Works by Connecticut Composers showcased at Wilton Library May 1

Wilton Library’s Connecticut’s Own concert season ends on a high note on Sunday, May 1, from 5 to 6 p.m. with compositions from the Connecticut Composers, Inc. in the library’s Brubeck Room. CCI is a non-profit organization founded in 1981 by 18 charter members living in or having ties to Connecticut that has since grown to almost 50 members from all regions of the state. Its composers represent diverse musical styles including such media as orchestral, choral, solo, chamber music, jazz, improvisational, folk, electronic and experimental music. The primary purpose of CCI is to bring public attention to the work of its member composers by promoting performances through its own concerts, collaborations with other organizations, broadcasts and CD releases. Over the years numerous members have received performances and recordings of their works through CCI's efforts.

Sunday’s concert highlights the works of six composer-members – Elizabeth Austin, Allen Brings, Juliana Hall, Daniel Morel, Margaret Collins Stoop, and Nancy Tucker. Included will be two settings of poems by Sara Teasdale along with new compositions for piano, and for violin and piano, but also solo works written for the guitar and the clarinet that will be played in an unusual and unexpected manner. Also featured is a 'serious' sonata written for the recorder – an instrument probably better known to children.

There is no charge for the Connecticut’s Own concert. Sunday’s concert will begin an hour later than normal due to the Wilton Go Green Festival in Wilton Town Center which ends at 4 p.m. Registration is strongly suggested. Pre-registrants should arrive by 4:50 to be guaranteed seating; wait-listed and walk-in registrants will be admitted after 4:50 if space is available. Visit www.wiltonlibrary.org for information, directions and registration or call the Circulation Desk at 203-762-6334. Wilton Library is located at 137 Old Ridgefield Road in the heart of Wilton Center.