August Summer Sings! with Music on the Hill

Music on the Hill hosts an August Summer Sings series -- four stand-alone music reading sessions, each led by a different conductor and featuring a different composer(s). No preparation, no performance, no advance registration, no worries -- just walk in and sing! All are welcome, including students.

Summer Sings take place on Tuesdays, Aug. 8, 15, 22, and 29, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Wilton Presbyterian Church, located in the WEPCO church complex at 48 New Canaan Road (Rte. #106) in Wilton.

Singers may choose a familiar favorite choral work or try something new -- or both. Join in for one session or for many. Music and refreshments provided. Summer Sings are free, with donations welcome.

Summer Sings Schedule

Aug. 8: Reformation Cantata and other music by J.S. Bach, led by Music on the Hill artistic director David H. Connell;

Aug. 15: "Great Choruses from Opera, Operetta, and Musical Theater" (including Verdi, Gilbert and Sullivan, and Sondheim), led by Kaitlin Lazere;

Aug. 22: Requiem by Gabriel Fauré, led by Fiona Smith Sutherland, Music Director at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Wilton;

Aug. 29: "Best Anthems in the World" (including works by Handel, Mendelssohn, and more), led by Craig Scott Symons, Director of Music at First Congregational Church of Greenwich.

About Music on the Hill

Music on the Hill promotes engagement with music by offering workshops, the Summer Sings series, and four performing ensembles -- Chamber Chorus, Festival Chorus, Summer Chorus, and the Jubilate Ringers handbell choir -- all under the direction of artistic directors David H. Connell and Ellen Dickinson.

To learn about ensembles and to receive notice of future events, including the fall Handbell Workshop and September’s “Soiree Under the Stars,” visit musiconthehillCT.org and subscribe to the mailing list.

Music on the Hill is an independent non-profit organization funded by generous donors and by a grant from the CT Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.