Sound Of Music

Written by Sally Sanders
Thursday, 09 February 2012 00:00

* = Things to do with children.

Rebirth Brass Band: A Mardi Gras Celebration!, Fri., Feb. 10, 8 p.m., $35, $30, Quick Center for the Performing Arts, Fairfield University, 1073 North Benson Rd.; 1-877-ARTS-396 or quickcenter.com.

Commander Cody and Professor Louie & the Crowmatix, Fri., Feb. 10, 8 p.m., tickets $30; The Emelin Theatre, 153 Library Lane, Mamaroneck, N.Y.; 914-698-0098 or emelin.org.

Wagner’s Götterdämmerung: The Met Live in HD, Sat., Feb. 11, at noon; tickets $25, $20, $15; Quick Center for the Performing Arts, Fairfield University, 1073 North Benson Rd.; 1-877-ARTS-396 or quickcenter.com.

* Free Young Persons’ Concert with clarinetist Narek Arutyunyan, Sat., Feb. 11, 2 p.m.; Pequot Library, 720 Pequot Ave., Southport; free master classes follow the concert (res., 203-938-3843 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

* The Stowe School (UK) Music Scholars, directed by Simon Dearsley; choral, vocal and instrumental music; Sat., Feb. 11, 5 p.m.; free and open to the public at the historic Meeting House of The Congregational Church of New Canaan, 23 Park St.; info., 203-966-2651 x33 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Valentine’s Day Champagne Fund-raiser with The Men of Soul Jeffrey Osborne & Peabo Bryson, Sat., Feb. 11, 6:30 buffet dinner, 8:30 show; tickets $225 performance and meet & greet, $175 orchestra, $135 mezzanine/balcony; Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; ridgefieldplayhouse.org or 203-438-5795.

Broadway Sings the Blues, with jazz pianist Joe Utterback and singers Carol and Tom Woodman, Sat., Feb. 11, 7 p.m., First Church Congregational, 148 Beach Rd., Fairfield; info., 203-259-8396.

Urban Folk Jazz Performer KJ Denhert, Sat., Feb. 11, 7:30 p.m., tickets $15, $10 for students, srs., children; PAC House Theater, 311 Huguenot St., New Rochelle, N.Y.; res., 212-868-4444 or visit theparishhouse.wordpress.com.

Ars Antiqua: World Without End, Bach & the Dance of God, Sat., Feb. 11, 8 p.m., with guest performers Rebecca Ringle, mezzo soprano, Jorg-Michael Schwarz & Karen Marie Marmer, baroque violin, and the Ars Antiqua Consort of Viols; tickets $30, avail. at the door at 7:30; dessert recept. follows; Church of St. Mary the Virgin, 191 South Greeley Ave., Chappaqua, N.Y.; info., 914-238-8015 or visit ars-antiqua.org.

Darien Arts Center’s Cabaret Theatre: “Cookie” Thomas and His Trio, with vocalist Joan Carlo, Sat., Feb. 11, 8 p.m., Weatherstone Studio, 2 Renshaw Rd., Darien; res. required, $25/adults, $15/students, 203-655-5414 or visit arts.darien.org.

Melissa Manchester in Concert, Sat., Feb. 11, 8 p.m., tickets $55 and $35; the Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts, Sacred Heart University, 5151 Park Ave., Fairfield; res., 203-371-7908 or edgertoncenter.org.

The Emerson String Quartet, presented by the Stamford Symphony on Sat., Feb. 11, 8 p.m.; tickets $22 to $73; at the Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St.; info., stamfordsymphony.org or 203-325-1407 x14.

American Chamber Orchestra Winter Concert: A Night at the Opera, featuring Stephanie Gregory and Ricardo Herrera, Sat., Feb. 11, 8 p.m.; Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni, Bizet’s Carmen Suite No. 1; Strauss’s Die Fledermaus Overture; selected arias by Dvorak and Leoncavallo; $15 contribution, $10/students; First Presbyterian Church of Fairfield, 2475 Easton Tpk.; info., 203-255-7661.

Wagner’s Götterdämmerung: The Met Live in HD, Sun., Feb. 12, at noon; tickets $25, $20/srs., students; Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; 203-438-5795 or ridgefieldplayhouse.org.

Dan Stevens & the Fiery Band, Sun., Feb. 12, 2 p.m., acoustic, electric blues, American roots music; Westport Library, 20 Jesup Rd.; free; 203-291-4800.

* New Haven Symphony Orchestra: Haydn to Hip Hop, a concert for children and families, Sun., Feb. 12, 2 p.m., tickets $15/adults, $12/srs., $5/children; Shelton Intermediate School, 675 Constitution Blvd., Shelton; res., 203-865-0831 x10 or newhavensymphony.org.

* Norwalk Youth Symphony, Sun., Feb. 12, 3 p.m., five tiered ensembles performing; Norwalk Concert Hall, 125 East Ave.; ifno., 203-866-4100 or norwalkyouthsymphony.org.

Newtown Friends of Music: Trio Solisti, with Maria Bachman, violin, Jon Klibonoff, piano, and Alexis Pia Gerlach, cello, Sun., Feb. 12, 3 p.m., tickets $20, students free w/ticket-holding adult; Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main st., Newtown; res. necessary, 203-426-6470.

* Songs from the Civil War, Sunday, Feb. 12; craft project for youngsters, 2-2:30, followed by songs and readings by musicians Stefanie Kies and Nick Carter plus local musicians, 2:30-3:30; Greenwich Historical Society Vanderbilt Education Ctr., 39 Strickland Rd., Cos Cob; $15/person; reg., 203-869-6899 x10 or greenwichhistory.org.

Songs of the Heart — Great Love Songs with Two Voices and Harp, Sun., Feb. 12, 3-4 p.m., Hitchcock Rm., St. Mary Church, 178 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich; benefitting ALS Foundation; info., 203-869-9393.

Candlelight Concerts: Violinist Leila Josefowicz and John Novacek, piano, Sun., Feb. 12, 4 p.m., works by De Falla, Shostakoviich, Messiaen, John Adams, and Schumann; tickets $25, $10/students; Wilton Congregational Church, Rte. 33; wiltoncandlelightconcerts.org or call 203-801-9945.

* I Dream A World, benefit concert for A Better Chance (ABC) of Wilton, music conducted by Rollo Dilworth of Temple U., performed by the Brooklyn High School of the Arts Choir and the Middlebrook School Choir, Sun., Feb. 12, 4 p.m., at The Clune Center, Wilton High School, 395 Danbury Rd./Rte. 7; patron tickets start at $75; gen. adm. $20/adults, $10/students; info., 203-834-1882.

* Fountain Music Series at the First Congregational Church, 103 Main St., Ridgefield, 203-438-8077: The True Story of Cinderella, by Warren Martin, Sun., Feb. 12, 4 p.m.

Singing Valentines, by tuxedoed quartets from the Mad Hatter Barbershop Chorus (who present a card and a rose), Feb. 12-14; to arrange a visit, call Dick Walter, 203-438-8154.

Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone, A Night for Valentines, Tues., Feb. 14, 8 p.m, tickets$55, $45; Quick Center for the Performing Arts, Fairfield University, 1073 North Benson Rd.; 1-877-ARTS-396 or quickcenter.com.

The Serendipity Chorale Concert, Wed., Feb. 15, 7-8:30 p.m.; reg. encouraged, donations accepted; Wilton Library, 137 Old Ridgefield Rd.; 203-762-3950 or wiltonlibrary.org.

John Mayall, Wed., Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m.; $100; StageOne Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

Band Together Remembering Alzheimer’s benefit for The Alzheimer’s Association, Thur., Feb. 16, 7:30 p.m.; StageOne Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

Marcia Ball & BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Thur., Feb. 16, 8 p.m., tickets $55; Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; 203-438-5795 or ridgefieldplayhouse.org.

Soul Rebels Brass Band, Fri., Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m., $25; StageOne Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike, bluegrass, Fri., Feb. 17, 8 p.m., tickets $38; The Emelin Theatre, 153 Library Lane, Mamaroneck, N.Y.; 914-698-0098 or emelin.org.

Lucy Kaplansky, singer/songwriter, Sat., Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m., tickets $27; StageOne Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

Foreigner, Sat., Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m., tickets $45-$85; at the Klein Memorial Auditorium, 910 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport; tickets through StageOne Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

Chamber Orchestra Kremlin with Maxim Kozlov, cellist, Sat., Feb. 18, 8 p.m.; tickets $35; Quick Center for the Performing Arts, Fairfield University, 1073 North Benson Rd.; 1-877-ARTS-396 or quickcenter.com.

Mozart & Friends Recital by musicians of the Stamford Symphony, Sun., Feb. 19, 4 p.m., tickets $28; at the Steinway Piano Gallery, 401 Post Road East, Westport; info., 203-325-1407 x10 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Sun., Feb. 19, 8 p.m.; tickets $39; The Emelin Theatre, 153 Library Lane, Mamaroneck, N.Y.; 914-698-0098 or emelin.org.

Company of Thieves, Thur., Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m.; tickets $17; StageOne Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

An Evening with Wilson Phillips, Thur., Feb. 23, 8 p.m., tickets $97.50; Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; 203-438-5795 or ridgefieldplayhouse.org.

Jill Sobule, Fri., Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m., $22; StageOne Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

The All New Original Tribute to the Blues Brothers, Fri., Feb. 24, 8 p.m., tickets #40, $35, $30; Quick Center for the Performing Arts, Fairfield University, 1073 North Benson Rd.; 1-877-ARTS-396 or quickcenter.com.

Giuseppe Verdi’s Ernani: The Met Live in HD, Sat., Feb. 25, live at 1 p.m., encore at 6 p.m.; tickets $25, $20, $15; Quick Center for the Performing Arts, Fairfield University, 1073 North Benson Rd.; 1-877-ARTS-396 or quickcenter.com.

Giuseppe Verdi’s Ernani: The Met Live in HD, Sun., Feb. 25, live at 1 p.m., encore at 6 p.m.; tickets $25, $20/srs., students; Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; 203-438-5795 or ridgefieldplayhouse.org.

Johnny A and Joe Louis Walker, Sat., Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m., $37; StageOne Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

Pianist Janina Fialkowska, Sun., Feb. 26, 3 p.m., works by Chopin and Liszt; tickets $25, $10/college students and younger; Westport Arts Center Gallery, 51 Riverside Ave.; 203-22-7070 or westportartscenter.org.

Camerata d’Amici Midwinter Concert, Sun., Feb. 26, 4 p.m., tickets $25/door, $20/advance, $10/children 12 and younger; South Salem Presbyterian Church, 111 Spring St., South Salem, N.Y.; cameratadamici.org or 203-826-7862.

Jazz at the Grange with the Chris Coogan Quintet, Feb. 26, 7 p.m., Norfield Grange, 12 Good Hill Rd., Weston; gen. adm. $25; info., cooganmusic.com or 203-454-4695.

Cowboy Junkies, Sun., Feb. 26, 8 p.m., tickets $50; Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; 203-438-5795 or ridgefieldplayhouse.org.

Taj Mahal Trio, Thur., March 1, 8 p.m., tickets $65; Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; 203-438-5795 or ridgefieldplayhouse.org.

Connecticut Little Symphony, Fri., March 2, 8 p.m. (premier postponed from Jan. 21 by snow); chamber music, one-hour program, free-will offering; Meeting House of The Congregational Church of New Canaan, 23 Park St.; info., 203-966-2651 x33.

The U.S. Air Force Academy Band The Falconaires Jazz Ensemble, free concert, Sat., March 3, 7:30 p.m., Darien High School auditorium, 80 High School Lane; for tickets (limit 4) send SASE to Falconaires Tickets, 80 High School Lane, Darien CT 06820; info., 203-655-3981 x2250.

B52s, Sun., March 4, 8 p.m., $110/$95; Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; 203-438-5795 or ridgefieldplayhouse.org.

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