“Tom Freund is indeed one of the great singer- songwriters. He constructs a unique world, defines it, and then burns it to the ground. Truly unique and absolutely brilliant.” –All Music Guide "It’s the ease with which he delivers conversational lyrics and honeyed melodies, a natural magic that is the soul of Tom Freund’s music. […]
Sing holiday songs with Music on the Hill singers and bell ringers...and a very special guest! Plus: Santa's Jingle Bells workshop for kids. It's all part of Holly Jolly Saturday and the Great Trains holiday exhibit at the Wilton Historical Society. Two one-hour sessions, starting at 2 p.m. and repeating at 3 p.m. Free, with […]
Music on the Hill ringers add festive bell music to holiday shopping. Bells will ring at intervals throughout the afternoon at Barnes and Noble. Kids may join in with sleigh bells. Stop by the greeting table to say you've come for music and to join the Music on the Hill mailing list.
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 […]
Now in its 43rd year, the annual John Rhodes Jazz Symposium will be held Friday, Feb. 22 at Wilton High School in The Little Theater. This event, an assembly of high school jazz bands from across Fairfield County, is known and loved for its display of enormous musical talent and rush of crowd-thrilling performances. The […]
Wilton's own Music on the Hill presents an exquisite choral experience that will include the rarely performed works of French Baroque composer Marc Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704), including his "Te Deum," "Regina Caeli," and "Messe a 8 voix et 8 violons et flutes." The festival and chamber choruses of Music on the Hill will be joined by […]
Music on the Hill is pleased to present its 17th Annual Summer Chorus with the choral music of Czech composer Antonin Dvorak on Thursday, July 25 . Works will be his Te Deum (Op. 103) and the Mass in D Major (Op. 86), both written in the 1890s as Dvorak turned his eye towards America and […]
Wilton's own Music on the Hill presents its Summer Sings! program, each Tuesday evening in August, 7-9 p.m. at the Wilton Presbyterian Church. The first program begins this Tuesday, Aug. 7. Come join us–the audience is the chorus. We will provide scores, piano accompaniment, and soloists; you provide the great choral accompaniment with fellow choristers from […]
Wilton's own Music on the Hill presents its Summer Sings! program, each Tuesday evening in August, 7-9 p.m. at the Wilton Presbyterian Church. The first program begins this Tuesday, Aug. 7. Come join us–the audience is the chorus. We will provide scores, piano accompaniment, and soloists; you provide the great choral accompaniment with fellow choristers from […]
Wilton's own Music on the Hill presents its Summer Sings! program, each Tuesday evening in August, 7-9 p.m. at the Wilton Presbyterian Church. The first program begins this Tuesday, Aug. 7. Come join us–the audience is the chorus. We will provide scores, piano accompaniment, and soloists; you provide the great choral accompaniment with fellow choristers from […]
