Eastern CT Symphony

Check out our pre-concert chat for our upcoming concert on Saturday, October 22, 7:30pm at the Garde Arts Center! We caught up with the Grammy-award winning cellist, Sara Sant'Ambrogio about performing the Elgar Cello Concerto. bit.ly/3g2ZFxe

Ready for this Saturday’s #ECSO concert gala @StoningtonViney? Bring lawn chairs & pack a blanket, a picnic basket (for a few fresh ideas: parade.com/1188695), and bug spray! 2 food trucks will be on hand and - reminder - no outside alcohol. Tickets: ecso.givesmart.com

Happy Flag Day! 245 years ago, our nation adopted the U.S. flag, symbolizing our founding values of freedom, hope, and opportunity for all. The #ECSO will perform America the Beautiful and The Stars & Stripes Forever @StoningtonViney on June 25! Tickets: ecso.givesmart.com

The #ECSO is returning to one of our favorite outdoor performance venues, @StoningtonViney! We will be presenting an outdoor concert and hosting an online silent auction. Starting today, purchase tickets and bid on auction items on the website linked here: ecso.givesmart.com

Where in the World Was Toshi?! “Two weeks ago, I had a wonderful experience as guest conductor of Orquesta Filarmonica de Jalisco in Guadalajara for the prestigious Festival Cultural de Mayo en Jalisco. The sold out Teatro Degollado audience gave us an 8 minute standing ovation!”

Meet the soloists for our June 25 concert @StoningtonViney! Soprano Sarah Yanovitch Vitale recently sang with the #ECSO at our season finale. Tenor Gene Stenger will be making his #ECSO debut. Get tickets & sign up for the silent auction (live 6/10) here: ecso.givesmart.com

Join the #ECSO for our summer gala @StoningtonViney on June 25 with a varied program curated by Music Director & Conductor Toshiyuki Shimada featuring soprano Sarah Yanovitch Vitale. Even if you can’t attend, we hope you register for the silent auction at ecso.givesmart.com!

If you didn’t catch it, check out this article @thedayct on music’s ability to unite a community, specifically this community #nlct: theday.com/local-news/202… Want to connect with the #ECSO? You can subscribe, volunteer, become an intern, or join the chorus! ectsymphony.com/join-us

Our season finale of Florence Price’s Dances in the Canebrakes, Beethoven’s Triple Concerto and Ode to Joy, and Tom Myron’s fanfare brought the @gardeartscenter audience to its feet. But wait, there’s more! Join us @StoningtonViney on 6/25 for a summer gala. Details to follow …

Spring—when blossoms appear and birds ready their nests—is known as the Season of Renewal. And it’s the Season of Renewal for the #ECSO, when you can reserve your 2022-23 seats @gardeartscenter! To do so, call 860-443-2876 or visit the webpage linked here: ectsymphony.com/subscriptions/

Visit the #ECSO on Facebook to view an album of photos from “Joyful Dances,” last Saturday’s concert @gardeartscenter, concluding our 75th anniversary season! m.facebook.com/ectsymphony/ @NLCT

Here are scenes from the #ECSO dress rehearsal and a chat by @MaestroToshi with young musicians yesterday. Join us at Joyful Dances, tonight’s 75th anniversary season finale concert of Beethoven and Price @gardeartscenter! Tickets are still available here: sforce.co/3w8q4hG

Saturday’s concert is sponsored by 18th-century-style shopping and dining destination Olde Mistick Village, which will turn 50 next year! In the photo, taken during construction: developers Jerry Olson, who died in 2019, and Joyce Olson Resnikoff. Tickets: sforce.co/3kH5HCK

Music Director & Conductor Toshiyuki Shimada met virtually with violin soloist Elissa Lee Koljonen for a pre-concert chat about her background and the Beethoven Triple Concerto. Watch it on YouTube on the concert page, where you can also purchase tickets: ectsymphony.com/joyful-dances

When the #ECSO performs Beethoven’s Triple Concerto @gardeartscenter this Saturday, concluding our 75th anniversary season, at the piano will be Steinway Artist Eva Virsik, a native of Bratislava and DMA graduate of the Moscow State Conservatory. Tickets: ectsymphony.com/joyful-dances/

Catch us this Sunday, May 1, at 3 p.m., when @WMNR_Radio will broadcast “Spring Strings,” the ECSO’s March 19 concert, recorded live @gardeartscenter. Plan to tune in at 94.5 FM, on the WMNR app, or at wmnr.org. And join us Saturday, May 7: ectsymphony.com/joyful-dances/

On May 7, when the #ECSO performs the finale of Beethoven’s 9th @gardeartscenter, it will be 198 years to the day from the symphony’s premiere at Vienna’s Theater am Kärntnertor, now the site of Hotel Sacher, home of the world-famous Sacher-Torte! Tickets: ectsymphony.com/joyful-dances/

At 124 State Street @NLCT is Sarge’s Comics and Games. What’s happening May 7? If you said, “ECSO’s 75th anniversary season finale,” you’re right, but it’s also Free Comic Book Day. So come early and pick up your free comic book (while they last)! Tickets: ectsymphony.com/joyful-dances/

Unfortunately, due to a finger injury, Principal Cello Amy Ward Butler is unable to be a soloist at the ECSO’s performance of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto. Fortunately, a wonderful player will appear in her place at the May 7 concert: Sophie Shao. Tickets: ectsymphony.com/joyful-dances/