New Haven Symphony Orchestra Announces Shelton Concert Season

The New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO), Music Director William Boughton, and Associate Conductor Gerald Steichen are pleased to announce the 2011-12 Shelton Concert Season.

Music Director William Boughton will present a two-concert Mozart Series at . The genius of Mozart will be highlighted throughout the season with concertos for clarinet, flute and harp. The NHSO will also welcome outstanding soloists to the season, including familiar faces from the NHSO: Clarinetist David Shifrin, flutist Adrianne Greenbaum, and harpist Jennifer Hoult.

Just off an ASCAP Award win for adventurous programming of contemporary music, the NHSO will present works by contemporary composers and Yale University professors Christopher Theofanidis and Aaron Jay Kernis this season. Theofanidis has been described by the Baltimore Sun as “an unusually skilled, communicative composer,” and The New York Times describes Kernis as having “fearless originality and [a] powerful voice.”

The NHSO Pops! Series celebrates a milestone this year: the fifteenth anniversary with Associate Conductor Gerald Steichen at the helm.  The season kicks off with a fitting tribute to Jerry’s personal journey—Broadway Bound: from Oklahoma! to Rent. As always the Holiday Extravaganza, featuring special guests Elm City Girls’ Choir, will light up your holiday season. Finally, we’ll take you on a trip to the southern hemisphere with The Road to Rio!

The NHSO is making it even easier to join us this season. First-time subscribers save 50 percent when they subscribe to any of our concert series! Subscriptions start at $35. Don’t miss out! For more information or to receive a brochure, contact the NHSO Box Office at (203) 865-0831, ext. 10 or visit www.NewHavenSymphony.org. Single tickets on sale August 1, 2011. For a complete listing of concerts and events in New Haven and the CT Shoreline visit www.NewHavenSymphony.org. 

Symphony Series: Classics

• MOZART’S CLARINET: Sunday, October 16, 2011 Shelton Intermediate 3:00 p.m.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento in D Major, K. 136                                                                          
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622

Christopher Theofanidis: Muse for Strings & Harpsichord

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no. 39 in Eb Major, K. 54

Conductor: Christopher Zimmerman, Clarinet: David Shifrin

• MOZARTFEST: Sunday, March 25, 2012, Shelton Intermediate 3:00 p.m.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento in F Major, K. 138                                                                          
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra in C Major, K. 299

Aaron Jay Kernis: Musica Celestis

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no. 29 in A Major, K. 201/186a

Conductor: William Boughton, Flute: Adrianne Greenbaum, Harp: Jennifer Hoult

Pops! Series

• BROADWAY BOUND: FROM OKLAHOMA! TO RENT: Sunday, September 25, 2011, Shelton Intermediate 3:00 p.m. 

Jerry Steichen and Broadway friend perform timeless favorites from the Golden Age to recent hits of the Great White Way.

Conductor: Gerald Steichen, Soprano: Mary Illes, Baritone: Curt Olds

• HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA – A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS: Sunday, December 11, 2011, Shelton Intermediate 3:00 p.m.

“What day is it boy?” “It’s Christmas Day Mr. Scrooge!” Jerry Steichen is no Scrooge when it comes to the holidays. He brings Victorian charm to this year’s festivities with the Elm City Girls’ Choir and our annual audience sing-a-long.

Conductor: Gerald Steichen, Choir: Elm City Girls' Choir

• THE ROAD TO RIO!: Sunday, March 4, 2012, Shelton Intermediate 3:00 p.m.

Travel to a veranda in San Juan, a supper club in Buenos Aires, and Carnival in Rio de Janeiro as the NHSO Pops! mambos, sambas, and tangos with hits like "Rum and Coca-Cola" and "Tico Tico."

Conductor: Gerald Steichen