LOVE & HEARTBREAK

Valentine’s Day Concert
Saturday, February 14th, 8 PM (Doors at 7 PM)
Tickets: $35 (One free drink with admission)

Celebrate Valentine’s Day by immersing yourself in songs of love and heartbreak.

Local musicians Simon Bilyk and Lana Auerbach (and friends) will perform string quartet covers of your favorite classic and pop love songs, including songs by Elvis, Etta James, Frankie Valli, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, and Adele.

Bring your valentine or come solo – all are welcome.

Make a night of it, and grab an early dinner reservation at one of the Georgetown restaurants before the show.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Violinist and Georgetown resident Simon Bilyk maintains a varied freelance career in Connecticut and across New England. In addition to his position with the Hartford Symphony, he is a member of the New Haven and Eastern Connecticut Symphonies. Simon is also the principal second violinist of the Bangor Symphony (in Maine), where he grew up and heard his first live orchestra. Simon earned his degrees from Oberlin Conservatory (B.M.) and Purchase College (M.M.), where he studied with Milan Vitek and Laurie Smukler. He plays on a violin made by Raymond Melanson in 2006. Simon repairs and restores bows (see his work at simonsbows.com) and enjoys refereeing youth soccer.

Lana Auerbach is a violinist based in Newtown, Connecticut. She is a recent graduate of Bard College’s Orchestral Training Masters “The Orchestra Now”. She enjoys performing a wide range of genres between her chamber ensemble, the Solstice Piano Trio, her old time/bluegrass band Bugs On A Log, and many orchestras throughout the Northeast as concertmaster of the Woodstock Symphony, The Syracuse Orchestra, and the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, to name a few. She is a devoted chamber musician and has spent her summers at many international chamber festivals, including Windwood Music Festival, Brancaleoni Music Festival, and ENCORE Chamber Institue among many others.

Kal Sugatski is a violist and imaginative creator known for their “soul satisfying, bold, political and creative” organizing and curating. A dynamic musician, Kal has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, NYC Ballet, International Contemporary Ensemble, and ChamberQUEER, as well as The National, Andrea Boccelli, and Stevie Wonder.

Kal’s season highlights include performances as principal violist of Orchestra of St. Luke’s, a collaboration with Paul Taylor Dance Company, touring with American Contemporary Music Ensemble, and performing on Broadway.

Kal was named Mainer of the Year for Vigorous Tenderness, their radically envisioned outdoor chamber music series in Maine centered around composers of color and other marginalized voices in classical music. More at www.vigoroustenderness.org or on Instagram.

Jillian Emerson is a cellist and graduate of The Hartt School. Currently, they are a Harmony Fellow with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra and newly appointed Orchestra director at Music Haven. They have been invited to perform at Lincoln Center, Wadsworth Atheneum, David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, and Space Ballroom. In addition to classical pursuits, they also regularly appear with their band Alexandra Burnet and the Proven Winners and have supported other artists such as Kimya Dawson, Ezra Furman, and Daedelus.