Program Guide September 2025

WWUH HISTORY

We received so much positive feedback from the recent series of articles on the station's history we thought we would share more. Today we'll take a look at the year 1971.

 WWUH alum Charlie Horwitz was Program Director during the time period ('69-71), and he submitted this recollection of one of his shows from the early seventies.  

"One of my favorite recollections was one I shared alone. It was the time when Hartford's connection to the sea and whales in particular was getting air airplay and local ink. In fact a local group had recorded a sea chant of sorts that we played and I think the station had done an interview with them. Their name escapes me. "Well one night, after my Gothic Blimp Works show, I was determined to incorporate that song into a PSA about Saving the Whales. I put in several hours to get 60 seconds of moderately coherent information and put the whole project to bed on a nice new cart. Leaving the Gengras Center just before dawn, I was struck by the sounds of whales whistling down the empty hallways. Now I know that it was just the wind whistling through the opened doors and not the voices of thankful whales but I checked those doors and there were all properly closed. So I went outside and meditated with the ghosts of those voices and have felt very in tune with their song ever since". "I had spent 3 years hanging around the station; watching it being built and seeing my friends go on the air.

I almost auditioned for a folk music show, but got involved in the theater department and never followed up. I was supposed to graduate in June 1971, but had one more semester to go. As I always had a work-study job, I managed to get assigned to WWUH for the summer. I was there the Friday of Memorial Day weekend 1971 working on cataloging the classical library, all pre-computer of course. I'm not sure who came in, but I think it was Ken Kalish who asked me if I ever thought I could do a female, easy listening type of program. I said if I did a show it wouldn't be easy listening and he said, great, you go on in 15 minutes.

YIKES! I learned the 5-channel Sparta board pretty quickly and since I had spent many hours hanging around, I had a sense of what was supposed to happen. Ken assured me (as there was NO ONE ELSE in the building at the time) that he would be there if I had any problems. SO off I go. My first song at 11:00 AM was Stage Fright by the Band. And except for forgetting to turn off the mike (but potting it down) and taking off my headphones and thinking I was sending dead air out when I wasn't, I did OK. UNTIL, about 25 minutes into my show, when Ken came in and said a tower light went out and since it was a top blinking one, he had to go to the tower ASAP to change it. I was doing great, so I said, see ya! Of course, about 10 minutes later, I lost cue in the right hand turntable and spent the rest of my shift only playing the first cut of the record because I could see to cue it up. Brian Lord was program director that summer. And for some strange reason, he liked what he heard and offered me midday's for the summer. I still have my play lists and I will e-mail a sample day to you at another time. "I have an old air check from my second week on the air and I have NO IDEA why Brian put me on the air! "My most memorable day on the air was the day the draft lottery numbers were announced. I remember playing long cuts so we could gather the info from the wire to read on the air. That was the year my kid brother was in the lottery... imagine how I felt when his birthday came up as number 8....and I still had to be professional and read the rest of the dates. (He turned out to be 4-F from an old skiing injury, but that's another story for another place)."

Other station news from 1971: Station management frequently discussed funding sources during the early years of the station. The station needed $15,000 for operating expenses over the next 12 months, and while the F.C.C. required the station to be on the air 36 hours a week, management determined that it would need to be on the air 48 weeks a year to qualify for any grants, so steps were taken to expand the station's broadcast day by adding more shows.

 The Management also discussed the possibility of and requirements for qualifying for Federal Corporation for Public Broadcasting grants. They voiced concerns about the possible loss of student power and participation that might occur if "outsiders" were allowed to run the shows. There was also much discussion about whether a paid staff would be in keeping with the purpose of the station.

 Marilyn Nabors was appointed as Program Guide Editor, and a decision was made not to have advertising in the first issue.

 The station also planned for a fund-raising Marathon in April, with a goal of $7,100. The programming department would use this money for tape decks, tapes and records. It was later postponed until the spring of '72.

 Station management voted to draft a letter to the Federal Communications Commission outlining the station's position on recent FCC concerns about the mention of drugs in the lyrics of songs. The station felt that any restrictions based on the lyrics of a song would be a clear violation of the first amendment by the federal government.

 The topic of changing the station's constitution was discussed. The discussion centered on changing a policy to allow people who were not students could become active members. The staff at the 3/9/71 General Staff meeting ratified this change.

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WWUH Classical Programming

September 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

Monday 1st

Jules Mouquet La Flûte de Pan, Op. 15; Johann Nepomuk Hummel Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in E Major Johann; Johannes Brahms Concerto in D, Op. 77: II: Adagio  

Tuesday 2d

Grainger: In a Nutshell Suite; Glass Etudes 13-16; Anna Lapwood selections from FireDove; Rorem: End of Summer

Drake’s Village Brass Band Onyx Brass – Transatlantic

Wednesday 3rd

Host's Choice

Thursday 4th

Milhaud: Le boeuf sur le toit, Op. 58; Cabanilles: Diferencias de Folias; Mosonyi: Piano Concerto in e minor; Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major; Curzon: Dance of an Ostracised Imp.

Friday 5th

The Asylum Saxophone Quartet begins a romantic trip on the 20^th Century Limited this special day

Sunday 7th

Prestini, Silec & Vavrek, The Old Man and the Sea, Lang, Eighth Blackbird

Monday 8th

4 Pieces from Wilhelm Peterson-Berger; Johannes Matthias Sperger Symphony in F Major: I. Allegro moderato ; Anton Arensky Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky, Op. 35a: Theme: Moderato; Anatole Fistoulari Ballet egyptien Op. 12 - Suite No.

Tuesday 9th

Glass: Etudes 17-20; Joplin: Piano Music; Peterson-Berger: Symphony #3; Villa-Lobos: String Quartet #2

Drake’s Village Brass Band Saito Kinen Orchestra Brass Ensemble – Live in Matsumoto 2025

Wednesday 10th

Etienne-Nicolas Mehul: Le tresor suppose: Overture;  Vincenzo Righini: Il natal d'Apollo: Ove son? Qual'aure io spiro; Vincenzo Righini: Il natal d'Apollo: Ombra dolente; Luigi Cherubini: Sonata for Horn and Orchestra No. 1 (version for horn and string quartet); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E-Flat Major, K. 364;  Richard Wagner: Die Feen: Overture; Richard Wagner: Die Feen, Act I: Wo find' ich dich, wo wird mir Trost?;  Henry Charles Litolff: Serenade, Op. 91 (version for violin and piano); Florent Schmitt: A tour d'anches, Op. 97; Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25, "Classical"; Antonin Dvorak: 2 Pieces for Solo Piano, Op. posth., B. 188; Paolo Tosti: Melodies (Complete); Joachim Raff: Trovatore et Traviata, 2 salon paraphrases after Verdi for Solo Piano, Op. 70; Gabriel Faure: Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 120; Arthur Sullivan: Overture di ballo; Charles Villiers Stanford: Irish Rhapsody No. 3 in D Major for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 137; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Romance of the Prairie Lilies (arr. P.E. Fletcher for orchestra); Edward German:

Thursday 11th

Lachner: Septet in E-Flat Major; Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 10; Boyce: Symphony No. 4 in F Major; Kuhlau: Flute Quintet No. 3 in A Major Op. 51; Buchner: Sonata No. 21 in G Major, Sonata No. 22 in c minor; Part: Spiegel im Spiegel; Secret Scherzos by Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff, Suk, Brahms, Stravinsky, Freitas Branco, Bazzini, Bloch.

Friday 12th

Music of Dmitri Shostakovitch

Sunday 14th

Blamont, Le Retour des Dieux...

Monday 15th

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 6 Minuets, K599 I C Major ; Alexandre Luigini Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Anatole Fistoulari Ballet egyptien Op. 12 - Suite No.1; Horn Concerto No. 6 in E flat (1996 Digital Remaster): I. Allegro moderato

Tuesday 16th

Beach: Canticle of the Sun; Carpenter: Violin Sonata; Lloyd: Symphony #7 “Proserpine”; Glass: Violin Concerto #1

Drake’s Village Brass Band Elgar Howarth Tribute #1 – Howarth and the Grimethorpe Colliery Band Music of W. Hogarth Lear and others

Wednesday17th

Host's Choice

Thursday 18th

Strauss, Jr: Die Fledermaus Overture; Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in d minor BWV1043; Beethoven: String Quartet No. 4 in c minor Op. 18 No. 4; Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in E Major K. 380; Chopin: Scherzo No. 3 in c-sharp minor Op. 39; Haydn: Symphony No. 39 in g minor; Shostakovich: Suite for Variety Orchestra ‘Jazz Suite No. 2’; Sibelius: Valse triste Op. 44 No. 1; Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer Overture; Mozart: Variations on ‘Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman' in C Major K. 265; Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a; Handel: Solomon Sinfonia The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Paderewski: Polish Fantasy in g-sharp minor Op. 19.

Friday 19th

What’s new in the library?

Sunday 21st

Verdi, Ernani, Callas sings Ponchielli

Monday 22d

Giovanni Punto Punto: Horn Concerto No. 6 in E-Flat Major: II. Adagio cantabile; Igor Stravinsky Le Sacre du Printemps: Tableau I: L'Adoration de la terre ;Johann Sebastian Bach Suite for Solo Cello No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009; Artificii Musicali 6 Sonate a Tre, Op. 2, No. 5 in E Major: I. Adagio; Hasse: 6 Sonate a Tre, Op. 2 EG

Tuesday 23rd

Drake’s Favs – Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Adams: Grand Pianola Music; Herrmann: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

Drake Village Brass Band Elgar Howarth Tribute #2 – Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Just Brass

Wednesday 24th

Host's Choice

Thursday 25th

Rameau: Dardanus Suite; Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 in c minor for piano, trumpet & strings Op. 35; Pinto: 2 Rondos; Pichl: Symphony in D Major Z. 16, 'Diana'; Suchon: Fantasy for Violin & Orchestra; Guridi Bidaola: Ten Basque Melodies.

Friday 26th

Celebrating World’s Biggest Coffee Morning Day

Sunday 28th

Massenet, Thais

Monday 29th

Artificii Musicali 6 Sonate a Tre, Op. 2, No. 5 in E Major: I. Adagio; Hasse: 6 Sonate a Tre, Op. 2 EG; Horn Concerto No. 6 in E flat Allegro moderato

Tuesday 30th

Shostakovich: Violin Concerto #1 in A Minor, Op. 99; Price: Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight; Reich: Jacob’ Ladder

Drake’s Village Brass Band Elgar Howarth Tribute #3 -Howarth Music for Brass Band

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SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE OPERA

your "lyric theater" program

with Keith Brown



Programming for September 2025

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7th

Prestini, Silec and Vavrek, The Old Man and the Sea,Lang/Eighth Blackbird, Composition as Explanation The first Sunday in September I normally reserve for an American opera that deals with the working people of the country. I try to program it on the Sunday before the Monday Labor Day holiday. This year, however, that holiday immediately followed my designated Delius Sunday, the last one in August, with its special programming, so I have bumped forward to this Sunday two vocal works by twenty first century American composers who have set to music the words of two American literary greats of the twentieth century. The Old Man and the Sea is a chamber opera adapted from the famous 1952 book by Ernest Hemingway, and it's the perfect thing to listen to by the seaside at the end of Summertime. It's the first-ever approved operatic treatment of Hemingway's last literary creation. Paola Prestini (b. 1975) is credited as composer of the music, with a libretto prepared by Karmina Silec and Royce Vavrek. The intimate scoring is for cello, percussion and electronics. The principal vocal parts go to two baritones: one as author doubling as narrator, and the other portraying Santiago the aged Cuban fisherman. Subsidiary roles are taken by a female alto, a male countertenor and a coloratura soprano, augmented at certain moments by a mixed chorus, the Phoenix Chorale. Paola Prestini's The Old Man and the Sea was released to the public through VIA Records at the end of the Summer of 2024. Thanks to Rob Meehan, former classics deejay here at WWUH, for a download of this recording onto compact disc. Rob Meehan is a local record collector specializing in the alternative musical stylings of the twentieth and twenty first centuries. He also supplied me with the 2024 Cedille Records CD release of David Lang's Composition as Explanation (2023), his setting of a text by Gertrude Stein. Hemingway attended Stein's salon for artists in Paris in the 1920's. Composer David Lang (b. 1957) conceived a theatrical performance piece for six performers, who are both vocalists and instrumentalists. Together they form Eighth Blackbird, a chamber ensemble similar to what's required in the Prestini composition, only without the electronics. The world premiere recording of Composition as Explanation was made onstage at the Court Theatre of the University of Chicago.

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 14th

 Blamont, Le Retour des Dieux sur la Terre, Le Caprice d'Erato Now that the students have returned to campus, it's high time for the Olympian gods to return to earth! At least, that's the premise for a splendid musical divertissement presented before the French king Louis XV for his marriage celebrations at Fountainebleau palace on September 5, 1725. It's one of two such works offered up in a new Chateau de Versailles Spectacles CD release. The other one, Le Caprice d'Erato, was presented to celebrate the birth of Louis' son the Dauphin at the palace of Versailles in 1729. The music for both works was provided by court composer Colin de Blamont (1690-1760). Blamont was one of a cluster of composers in the employ of the royal Bourbons in the later baroque era in the eighteenth century. Both of his divertissements went on to public performances before Parisian audiences on later dates, at either the Concert Spirituel or the Academie Royale de Musique, now known as the Paris Opera. The two world premiere recordings of these works were issued as number 26 in the Collection Opera Francoise through Chateau de Versailles. They were recorded in November of 2021 in Helsinki, Finland. Alexis Kossenko directs the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, a period instrument ensemble, and the chorus Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, plus an international cast of vocal soloists.

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 21st

 Verdi, Ernani, Callas sings Ponchielli Giuseppe Verdi's fifth opera Ernani (1844) sets forth a tale of political intrigue in the Spain of the Conquistadors. The story centers upon a nobleman of Aragon, one Don Juan, called Ernani, who has been forced to turn outlaw. Amidst the struggle between rivals for the crown of the Holy Roman Emperor Ernani is also a rival for the hand of Donna Elvira. The bandit/nobleman becomes entangled in an assination plot. In the end a fateful oath binds him to commit suicide. Ernani is as bombastic as nineteenth century romantic opera can be. Its improbable sequence of twists and turns was derived from a play by the French author Victor Hugo. Another playwright and music critic George Bernard Shaw had a special affection for this opera. He recognised that in Ernani the young Verdi had created a score full of passionate melody. Way back on Sunday, March 10,1985 I presented a now historic EMI/Angel LP release of Ernani made live in performance in 1982 at Milan's famous La Scala opera house, where Verdi's early operas had all been premiered. Riccardo Muti conducted the La Scala orchestra and chorus. Cast in the title role was the superstar Mexican tenor Placido Domingo. Then came another, even older recording of Ernani broadcast on Sunday, November 9, 2014, with Carlo Bergonzi as the heroic bandit. This was a 2012 Sony CD release of an archival broadcast airtape dating from December 1, 1962. Thomas Schippers directed the musical resources of the Metropolitan Opera of New York. Today listen for a studio recording of Ernani, also now historic, from 1987, preserving for posterity the final recorded collaboration between the Italian superstar tenor Luciano Pavarotti and that diva of divas the Australian soprano Joan Sutherland as the love interest Elvira. Sutherland's husband Richard Bonynge conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the Welsh National Opera. This Ernani comes to us on two Decca/London compact discs, released in 1998. Keep listening for the voice of yet another revered operatic diva of the mid twentieth century, the American soprano Maria Callas, singing selections from the operas of Verdi's younger contemporary Amilcare Ponchielli.

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 28st

 Massenet, Thais Among the thirty-or-so operas of Jules Massenet , his Thais was the one that excited a scandal, when the the soprano for whom Massenet had written the title role, the American diva Sybil Sanderson, exposed her breasts to the audience during the opening night performance in 1894- this, eleven years before the similarly scandalous premiere of Richard Strauss' Salome. Massenet's opera is based on a novel by Anatole France about religious hypocrisy. The Alexandrine courtesan Thais, born and baptized a Christian, has lapsed into paganism. The young monk Athanael redeems her and she dies in a convent while he is confessing how all along he was mad with desire for her. Massenet's music so well depicts Alexandria as "Sin City," the Hellenic New York City of the fourth century AD. The orchestration is colorful and lush. Even the vocal lines are luscious to listen to. Athanael is one of opera's finest roles for baritone, and many divas have taken up Thais to acclaim. The American soprano Anna Moffo sang it opposite French baritone Gabriel Bacquier, as heard in a 1975 RCA Red Seal release on LP. Julius Rudel led the New Philharmonia and Ambrosian Opera Chorus. That was the recording I broadcast on Sunday, March 3, 2013. There's a year 2000 release on Decca CD's starring Renee Fleming, with Thomas Hampson as Athanael. The actual studio recording sessions date from 1997 and '98 in Bordeaux, France. It would be "difficult to surpass" this recording, so says reviewer Joel Kasov of Fanfare magazine (Jan/Feb, 2000 issue). All previous recordings of Thais are incomplete and inadequate by comparison.       

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Boomer's Paradise

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

We enter the third quarter of the year and the best weather is at hand. What better way to enjoy each day than with music here on Boomers Paradise each Monday from 1-4 PM with your host, The Turtle Man.

Out of the gates comes our look back 50 years ago and listen to tracks from albums released in September 1975. You can hear the music scene transition in progress. Along with that we'll also tap back to some Nordic Love Songs.

From there it's a salute to all things Hitsville U.S.A. with hits from Motown and tunes from the Big Box of Blues.

We continue with song titles featuring the elements of fire, ice, water, earth and sky along with song titles about streets, roads, highways and other means of land travel.

Next it's songs with song titles about give and take and we end the month with songs titles about children and kids and another peek at the girls in the garage (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.

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 CTBS sponsors a Summer series of Blues Jams on first Thursdays at The Chicken Shack at The Farm At Carter Hill in Marlborough CT. The CTBS All-Stars (River City Slim, Phil Caron and Joey Primo) are the house band with a different 'guitar star' joining the band each month. The series finale is Thursday September 4. The featured artist is Boston guitar and harmonica ace Chris 'Stovall' Brown. Chris has recorded and toured with a Who's Who of Blues and R&B greats as well as leading his own bands for many years.

Looking ahead, 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.

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.

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.

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/

Connecticut Symphony Orchestra presents American Vistas



For tickets, details, and directions visit the CSO website: connecticutsymphony.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.

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!

Coming Up

Season Opener: Fall Lawn Pops & Jazz!

Saturday, Sept 13, 2025 at 3pm

On the Lawn; Grounds of First Church

75 Main Street, Farmington, CT

Rain location – Indoors at Porter Memorial Hall, adjacent to the lawn.

Introducing a new program of Chamber Music, String Orchestra and Jazz. Join us for this members-led program, coordinated by Gail Reynolds.

Performances by:

FVSO STRING ENSEMBLE, with guests Michael Reynolds, piano. James St. Pierre, percussion

RESONANT WINDS

SYNERGISMUS

FVSO Jazz Combo

This program will be free of charge, with donations gratefully accepted.

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

www.fvso.org

West Hartford Symphony Orchestra

Learn more at WHSO.org

South Windsor Cultural Arts

For information, call (860)-416-6920

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.

https://newbritainsymphony.org/