Friday and Saturday, September 17 and 18 - Nutcracker Ballet Auditions

The Danbury Music Centre' Nutcracker Ballet 2010 Auditions for experienced and inexperienced dancers, ages 7 – adult, will take place on Friday and Saturday, September 17 and 18 at Danbury High School.  The Danbury Music Centre's staged production of the Nutcracker Ballet began in 1967.  Artistic directors, Arthur Fredric and Lisa Denton, will audition potential cast members at Danbury High School on Friday and Saturday afternoons.  Please contact the Music Centre for an audition brochure. <dmc1935@snet.net> or call 203 748-1716.

Saturday, September 25, 2010, 8pm

Men Without Instruments with Carlos Sousa, will present a benefit recital in the Marian Anderson Recital Hall (second floor of the Danbury Music Centre) on Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 8:00pm. This group specializes in singing doo-wop music and has become extremely popular. Early arrival is suggested. This recital will benefit the programs of the Danbury Music Centre. Cost is $10.00. Advance ticket purchase is recommended.

Sunday, October 17, 2010, all day events, 3pm concert - Ives’ Day

This annual event will take place at various locations and times throughout the day.  Hosts are Nancy Sudik and Larry Deming with guest organist, Stephen Roberts.  The day includes hiking up Pine Mountain to one of Ives’ favorite locations to compose, a visit to Ives’ birth home and to the cemetery where he is buried.  The day will culminate with a concert at St. Peter Church with Stephen Roberts, organist, performing Ives’ Variations on America.  Please call or email the Danbury Music Centre for more information. Advance reservations are required for the hike.  <dmc1935@snet.net> or 203 748-1716

Saturday, November 6 at 3pm – finalists’ concert

The Danbury Music Centre's ninth Danbury Symphony Orchestra Student Concerto Competition takes place on at the Danbury Music Centre's second floor, Marian Anderson Recital Hall. The prize will be a solo performance with the Danbury Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at the Young Peoples Concert. Student musicians, no older than senior year in high school in September 2010, and living in the greater Danbury area, are eligible to audition. Applications must be postmarked by Tuesday, October 12, 2010. Please call or email the Danbury Music Centre for details. dmc1935@snet.net This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 203 748-1716.

Sunday, November 6, 2010 at 8pm

The Danbury Symphony Orchestra will perform its first concert of the season on Saturday, November 6, 2010 at the Ives Concert Hall at 8pm. Ariel Rudiakov, Music Director and Conductor, will lead the orchestra in Brahms’ Symphony No. 1, Dvorak’s Romance in F minor for Violin and Orchestra, and Eric Coates’ The Three Elizabeths.

Venue: Ives Concert Hall, located in White Hall at Western Connecticut State University – mid-town campus, 181 White Street, Danbury, CT  06810.

Sunday, November 14, 2010 at 7:30pm

Danbury Music Centre presents the Danbury Concert Chorus with guest conductor, Christine Howlett leading the Danbury Concert Chorus in a program including Bach’s Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, Mozart’s Ave Verum Corpus, Holst’s Let all Mortal Flesh Keep Silent, Alice Parker’s Personent Hodie from Gaudete, and Brahms’ Zigeunerlieder (Gypsy Songs) Op.103.

Venue: First Congregational Church, 7:30pm; 164 Deer Hill Avenue, Danbury, CT 06810

Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 3pm

The Danbury Community Orchestra, under the direction of Stephen Michael Smith, will be in concert on Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 3pm, program to be announced.

Venue: Ives Concert Hall, located in White Hall at Western Connecticut State University – mid-town campus, 181 White Street, Danbury, CT  06810.

December 10, 11, 12, 2010 - Nutcracker Ballet – advance ticket purchase required:

The Danbury Music Centre's Nutcracker Ballet 2010 will be performed on Friday, December 10 at 7:30pm; Saturday, December 11 at 6pm; and Sunday, December 12 at 3pm at the Danbury High School.  The fully staged, professionally costumed, designed production includes more than 200 dancers from the greater Danbury community and the Danbury Symphony Orchestra. Ticket information can be obtained by contacting the Danbury Music Centre: <dmc1935@snet.net> or 203 748-1716. 

Friday, December 17, 2010 at 7:30pm - Messiah

The Danbury Concert Chorus and the Danbury Baroque Chamber Orchestra present Messiah, an oratorio written in 1742 by Georg Frederick Handel

The Danbury Music Centre's annual presentation of the Messiah will be under the direction of guest conductor, Tina Heidrich.

Venue: First Congregational Church, 7:30pm; 164 Deer Hill Avenue, Danbury, CT 06810