LTE: Greenwich Symphony Welcomes New Conductor & Music Director

The following was submitted by Peter J. Tesei, Leslie L. Tarkington and Lenore de Csepel, who all serve on the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra Inc. Board of Directors. Tesei serves as chairman, and de Csepel is vice chair.

To the Editor:

The Greenwich Symphony Orchestra (GSO) presents a series of five weekend concerts annually. Identical concerts are held on both Saturday at 7:30 PM and on Sunday at 3:00 PM. The first weekend series will be held on Saturday, September 10 and Sunday, September 11, the weekend after Labor Day.

The GSO Board of Directors welcomes new Conductor and Music Director, Stuart Malina to lead the GSO family of wonderful classical music professionals. Stuart has excellent classical music training as well as superior academic credentials, with degrees from Harvard, Yale, and the Curtis Institute. Amongst his many achievements is a Tony Award for his orchestration with Billy Joel of the Broadway musical Movin’ Out. The Board of Directors is excited to celebrate the GSO’s 64th season with Stuart Malina!

At his first two concerts this season, Stuart Malina will both conduct and be the performing pianist for American composer George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. This piece, so familiar to many, is an audience favorite. Regular GSO concert series holders know how special this welcoming concert will be and look forward to hearing Stuart Malina conduct from the keyboard. If new to the Greenwich classical music scene, or if never have attended a classical music performance, the GSO Board of Directors welcomes you to join the Orchestra in its home for a wonderful Saturday evening or Sunday afternoon. Best of all, you need to travel no further than 10 Hillside Road along the Post Road in central Greenwich, where easy parking is readily available steps away from the glass entrance and Galleria lobby.

Learn more about the Greenwich Symphony here.

The season’s concert brochure can be viewed on the website. GSO concert tickets can be purchased online by clicking here.

Concert tickets are priced for only approximately 15% of annual concert season costs. This is truly a bargain in today’s costly and inflationary environment, with the remainder of GSO concert costs supported by generous donations. GSO tickets cost $40 for an individual concert ($10 for students) and $175 for a five concert season. The Board of Directors held its prices flat this season for your enjoyment and as a welcome to new Conductor and Music Director Malina.

The venue for these exciting performances is the Performing Arts Center at Greenwich High School (PAC). The PAC was built for superior sound. The reviews at its opening cited it as the best concert hall between Boston and New York, and as “the cathedral of sound”. The five concert leaders interviewed over the past year to be the permanent Conductor and Music Director. confirmed the PAC’s excellent acoustics, and their pleasure at performing there. These are truly wonderful concerts of great music, without the trip to New York City. Please join the Board of Directors as well as many of your neighbors at the Performing Arts Center to welcome Stuart Malina for a very special concert and season.

Peter J. Tesei
Leslie L. Tarkington
Lenore de Csepel