Connecticut's Musical Spice
Nutmeg Symphony OrchestraThe Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra is a professional orchestra providing classical music concerts and musical services for Connecticut communities.
The orchestra collaborates with local schools and school systems to strengthen school music programs through performance.
The musicians are an integral part of musical life in Connecticut, performing with many other Connecticut orchestras and chamber music groups.
NSO 2023 Concert Schedule
Thursday, September 21, 2023, 7:30pm
Wind Dectet Concert
Hooray!
We are back performing after our summer break!
Please join us to enjoy an evening of free live music….
Paul Hindemith – arr. Homann, excerpts from Ludas Tonalis
Ronald Roseman, Double Quintet for Woodwinds and Brass
Roger Goeb, Concertante for Viola with Double Wind and Brass Quintets
Alfred Reed, Double Wind Quintet
Through the generosity of a NWCT Arts Council grant and the sponsorship of Region 10 School District, NSO will be performing a free wind dectet (double woodwind and brass quintets) with viola soloist Tyler Gauruder.
Donations gratefully accepted at the door.
Lewis S. Mills High School Auditorium
26 Lyons Road, Burlington, CT
Previous 2023 Concerts
Saturday, May 13, 2023, 7:30pm
NSO Spring Concert – Tchaikovsky Spectacular
featuring Lillian Yim, cello, First Prize 2019 and 2020 NSO Young Artists Competition
Lewis S. Mills High School Auditorium
26 Lyons Road, Burlington, CT
Tchaikovsky, Symphony #4
Tchaikovsky, Variations of a Rococo Theme
Duffy, Overture 1776
Saturday, April 1, 2023, 7:30pm
Collaborative Concert with the Bristol Eastern High School Concert Choir, Michael Coderre, Director
Cynthia Knotts & Dongbin Shin, violins
Zhanna Alkhazova, soprano – Sarah Armstrong, alto
Jack Pott, tenor – Chai-lun Yueh, bass
Bristol Eastern High School Auditorium
632 King Street, Bristol, CT
Mozart, Coronation Mass and Exsultate Jubilate
J S Bach, Concerto in D for 2 Violins and Orchestra
Haydn, Symphony 26, Lamentations
Thursday, February 16, 2023, 7:30pm
American Band Classics
Side by Side Concert – NSO musicians perform side by side with high school musicians from these schools
Region 10 – Lewis Mills, Region 7 – Northwestern Regional, Torrington, Litchfield, Bristol Eastern
Lewis S. Mills High School Auditorium
26 Lyons Road, Burlington, CT
Snow Date: Friday, February 17, 2023
Program
Giannini, Symphony #3
Hanson, Chorale and Alleluia
Del Borgo, Adagio for Winds
Holsinger, Abram’s Pursuit
Program subject to change
FREE Concert Tickets
This year the Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra will be providing FREE admission to our concerts!
While tickets are free, if you would like to contribute to a specific concert, please use the link below.
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Making a Donation
Won’t you consider a tax-deductible contribution to the Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra to further our efforts to strengthen school music programs through performance? Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra concerts often involve students in performance with the orchestra and we support the creative efforts of Connecticut composers.
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What we do
Servicing Our Community
School Music
The orchestra collaborates with local schools and school systems to strengthen school music programs through performance. Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra concerts often involve students in performance with the orchestra.
Local Composers
Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra supports the creative efforts of Connecticut based composers. In recent years the orchestra has performed the world or Connecticut premiers of works by Stephen Gryc, Larry Alan Smith, Robert Carl, Thomas Duffy, Neely Bruce and Joseph Russo.
Educational Concert
Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra performs annual educational concerts at Lewis Mills High School serving approximately 1,400 third graders from local school systems. The orchestra’s purposes in performing these concerts are to stimulate an intellectual curiosity in music and to encourage participation in school music programs.
Music Director
Music Director and Conductor Marshall Brown is a faculty member of the Hartt School Community Division and is a trombonist with the Waterbury and Wallingford Symphony Orchestras. His principal conducting teachers include Harold Farberman and Charles Bruck. He has degrees from the Hartt School and the University of Michigan and is the founding conductor of the Montgomery (AL) Symphony Orchestra.
OUR MISSION
The Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra, through the power of music, energizes, inspires and educates our communities.
VISION STATEMENT
The Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra broadens the love of symphonic music by building the orchestra of the future.
ARTISTIC VISION
The Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra is an integral part of the communities it serves. It energizes these communities through collaborations with other musical, educational, and non-musical organizations.
Want to bring more music to your community?
Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra is looking for supporters who love music and want to help make sure it is a vibrant part of their lives.
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Upcoming Events
Please see Concerts tab for previously recorded concerts.
Wind Band Side by Side Concert
Thanks to a grant from the Thomaston Savings Foundation
Winter 2023 – Thursday, February 16, 2023, 7:30pm
Lewis Mills High School
NSO Concert in collaboration with Bristol Eastern High School
Spring 2023 – Saturday, April 1, 2023, 7:30pm
NSO Young Artist Competition Winner Concert
May 2023 – Saturday, May 13, 2023, 7:30pm
Lewis Mills High School
NSO Children's Concert
May 2023 – Closed Concert, Children & Staff Only
Lewis Mills High School
Learn
Through the power of music we energize, inspire and educate our communities
Bringing Music To Your Town
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We are a lively professional music ensemble, performing regularly in the communities of Bristol, Farmington Valley and Torrington.
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Our orchestra has collaborated with Waterbury Chorale, Joyful Noise, Bristol Choral Society, Trinity Church Chorus (Hartford), Farmington High School Choir, Central Connecticut State University Chorus, Bristol Eastern High School Madrigal Singers and Chorus, the Reunion Jazz Band, and area high school musicians in side by side presentations on its subscription concert programs.
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The orchestra includes music by living Connecticut composers in performance.
Bringing Music To Your Children
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Educational children’s concerts are designed to stimulate an intellectual curiosity in music and to encourage participation in school music programs.
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Annually over 1400 elementary students attend our concerts and we partner with high school and other choruses for local performances.
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The orchestra provides an annual Young Artists Competition for eligible high school musicians.
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Compelled by the need to build the next generation of music lovers, Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra plans to expand the Children’s Music Program over the next few years.