NHSO News

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.

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.

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.

The New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) Board of Directors has extended William Boughton’s contract as its principal conductor and music director until the end of the 2018-19 season, which will coincide with the orchestra’s 125th Anniversary Season.

The New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) is proud to announce that it has received a $50,000 special designation in the State of Connecticut’s FY16-17 budget signed on June 30. As a result of this funding the NHSO will offer free admission for adults and children to its 2016 and 2017 Family Concert Series. In addition, through the NHSO KidTix program children under the age of 18 may attend all NHSO concerts free of charge when accompanied by a paying adult.

Thanks to a new sponsorship from Frontier Communications, the Symphony has beautiful new office space at the Long Wharf Maritime Center. Our new offices are located at 545 Long Wharf Drive, Sixth Floor New Haven, CT 06511. Our phone and email have not changed.