Program Guide November 2025

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We wrapped up our Fall Fund Drive in October with about $39,000 in pledges. Thanks to everyone who donated. Since we came up a bit short of our goal we are hoping that people who missed the drive will consider making a 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

In our continuing series on the history of this unique radio station, long-time station manager John Ramsey talk about how he got involved with WWUH.

   I’ve had the pleasure of being associated with the station since its early days, and I can still remember visiting the station for the first time: It was late `68 or early '69, only months after the station first signed on. I saw an article about the University of Hartford’s new FM station in the local newspaper and having been fascinated with radio for quite some time, asked my father (who was always interested in finding positive things for his fourteen year old son to do) to take me over to the campus for a visit.

WWUH was the first radio station I had ever seen, and I was simply amazed by what I saw. At that time, WWUH was shoe horned into the corner of the top floor of the Gengras Student Union, in a space that had been earmarked for the campus valet and barber shop! Everything about the station impressed me: The station's large transmitter (which they called "Mother") humming away in the corner of the room, the "huge" record collection of close to 700 albums and the complex studio equipment (including an electronic gadget that turned mono records into stereo for air play). And then there was the music.

From what I recall, the station's programming was as alternative then as it is now- an eclectic mix of progressive rock, folk, Jazz, soul, ethnic, and classical music. It was on 91.3 that I first heard Quicksilver Messenger Service, Ray Stevens, and Fairport Convention. In fact, "Turn Your Radio On" by Ray Stevens seemed to be one of the most popular songs played on the station around that time. Listening to WWUH’s early public affairs programming, I learned about the Black Panthers, about Conscience Objectosr and about Cambodia and Laos.   

 I can’t imagine what the college student who gave me the tour thought of this inquisitive (and probably quite obnoxious) teenager asking all sorts of questions about broadcasting, but I know that I was thoroughly impressed by the volunteer nature of the station's staff; and the uniqueness of its programming.

   During the next few years my radio dial rarely left the 91.3 position (although I must admit that I would occasionally tune to 89.3 to hear the "Spitz and Peebles Show" on WRTC). The more I listened to WWUH, the more I was hooked on "Public Alternative Radio". One of my friends and neighbors, Barbara Spear, started attending UH and joined the WWUH staff, and she encouraged me to volunteer at the station. I honestly didn't think the station's staff, who were busy trying to run the station while carrying a full course load as full time students, didn't quite know what to do with this quiet fifteen year old. Since I had an interest in electronics, I was assigned to cleaning up the station's engineering shop, which was a small room in the basement piled to the ceiling with all sorts of wonderful (to me) parts and equipment.

   By this time the station had expanded on the third floor of the Gengras Student Union: in addition to the two studios there was an office which contained all of the normal office furnishings, plus one very unusual item: a gigantic safe, painted bright orange! To this day I don't know where the safe came from, or what it was for. I do know that the station was struggling to stay on the air during those early years, with many of the problems facing them that face any new organization, with financial woes probably heading the list.

   One December afternoon in 1970, station manager Ken Kalish found out that I had my FCC Third Class License, and asked me to do a four hour program on Christmas Day. I was extremely flattered at the time, and accepted immediately. I now realize the truth behind the offer. I was probably the only "warm body" with a license stupid enough to volunteer to do a show on Christmas Day. Just to be sure, they preprogrammed the show with me by picking out the albums for me to play in advance.

   Yes, I have that first show on tape somewhere. No, you won't be hearing it on the air during our anniversary celebration programming this summer. No way.

   They must have liked how I sounded during that show, or they must have been pretty desperate for announcers. In any case, I wound up doing fill-ins for the next year or so about once a week. I worked with some great programmers, and learned a lot about how the station operated.

   I drifted away from the station for a few years while I was on the road doing sound for various bands, but returned to the station in the Summer of '73 just after the station moved its transmitter from the campus to the top of Avon Mountain. This move caused the station to be off the air for a few weeks, and when 91.3 again came alive with a much stronger signal, I called in to congratulate them. Roger Stauss, who was Program Director at the time, took my call and invited me to come by for a tour. I arrived around four in the afternoon and after talking with Roger for about ten minutes, he asked me to fill in on the air for him as he had to go to work! Needless to say, I said yes, and it wasn't long before I was able to land two weekly shifts. The Sunday night and the Tuesday night Gothic Blimp Works.

   The Gothics at that time ran from midnight to at least two am, when the announcer could either sign off the station or stay on the air until 6am when the station normally signed on. The Gothics announcers had an unspoken pact to keep the station on until at least 3 am or so, and a few brave souls would stay on until the morning show started at 6 am. I did that a few time but as much as I loved being on the air a six hour slot is a very long time to be on the air.  One cold Tuesday night I was about to sign the station off at 3 am when a wonderful young woman by the name of Clem walked into the studio and announced that she was here to do the All Night Show. It was dedicated to individuals such as Clem Infante who allowed WWUH to adopt a 24 hour a day schedule, something that was unheard of in college radio at the time. It is that same level of dedication that still keeps the station on 24/7.

   I left the station for the second time in late 1974 when my sound career was forcing me to miss too many of my scheduled shifts. I wouldn't return until 1977, but I kept in contact with the station both by listening and by talking with Mark Smith, a close friend who had joined the station at my suggestion and quickly snagged a coveted Morning Jazz slot in addition to becoming the station's Business Manager. Mark kept me abreast of what was happening behind the scenes, and convinced me to rejoin the staff in the summer of 1977, which was a time of extreme turmoil at WWUH. Simply put, a number of staffers felt that the station had started to drift away from its alternative roots, and that the station was beginning to sound too commercial, but that's the topic of another letter.

   In 1978, I was voted in as the station's Chief Engineer, filling the void left by Jim McGivern's departure for a full time gig with WTIC radio's engineering department. I also did some afternoon rock programming, hosting an "Afternoon Roll" program through the name change to "Miday Fuse" and finally ended up doing the Tuesday "Synthesis" for a number of years.

   In 1986 I was hired as the station's first paid General Manager, a position I have held ever since. I'm not kidding when I say that it is the best job in the world.

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WWUH Classical Programming

November 2025

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

Sunday 2d

Durante & Jommelli, Requiems

Monday 3d

Georges Bizet: Carmen Overture; Nico Mubly: Amy Fischer: Heitor Villa-lobos: A lenda do cabocio; Jean Sibelious: Symphony in 5 in E flat

Tuesday 4th

Korngold: Symphony; Bernard Herrman Conducts Sibelius, Dukas, Saint-Saens, Liszt; Elmer Bernstein Conducts Herrmann

Drake’s Village Brass Band - Rolf Smedvig, Trumpet - Virtuoso

Wednesday 5th

Host's Choice

Thursday 6th

Breval: String Trio in G Major Op. 39 No. 1; Sousa: The Liberty Bell, Washington Post, Semper Fidelis, El Capitan, The Stars and Stripes Forever; Paderewski: Piano Concerto in a minor Op. 17; Bath: A Cornish Rhapsody.                                                  

Friday 7th

Music to celebrate National Native American Heritage Month

Sunday 9th

Gounod, Faust

Monday 10th

Aaron Copland: El Salon Mexico; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Jose Salinas:

Anehlo; Gabriel Faure: Payan Opus 50

Tuesday 11th

Philadelphia Orchestra – First Chair 1955; Macdowell: Three Poems, Moon Music; Lloyd: Symphony #9

Drake’s Village Brass Band – David Childs, Euphonium - Still Glides the Stream Contemporary Works for Euphonium and Piano

Wednesday 12th

  Albert Lortzing: Die beiden Schützen: Overture;  Adrien Servais: Morceau de Concert, Op. 14; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le diable (Robert the Devil), Act II: Cavatine: En vain j'espere; Niels Wilhelm Gade: Symphony No. 2 in E Major, Op. 10; Giuseppe Verdi: I due Foscari (Excerpts): Preludio; Act I (Scena): Eccomi solo alfine…L'illustre dama foscari… tu pur lo sai…Di sua innocenza dubiti?; Robert Schumann: Phantasiestücke, Op. 88: No. 3, Duett; Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata in A Minor, "F-A-E": III. Scherzo in C Minor, WoO 2; Igor Stravinsky: Concerto in E-Flat Major, "Dumbarton Oaks"; Benjamin Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell, Op. 34; Mikhail Glinka: A Farewell to St. Petersburg: No. 10. Zhavoronok (The Lark); Clara Schumann: Lieder, Op. 12, Nos. 1- 4; Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Grande fantaisie triomphale d'après l'opéra Jérusalem de Giuseppe Verdi, Op. 13); Napoleon-Henri Reber: Piano Trio No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 16; Richard Strauss: Die schweigsame Frau, Op. 80, TrV 265: Potpourri; Edward Burlingame Hill: Piano Concertino No. 2, Op. 44; Franz Lehár: Das Fürstenkind: Resignation; Nino Rota: Symphony No. 2 in F Major, "Tarantina - Anni di pellegrinaggio".

Thursday 13th

Wely: Sortie in E-Flat Major, Boléro de Concert, Op. 166; Zach: Harp Concerto in c minor; Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches; Kokkonen: Pielavesi Suite; Plog: For Cam.

Friday 14th

Birthday tributes to "Robert J." and Walter/Wendy Carlos

Sunday 16th

Shakespeare, Pericles

Monday 17th

Manuel Ponce: Sonata Romantica 3; Philip Gaubert Jean Sibelius: Nocturne, The Tempest; Jonnas Hoffmasn: Missing You; Ludovico Einaudi: Experience

Tuesday 18th

Philadelphia Orchestra – First Chair 1955; Macdowell: Three Poems, Moon Music; Lloyd: Symphony #9

Drake’s Village Brass Band – David Childs, Euphonium - Still Glides the Stream Contemporary Works for Euphonium and Piano

Wednesday 19th

Host's Choice

Thursday 20th

Dédé: Chicago; Mason: Sentimental Sketches Op. 34; Lecuna: 5 Sonatas de Alta Gracia; Chance: Blue Lake Overture

Friday 21st

A celebration of First Performances – Stravinsky, Shostakovich and more

Sunday 23rd

Host's Choice

Monday 24th

Joseph Hyden: String Quartet in D Minor Opus 76; Francisco Tarraga: Preludio # 5; Johan Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite # 3 in C major; Dario Martinelli: Liz on Top of the World

Tuesday 25th

Philadelphia Orchestra – First Chair Encores Volume 2 1967

Villa-Lobos: String Quartet #4; Howell: Koong Shee

Drake’s Village Brass Band – New York Brass Quintet – 20^th Century Brass

Wednesday 26th

Host's Choice

Thursday 27th

Krommer: Partita in F Major Op. 57; Cozzolani: Vespro della Beata Vergine (selections); Pugnani: Ouverture No. 4 in B Flat Major; Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro (in the style of Pugnani); Stamitz: Concerto for 2 Flutes and Orchestra in G Major; Koechlin: Quatre Petites Pièces; Ewald: Brass Quintet No. 1 Op. 5; Benedict: Piano Concerto in c minor Op. 45.   

Friday 28th

Yesterday was National Jukebox Day     (Do you remember them?)

Sunday 30th

Ramsey. The Gentle Shepherd

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SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE OPERA

your "lyric theater" program

with Keith Brown



Programming for November 2025

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 2nd

 Durante & Jommelli, Requiems Following upon All Saints' Day, today is All Souls' Day in the traditional Roman Catholic ecclesiastical calendar- also known as "The Day of the Dead," for which a Catholic Missa pro Defunctis is required. In Western Christendom in general there's a long tradition over the centuries of musical settings of the Latin Mass for the Dead, from which I have chosen two recent recordings of Requiem Masses from the mid-eighteenth century. Unlike his contemporaries in Italy, Francesco Durante (1684-1755) was not primarily an opera composer. Among the Neapolitan composers of the late baroque, this one concentrated on music for the Church. Durante's Requiem in G Minor (1732), his second Mass setting of six, is the only one that can be authenticated as definitely his own composition. It's an intimate setting of the Latin text, scored for four solo voices, a pair of violins and continuo. A lot of copies of it were made, both in manuscript and printed edition, and these are preserved in Naples and elsewhere throughout Europe- even as far away as Russia. A small period instrument ensemble, the Astrarium Consort, recreates what the part writing really sounded like in Durante's time. Durante was a teacher of counterpoint who subtly worked echoes of the old polyphony of the Renaissance into the style of the late Italian baroque. Recorded in Milan in 2018, Brilliant Classics made Durante's Requiem in G Minor available for us to hear on compact disc in 2020. 

  Another Neapolitan maestro of a later generation, Niccolo Jommelli (1714-74) was very much an opera composer, but he did compose music for the funeral of a Bavarian noblewoman. His Requiem Mass of 1756 couples orchestrated numbers in the new galant classical style (think young Mozart) with ancient plainchant. It became the most popular such work of his generation in Europe, with at least 130 manuscript copies extant. In Beethoven's time it was published and it continued to be performed well into the nineteenth century. One of its numbers was played at Rossini's funeral in 1868. Jommelli's Missa pro Defunctis was recorded complete with monodic passages in 2019 for issue on compact disc the following year through Arcana/Outhere Music France. Giulio Prandi conducts the chorus and Italian period instrument orchestra of the Ghislieri Foundation. Noteworthy among the four vocal soloists is French soprano Sandrine Piau.

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 9th 

Gounod, Faust It's a warhorse of the international standard operatic repertoire, and perhaps the grandest of all French grand operas of the nineteenth century, yet it began as a much lighter weight work first intended for performance at the Theatre Lyrique in Paris in 1858, with spoken dialog as befits the genre of the French opera comique.Charles Gounod's Faust as we know it today is Gounod's extensive reworking of the entire opera into the "grand" mode for production eleven years later at the Paris Opera. It took off in world popularity thereafter and quickly entered the repertoire. On Sunday, June 20, 2021 you got to hear the original "first" Faust as reconstructed for its 2018 studio recording in commemoration of the two hundredth anniversary of the composer's birth. The Bru Zane CD release of Faust in its 1859 version was but one number in the label's series of recordings of rediscovered treasures of French opera from the time of Lully forward. This Sunday you get the more familiar grand 1869 version of Faust as it was recorded, again in studio, in 1991 for EMI. Michel Plasson conducts the chorus and orchestra du Capitole de Toulouse. Three of the principals in the singing cast are American. Tenor Richard Leech sings the title role, with soprano Cheryl Studer as Marguerite. Baritone Thomas Hampson took the part of Valentin. Reviewer James Miller, writing for Fanfare magazine (March/April 1992 issue) approves of the whole singing cast, citing Hampson in particular. Miller says he"...has a voice that is almost too rich, and, remarkably, there are times when he evokes the 'smoky' sound of the best French baritones..."

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 16th 

Shakespeare, Pericles Spoken word presentations have always been part of my broad spectrum concept of lyric theater programming. I have broadcast recordings of many of William Shakespeare's plays. Often these were on early stereo Decca/Argo LP's. These studio recordings, made between 1957 and 1964, were part of Decca's series of the complete recorded works of Shakespeare issued in commemoration of the four hundredth anniversary of his birth. It was an audio project of historic significance equal to Decca's recorded series of Wagner's Ring cycle of operas made during the same period with Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic and a singing cast of some of the greatest operatic voices of the mid twentieth century. Decca's Shakespeare project engaged distinguished director George Rylands and the Marlowe Dramatic Society of Cambridge University, plus other "professional players," who included some of the finest Shakespeareans that Britain possessed at the time. Some of them remain famous names even now in the twenty first century. In 2016 the entire Decca Shakespeare series- all thirty seven plays, the sonnets and narrative poems- was reissued on one hundred compact discs to mark the four hundredth anniversary of the Bard's death. I last drew upon the CD reissue for the broadcast of Shakespeare's first great tragedy, Romeo and Juliet (1595) on Sunday, June 1st of this year. Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1608) comes immediately after his last great tragedy, King Lear. Pericles has been classified by Shakespeare scholars as his first "romance" or "tragicomedy." It was the first of its kind and served as a model for Beaumont and Fletcher to follow in their soon-to-come stageworks. In his time Pericles was probably the Bard's most popular play, and remained so for a considerable time after his passing. But over the generations it has dropped into obscurity. Hartford's own Capital Classics theatrical troupe revived it on stage in 2018, and the Public Theater Company of Manhattan gave it only this past Summer. The adventures of Pericles, Prince of Tyre were known in ancient Graeco-Roman times. Shakespeare may have known George Wright's novel in English language. This contemporary of Shakespeare may have also had a hand in writing Pericles the stageplay, which in turn might have been Shakespeare's reworking of a previous play, now lost.

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 23rd

 Soper, The Hunt, Anderson, Amelia, Gaburo, The Widow Thinking of our great American harvest home feast, why not feast with your ears this Sunday upon two twenty first century American theaterpieces. The walls of the banquet halls of olden times were adorned with tapestries. Have you ever seen the famous one known as "The Lady and the Unicorn"? In 2016 American composer Kate Soper (b. 1981) saw it at Cluny in France and immediately became fascinated with it. The medieval tapestry inspired her to write The Hunt, an opera in one act (2013), simply scored for three female voices, two of whom represent the voices of "virgins," plus a nonbinary, gender indeterminate character. The singers accompany themselves on violin and ukelele. The hunting of the legendary unicorn is the subject of the opera, about which the virgins receive livestream updates. Kate Soper's The Hunt holds up a mirror to our dark, wierd cultural obsession with controlling the feminine. It was staged at the Miller Theatre at Columbia University, from which New Focus Recordings derived the soundtrack for download onto compact disc. 

   The now well-established contemporary American composer Laurie Anderson (b. 1947) is still on the scene and offers us Amelia (2000), commissioned by the American Society of Composers, which traces the globe-girdling airplane flight by the American aviatrix Amelia Earhart. Her transcontinental journey ended tragically somewhere over the South Pacific in 1937. Anderson recites in voiceover to her music what she imagines as the flight journal the American heroine might have kept right up to the day of the mysterious mishap that brought her adventure to an abrupt end. Incorporated into Anderson's lyrics are snippets of pilot's log entries, plus brief recordings of Earhart's own voice preserved by the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress. Anderson handles the electronic musical effects and plays keyboards. She's joined by the Trimbach Trio of acoustic strings and other instrumentalists. Nonesuch Records released Amelia on compact disc in 2024. There's time remaining for some of the vocal music of American composer Kenneth Gaburo (1926-98), who was a pioneer in the electronic music field. He composed an Elegy in memory of his father and a mini-opera The Widow (1961), loosely adapted from a story The Encantadas by Herman Melville. If Amelia Earhart had not drowned, but managed to land her plane on a desert island (Howland atoll?), she might have suffered the same fate as "the widow."

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30th

Ramsay, The Gentle Shepherd This date is St. Andrew's Day, and he's regarded as the patron saint of Scotland, as St. Patrick is of Ireland, only Andrew has never excited any great national ballyhoo. To give Andrew and Scotland their due, why not listen today to Alan Ramsay's The Gentle Shepherd (1725, rev. 1729), a "ballad opera" that parallels John Gay's better known The Beggar's Opera of 1724, its English counterpart. Musician Alan Ramsay (c1684-1758) was much concerned with the cultivation of Scottish song and dialect. He arranged the traditional tunes for a bucolic and romantic comedy involving landlord and tenant farmer, shepherd boys and country lasses. It's all quite charming as performed by the ensemble of Scottish singers and period instrument players who call themselves Makaris. (Yes, the ensemble includes bagpipes.) David "Jock" Nicol is the Scots dialect narrator. The makars were the royal court troubadors of medieval Scotland. Ramsay's The Gentle Shepherd was released on CD earlier this year through New/Olde Focus Recordings. Since today is also the first Sunday in Advent, keep listening for vocal sounds of the pre-Christmas season.   

keithsbrown1948@gmail.com

Boomer's Paradise

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

November is a month of transition. It may officially still be Fall but the weather typically isn't anything to get excited about. We have the perfect solution to brighten up your day every Monday from 1-4 PM on Boomers Paradise with your host, The Turtle Man.

Regular listeners look forward to the first Monday of each month to hear tracks from albums released 50 years ago (November 1975) and this month features a wide variety of music to enjoy. We'll also dip into some obscure British rock and pop from 1970-1974.

This is followed by another two-fer set of select artists, more torch songs and songs with some great memorable riffs, earworms you know and love. 

Week three will include another round of Billboard Top 40 One Hit Wonders and songs that reference a color in the song title.

The week of Thanksgiving will feature songs that reference numbers in the song title and another peek at songs from the Nuggets: Original Artifacts From The First Psychedelic Era. Break out the love beads, black light and patchouli incense.

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 kicks off on Sunday October 5 at The Pine Loft in Berlin CT. The CTBS All-Stars are the house band and the featured artist will be Pioneer Valley legend Wildcat O'Halloran. Wildcat has just released his eighteenth(!) CD. 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.

https://connecticutsymphony.org

The Musical Club of Hartford

The Musical Club of Hartford is a non-profit organization founded in 1891. Membership is open to performers or to those who simply enjoy classical music, providing a network for musicians from the Greater Hartford area. Club events take place normally on selected Thursday mornings at 10:00 a.m, Fall through Spring. The usual location is the sanctuary at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2080 Boulevard, West Hartford, CT (between Ridgewood and Mountain Avenues). Information on time and location is given at the bottom of each event description.

Coming Up

Thursday Nov 20, 2025 10:00 AM EDT

Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2080 Boulevard, West Hartford, CT

Marika Kuzma, Conductor and Professor Emerita of University of California Berkeley, will talk about the unique qualities and history of Ukranian choral music in the context of her recently published book, Carols of Birds, Bells and Sacred Hymns from Ukraine: An Anthology and Cultural Companion. Of Ukrainian heritage, Dr. Kuzma grew up in a close-knit diaspora community in Hartford and attended the Hartt School, and later Indiana University, before embarking on a career of concerts and lectures across the Americas and Europe.

For more information about the Musical Club, including a full schedule of concerts and special events, please visit https://musicalclubhartford.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.

Coming Up

Orchestrating Peace

CT Lyric Opera and New London Rotary present an unforgettable evening of music, inspiration, and hope to support a global music education initiative.

Friday, November 7 · 7:30 - 9:30pm

Lighthouse Inn

6 West Guthrie Place New London, CT 06320

Join Connecticut Lyric Opera for an unforgettable evening of music, inspiration, and hope as we present Orchestrating Peace — a concert and reception celebrating the power of music to unite hearts and heal communities.

The concert features three extraordinary artists: internationally acclaimed cellist Diego Carneiro, founder of the Youth Orchestra of Ecuador (YOE); soprano Jūratė Švedaitė, Artistic Director of Connecticut Lyric Opera; and distinguished pianist Samuel Orem. Together, they will offer a program of stirring works with a Latin flair, including Villa-Lobos and Piazzolla, reflecting the universal language of hope and reconciliation that lies at the heart of Opus for Peace.

Presented by Connecticut Lyric Opera and the Rotary Club of New London, this special event is part of Rotary’s Opus for Peace initiative, a global movement that uses the arts to build bridges, foster empathy, and promote understanding across cultures. The performance will take place at the historic Lighthouse Inn, a fitting setting for an evening dedicated to light, connection, and renewal.

A post-concert reception and conversation will follow, offering a chance to meet the artists, enjoy light refreshments, and learn how New London Rotary’s recent gift of hundreds of musical instruments to the YOE is inspiring a nationwide movement in music education.

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

Sunday, November 16 @ 6:00 pm

Bach Cantatas No 82 & 170

Cyril and Methodius Church 63 Popieluszko Court, Hartford, CT

Soloist: Rebecca Almeida, mezzo-soprano

Friday, November 28 @ 7:30 pm

Santo Fragilio Performing Arts Center 200 LaRosa Lane, Middletown, CT

Sunday, November 30 @ 6:00 pm

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

Opera: “Pagliacci” by Leoncavallo with the Teatro Lirico d'Europa and cast from the Greve Summer Opera Academy. Staged by Resemarie Danzinger

http://thevirtuosi.org/

The Hartford Choral

The Hartford Choralehttp://www.hartfordchorale.org/The Hartford Chorale is a volunteer not-for-profit organization that presents, on a symphonic scale, masterpieces of great choral art throughout southern New England and beyond, serving as the primary symphonic chorus for the Greater Hartford community. Through its concerts and collaborations with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and other organizations, the Hartford Chorale engages the widest possible audiences with exceptional performances of a broad range of choral literature, providing talented singers with the opportunity to study and perform at a professional level.

hartfordchorale.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

Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 4:00pm

Bailey Auditorium, Manchester High School

134 Middle Turnpike East, Manchester, CT

Peter Sculthorpe: Kakadu

Georg Abraham Schneider: Concerto for Viola in C Major

Johannes Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D Major

http://www.msoc.org

Beth El Temple Music & Art

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WHERE ELSE COULD MUSIC BE THIS HEAVENLY? Music at Beth El Temple in West Hartford is under the direction of The Beth El Music & Arts Committee (BEMA). With the leadership of Cantor Joseph Ness, it educates and entertains the community through music. The BEMA committee helps conceive and produce musical performances of all genres, while supporting the commemoration of Jewish celebrations and prayer services.

https://www.bethelwesthartford.org/community/get-involved/bema

Voce

Founded in 2006 by Mark Singleton, Artistic Director, and Tom Cooke, President, Voce has grown to become New England’s premier chamber choral ensemble. With a mission to Serve Harmony, Voce is best known for its unique sound; for bringing new works to a wide range of audiences; and for collaborating with middle school, high school and collegiate ensembles to instill the values of living and singing in harmony, further developing the next generation of choral artist.

https://www.voceinc.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.

Coming Up

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, “A German Requiem”

Saturday, November 8, 2025, 3:00 pm

Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford

BRAHMS: A German Requiem

The FVSO is thrilled to once again welcome The Hartford Chorale, Sarah Callinan and Gregory Flower for an unforgettable and moving performance of Brahms’ monumental work, Ein Deutsches Requiem, “A German Requiem”. Unlike traditional settings, Brahms focuses on comfort and solace for the living rather than prayers for the dead. It is a deeply personal work, with Brahms selecting his own text from the Lutheran Bible and apocrypha. The seven-movement piece explores themes of mourning, loss, and ultimately, hope and eternal peace.

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

The New Britain Symphony Orchestra

The New Britain Symphony Orchestra is a professional orchestra which presents several concerts each season in the Greater New Britain area, performing works from all periods in a wide range of musical styles. In addition to its full orchestra concerts under the direction of Music Director and Conductor, Toshiyuki Shimada, including a free concert for children, members of the orchestra perform in various free chamber music concerts during the concert season.

Coming Up

Thursday November 6 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Country Fiddlers Mini Concert

Plainville Public Library 56 East Main Street, Plainville, CT

https://newbritainsymphony.org/