CLICK HERE TO VOTE NOW: Old Lyme has been nominated for “Best Small Town Arts Scene” as part of USA TODAY 10Best’s Readers’ Choice Awards!
Over the next few weeks, you can vote once per day on all your devices, until ballots close on Monday, February 17th at 11:59am EST. Winners will be announced at the end of February. This is a great way to raise awareness of arts organizations like Musical Masterworks that make up the Old Lyme Arts District. Thank you!
Musical Masterworks has an eventful March planned with its annual contemporary chamber music concert, MMModern, on March 7th and its main series concerts on March 22nd and 23rd. The MMModern concert will feature Garden Music, on March 7th at La Grua Center at 32 Water Street in Stonington from 5:30pm – 7:30pm. $55 admission […]
moreMusical Masterworks is thrilled to announce the appointment of Michael “Mic” Herring as its new Executive Director. With a wealth of experience in artist management, chamber music, and non-profit leadership, Herring brings energy and enthusiasm to his new role as Musical Masterworks’ first Executive Director. Herring has a distinguished career, currently serving as the Senior […]
moreMusical Masterworks is pleased to announce it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Challenge America award of $10,000. This grant will support our Community Engagement Program. The NEA will award 272 Challenge America awards nationwide totaling $2,720,000 as part of the recent announcement of fiscal year 2025 grants. “The NEA is […]
moreMusical Masterworks is pleased to announce its first concert weekend of the new year, taking place on February 15th and 16th at the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme. In this weekend’s concerts, Musical Masterworks will turn to early music inspirations with the celebrated early music ensemble, Ruckus. The entire program is based on works […]
moreMusical Masterworks is pleased to continue its Community Engagement Program for a third year with Decoda, Musical Masterworks’ Ensemble-in-Residence. Decoda will be in residence for one week in November at a variety of nonprofits and schools on the shoreline, including Waterford Country School, Fitch High School and Vista, a nonprofit creating community for neurologically diverse […]
moreBy Clare Byrne for CT Examiner, 10/5/2024 Musical Masterworks will feature the expressive continuum of the human voice on October 12th and 13th at the First Congregational Church in Old Lyme, mixing songs of love across centuries, from the opera Pagliacci to the American standard “Frankie and Johnny.” Artistic Director Tessa Lark, with guest artist Nathan Farrington, […]
moreMusical Masterworks Opens their 34th Season featuring Operatic Vocalists
moreBy Rick Koster | Day Arts/Features writer, 4.24.2024 Dear Musical Masterworks: How is it already the end of another season?! BACK UP! Elsewhere in these pages, I already used this amusing “farewell letter” gambit for the campaign-ending concert by the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra. But it’s true both elite musical organizations are ending up their […]
moreMusical Masterworks has an eventful March planned with its annual contemporary chamber music concert, MMModern on March 1st and its main series concerts on March 16th and 17th. The MMModern concert will feature Nate’s World, on March 1st at Lyme Art Association at 90 Lyme Street in Old Lyme from 5:30pm – 7:30pm. $45 […]
moreBy Rick Koster, Day Staff Writer | 2/2/2024 Yes, Caleb Hudson, the highly regarded orchestral trumpeter and piccolo trumpet virtuoso, is aware of “Penny Lane” by the Beatles. But why would anyone ask him such a question? Well, because, arguably, “Penny Lane” contains the most famous piccolo trumpet part in music history: those staccato, planet-orbiting high-note […]
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