Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra

We, The People Part 1

Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, “We, The People”, Immigrant’s Stories Part 1, will include works by Italian-American composer Ernesto Ferreri.

Premieres | String Symphony & Octet for Chamber Orchestra

Respighi | Il Tramonto with Lynn Taylor, Mezzo Soprano (3/31), Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite III (4/10)

Thursday, March 31, 7:00 P.M. | First Presbyterian Church of Hartford

Sunday, April 10, 3:00 P.M. | New Britain Museum of American Art

We The People: American Immigrant Stories in Music is a two year series of 5 concerts in 2022 and 2023 that will introduce audiences to the rich and diverse cultural threads woven by America’s immigrants into the fabric of 20th and 21st-century American music. Each concert performed by the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra (CVO) will feature immigrant composers and/or musicians, whose music reflects inspiration from a distinct culture or group of cultures. Each concert will include written and/or spoken word pieces by writers who are themselves immigrants from the culture(s) being highlighted. The series will include compositions and performers from the following regions or cultures: Arabic,South America, Italy, Eastern Europe, Africa. Each concert will be performed in New Britain and Hartford, and include a workshop or demonstration for young people.

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Upcoming Events

Bach Magnificat | April 24, 2022, 1:00 P.M. at St.Cyril & Methodius Church

Giulio Cesere in Egitto | May 6, 2022, 7:30 P.M. at Trinity-On-Main Arts Center & May 15, 2022, 6:00 P.M. at the Garde Arts Center

"We, The People" Part 2 | June 2, 2022, 7:00 P.M. at the First Presbyterian Church of Hartford & June 12, 2022, 3:00 P.M.