Organization to have fundraiser for Ukraine

The Western Connecticut Music Teachers Association is hosting a free festival and fundraiser in the Newtown Meeting House for Ukraine from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday called “Young Musicians For Ukraine.”

The Meeting House is located at 31 Main St. in Newtown.

The event will include live music by students under 19.

There will also be performances that will include music works by composers Chopin, Grieg, Albeniz, Beethoven, and other composers. A jazz group will also perform.

All donations will go to protect and restore lives in Ukraine and other countries where families have been displaced.

Monetary donations to the UN Refugee Agency, USA for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, will be accepted at the event and online.

Donations can be made at https://fundraise-forrefugees.funraise.org/fundraiser/young-musicians-for, for Ukraine.