The Danbury Brass Band Springtime Concert 2022

The Danbury Brass Band will perform their Springtime Concert on Sunday April Twenty fourth at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, Eighteen Clapboard Ridge Rd, Danbury.

This concert will include works by Gabrieli, Richrd Rodgers, Gliere, Dizzy Gillespie, Stvie Wonder, Frank Zappa. Lennon & McCartney and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Also, Aaron Plude will play movements two and three of the Gliere horn concerto plus a world premiere of a piece by Thomas Caprino, will feature soloists Jerome Burns and Aaron Plude.

The Danbury Brass Band is conducted by Alan Raph, is currently in  its Thirty ninth year, and has performed extensively in the tri-state area as well as making multiple visits to Australia, Bermuda, New Zealand and Ireland.

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CityCenter Tastes of Danbury for the month of March

 

CityCenter Danbury is excited to announce a very tasty event scheduled for the month of March.

Are you looking for a great way to get out and enjoy life while introducing your palate to some delicious food? For only Twenty five dollars, you can enjoy a variety of delicious meals from four different establishments throughout Danbury's downtown area! You heard that right, one payment of Twenty five dollars gets you four different meals, and you can go whenever you want through the month of March. That’s less than Ten dollars a meal, talk about savings! With so many awesome restaurants to check out, we had to split them into multiple months, so yes there will be more Tastes to come. City Center has planned out a slightly gluttonous itinerary, so all you have to do is put on a pair of eating pants. 

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Spring Concert Series at Richter Association for the Arts 2022

This Spring, Twenty Twenty Two,  the Richter Association for the Arts hosts a series of concerts in the Richter House at One hundred Aunt Hack Road, beginning Sunday, April third, at three P M. The first artist is Clark Eno with the Still Swingin’ Jazz quartet performing a potpourri of American Jazz. 

The members of the band are Mark Templeton on piano, Kris Jensen on saxophone, Phil Bowler on bass, and leader Clark Eno on drums.

The concert series continues most Sundays at the Richter House through May Twenty ninth. All concerts are at three P M. 

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What is the Danbury Cultural Commission

 The Danbury Cultural Commission is the citizen's voice for supporting cultural and artistic events in Danbury. They support and help fund performing arts programs for Danbury residents free of charge. The eleven-member Commission supports the development of new arts programs and supports and funds local arts, cultural and ethnic activities. The Commission also encourages, promotes and co-sponsors events which benefit and improve the quality of life for Danbury residents. If you would like to be nominated for membership on the Commission or for additional information about the Cultural Commission including the latest events calendar, sync to the link DanburyArts dot com.  

  

Borealis Wind Quintet, Danbury Concert Association April 2022

The Danbury Concert Association offers virtuoso performances, in a pitch-perfect setting. The second concert of the season is the Borealis Wind Quintet, on Sunday, April Tenth, Twenty Twenty Two, at three PM.

A favorite, the wind ensemble will perform the program planned for their 2020 appearance, including Bach's Concerto Number two; works by Ungar, Lefebvre, and Turrin; and Briccialdi's Potpourri Fantastico.

All performances take place on Sunday afternoons at the Veronica Hagman Concert Hall, located in the Visual and Performing Arts Center on the Western Connecticut State University’s Westside Campus in Danbury, Connecticut. The final concert for this season, A Far Cry with mezzo-soprano Krista River will be in May Fifteenth at seven PM.

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Poetry Contest for 2022

The Danbury Cultural Commission announces that City high school students in grades nine through twelve are invited to submit their writing for the annual Poetry Contest. The contest is also open to any writers who do not formally attend a high school but are between the ages of fourteen through eighteen. Any high school aged student, studying in, or living in Danbury, may enter, but a winning student must have a social security number filed with the City of Danbury to receive a cash prize.

Poems may be Any theme or form of verse, may not exceed 200 lines, and use school-appropriate language and subject matter. No more than two poems per author should be submitted. Poems in non-English must have a written English translation. The deadline for entries is March twenty second. Students of winning submissions should be prepared to read the poem aloud and then give a brief description of their inspiration for it at the May literary awards ceremony.

Contact your school's coordinator for the official rules or reach out to the Commission office at NewsRoom at DanburyArts dot com for information.

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Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner, pianist, Danbury Concert Association March 2022

The Danbury Concert Association offers virtuoso performances, in a pitch-perfect setting. The first concert of the season is Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner, pianist, on Sunday, March Twentieth, Twenty Twenty Two, at three PM.

All performances take place on Sunday afternoons at the Veronica Hagman Concert Hall, located in the Visual and Performing Arts Center on the Western Connecticut State University’s Westside Campus in Danbury, Connecticut. The remaining two concerts for this season will be in April and May.

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Marian Anderson at 125

This year marks the One hundred twenty fifth birthday of Marian Anderson. Find out a little about this Danbury resident, world famous contralto, and the only lifetime member of the Danbury Cultural Commission. 

Ms. Anderson's music and a few video biographies are set aside on the Commission's web page.

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