Come celebrate the New Year with beautiful music and a party – on Jan. 1st at 4pm at the Frederick Gunn School Arts Center, 22 Kirby Road, Washington, CT *)
The 2024 Washington Friends of Music New Year’s Day Concert will feature twelve extraordinary musicians, including –
- Artistic Director Wendy Sutter, performs with the New York Philharmonic and is heralded as “one of the great leading cellists of the classical stage”
- Nicolas Danielson, violin, Grammy-award recipient, and Assistant Concertmaster of the New York City Ballet
- Daniel Khalikov and Xiao-Dong Wang, violin, of New York’s Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
- Robert Rinehart, viola, of the New York Philharmonic
- Wayne Du Maine, trumpet, performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and other renowned venues in New York, on Broadway, and with the legendary musician, Prince.
- Paolo Bordignon, harpsichordist of the New York Philharmonic and organist and choirmaster of the St. Bartholomew’s Church
The festive program will feature Handel, Vivaldi, Telem
Tickets can be purchased – based on availability – online, as well as at the Hickory Stick Bookshop in Washington and County Wine and Spirits in New Preston (cash or check only). Admission includes the concert and the party – $45 in advance – or $50 at the door (cash or check only). Seating is limited. Children and students are admitted free of charge.
*) DIRECTIONS to 22 Kirby Road – we suggest carpooling, for easier parking.
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