Come enjoy the sounds of a professional symphony right close to home! The Waterbury Symphony Orchestra is located in Waterbury, Connecticut, performing both classical and popular music throughout the year. Whether you are an avid symphony goer, a musician, or just someone that likes to listen to great music, be sure to check us out! We have great ticket prices for all ages (including great student prices) and always have group discounts available.

 For more information on classical concerts or pops concerts that the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra is performing, contact our offices at (203) 574-4283 or visit our website!

Five by Design in Club Swing

Saturday, October 25th, 2008 at 8PM

Join Five By Design and the Waterbury Symphony for this concert celebrating the music of the Swing Era. The setting for the show is the fictional Club Swing, a soon-to-be shuttered nightclub built during the heyday of swing. As construction sounds filter through the Hotel Crosby, a news report echoes the impending demise of the once popular nightspot. But before the wrecking ball falls, Joe Sullivan, the club's former mixologist visits the establishment one last time. As dropcloths are removed, the neon marquee flickers and then begins to glow as Club Swing is transformed to its former splendor. From the frenetic paced opening of Benny Goodman's 'Bugle Call Rag' to the show's blockbuster finale featuring Louie Prima's 'Sing, Sing, Sing,' Five by Design celebrates the swing movement from 1937-1955. The repertoire embraces a rich harmonic treatment of Nat King Cole's 'Mona Lisa' while a Steve and Edye-styled arrangement of 'Somethin's Gotta Give' foreshadows the club's closing, paralleling the decline of swing in the fifties.

The stage design evokes the ambiance of a nightclub cut from a vintage movie. The Club's marquee floats above the orchestra surrounded by palm trees, an art deco bar, and linen covered tables. Each decade highlights the songs, events, and personalities that defined the era. Whether listening to Cole Porter's 'Begin the Beguine' or the musical depreciation of Spike Jones 'Cocktails for Two,' Five by Design's 'Club Swing' personifies American popular culture during the swing era. Tickets can be ordered through the Palace Theater Box Office, by calling 203-755-4700.

The Town of West Hartford is a full-service community in every sense, from its quality municipal services to its recreational facilities and cultural events. The Town of West Hartford prides itself on its overall attractiveness, customer service, citizen involvement, public safety, and education, all characteristics that make West Hartford a desirable place to live. West Hartford is also the the "city of license" for WCCC AM 1290 Beethoven Radio!

Click here to find out "What's New" in West Hartford. If you are interested in visiting West Hartford you can click here, to discover the many restaurants, stores and vacation spots perfect for you and your family.

Richard Chiarappa, Music Director  

The West Hartford Symphony Orchestra is dedicated to improving the quality of life in our charming town of West Hartford, and presenting the highest quality of orchestral concerts for people of all ages. We sincerely hope you will attend our local performances and also that you will actively support the orchestra by volunteering to help out in one of the many ways necessary to make this a vital and exciting organization. If you are unable to support us physically, please consider supporting us financially as we endeavor to develop this unique, new addition to the town of West Hartford. Please visit the WHSO’s website at www.whso.org or call 860-521-4362 for tickets or if you would like to join! 

The
West Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Richard Chiarappa, Music Director


December 14, 2008 - Sunday,  3:00 p.m.

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra is Connecticut’s premier musical organization and is widely recognized as one of America’s leading regional orchestras. The Hartford Symphony Orchestra believes passionately in the performance of live symphonic music and its value in the community. To that end, the mission of the HSO is to perform live orchestral music of the highest quality for ever-expanding audiences, and to increase through its educational programs the understanding and enjoyment of that music by residents in Connecticut. The 2007/2008 season is almost here! Get your tickets now to the Hartford Symphony Orchestra! Call for info about the cost saving FlexPass - 860-244-2999!!

The society presents public concerts featuring world-renowned musicians and promising local artists. Our signature series, The Guitar Masters Series, brings to southern New England many of the worlds best known and most outstanding internationally acclaimed musicians. This year marks a new era in our history, with the debut of a new Bushnell Concert Series in the elegant Belding Theater at the Bushnell Performing Arts Center in Hartford. The Society also hosts the Guitar & Friends Concert Series in intimate settings. Not all concerts are classical in format. Some concerts feature jazz, folk, and more! 

 Get tickets now... Call 860 249-7041! 

Guitar Day! 2008 - Saturday, November 22, 2008, starting at 9:00 AM
UConn Greater Hartford Campus, West Hartford

SPECIAL EVENT - Some of today’s most outstanding guitarists come together in a day full of workshops and performances. Featuring Grammy nominated guitarist/composer Frederic Hand, Puerto Rican guitarist Renaldo Guadalupe, top student performers from Mannes College NYC, Yale, The Hartt School, The CGS Ensemble and others.

Tickets available only through Jorgensen Box Office (860) 486-4226

Connecticut Opera Presents the 2008 - 2009 Season!

Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Palace Theater, Waterbury Sunday, November 2 2008 2:00 pm The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts Thursday, November 6 2008 7:30 pm Saturday, November 8 2008 8:00 pm    Don Giovanni, a.k.a. Don Juan, is the legendary "love-em-and leave-em" scoundrel of history and opera. Set in Spain in the 1600s, Don Giovanni chronicles the lover’s conquests, said to have numbered in the thousands. Understandably, those he seduced and abandoned are bent on vengeance. He is pursued by past conquests plus the ghost of the Commendatore he killed in a duel as the nobleman fought to save his daughter’s virtue. When the ghost demands that he repent and reform, the Don brazenly refuses and is consumed by the fires of hell. In the end, virtue vanquishes vice.

The Daughter of the Regiment by Gaetano Donizetti The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts Friday, March 6, 2009 8:00 pm Sunday, March 8, 2009 2:00 pm Thursday, March 12, 2009 7:30 pm Saturday, March 14, 2009 8:00 pm     A French regiment’s adopted "daughter" Marie falls in love with Tonio, a civilian, but her army of "fathers" will only allow her to marry a soldier. In a series of comic plot twists, a prominent Marquise arrives to claim Marie as her "niece" and promises her to a man of position. Her true love, not to be denied, enlists, hoping to meet that marriage requirement, but finds the Marquise firm in her opposition. As the arranged marriage proceeds, her lover and the Regiment arrive with pomp and bravado to save her from a loveless marriage. Seeing Marie’s despair, the Marquise relents and allows her to marry Tonio. The opera ends with a rousing salute to France and a joyful surprise!

La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini  Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts Friday, May 15, 2009 8:00 pm Sunday, May 17, 2009 2:00 pm Thursday, May 21, 2009 7:30pm Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:00 pm Saturday, May 30, 2009 8:00 pm Sunday, May 31, 2009 2:00 pm   It could be Paris’ Latin Quarter or New York’s Harlem: starving artists, aspiring poets and musicians all share a happy-go-lucky lifestyle in pursuit of their passion for art, music, poetry and romance! Opera’s favorite couple Mimì and Rodolfo play out their romance amidst the stresses of poverty, jealousy and illness. Through the euphoria of love to the heartbreak of separation, the couple struggles with their conflicts only to be reunited tragically when Mimì returns to die among her lover and friends, proving once again that love is never to be taken for granted.

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Subscriptions for the Connecticut Opera Season are now on sale! To purchase your subscription, call 860-527-0713, Monday - Friday, 9am - 4pm. You can also contact the Box Office by mail at Connecticut Opera Box Office, 226 Farmington Ave., Hartford, CT 06105

Soul Friends is a non-profit organization that provides both clinical Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) and Humane Education to children and adolescents. Our clinical, educational and consultation services are detailed in this site. Our mission is to provide healing, comfort and education through the benefits of incorporating a therapeutic animal as part of a treatment plan or educational program under the close supervision of a licensed professional. The power of the unconditional love of a highly trained pet partner is undeniable and inspiring. Soul Friends was founded to provide holistic animal assisted therapy programs and humane education that address the emotional, therapeutic and educational needs of children and adolescents.

Animal Assisted Therapy (A.A.T.)
Animal Assisted Therapy is a goal-directed intervention in which clinicians have expertise in the integration of animals into the treatment process.
Humane Education
Humane education programs incorporate the appreciation of social and environmental issues that affect our world.
Consultation
Consultation services are provided by appointment to individuals and organizations interested in learning more about Animal Assisted Therapy and Humane Education.
We Love Animals!
A hands-on interactive program that serves to promote children’s respect for animals and the natural world.

When you visit the Constitution State, take part in the Heritage Trails Sightseeing Tours. Pick from a variety of tours: The Charter Oak Tree Tour, The Hartford - City of Heritage Tour, Ancient Graveyards, Amistad Sites & Black History Freedom Trail of Farmington Tour and more! Beethoven Radio is even part of the tour!

See and learn all about Hartford - one end to the other - in just two fascinating hours on our fact-filled guided luxury mini-bus tour with lively commentary. Familiarize yourself with our capital city before doing anything else! Stops made for commentary and photos. Call for a tour today 860 677-8867. Or click on the Charter Oak Tree to link to the Heritage Trails website!

With over 24 years of tour experience our guide will "Step-On" your large tour bus, mini bus, van, car or limousine and present your choice of the following two-hour tours seen below. Click on the title of any tour below for a detailed description of each tour.

Click "Step-On Guide" for more information. Our expert tour guide, historian and author will board your vehicle and give the following tours of Hartford and Farmington Connecticut.

With more than 400 concerts, recitals, plays, master classes, dance performances, and musical theatre productions a year, performance is central to Hartt’s curriculum. For more information on The Hartt School or to view a list of upcoming performances, visit us at www.hartford.edu/hartt.

The Hartt School is an internationally acclaimed conservatory with innovative programs in music, dance, and theatre. In 1920, Julius Hartt, Moshe Paranov and associated teachers founded The Hartt School, which became one of the three founding institutions of the University of Hartford in 1957. Home to the Miami String Quartet and the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz, The Hartt School stresses excellence in the performing arts. Alongside traditional performance-oriented majors in music performance, jazz, music theatre, theatre (actor training) and dance, programs that stress the academic side of the arts are also available. Studies in music history, music theory, music education and composition form a well-rounded school creating not only talented performers, but well educated musicians. As well as the more traditional majors, Hartt offers cutting-edge programs in music management, performing arts management, and music production and technology.

The mission of The President's College at the University of Hartford is to create an extended community of thinking people dedicated to the importance of the life of the mind. By offering a wide range of activities, The President's College allows its participants to explore significant topics at a high intellectual level under the guidance of university-level faculty. The President's College extends the University of Hartford's educational mission by engaging the adult population of its surrounding communities in the intellectual life of the campus, thus building significant connections between them and the university.

The President's College is a non-credit program offering short courses and activities for adults, taught by visiting lecturers and members of the University of Hartford faculty. Its mission is to create an extended community of thinking people who are interested in learning new things under the guidance of our leading professors. The President's College extends the University of Hartford's educational mission by engaging the adult population of the surrounding communities in the intellectual and academic life of the campus.

Members of the President's College (known as Fellows) enjoy participation in the numerous events that take place on the campus - lectures, musical and theatrical performances, art shows. They have library privileges, parking privileges, and numerous other advantages and discounts. 

Upcoming Programs for September and October. Sign up today!

• October 30 - How to Write America
• November 5 - Bible and Archeology
• November 6 - How to Write America
• November 9 - A Hamlet Festival Time: 9:30am-4:30pm
  Location: Auerbach A421, A425, A426
• November 10 - Opera Panorama: Chris Devlin and Friends Time: 5:30-7:00pm
  Location: Wilde Auditorium
• November 12 - Bible and Archeology
  November 13 - How to Write America
  November 17 - Opera Panorama

Registration
Register by Phone
Call 860.768.4350 between 9am and 4pm, Monday through Friday

Register by Mail (Click here to access a form)
Mail your registration form to:

The President's College
University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117-1599

Register by Fax Fax your registration form to: 860.768.4274

Foodshare is the regional food bank and distributes more than 11 tons of food each day to 350 local programs that feed hungry people in Hartford and Tolland Counties. Foodshare provides food to food pantries, community kitchens, shelters, and other social service organizations in every town in greater Hartford. These programs serve children, families, and seniors and provide over a quarter of a million meals each month! Foodshare is an efficient and cost-effective way to ensure that hungry people are fed. For every $30 donated, Foodshare can provide enough food for one person for a month. Only 5% of donated resources are spent on management and fundraising, 95% goes directly to feeding hungry people. 100,000 people still go to these private emergency food programs in greater Hartford each year.Most people in need are families (40,000 of our hungry neighbors are children!) a one-third of households needing help have at least one adult working. With all Foodshare has accomplished, it is still not enough. The 8.3 million pounds of food distributed last year works out to only 83 pounds per hungry person per year – less than two pounds of food per person per week. We have to keep up the effort to do more!

Foodshare needs you! Your gifts of time, talent, and treasure are vital to its success. There are many ways to support Foodshare and ensure that our hungry neighbors have enough to eat. Visit www.foodshare.org or call 860-286-9999 to make a donation, become a volunteer, or find out more information.

Welcome to The Carol Autorino Center for the Arts and Humanities . . .

Since opening its doors in the spring semester of 2001, The Carol Autorino Center has become one of the busiest facilities on campus. The two new campus buildings, Bruyette Athenaeum and Lynch Hall, have been the setting for an array of academic and cultural events. Bruyette Anthenaeum houses the Hoffman Auditorium, Saint Joseph College Art Gallery, and College Archives. Lynch Hall provides classrooms and faculty offices for the Humanities Division. The event schedule is filled year-round.

The annual Performing Arts Series at The Bruyette Athenaeum annually features nationally and internationally recognized artists such as Judy Collins, Little Theatre of the Deaf, Phantom of the Opera Frank D’Ambrosio, George Winston, James Sewell Ballet, Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Blackfriars Stage Company, BRNO Chamber Orchestra (Czech Republic), New Zealand String Quartet, Trio Veronezh (Russia), and Cherish the Ladies. Daytime performances for high schools are also presented. The Center has forged co-production relationships with several regional arts groups.

We welcome your continued comments, and look forward to seeing you again on campus.

Dr. Robert Smith, Dir

Event Information
Blackfriars Stage Company presents HAMLET "To be, or not to be . . ." The American Shakespeare Centers touring company returns to Saint Joseph College with the Bard's most contemplative play! Blackfriars Stage Company presents Shakespeare as it was originally performedwith an ensemble cast on a simple stage surrounded by audience!
When?
Monday, November 03, 2008 7:30 PM ET
Where?
Hoffman Auditorium
Contact Information
The Frances Driscoll Box Office 860.231.5555
Other Information
Tickets $18--$27