hazanov, who was a relatively new WWUH volunteer and then host of Wednesday Synthesis, stepped forward to produce the event. Eugene worked alongside such key behind-the-scenes players as student Chris Larsen, who would be doing the live sound, and Kevin O'Toole, who took on the duties of floor manager and foley operator.

This unprecedented event took place on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 from 6am to 6pm. Everything on-the-air during that time period was live, we did not use hard drives, CDs, LPs or any prerecorded material. To the credit our the staff, the event came off without a hitch. Our listeners were able to hear radio the way it was done in the days before recordings were in common use. This was probably one of the first times in many decades that a station aired only live programming for this length of time, with the possible exception of stations doing charity telethons or those covering breaking news events and even in those situations most stations would fall back on pre-recorded material for station breaks. In addition to the volunteers mentioned above, Ed Mckeon, Bob Celmer, Mike DeRosa, Dave Buddington and Walter Mayo helped with this historic broadcast.”

 

       

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Amazing Tales CT


We encourage you to tune in to our newest program, Amazing Tales CT which airs Sunday afternoons at 4:30 right after the Opera.

Amazing Tales uses a story-telling format to focus on historically significant people, places, and events from Connecticut’s past. Host Mike Allen interviews subject matter experts on a variety of historical topics.

Host Mike Allen specializes in bringing local history to life, by using his journalism and story-telling skills with podcasting and public speaking. For 15 years, Mike worked as a radio journalist, both at NPR’s Boston affiliate WBUR and as News Director at i-95 (WRKI-FM) in western Connecticut. He subsequently worked in government and corporate before retiring and starting his podcast. As a resident of Connecticut for more than 50 years, Mike also makes public appearances throughout the state, speaking on topics of local history




 

AMAZING TALES SCHEDULE

Sundays, 4:30pm


January 4th


The Day the Iron Horse Took Over


We look at the very first mile of commercial railroad track in the U.S., which was laid by the B&O Railroad – the same train line that hosted the epic race between the Tom Thumb steam engine and a horse-drawn train car to determine supremacy. Trains are nearing their 200th anniversary in the country and will play a big role in next year’s 250th anniversary of the founding of our country.



January 11th


Amazing Legacy


It’s a square-mile section of land in CT – a parcel where engineering science advancements were made, military leaders trained for combat, college football was played and Dwight Eisenhower hunted. Yet, it faded into a ghost town with abandoned buildings and amazing legacies. You can visit it, but all you’ll find are some foundations and a unique stone water tower built nearly a century ago.




January 18th


A Discussion with Paul Revere - Really


Being Paul Revere’s descendant is an important fact of life for Paul Revere III; however, he also looks for the humorous side of being related to his legendary ancestor. For instance, what happens after he tells someone his name is Paul Revere? Or, would his own wife be upset if he said he had to take off for a few hours to go do something rather important? Paul Revere III has a wonderful perspective on his ancestor – as well as his own role in maintaining our history.




January 25th


Two Horrible Plane Crashes You’ve Forgotten About


Two plane crash incidents from more than half-a-century ago killed 150 people in New York City, including (1) when a B-25 bomber rammed the Empire State Building and (2) when TWA and United jets collided over Staten Island, scattering passenger bodies and debris there and in Brooklyn. Most amazing are the stories of the survivor from each separate incident.





Never Miss Your Favorite WWUH Programs Again!
The WWUH Archive!
We are very excited to announce that our archive has been completely upgraded so that it is usable on most if not all devices. The archive allows you to listen to any WWUH program aired in the last two weeks on-demand using the "Program Archive" link on our home page.

WWUH Classical Programming

January 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


Thursday 1st

Lodyzhensky: The Fleeting Dreams Have Passed; Chopin: Waltz No. 6 in D Flat Major Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz’; Ferrata: 2 Studies of Chopin's Valse Op. 64 No. 1; Kalinnikov: Symphony No. 1 in g minor; Goldman: Chimes of Liberty, On the Mall; Diggle: Twilight Reverie; Jacobson: Carousal; Rodrigo: 3 Viejos Aires de Danza.


Friday 2nd

Music of Michael Tippett, Karl Goldmark & Glenn Gould

Sunday 4th

Tippett, New Year, Cuomo,Savage Winter


Monday 5th

Giacomo Puccini: Norma Overture ; Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme Act 1; Juan Crisistomo Arriagaa: Symphony # 2; Papae Marcelli: Missa; Giovani Pierluigi de Palestrina:.String Quartet # 1 in D Minor, Credo

Tuesday 6th

The New Seasons - Tippet: Crown of the Year; Ives: New England Holiday’s Symphony; Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons; Crumb: Makrokosmos II: Twelve Fantasy Pieces After the Zodiac

Drake’s Village Brass Band - Matilda Lloyd Trumpet – Fantasia: Works for Trumpet and Organ

Wednesday 7th

Host's Choice

Thursday 8th

Thalberg: Piano Concerto in f minor Op. 5; Weinberger: Schwanda - Polka and Fugue; Piatti: Rimembranze del Trovatore di Verdi Op. 20; Mason: Joy to the World, Nearer My God to Thee; Nielsen: Paraphrase on 'Nearer My God to Thee' FS 63; Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 7 in B Flat Major Op. 97 'Archduke'; Gilles: Requiem: Agnus Dei; Reggio: Sonata No. 3 in D Major for Lute & Baroque Harp


Friday 9th

Max Roach goes classical!


Sunday 11th

Verdi, La Forza del Destino


Monday 12th

Summer night in Madrid, fantasia on Spanish Themes; Jota Aragonesa: Spanish Overture; Mikhail Glinka : Abdante Cantabileand rondo in D minor; Fanny Mendesohn: Piano Trio opus 11


Tuesday 13th

Marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day – Bonds: Three Dream Portraits; Dett: In the Bottoms; Price: Violin Concerto; Ellington: New World a-Comin’; Schwantner: New Morning for the World: Daybreak of Freedom; Hailstork: Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed: In Memoriam Martin Luther King J. 1929-1968; Walker: Trombone Concerto; Ellington: The River

Drake’s Village Brass Band – The Great American Main Street Band- Silk and Rags


Wednesday 14th

Luigi Cherubini: Les abencérages, ou L'étendard de Grenade: Overture; Ignaz Moscheles: Souvenirs d'Irlande, Op. 69 for Piano and Orchestra; Joseph Weigl: L' Imboscata: Dille che in lei rispetto; Louis Spohr: Symphony No. 9 in B Minor, Op. 143, "Die Jahreszeiten" (The Seasons); Giacomo Meyerbeer: L'étoile du nord: Overture; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L'étoile du nord, Act III: Quel trouble affreux regne en son Coeur; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L'étoile du nord, Act III: C'est bien lui … La la la air chéri!;  Robert Schumann: Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 1. Widmung (arr. for oboe and piano);  John Thomas: Duet on Themes from Norma for Harp and Piano (after V. Bellini);  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 4 in G Major, Op. 61, "Mozartiana"; Adolf von Henselt: 12 Études caractéristiques, Op. 2: No. 10 in E Minor, "Comme le ruisseau dans la mer se répand, ainsi, ma chère, mon cœur t'attend"; Reynaldo Hahn: Mélodies inédites: Nos. 1 and 2; Srul Irving Glick: Suite Hébraïque No. 6 (arr. for oboe and piano); Franco Alfano: Piano Quintet in A-Flat Major; Richard Wagner: Rienzi: Overture (Evening Concert – Early Start); Giuseppe Martucci: Theme and Variations, Op. 58 (arr. for piano and orchestra); Eugen d’Albert: Tiefland: Intermezzo; Lenárd, Ondrej; Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 2, Op. 16, FS 29, "The 4 Temperaments" 


Thursday 15th

Aldrich: Out of the Deep, Suite; Muller-Hermann: Symphonic Fantasy Op. 25; Novello: We'll Gather Lilacs, Keep the Home Fires Burning; Siegmeister: Western Suite; Kernis: Musica Celestis; Saint-Saëns: Suite in D Major for Orchestra, Op. 49.


Friday 16th

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King


Sunday 18th

Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov


Monday 19th

Samuel Barbe: Violin Concerto opus 14r; Gabriel Faure :In Paradisum,; Dimitryi Shostakovich: Piano Concerto # 2 in F minor Opus 103; Giovani Batista Piorgolesi: Stabat Mater Dolorosa


Tuesday 20th

The Seasons II – Tabakova: Sun Triptych; Zaimont: Calendar Set; Milhaud: The Seasons; Noskowski: Symphony #3 From Spring to Spring

Drake’s Village Brass Band – Brass Concertos – Tüür: Symphony #10 “Aeris” for Horn Quartet and Orchestra; Warnaar: Cornet Concerto


Wednesday 21st

Host's Choice


Thursday 22d

Collasse: Achille et Polyxène (excerpts); Höckh: Violin Sonata; Riepel: Violin Sonata in C Major; Balbastre: Sonata in F Major "Coucou", Marche des marseillais et l'air Ça ira; Righini: Serenata; Pavesi: Symphony in B-Flat Major; Zvonar: Čechy krásné Čechy mé; Tournemire: Improvisation sur le Te Deum; Jessel: Parade of the Tin Soldiers; Milford: Miniature Concerto in G Major Op. 35 for String Orchestra; Dutilleux: Sarabande et Cortège.


Friday 23d

Music of Rutland Boughton        


Sunday 25th

Graun, Montezuma

Monday 26th

Francis Poulenc: Piano Concerto in C sharp minor; Milly Blakirev:: Oriental Fantasy Islamey; Alexandre Scriabin: 24 Preludes 24 Preludes 24 Preludes: Joseph Hayden: Cello Concerto # 2 in D major


Tuesday 27th

Mahler: Symphony #9 (on period instruments); Villa-Lobos: String Quartet #5

Drake’s Village Brass Band – Brass Concertos – Corea: Trombone Concerto; Higdon: Low Brass Concerto

Wednesday 28th

Host's Choice


Thursday 29th

Kolb: Certamen Aonium; Bonno: Flute Concerto in G Major; Auber: Overtures; Delius: Florida Suite; Bree: Allegro for Four String Quartets; Cowen: Concertstück; Tajcevic: Seven Balkan Dances; Wagenseil: Symphony in D Major Op. 3 No. 1 WV 374; Brian: The Tinker's Wedding (Comedy Overture No. 2); Lopez-Chavarri y Marco: El Viejo Castillo Moro; Lach: 9 Lyrische Stücke, Op. 23: No. 4. Barcarole; Nielsen: Romance, Op. 20.


Friday 30th

A ballet score that is in no way an important addition to the corpus of ballet music, but deserved a better staging than the one given by New York City Ballet





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SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE OPERA

your "lyric theater" program

with Keith Brown



Programming for January 2026



SUNDAY JANUARY 4th

Tippett, New Year, Cuomo, Savage Winter Sir Michael Tippett (1905-98) was one of the central figures in twentieth century British music. His breakthrough work to fame, the oratorio A Child of Our Time (1944) I have featured at the beginning of the year at least twice before, and the opera  A Midsummer Marriage (1955) I have aired around the time of the Summer solstice. Tippett wrote six operas over his long career as a composer. New Year (1989) was the last one. Houston Grand Opera premiered it and in 2024 it received its world premiere recording in Glasgow, Scotland. Martyn Brabbins conducted the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers, with six vocal soloists, plus a narrator outside the action. The singing cast is split into groups of three, and the action of the opera proceeds "From Somewhere and Today" in its first act, to "Nowhere and Tomorrow" in the second. The second act in particular is a sci-fi fantasy involving space travel, a computer wizard named Merlin and a Rastafarian bro'. The opera ends with a distant outcry for "One Humanity, One Justice!"

   Franz Schubert's immortal song cycle Winterreise (1827) is another work I have presented, appropriately enough, in the deep Midwinter month. That same "winter journey", with the German language poems of Wilhelm Mueller in English translation, and in their same sequence of song settings, has been taken up by a contemporary American composer, Douglas J. Cuomo (b. 1958). He has a Connecticut connection through his musical education at Wesleyan University and UConn. He has composed a great deal for theater, film and TV. (He wrote the theme music for Sex and the City, for instance.) His opera/oratorio Arjuna's Dilemma (2008) takes its text from ancient Hindu scripture. I broadcast it on the Sunday of the Labor Day weekend, September 2, 2012. Cuomo's music for his own Savage Winter song cycle (2017) doesn't sound anything like Schubert's musical settings, except for one brief reference in the very last song "The Hurdy-Gurdy Player." The translations by Richard Wigmore Cuomo has slightly tweaked here and there for his own compositional purposes. A longtime musical collaborator Tony Boutte is the vocalist. Cuomo himself accompanies him on guitars or organ. Cuomo also provides the electronics, and there's a part for a trumpet player,too. Savage Winter was released on a single Albany Records compact disc in 2O24.


SUNDAY JANUARY 11th

 Verdi, La Forza del Destino It was almost exactly one year ago that I presented a historic recording of Verdi's La Traviata starring Connecticut's own Rosa Ponselle,her voice captured for posterity live in performance at the Met in 1935. From the same "Immortal Performances" series comes Verdi's La Forza del Destino (1862/rev.'69), as broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera, January 23, 1943. Ponselle was not in the cast for this Met production. (She debuted at the Met in Forza in the role of Leonora in 1918, and had already retired from the stage, quite suddenly, in 1937.) Other distinguished colleagues of hers took part in this staging of La Forza: Rumanian soprano Stella Roman as Donna Leonora, tenor Frederic Jagel as Don Alvaro and baritone Lawrence Tibbett as Don Carlo. Italian basso Salvatore Baccaloni, better known to posterity for his comic roles, here took the role of Friar Melitone. Not to forget Baccaloni's countryman Ezio Pinza, the dramatic basso as the Abbott Guardiano. The CEDAR process was applied in the audio enhancement of the original live electric monaural sound, eliminating practically all surface noise in transfer to three compact discs. Bruno Walter, a famous conductor not well known for conducting opera, is on the podium. The radio broadcast commentary that was included on these discs is not by Milton Cross, as one might expect. Curiously. it's in Spanish language, and I will eliminate it in my own broadcast today. Sit back and savor with your ears these voices from a period that many now consider to be the Golden Age of opera singing.


SUNDAY JANUARY 18th

 Mussorgski, Boris Godunov This was one of the first Russian operas I ever broadcast after I assumed the Sunday afternoon timeslot in 1982. The Angel/EMI LP issue of the opera, conducted by Jerzy Semkov, had the Finnish bass/baritone Martti Talvela in the title role. This Boris G went over the air on a Winter Sunday in 1983. Ever since then I have featured this opera on a Winter Sunday in January. I regard Modest Mussorgski's Boris Godunov (1874) as the single greatest operatic tragedy of the nineteenth century. The tragedy operates on two levels. It's the national tragedy of the Russian people, an operatic panorama of a period of Russian history in its time of troubles before the Romanov dynasty came to power in 1613. It's also the story of a usurper to power- a character study of an individual wracked by guilt. A number of distinguished deep-voiced male singers have essayed the tragic role of the troubled Boris. There was, of course, the native Russian Feodor Chaliapin (1873-1938), perhaps the most distinguished of them all. The "clock scene" and other excerpts from the opera (recorded in acoustic or early electric sound, 1911-31) featuring Chaliapin's voice have gone over the air in times past. The Bulgarian basso Nicolai Ghiaurov, the Finnish bass Martti Talvela and the Italian baritone Ruggero Raimondi have also been heard in their own individual interpretations of the role in complete recordings of this opera as broadcast on Sundays in January of 1983, 1991, '93 and '95. The Ukrainian Mark Reizen (1895-1992) was the preeminent bass singer of the Soviet era. He was a splendid Boris in the electric recording made in the USSR in 1948. Nikolai Golovanov directs the cast, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow. This historic recording of Boris Godunov was issued on compact disc in digitally upgraded sound through the Italian Lyrica label in 1998. You'll hear Reizen in the version of the opera prepared by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. 


SUNDAY JANUARY 25th

 Graun, Montezuma This is one of the most unusual operas of the eighteenth century. Carl Heinrich Graun (1701-59) was primarily a composer of operas at the court of King Frederick "The Great" of Prussia at Berlin. The king himself provided the libretto of Montezuma. It was the most politically radical operatic text of its time. Frederick was entirely in sympathy with the conquered Aztecs and their hapless leader. The king also shows an unashamedly anti-Christian bias. Montezuma appears never to have been performed anywhere outside of Prussia, yet the opera made its mark on musical posterity. Its score was published in 1904, long before the modern revivalist interest in the baroque. Excerpts from it were set forth on a Decca LP circa 1968. The 1992 Capriccio CD recording is the world premiere of the complete opera on disc. David Johnson wrote favorably about the recording in the April/May, 1993 number of Fanfare magazine. He finds a few faults with the singing cast (mostly Latin American or Spanish sopranos), but concludes that, all in all,"...this Montezuma belongs in the collection of all adventurers in the byways of opera." Unlike his contemporary J.S. Bach, Graun was a musical progressive. His score for Montezuma prefigures many aspects of the "reform operas" of Gluck. The dacapo arias have been streamlined and the recitatives are very sensitively set. Capriccio has given Graun's magnum opus the best possible recorded treatment. The Deutsche Kammerakademie, says David Johnson, is an excellent chamber orchestra. (It is, however, not a period instrument ensemble.) All singers and players are under the sure-handed direction of Johannes Goritzki. I broadcast these same Capriccio CD's on three previous occasions: on Sunday, June 2, 2013, and before that on Sunday, September 25, 2005, and initially on Sunday, February 12, 1995.         






  

 

keithsbrown1948@gmail.com

Boomer's Paradise


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


We flip the calendar to 2026 and what better way to welcome the new year than to look back 50 years and hear tracks from albums released in January 1976. As well, since were on the subject of time we'll also listen to songs whose titles reference "time" and then we round thing out by taking a further step back and hear more great music from the 60's (1964-1966).


We move onto a new musical category and explore songs from artists out of the San Francisco Bay area. Along with that we'll delve once again into songs whose titles reference the various degrees of movement of air (breeze, storms, tornadoes, hurricanes etc.).


We then return to the realm of power ballads and songs whose titles reference speech in various ways.


We end the month exploring again the tunes coming from the genre of New Wave, Power Pop and some Punk Rock.


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.

Listening to WWUH
Real Alternative News
For over 54 years WWUH has aired a variety of unique community affairs programs.


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.

The WWUH Scholarship Fund
In 2003 WWUH alums Steve Berian, Charles Horwitz and Clark Smidt helped create the WWUH Scholarship Fund to provide an annual grant to a UH student who is either on the station's volunteer Executive Committee or who is in a similar leadership position at the station. The grant amount each year will be one half of the revenue of the preceding year. 

To make a tax deductible donation
either send a check to:

WWUH Scholarship Fund
c/o John Ramsey
Univ. of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Ave.
W. Hartford, CT 06117 

Or call John at 860.768.4703 to arrange for a one-time
or on-going donation via charge card.

If you would like more information please contact us at wwuh@hartford.edu

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.














Hartford Jazz Society
 
 
The longest continuously operating jazz society in the country
 
Founded in 1960, this all-volunteer organization produces jazz concerts featuring internationally acclaimed artists as well as up and coming jazz musicians. Our mission is to cultivate a wider audience of jazz enthusiasts by offering concerts, workshops and educational programs to the Greater Hartford region. The area’s most complete and up-to-date calendar of Jazz concerts and events.

PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
Connecticut Symphony Orchestra



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



Star Cross’d



Sunday, February 1, 2026 / 3:00 PM

Congregation Beth Israel

701 Farmington Ave, West Hartford, CT 06119

Paul Mcshee, Music Director

Giuseppe Verdi - I Vespri Siciliani Overture

John Williams - Selections from Star Wars: Attack of the Clones

Monty Norman - James Bond Theme

Sergei Prokofiev - Selections from Romeo and Juliet





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.






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.


Coming Up


Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 7:30 pm

Bailey Auditorium, Manchester High School

134 Middle Turnpike East, Manchester, CT

Georges Bizet: Carmen Suites 1 and 2

Sally Greenaway: Resonance

Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations




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.


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West Hartford Symphony Orchestra



Learn more at WHSO.org

South Windsor Cultural Arts



Coming Up


Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 2:00 pm

Evergreen Crossings Retirement Community, 900 Hemlock Avenue, South Windsor, CT, 06074

Jonathan Swensen, cello and Albert Cano Smit, piano

The concert starts at 2:00 pm at Evergreen Crossings Retirement Community, 900 Hemlock Ave, South Windsor, CT. The concert is FREE and donations are welcomed. Seating begins at 1:30 and is on a first-come, first-served basis. A reception with the artist will follow the concert hosted by Evergreen Crossings Retirement Community.

For information, call (860)-416-6920


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



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Celebrating 57 Years of Public Alternative Radio

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