NHSO News

The New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) Board of Directors has assembled an official committee to search for the NHSO’s next music director, who will begin their tenure with the orchestra’s 2019 – 2020 season.

What do storm troopers, violins, sharks, aliens, dinosaurs, and superheroes have in common? They will all be part of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra’s season finale, a three-city tour of The Music of John Williams.

Tchaikovsky called his Sixth Symphony “the best thing I ever composed or shall compose.” The New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) will perform his Symphonic masterpiece at Tchaikovsky, Brahms & Lash on Thursday, May 19 at the 7:30pm at Woolsey Hall in downtown New Haven. Led by NHSO Music Director William Boughton, this concert’s program will also include Brahms’ Violin Concerto featuring NHSO New Generation Artist Benjamin Beilman, plus the world premiere of the next chapter of the Lash/Voynich Project: “Astronomical.”

The New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) teams up with the vocal forces of the Worcester Chorus for Leonard Bernstein’s choral masterpiece and “prayer for peace,” Chichester Psalms, on Thursday, April 28 at the 7:30pm at the Shubert Theater in downtown New Haven. Led by NHSO Music Director William Boughton, this concert’s program highlights will also include Vaughan Williams’ luscious Five Variants of “Dives and Lazarus;” Lambert’s Rio Grande, Tower’s Second Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman and the world premiere of new arrangements of the beloved American spirituals Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; Go Down, Moses; and Steal Away featuring dynamic guest soprano Dana Fripp.

Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven…these are three of the most influential names in the history of Western music. The New Haven Symphony Orchestra will take on masterpieces by these musical titans at “Mozart, Haydn & Beethoven” on Thursday, March 31 at 7:30pm at Woolsey Hall in downtown New Haven. Music Director William Boughton will lead the orchestra in Mozart’s Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, Haydn’s “London” Symphony, and Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, which will feature one of classical music’s risings stars, Tessa Lark.

Put on your PJs, grab your favorite stuffed animal, and join the New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) for this year’s Family Concert Series: “Once Upon A Time…” This concert series celebrates the magic of fairy tales and each concert concludes with a beautiful lullaby that families share at home.