NHSO News

  • NEA Awards NHSO $20,000 for Lash/Voynich Project

    Tuesday • December 8, 2015 •

    The New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) is proud to announce that it is a recipient of a $20,000 Art Works Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The NHSO has received this award in response to its ground-breaking Lash/Voynich Project.

  • Chelsea Tipton To Lead NHSO in Christmas Carols and Season Favorites

    Tuesday • December 1, 2015 •

    The New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) will “Deck the Halls” of concert venues across Connecticut with Christmas carols and seasonal favorites at the 2015 Holiday Extravaganza Saturday, December 12 at 2:30pm at Hamden Middle School; Sunday, December 13 at 3:00pm at Shelton Intermediate School; Thursday, December 17 at 7:30pm at Woolsey Hall in New Haven; and Sunday, December 20 at 3:00pm at the Performing Arts Center at Middletown High School. NHSO Principal Pops Conductor Chelsea Tipton will lead the NHSO and guest baritone soloist Joshua Jeremiah in all four performance

  • NHSO Celebrates Veterans Day at “Brothers in Arts” November 12 at Shubert Theater

    Wednesday • October 21, 2015 •

    The New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) will celebrate Veterans Day with a WWII-inspired musical journey at Brothers in Arts on Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 7:30pm at the Shubert Theater. Led by NHSO music director William Boughton, the concert program will feature Brothers in Arts, co-written and performed by 2015 Artist-in-Residence Chris Brubeck and French jazz musician Guillaume Saint-James, as well as Aaron Copland’s Quiet City featuring NHSO principal trumpet Rich Clymer and NHSO principal oboist Olav van Hezewijk.

  • NHSO Explores Wintry Music of Nordic Composers at Northern Lights Festival

    Wednesday • October 7, 2015 •

    The New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) will explore the Northernmost point in Western music at the Northern Lights Festival on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 7:30pm in Woolsey Hall. Led by NHSO music director William Boughton, the concert program will include Sibelius’ Symphonies No. 5 and 7, as well as NHSO Principal Clarinetist David Shifrin performing Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto.

  • Feelin' Groovy! NHSO Pops Series to Open with Songs of the 70s

    Wednesday • September 16, 2015 •

    The New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) 2015-2016 Pops Series will open with Feelin’ Groovy! Songs of the Seventies on Saturday, October 10, 2015 at 2:30 pm at Hamden Middle School and Sunday, October 11, 2015 at 3:00 pm at Shelton Intermediate School. Featuring vocalists Jayne Kelli and AJ Sweringen, NHSO Principal Pops Conductor Chelsea Tipton will lead this intimate acoustic show of heartfelt classics by Cat Stevens, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, James Taylor, Fleetwood Mac, and more.

  • NHSO To Open Season with Dvorak, Grieg & Lash Oct 1

    Thursday • September 10, 2015 •

    The New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) will open the 2015 – 2016 Season with Dvorak, Grieg & Lash on Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 7:30pm in Woolsey Hall. Led by NHSO music director William Boughton, the season will begin with Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony, Sibelius’ Swan of Tuonela, and the first installment of the NHSO’s newest commission, the Lash/Voynich Project, written by Yale faculty member and composer Hannah Lash. Concert highlights will also include NHSO New Generation Artist Michael Brown returning to the stage of Woolsey Hall for Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor.

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