The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)
HSO kicks off music festival on June 30
SIMSBURY » The Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s Talcott Mountain Music Festival kicks off with Celebrate America! Friday, June 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center in Simsbury, CT. Celebrate summer with Connecticut’s favorite Independence Day celebration! Conducted by HSO Music Director Carolyn Kuan, and featuring the Asylum Hill Congrega- tional Church Choir, this program will include all of your patriotic favorites and more. Fireworks follow the concert. The rain date is Saturday, July 1. For tickets and information, visit www.hartfordsymphony.org.
The Celebrate America! concert is sponsored by Citizens Bank, a new Festival partner for 2017. Attendees can enjoy a complimentary photo booth courtesy of the Bank, which will also have volunteers on site to assist attendees as they arrive.
“Citizens Bank is proud to partner with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and to support the Talcott Mountain Music Festival,” said Lisa Maass, president, Citizens Bank, Connecticut. “We strive to support memorable events in our communities, and this is a great way to kick off the July 4th weekend with friends and family.”
The 2017 Talcott Mountain Music Festival continues through July 28. Concerts include Sgt. Pepper’s 50th!: July 7; The Music of David Bowie: July 14; Williams & Warner Bros.: July 21; and Broadway A to Z: July 28
The mission of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra is to enrich lives and community through great music. Marking its 73rd Season in 2016-2017, the HSO is Connecticut’s premier musical organization, the second largest orchestra in New England, and widely recognized as one of America’s leading regional orchestras. The Hartford Symphony Orchestra named Carolyn Kuan as its tenth music director in January 2011; she is the first woman and youngest person to hold this title. The HSO captivates and inspires audiences of all ages by presenting more than 100 concerts annually, including the Masterworks Series, POPS! Series, Sunday Serenades, Discovery Concerts, Symphony in Schools, Musical Dialogues, the Talcott Mountain Music Festival, and more. The HSO aims to deliver uniquely powerful and emotional experiences that lift and transform the spirit, and to give back and help create vibrant communities in the Greater Hartford area.
Sponsors of the 2017 Talcott Mountain Music Festival include Festival Sponsor the Richard P. Garmany Fund at Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Celebrate America Concert Sponsor Citizens Bank, Barnes Group, Inc., Falcetti Music, Paine’s Recycling and Rubbish Removal, Seabury, UBS, Classic Hotels of Connecticut, Simcroft-Echo Farms, Hartford Health Care, Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Viking Fuel Oil Company, Dornenburg Kallenbach Advertising, EBI Foundation, Farmington Valley Dermatology & Surgery, Federman, Lally & Remis, Fitzgerald’s Foods, Metro Bis, Global Atlantic Financial Group, Robert Hensley & Associates, LLC, McLean Care, Chase, J.P. Morgan, Robinson + Cole, Simsbury Bank, MotleyRice Attorneys at Law, TD Bank, Stanley Black & Decker, Travelers, United Health Care, Webster Bank, and Peaberry’s Café.
HSO programs are funded part by the Greater Hartford Arts Council’s United Arts Campaign, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and with support from the Department of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Office of the Arts, which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.