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SUMMARY:International Make Music Day: Free Family Concert
DESCRIPTION:Calling all families! Come celebrate International Make Music Day with members of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra in a free\, fun family concert on the New Haven Green. No special musical talents required\, but the experience will be super interactive. You may have a chance to conduct\, to direct the volume of the music\, or to affect the speed of the professional musicians. A great way to get everyone involved in making music. \nThis event is presented in partnership with the International Festival of Arts & Ideas. \nVisit International Festival of Arts & Ideas Website
URL:https://newhavensymphony.org/event/international-make-music-day-free-family-concert/
LOCATION:New Haven Green\, 250 Temple Street\, New Haven\, CT\, 06511\, United States
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SUMMARY:Free Family Concert:  Plumb Memorial Library
DESCRIPTION:WEATHER UPDATE: Due to the rainy forecast\, this concert will take place indoors at Plumb Memorial Library in Shelton!\nCalling all families! Come explore music with members of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra in a free\, fun family concert at Plumb Memorial Library in Shelton\, CT. No special musical talents required\, but the experience will be super interactive. You may have a chance to conduct\, to direct the volume of the music\, or to affect the speed of the professional musicians. A great way to get everyone involved in making music.
URL:https://newhavensymphony.org/event/free-family-concert-shelton23/
LOCATION:Plumb Memorial Library\, 65 Wooster Street\, Shelton\, 06484
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SUMMARY:International Festival of Arts & Ideas: Angelique Kidjo
DESCRIPTION:Dive into the magical tones of one of Africa’s most prominent musicians\, five-time Grammy Award winner Angelique Kidjo\, at the Opening Night of the 2023 International Festival of Arts & Ideas! Led by music director Alasdair Neale\, this free New Haven Symphony Orchestra concert on the New Haven Green will entrance listeners by seamlessly mixing genres and powerful musical messages. \n6:00 p.m. Opening Remarks\n6:20 p.m. Drum Circle Call to Music\n7:00 p.m. New Haven Symphony Orchestra and Angelique Kidjo \nThe music on the program will include Quinn Mason’s “A Joyous Trilogy” and selections from Ms. Kidjo’s 2015 album Sing with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra. \nVisit International Festival of Arts & Ideas Website\n\nFeatured Performers:\nNew Haven Symphony Orchestra\nAlasdair Neale\, music director \nAngélique Kidjo\, special guest \nBrian Jarawa Gray and Michael Mills\, featured drummers \nCharliece Salters\, choreographer \n\nThank you to our Sponsors:\nThe Helen H. Roberts Trust and the International Association of New Haven.
URL:https://newhavensymphony.org/event/angelique-kidjo/
LOCATION:New Haven Green\, 250 Temple Street\, New Haven\, CT\, 06511\, United States
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SUMMARY:Symphony Goes to the Zoo
DESCRIPTION:Join the NHSO Brass Quintet as they team up with Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo! This free\, outdoor Family Series will introduce children to the connections between music and their favorite stories and animals. \nPairing live animals and animal artifacts from the Zoo with vibrant performances by NHSO musicians\, this exciting musical experience will encourage discovery and engage the imagination. \nThis concert is presented in Partnership with the International Festival of Arts and Ideas for International Make Music Day. \nProgram: \n“Flight of the Bumblebee\,” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov\nExcerpts from The Carnival of the Animals\, by Camille Saint-Saëns\nThe Race\, by Gwyneth Walker \n\nThis program has additional performances. Click here to view all of the dates\, times\, and locations available. \n\n\n\nWhat to Expect\n\nA concert of instrumental music by two trumpets\, a horn\, a trombone\, and a tuba.\nThe Race is an exciting musical adaptation of the classic fable\, “The Tortoise and the Hare\,” and is performed with narration.\nA display of small\, live animals and animal artifacts by members of The Beardsley Zoo staff.\nThe concert will be approximately 1 hour long. \nAudience members of all ages are welcome but the concert will be best experienced by children ages 3-9.\nThis is an informal event. Children are welcome to move around throughout the show.\nSeating is not provided. Please bring your own chairs or blankets to sit on while enjoying the show.\nClick here to learn more about the New Haven Green\, including parking options and accessibility accommodations. \nHave questions about what to expect? Email our community engagement team at engagement@newhavensymphony.org or call (203) 865-0831 ext 17.\n\n \n\nHealth & Safety\nSince this series will take place outdoors\, audience members will not need to wear masks or provide proof of vaccination for these performances.  \n \n\n\nSponsors\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Helen Roberts Trust
URL:https://newhavensymphony.org/event/familyzoo-new-haven-green/
LOCATION:New Haven Green\, 250 Temple Street\, New Haven\, CT\, 06511\, United States
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SUMMARY:Symphony Goes to the Zoo
DESCRIPTION:Join the NHSO Brass Quintet as they team up with Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo! This free\, outdoor Family Series will introduce children to the connections between music and their favorite stories and animals. \nPairing live animals and animal artifacts from the Zoo with vibrant performances by NHSO musicians\, this exciting musical experience will encourage discovery and engage the imagination. \nThis concert is presented in partnership with Plumb Memorial Library. \nProgram: \n“Flight of the Bumblebee\,” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov\nExcerpts from The Carnival of the Animals\, by Camille Saint-Saëns\nThe Race\, by Gwyneth Walker \n\nThis program has additional performances. Click here to view all of the dates\, times\, and locations available. \n\n\n\nWhat to Expect\n\nA concert of instrumental music by two trumpets\, a horn\, a trombone\, and a tuba.\nThe Race is an exciting musical adaptation of the classic fable\, “The Tortoise and the Hare\,” and is performed with narration.\nA display of small\, live animals and animal artifacts by members of The Beardsley Zoo staff.\nThe concert will be approximately 1 hour long. \nAudience members of all ages are welcome but the concert will be best experienced by children ages 3-9.\nThis is an informal event. Children are welcome to move around throughout the show.\nSeating is not provided. Please bring your own chairs or blankets to sit on while enjoying the show.\nClick here to learn more about Veterans Memorial Park\, including parking options and accessibility accommodations. \nHave questions about what to expect? Email our community engagement team at engagement@newhavensymphony.org or call (203) 865-0831 ext 17.\n\n \n\nHealth & Safety\nSince this series will take place outdoors\, audience members will not need to wear masks or provide proof of vaccination for these performances.  \n \n\n\nSponsors\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Helen Roberts Trust \n\n 
URL:https://newhavensymphony.org/event/familyzoo-veterans-memorial-park/
LOCATION:Veterans Memorial Park\, 38 Canal Street E\, Shelton\, CT\, 06484\, United States
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SUMMARY:Concert on the Green | International Festival of Arts & Ideas
DESCRIPTION:Gather family and friends\, pack a picnic\, and join the NHSO and International Festival of Arts and Ideas for a night of beautiful music and dazzling vocal guests! \nLed by NHSO music director Alasdair Neale\, this free concert will feature legendary Broadway and film actor Brian Stokes Mitchell and acclaimed soprano Harolyn Blackwell performing in a concert of crowd favorites like “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands\,” and “It Ain’t Necessarily So” from Porgy & Bess. The evening will also include performances by opera singer & Yale professor Albert R. Lee\, cellist Jonathan Moore and jazz pianist\, drummer\, and composer Anton Kot. \nWe also need YOU to sing in an all-city performance of Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing with the entire audience on the Green and a special roster of hometown heroes in an onstage choir. \nThis concert is the kickoff event for the 2022 International Festival of Arts & Ideas. \n\nAbout Brian Stokes Mitchell\nBrian Stokes Mitchell emerged early on in the pandemic as a Covid-19 survivor and champion of healthcare heroes and frontline workers. In April 2020\, after the 7pm tribute to the health care workers in Manhattan\, Stokes would lean out his apartment window and sing with his legendary booming voice to give thanks. Since then\, he has dedicated numerous performances to frontline workers and has advocated tirelessly for the arts industry\, which has been devastated by shuttered venues and restrictions on large gatherings. \nDubbed “the last leading man” by The New York Times\, Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell has enjoyed a career that spans Broadway\, television\, film\, and concert appearances with the country’s finest conductors and orchestras. \nHe received Tony\, Drama Desk\, and Outer Critics Circle awards for his star turn in Kiss Me\, Kate. He also gave Tony-nominated performances in Man of La Mancha\, August Wilson’s King Hedley II\, and Ragtime. Other notable Broadway shows include Kiss of the Spider Woman\, Jelly’s Last Jam\, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and Shuffle Along. In 2016 he was awarded his second Tony Award\, the prestigious Isabelle Stevenson Tony for his charitable work with The Actors Fund. That same year Stokes was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame. \nAn extremely versatile and in-demand singer\, Stokes has performed at venues spanning jazz\, opera\, pops\, country\, and musical theater worlds. He has worked with John Williams\, Marvin Hamlisch\, Gustavo Dudamel\, Keith Lockhart\, Michael Tilson Thomas\, The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Big Band\, The Mormon Tabernacle choir and the Muppets. He has been invited twice to perform at the White House (both times aired on PBS’s Great Performances) and has performed multiple times for Presidents Clinton and Obama. \nHis extensive screen credits began with a guest starring role on “Roots: The next Generations”\, followed by a 7-year stint on Trapper John\, MD and have continued with memorable appearances on everything from PBS’ Great Performances to The Fresh Prince\, Frasier\, Glee\, Jumping the Broom and his most recent recurring roles on Madam Secretary\, Mr. Robot\, The Path\, Billions and The Good Fight. Other recent TV appearances include The Blacklist\, Elementary\, and Bull. To learn more\, visit BrianStokes.com. \nAbout Harolyn Blackwell\nOne of the brightest stars on stages in the US and abroad\, charismatic soprano Harolyn Blackwell has been hailed for her expressive and exuberant performances and her radiant voice\, making a wide and varied career on opera\, concert and recital stages of the world. \nFollowing study at The Catholic University of America in her native Washington\, D.C.\, Miss Blackwell’s performing career began on the Broadway stage in Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story. The transition from musical theater to opera occurred shortly afterwards\, when she was selected as a finalist for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Since that time\, the soprano has performed with many of the major national and international opera companies and at festivals around the world\, including numerous leading roles with the Metropolitan Opera\, as well as roles with Lyric Opera of Chicago\, Glyndebourne Festival\, Teatro Colon de Buenos Aires\, San Francisco Opera\, Netherlands Opera\, Seattle Opera\, Opéra de Nice\, Miami Opera\, Canadian Opera Company\, Aix-en-Provence Festival\, Opera Orchestra of New York\, New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival\, and the Ravinia Festival\, among others. \nShe has appeared with many of the most distinguished orchestras in the United States and abroad including the New York Philharmonic\, Los Angeles Philharmonic\, Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra\, National Symphony Orchestra\, Minnesota Symphony\, Pittsburgh Symphony\, Dallas Symphony Orchestra\, and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra\, among many others. \nMiss Blackwell is the recipient of numerous awards and honors\, including the New Haven Symphony Orchestra’s 2021 Artistry Award. As an advocate for Arts Education\, Miss Blackwell is a Board Member of The Metropolitan Opera Guild\, The Voice Foundation\, The Martina Arroyo Foundation\, The George London Foundation and The Morgan Library. She is a member of The Artists Committee for The Kennedy Center Honors and has also served on the Artists Selection Committee for The Marian Anderson Competition and The NEA Awards. To learn more\, visit HarolynBlackwell.com. \nAbout Albert R. Lee \nAlbert R. Lee is Director of Equity\, Belonging and Student Life at the Yale University School of Music after nine years as Associate Professor of Voice and Opera at the University of Nevada\, Reno. With degrees from the University of Connecticut\, The Juilliard School\, and Florida State University\, he has made a career as a classical vocalist in opera\, oratorio\, recital\, and liturgical music. Dr. Lee is a featured soloist on a recording of works by Pulitzer Prize winning composer\, George Walker on Albany Records singing musical settings of the Walt Whitman poem “When lilacs last in dooryard bloomed\,” a poem written as an elegy to Abraham Lincoln after his assassination. He was a featured speaker in UNR’s TEDx event with a TedTalk sharing his thoughts on the National Anthem titled “When I Sing the Anthem.” Dr. Lee draws inspiration from the literary works of Langston Hughes as well as his unique artistic\, spiritual\, and personal journey from childhood to his current life as an international performer and college professor. \nAbout the International Festival of Arts & Ideas\nThe International Festival of Arts & Ideas is a year-round organization that culminates with an annual celebration of performing arts\, lectures\, and conversations each summer in New Haven\, Connecticut. The Festival convenes leading artists\, thought leaders\, and innovators from around the world for dynamic public programs to engage\, entertain\, and inspire a diversity of communities. In 2021\, more than 95% of Festival programs will be free to the public\, including events that feature some of the most influential musical\, dance\, and theater artists of our time.  To learn more\, visit ArtIdea.org. \n\nConcert Sponsors\n\nThe Helen Roberts Trust
URL:https://newhavensymphony.org/event/concert-on-the-green-2022/
LOCATION:New Haven Green\, 250 Temple Street\, New Haven\, CT\, 06511\, United States
CATEGORIES:Outdoor Concerts,Partner Series,Special Events
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SUMMARY:Symphony Goes to the Zoo
DESCRIPTION:Join the NHSO Brass Quintet as they team up with Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo! This free\, outdoor Family Series will introduce children to the connections between music and their favorite stories and animals. \nPairing live animals and animal artifacts from the Zoo with vibrant performances by NHSO musicians\, this exciting musical experience will encourage discovery and engage the imagination. \nProgram: \n“Flight of the Bumblebee\,” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov\nExcerpts from The Carnival of the Animals\, by Camille Saint-Saëns\nThe Race\, by Gwyneth Walker \n\nThis program has additional performances. Click here to view all of the dates\, times\, and locations available. \n\n\n\nWhat to Expect\n\nA concert of instrumental music by two trumpets\, a horn\, a trombone\, and a tuba.\nThe Race is an exciting musical adaptation of the classic fable\, “The Tortoise and the Hare\,” and is performed with narration.\nA display of small\, live animals and animal artifacts by members of The Beardsley Zoo staff will be available beginning at 2:00pm and will be included in the show.\nThe concert will be approximately 1 hour long. \nAudience members of all ages are welcome but the concert will be best experienced by children ages 3-9.\nThis is an informal event. Children are welcome to move around throughout the show.\nSeating is not provided. Please bring your own chairs or blankets to sit on while enjoying the show.\nClick here to learn more about the Stetson Library at the Dixwell Q House\, including parking options and accessibility accommodations. \nHave questions about what to expect? Email our community engagement team at engagement@newhavensymphony.org or call (203) 865-0831 ext 17.\n\n \n\nHealth & Safety\nSince this series will take place outdoors\, audience members will not need to wear masks or provide proof of vaccination for these performances.  \n \n\n\nSponsors\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Helen Roberts Trust
URL:https://newhavensymphony.org/event/familyzoo-stetson-library-2/
LOCATION:Stetson Branch Library\, 197 Dixwell Avenue\, New Haven\, CT\, 06511
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SUMMARY:"Arts for Labor" Concert on the Green
DESCRIPTION:Please note that this concert was postponed to June 2022.\n\nGather family and friends\, pack a picnic\, and join the NHSO and International Festival of Arts and Ideas in celebrating our healthcare heroes\, first responders\, and essential workers. This free\, outdoor concert will mark the NHSO’s first concert with the full orchestra since March 2020. \nConducted by NHSO music director Alasdair Neale\, the concert will feature Tony Award-winning star of stage and screen Brian Stokes Mitchell and soprano Harolyn Blackwell. \n\nConcert Highlights will include:\n\nPowerhouse vocals of Stokes and Blackwell on songs including The Impossible Dream\, Feelin’ Good\, He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands\, “Somewhere” from West Side Story\, “Wheels of a Dream” from Ragtime\, and “It Ain’t Necessarily So” from Porgy & Bess\n\nExcerpts from Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5\, Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring\, and Valerie Coleman’s Fanfare for Uncommon Times.\nGuest performances by cellist Johnathan Moore\nYOU singing in an all-city performance of Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing with the entire audience on the green and a special roster of hometown heroes in an onstage choir.\n\nThis concert is the centerpiece of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas and NHSO “Arts for Labor” Weekend Festival September 4 and 5. This end-of-summer celebration features two days of programming honoring the workers who carried us through the pandemic. \n\nAbout Brian Stokes Mitchell\nBrian Stokes Mitchell emerged early on in the pandemic as a Covid-19 survivor and champion of healthcare heroes and frontline workers. In April 2020\, after the 7pm tribute to the health care workers in Manhattan\, Stokes would lean out his apartment window and sing with his legendary booming voice to give thanks. Since then\, he has dedicated numerous performances to frontline workers and has advocated tirelessly for the arts industry\, which has been devastated by shuttered venues and restrictions on large gatherings. \nDubbed “the last leading man” by The New York Times\, Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell has enjoyed a career that spans Broadway\, television\, film\, and concert appearances with the country’s finest conductors and orchestras. \nHe received Tony\, Drama Desk\, and Outer Critics Circle awards for his star turn in Kiss Me\, Kate. He also gave Tony-nominated performances in Man of La Mancha\, August Wilson’s King Hedley II\, and Ragtime. Other notable Broadway shows include Kiss of the Spider Woman\, Jelly’s Last Jam\, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and Shuffle Along. In 2016 he was awarded his second Tony Award\, the prestigious Isabelle Stevenson Tony for his charitable work with The Actors Fund. That same year Stokes was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame. \n \nAn extremely versatile and in-demand singer\, Stokes has performed at venues spanning jazz\, opera\, pops\, country\, and musical theater worlds. He has worked with John Williams\, Marvin Hamlisch\, Gustavo Dudamel\, Keith Lockhart\, Michael Tilson Thomas\, The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Big Band\, The Mormon Tabernacle choir and the Muppets. He has been invited twice to perform at the White House (both times aired on PBS’s Great Performances) and has performed multiple times for Presidents Clinton and Obama. \nHis extensive screen credits began with a guest starring role on “Roots: The next Generations”\, followed by a 7-year stint on Trapper John\, MD and have continued with memorable appearances on everything from PBS’ Great Performances to The Fresh Prince\, Frasier\, Glee\, Jumping the Broom and his most recent recurring roles on Madam Secretary\, Mr. Robot\, The Path\, Billions and The Good Fight. Other recent TV appearances include The Blacklist\, Elementary\, and Bull. To learn more\, visit BrianStokes.com. \nAbout Harolyn Blackwell\nOne of the brightest stars on stages in the US and abroad\, charismatic soprano Harolyn Blackwell has been hailed for her expressive and exuberant performances and her radiant voice\, making a wide and varied career on opera\, concert and recital stages of the world. \nFollowing study at The Catholic University of America in her native Washington\, D.C.\, Miss Blackwell’s performing career began on the Broadway stage in Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story. The transition from musical theater to opera occurred shortly afterwards\, when she was selected as a finalist for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Since that time\, the soprano has performed with many of the major national and international opera companies and at festivals around the world\, including numerous leading roles with the Metropolitan Opera\, as well as roles with Lyric Opera of Chicago\, Glyndebourne Festival\, Teatro Colon de Buenos Aires\, San Francisco Opera\, Netherlands Opera\, Seattle Opera\, Opéra de Nice\, Miami Opera\, Canadian Opera Company\, Aix-en-Provence Festival\, Opera Orchestra of New York\, New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival\, and the Ravinia Festival\, among others. \nShe has appeared with many of the most distinguished orchestras in the United States and abroad including the New York Philharmonic\, Los Angeles Philharmonic\, Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra\, National Symphony Orchestra\, Minnesota Symphony\, Pittsburgh Symphony\, Dallas Symphony Orchestra\, and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra\, among many others. \nMiss Blackwell is the recipient of numerous awards and honors\, including the New Haven Symphony Orchestra’s 2021 Artistry Award. As an advocate for Arts Education\, Miss Blackwell is a Board Member of The Metropolitan Opera Guild\, The Voice Foundation\, The Martina Arroyo Foundation\, The George London Foundation and The Morgan Library. She is a member of The Artists Committee for The Kennedy Center Honors and has also served on the Artists Selection Committee for The Marian Anderson Competition and The NEA Awards. To learn more\, visit HarolynBlackwell.com. \nAbout the International Festival of Arts & Ideas\nThe International Festival of Arts & Ideas is a year-round organization that culminates with an annual celebration of performing arts\, lectures\, and conversations each summer in New Haven\, Connecticut. The Festival convenes leading artists\, thought leaders\, and innovators from around the world for dynamic public programs to engage\, entertain\, and inspire a diversity of communities. In 2021\, more than 95% of Festival programs will be free to the public\, including events that feature some of the most influential musical\, dance\, and theater artists of our time.  To learn more\, visit ArtIdea.org. \n\nPremier Sponsors\n\n\n\nThe Helen H. Roberts Trust\n\nConcert Sponsors\n\n \n \n\n      \n\nCity of New Haven Mayor’s Neighborhood Cultural Vitality Grants Program \nAdditional Concert Sponsors\nThe International Festival of Arts and Ideas is presented with major support from Yale University\, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven\, Connecticut Office of the Arts\, and the National Endowment for the Arts with additional support from The City of New Haven\, the Avangrid Foundation in partnership with United Illuminating and Southern CT Gas\, and Connecticut Humanities\, a non-profit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. \n\nKidTix Sponsor \n \n\n\nMedia Sponsors \nDaily Nutmeg \n \nConnecticut Public Radio
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