Not only is Wilton home to a new non-profit organization to promote the performing arts, but the town will also play host to the group's first annual Family Day Free Concert, on Sunday, Aug. 26, at Merwin Meadows. Even more exciting? Headlining the concert is Bakithi Kumalo, who plays bass for Paul Simon. Kumalo was […]
Internationally acclaimed Emerson String Quartet will open the 2018/2019 Candlelight Concert season with a concert of works by Haydn, Bartók, and Dvořák. Tickets may be purchased at the door; adults $30, seniors $25, 16 years old and under, free. Proceeds benefit Wilton Library.
Music on the Hill opens its fall season with Music in Nature, a concert of the Chamber Chorus–12 pro singers–with artistic directors David H. Connell and Ellen Dickinson. Connell conducts a stirring and contemplative program of works by notable contemporary composers: Finzi, Górecki, Hovhaness, Paulus, and Whitacre. Selections, which range from a setting of ancient […]
YOU ARE INVITED TO... "Bring the Music On!" Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018, 6-8:30 p.m. at the Wilton Congregational Church. Join us for a marvelous concert and fundraiser to benefit sound and visual modernizations and preservations at the Church. Childcare will be provided. “Bring the Music On!” will include a reception at 6 p.m. in Pilgrim […]
A chamber concert of music for handbells, featuring varied bell ensembles–solos (one ringer, many bells), duets, quartets, sextets and more–performing popular classics in a singular way. This concert will be a treat for the eye and the ear. Selections include the Bach Prelude in C with "Ave Maria," "The Swan" from Carnival of the Animals […]
Music on the Hill presents a festive concert of the Jubilate Ringers handbell choir and Festival Chorus performing classic carols and songs. Featured: the premiere of "Stars over Snow: An English Christmas," artistic director Ellen Dickinson's arrangement of English carols for chorus and handbells. Dickinson will conduct. Other selections include Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Wassail Song;" Alice […]
