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WCSU Jazz fest: Combos, Vocal & Jazz Ensemble
Western CT Visual & Performing Arts Center, Veronica Hagman Concert Hall 43 Lake Avenue Extension,, Danbury, CT27thy Annual Jazz Fest; featuring WCSU Jazz Combos, Vocal Jazz & Jazz Ensemble; **Free tickets for Faculty, Staff and WCSU Students are available at the VPAC box office located in the VPAC lobby – a valid WCSU ID is required at the time of purchase** NOTE: Advance ticket purchases made online are $7 plus fees;…
WCSU Jazz fest: Jazz orchestra with special guest (TBA)
The Visual and Performing Arts Center @ WCSU 43 Lake Ave Ext, Danbury, CTWCSU Jazz fest ; **Free tickets for Faculty, Staff and WCSU Students are available at the VPAC box office located in the VPAC lobby – a valid WCSU ID is required at the time of purchase** NOTE: Advance ticket purchases made online are $7 plus fees; Tickets purchased at the door are $10. No refunds…
Grease
Wilton Playshop 15 Lovers Lane, Wilton, CTTickets: $65- $100; access:https://www.wiltonplayshop.org/current-production; Fri-Sat: 8 pm; Sundays: 3 pm With a hip-shaking rock 'n' roll score featuring hits like "Summer Nights," "Greased Lightnin'," and "We Go Together," Grease celebrates…
‘Views From a Matrix” printmaking exhibit
Brookfield Craft Center 286 Whisconier Road, Brookfield, CT, United StatesAn exhibition of various styles of printmaking by CT printmakers. Public invited. Hours: Tuesday-Friday: 12-5 pm Saturday: 11 m- 5 pm Sunday: 12-4 pm
2024 ANNUAL STUDENT CONCERTO COMPETITION; Danbury Symphony Orchestr
Danbury Music Centre 256 Main Street,, Danbury, CTThe Danbury Music Centre will be accepting applications and video submissions for its 2024 Annual Concerto Competition for students until April 13, 2024. The competition will be held at the Marian Anderson Recital…
WCSU Jazz Fest; Jazz Faculty
Western CT Visual & Performing Arts Center, Veronica Hagman Concert Hall 43 Lake Avenue Extension,, Danbury, CTDanton Boller, Will Gorman, Haneef Nelson, Carmen Staff & Jeff Siegel
David Merrill Reception /book signing
Newtown Municipal Art Gallery 6 Primrose Street, Newtown, CT, United StatesDavid Merrill's Lifetime of Painting; exhibition and book signing. By the artist who painted the mural in Edmund Town Hall. Sunday, April 28, 2-4 pom. Public welcome
Roger Post Jazz Quartet
Danbury Museum 43 Main Street, Danbury, CTIndoor performance . No tickets or reservations required. Free will offering. Percussion, bass, piano & saxophone.
Cello & Piano Concert
First Congregational Church of Woodbury 214 Main Street South, Woodbury, CTAni Aznavoorian, cello; Andrew Armstrong, piano
Art of Sandra Cointreau
Southbury Library 100 Poverty Road, Southybury, CTThis exhibit brings together Sandra Cointreau's view of an evolving environment and the animals that experience it. Open during library hours: Mon: 9:30am - 5:30pm Tues: 9:30am - 9:00pm Wed: 9:30am - 5:30pm Thurs: 9:30am - 9:00pm Fri: 9:30am - 5:30pm Sat: 9:30am-4:00pm Sun: 12:00pm-5:00pm
“Way Off Broadway”
Woodbury's Historic Old Town Hall 5 Mountain Road, Woodbury, CT, United States"Directed by Tom Wood, " 'Way off Broadway' is a look at what auditions for community theater may or may not look like." Friday & Saturday: 7:30 pm. Sundays: 2:00…
Frog Frolic Family Festival
Redding Community Center 37 Lonetown Road, Redding, CT, United StatesLive music, food trucks, crafts, games, more; to benefit mark Twain Library
Danbury Concert Chorus “Credo; I Believe”
First Congregational Church of Danbury 164 Deer Hill Ave., Danbury, CTMusic by Bonds, Vivaldi, Kodaly and Shubert; free admission
Tobias Steymans – Violin and Victoria Schwartzman – Piano
Danbury Museum 43 Main Street, Danbury, CTMusic of Beethoven, Brahms and Poulenc; no reservations or tickets require; free will offering; at Danbury Museum.
Natasha Brofsky, cello & Alissa Leiser, piano
Roxbury Senior Center 7 South Street, Roxbury, CTLudwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano in F Major Op. 5, No. 1 Kaija Saariaho: Dreaming Chaconne (Variation on the Chiacona of Giuseppe Colombi) Franz Liszt: Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth & Liebestraum Francois Poulenc: Sonata for Cello and Piano, FP 143
Media Arts Film Festival
WCSU Midtown Campus 181 White Street, Danbury, CT, United StatesThe festival showcases the best student works in from the Media Production, Digital & Interactive Media and Art programs at WCSU. At the student center. Sponsored by the BEA Student Media Club, WCSU Alumni Association,…
“Madama Butterfly” opera simulcast
AMC 16 Movie Theater 61 Eagle Road, Danbury, CT, United StatesMetropolitan opera simulcast of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly." Madam Butterfly (in Italian Madama Butterfly) is one of opera’s most enduring tales of unrequited love. Puccini’s poignant score follows the tragic tale of Cio Cio…
Danbury Music Center Community Band
Free event. At the Charles Ives Birthplace; on the lawn. bring chairs
Flagpole Radio Cafe
Edmond Town Hall 45 Main Street, Newtown, CTTickets: $45; Guest artist: Martha Mooke, acclaimed for her electrifying performances and compositions, is a pioneering electric violist/composer, highly regarded for her artistry, music advocacy, and innovative educational programs.
Sophia Agranovich – Piano Solo
Internationally acclaimed virtuoso pianist, Sophia Agranovich, will perform a program Sonata in B minor by Chopin, Brahms-Paganini Variations, Sonetto del Petrarca #104 and Rhapsodie Espagnole by Liszt. No tickets or reservation required. Free will offering.
Shrek The Musical, Jr.
Newtown Middle School 11 Queen Street, Newtown, CT, United StatesNewtown Middle School Drama; tickets: $10 at http://newtownms.booktix.net/; May 17-18, 7:00 pm; May 18, 19: 2:00 pm.
“Moon Over Buffalo”
Little Theater, Newtown 18 Orchard Hill Road, Newtown, CTGeorge and Charlotte Hay, a husband-and-wife team of actors, struggle to perform Cyrano de Bergerac and Private Lives in repertory while dealing with family crises and the possibility of a…
Artist Reception for: “Views From a Matrix” printmaking exhibit
Brookfield Craft Center 286 Whisconier Road, Brookfield, CT, United StatesCraft Center hours: Reception for an exhibition of various styles of printmaking by CT printmakers. Public invited.
“Inspired Shakespeare” Concert
Newtown Meeting House 33 Main Street, Newtown, CT, United StatesFeaturing songs inspired by Shakespeare’s plays including “West Side Story”,”& Juliet,” “The Lion King.” Tickets at the door: Tickets: $10; Students & Seniors: $8
“Heavenly Journey: Mozart and Mahler”
Naugatuck Valley Community College Fine Arts Center 750 Chase Parkway, Waterbury, CTMozart: Marriage of Figaro and Clarinet Concerto in A major; Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major ; Grammy nominated soprano: Laquita Mitchell; pre-concert lecture: 2:30; for tickets: https://mpv.tickets.com/schedule/?orgid=56669&agency=WSOV_PL_MPV#/?view=list&includePackages=true