Community Calendar

Join the Suzuki Music School of Westport for a Pillow Concert on Sunday, March 8th at 3:00pm in the Blake Recital Hall (246 Post Road East, Lower Level, Westport CT 06880). This concert will feature pianist Melvin Chen from the Yale School of Music.

The Pillow Concert Series features professional artists performing in an informal setting designed for the whole family. Children of all ages can bring a pillow and sit up close with the performers. Concerts are about 45 minutes long and suitable for children ages 4 and up.

The event is free and open to the public. Tickets can be reserved at https://suzukischools.org/events/the-childrens-pillow-concerts-melvin-chen-sp26/

Mendelssohn Choir of Connecticut
Christopher James Hisey - Musical Director

Resonance: A Journey Through Sound and Soul
Featuring wonderful selections including Whitacre's "Sing Gently, Hagenberg's "O Love", and arrangements for "You Will Be Found" from "Dear Evan Hansen", "Let the River Run", and "Bridge Over Troubled Waters".
March 8, 2026 at 4:00pm
First Church Congregational - Fairfield, CT

Charis Chamber Voices sings Gabriel Fauré’s beloved Requiem in its Winter Concerts: Saturday, March 7 at 4:00 p.m. at St. James the Less Episcopal Church, 10 Church Lane, Scarsdale, NY, and Sunday, March 8, at 4:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan, 178 Oenoke Ridge Road, New Canaan, CT. Charis’s Artistic Director, Jeremy Wiggins, conducts, accompanied by organ, harp and strings.
The Requiem, one of the great monuments of choral music, sets Fauré’s personal selection of liturgical texts, expressing a message of peace, serenity, and hope. Charis reaches back earlier in time to open the concert with a work by Dietrich Buxtehude, the German Baroque composer who so influenced J. S. Bach and others. Franz Joseph Haydn’s Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo (also known as the “Little Organ Mass”) closes the concert’s first half. As the title indicates, it’s a short setting of the traditional Mass text. To speed things along, Haydn sets several different sections in different voices simultaneously, giving the music a rich, colorful texture.
Charis’s famous wine and cheese reception will follow each concert. We look forward to sharing this unforgettable celebration with you!
Tickets are $25 ($20 for seniors and $15 for students). They may be purchased in advance through the Charis website, www.charisvocals.com, or at the door.
Charis is an auditioned chorus of about 30 men and women from Westchester County, NY, and Fairfield County, CT. Founded in 1994, the group is renowned for its diverse repertoire, unique blend of voices and captivating performances.

Five Wednesdays, Five Talented Musicians. Join us beginning Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 12:15 p.m. for our annual Lenten Recital Series. For the next five weeks, we'll host 30-minute lunchtime mini-concerts each Wednesday featuring talented musicians from our region performing on our renowned Klais Pipe Organ. Each performance will be followed by lunch. The concerts and luncheon are free, but donations in any amount you choose are greatly appreciated. These concerts are open to all and a great way to take a culture break at lunch during Lent.

Feb. 25: Rebecca Ehren, Church of the Epiphany, Manhattan
Mar. 4: Alice Caldwell, Our Saviours’ Lutheran Church, Fairfield
Mar. 11: Susan Carroll, Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford
Mar. 18: Frank Martignetti, First Church of Fairfield
Mar. 25: Michelle Horsley, St. James Episcopal Church, West Hartford

Ridotto presents a true Baroque fashion show with music from the same era. The time of the Baroque (1600-1720) was a time of wars and a time of great splendor. In Ridotto: music for flute, violin, voice, and harpsichord. With lutenist Christopher Morrongiello and narrator.

Five Wednesdays, Five Talented Musicians. Join us beginning Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 12:15 p.m. for our annual Lenten Recital Series. For the next five weeks, we'll host 30-minute lunchtime mini-concerts each Wednesday featuring talented musicians from our region performing on our renowned Klais Pipe Organ. Each performance will be followed by lunch. The concerts and luncheon are free, but donations in any amount you choose are greatly appreciated. These concerts are open to all and a great way to take a culture break at lunch during Lent.

Feb. 25: Rebecca Ehren, Church of the Epiphany, Manhattan
Mar. 4: Alice Caldwell, Our Saviours’ Lutheran Church, Fairfield
Mar. 11: Susan Carroll, Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford
Mar. 18: Frank Martignetti, First Church of Fairfield
Mar. 25: Michelle Horsley, St. James Episcopal Church, West Hartford

Five Wednesdays, Five Talented Musicians. Join us beginning Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 12:15 p.m. for our annual Lenten Recital Series. For the next five weeks, we'll host 30-minute lunchtime mini-concerts each Wednesday featuring talented musicians from our region performing on our renowned Klais Pipe Organ. Each performance will be followed by lunch. The concerts and luncheon are free, but donations in any amount you choose are greatly appreciated. These concerts are open to all and a great way to take a culture break at lunch during Lent.

Feb. 25: Rebecca Ehren, Church of the Epiphany, Manhattan
Mar. 4: Alice Caldwell, Our Saviours’ Lutheran Church, Fairfield
Mar. 11: Susan Carroll, Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford
Mar. 18: Frank Martignetti, First Church of Fairfield
Mar. 25: Michelle Horsley, St. James Episcopal Church, West Hartford

Fresh off a first-place win at the 2025 Telluride Bluegrass Festival band competition, Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light have been captivating audiences throughout the northeast. With songs as sweet and biting as the nectar and venom in her voice, Sumner’s lyric-forward writing and penchant for snaking chord progressions demand something far beyond folk conventions, highlighting the acrobatic range of her brilliant bandmates Kat Wallace (fiddle) and Mike Siegel (upright bass).

Sumner is no stranger to the stage. She spent her early career on the bluegrass circuit, singing and writing with the genre-bending roots group Twisted Pine. Since setting out on her own, Sumner’s songs have been critically acclaimed: winning the 2021 John Lennon Award in the folk category for her song “Radium Girls (Curie Eleison);” earning a spot in the Kerrville New Folk Competition, and being chosen four consecutive years as one of the top Massachusetts entries in NPR’s Tiny Desk Competition. Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light released their debut LP in the summer of 2022 to critical acclaim.

Listen on Bandcamp.

Learn more at rachelsumnermusic.com.

Granite Bluegrass Series

Bulgarian born Nadejda Vlaeva divides her time between Europe and New York. She has given solo recitals in Spain, Bulgaria, Russia, Slovakia, Hungary, Germany, The Netherlands, England, and the United States. In Ridotto: music by Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms and her own work, the Sonata in C sharp Minor

Recipient of the esteemed “American Masterpieces” grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Euclid returns to Ridotto with a new program, including the deeply moving String Quartet in G Major by Florence Price