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  • Unforgettable: The Music of Nat King Cole featuring CAESAR

    Shelton High School 120 Meadow St., Shelton, CT, United States

    The season kicks off with the Unforgettable hits of legendary singer Nat King Cole, including L-O-V-E, Nature Boy, and Mona Lisa. The NHSO welcomes guest star CAESAR, whose smooth velvet voice has often been compared to Nat King Cole’s, but he has his own interpretation and style that compares to none.

    $35 – $49
  • A black and white photo portrait of James Baldwin. Baldwin is a Black man and he is sitting at a table with bookshelves behind him. He has his cheek resting on his hand and his other arm across the table.

    Listen, Discuss, Learn & Connect: James Baldwin

    Stetson Branch Library 197 Dixwell Avenue, New Haven, CT

    Learn more about the life and legacy of James Baldwin, inspiration for NHSO Composer-in-Residence Joel Thompson's piece, "To Awaken the Sleeper", which the NHSO will perform on October 23. This curated conversation will be led by Judge Clifton Graves and held at the Stetson Library at the Dixwell Community Q House.

    Free
  • A black and white portrait of James Baldwin. Baldwin is a Black man, and in this photograph the camera is cropped close to his face. He is holding a cigarette in one hand and is glancing upwards to the right with his eyebrows raised.

    Elm City LIT Fest: Through the Lens of Baldwin

    Stetson Branch Library 197 Dixwell Avenue, New Haven, CT

    Learn more about the life and legacy of James Baldwin, inspiration for NHSO Composer-in-Residence Joel Thompson's piece, "To Awaken the Sleeper", which the NHSO will perform on October 23.

    Free

  • Pre-Concert Prelude: Joel Thompson

    Earl Hall at SCSU 501 Crescent Street, New Haven, CT, United States

    Learn more about NHSO Composer-in-Residence Joel Thompson's piece, "To Awaken the Sleeper", which the NHSO will perform on October 23.

    Free
  • Joel Thompson faces the camera smiling. He is a Black man and is wearing glasses and a purple collared shirt with a white patterned tie.

    Awaken the Sleeper

    Lyman Center for the Performing Arts 501 Crescent Street, New Haven, Connecticut (CT)

    The NHSO's residency at SCSU opens with Alasdair Neale conducting two powerful works offering mediation and action for the challenges of our current times. Composer-in-Residence Joel Thompson narrates the New England premiere of his setting of texts by iconic author James Baldwin in "To Awaken the Sleeper" and the NHSO plays Shostakovich's ode to musical resistance with Symphony No. 11, "The Year 1905."