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Late Summer - Autumn 2023
Due to a forecast of inclement weather for Sunday, September 24, 2023 - the Fanfare Brass Quintet concert was postponed. As soon as the Fanfare Brass can determine a new date for their concert at the Leroy Anderson House, it will be posted here.
Steve Parlato Oct. 1, 2023
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Fanfare Brass Quintet, Sept. 24, 2023
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Exploring the Creative Process at the Leroy Anderson House Will Begin with Music and Song
The Leroy Anderson Foundation will host a series of presentations titled Exploring the Creative Process at the Leroy Anderson House this fall. Vocalists, instrumentalists, poets, and visual artists will share how they found their passion for their art medium, how they develop their projects, and how others might find their way into the art. The artist presenters will create the opportunity for guests to try their hand at participating in the art they present on.
On Sunday, August 27, at 2 p.m., composer and vocalist Sarah Marze, pianist Emma Bocciarelli, flutist Ann Aldrich and the VoiceBox conductors Will Mandelbaum and Audrey Rivetta and choir will present on musical composition and the process of setting words to music. They will invite guests to participate in an open workshop of Marze's new musical composition for choir, piano, and audience participation featuring lyrics by Woodbury Poet Laureate Sandy Lee Carlson. Marze says, "No previous musical experience is necessary to participate in our world premiere and experience the joy of making music together!"
The presenters are recent UConn graduates who earned bachelor of arts degrees in music. While an undergraduate, Marze wrote Let Us Sing, a book of six art songs for young voices that are musical settings of six Connecticut poets' works. She, Bocciarelli, and tenor Conor Shirshac performed works from the book at Woodbury Public Library as part of the library's Celebrating Poetry Day.
The Leroy Anderson House is at 33 Grassy Hill Road, Woodbury. The event is free but reservations are required. Contact the Foundation at leroyandersonfoundation@gmail.com for tickets.
Concerts
Spring - Early Summer 2023
Yale Octet Chamber Music Ensemble from the Yale Graduate School of Music performing Franz Schubert's Octet in F major, D.803; Friday, May 12 at 3:30 p.m.; Southbury Public Library, Kingsley Room, Southbury, Connecticut. Yale Octet concert sponsored by Leroy Anderson Foundation.
Candlewood Brass Quintet Performing a selection of classical and popular compositions for brass quintet; Saturday, May 20 at 3:00 p.m.; Rain Date: Sunday, May 21 at 3:00 p.m.; Leroy Anderson House, Terrace + Lawn, Woodbury, Connecticut
Westfarms Quartet Performing Beethoven String Quartet No. 13 in Bb Major, Op. 130; Saturday, June 10 at 3:00 p.m.; Rain date: Sunday, June 11 at 3:00 p.m.; Leroy Anderson House, Terrace + Lawn, Woodbury, Connecticut
Note: For outdoor concerts at the Leroy Anderson House, admission is free but email reservations are required. Bring your own folding chair and sit anywhere on the lawn that you like. The acoustics are excellent no matter where you sit. Create your own social distancing.
Leroy Anderson House, Woodbury, Connecticut
Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
Leroy Anderson House, Woodbury, Connecticut
Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 2:00 p.m.
Woodbury Public Library, Woodbury, Connecticut
January 7, 2023
Music from the Leroy Anderson House
STRINGS AT A COMPOSER'S HOME
by Howard Fielding
Sept. 12, 2022
Leroy Anderson was the mid-century modern composer whose home in Woodbury, Connecticut was appropriately Mid-Century Modern. The house is owned by the composer's family foundation and is open on select weekends as a museum of his life and legacy. Several times a year, the home hosts concerts as part of a series. Usually these are outdoors on the lawn, but some more intimate performances have been in the living room around the composer's piano.
The Leroy Anderson House is in a quiet residential neighborhood perfect for an afternoon concert. Acoustics were fine for the nuanced performance of Mendelssohn's Quartet No. 2 in A Minor Op. 13 and Haydn's "Sunrise" Quartet No. 63 in Bb Major, Op. 76, No. 4. The quartet was accompanied only by the birds and crickets of the surrounding woods.
The quartet performed Anderson's "Blue Tango" as an encore, much as the Boston Pops would with the composer's works at the end of a concert. "Blue Tango," Anderson's first big hit, sounds quite different when played by a string quartet but still delighted the audience.
Afterward, a newcomer to the concert series described the afternoon as "a little bit of Tanglewood" - which is exactly what it was meant to be.
Tanglewoodbury. It sort of has a ring to it, doesn't it?
Howard Fielding
Blog: Living Here Together
Photo: Marc Russell
Concerts and Events
September 2022
- Saturday, September 10, 2022 3 p.m.
Westfarms Quartet will perform Haydn's Quartet No. 63 in Bb Major "Sunrise" Op. 76 No. 4 and Mendelssohn's Quartet No. 2 in A Minor Op. 13. This concert will take place on the Terrace and lawn outdoors at the Leroy Anderson House. Admission is free by advance reservation only.
Returning for its second year, the Westfarms Quartet will include violinist Selah Kwak, violinist Mike Winer violist Dylan Lomangino, and cellist Kaila Piscitelli.
If Saturday's weather does not allow the concert to take place, the concert will be postponed to the following day, Sunday, September 11 at 3:00 p.m.
To reserve, please send an email with the number of guests and their names to: leroyandersonfoundation@gmail.com. We will confirm your reservation via email.
Enjoy a special music program on July 4, 2022 at 4 pm on WMNR Fine Arts Radio with Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart who narrates the hour-long holiday special featuring music composed by Leroy Anderson as performed by the Boston Pops. Seiji Ozawa, John Williams & Leroy Anderson provide commentary on the music. The program includes Leroy Anderson's distinctive arrangements of music by George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers and Meredith Willson. This program is underwritten in part by the Leroy Anderson Foundation. www.leroyandersonfoundation.org
The Westfarms Quartet concert at the Leroy Anderson House that was scheduled for Sunday, June 12 at 3 pm is postponed to a date to be determined. A forecast of rain with wind gusts to 20 mph for Sunday afternoon causes us to postpone this outdoor concert. Everyone who registered to attend the concert will receive an invitation to the rescheduled concert. We will also publicize the concert on our website and in newspapers.
Westfarms Quartet will perform at the Leroy Anderson House, June 12, 2022. Admission is free by advance reservation only. To reserve, please send an email to: leroyandersonfoundation@gmail.com.
Many thanks to the Friends of the Leroy Anderson Foundation whose donations support the concerts at the Leroy Anderson House.
Here is the link to the Friends Membership Form: Friends
Imperial Brass of Westfield, New Jersey gave a superb concert on Saturday, May 21, 2022 at the Leroy Anderson House. The audience and the band appreciated the deep shade and gentle breeze which added to the enjoyment of the band's fine musicianship. Watch this video of images by Marc Russsell from the concert to Serenata by Leroy Anderson recorded in 2017 by the Imperial Brass for their compact disc. 
Video link on leroyandersonfoundation.org (no advertising): Imperial Brass
YouTube video link (with advertising): Imperial Brass
The Imperial Brass of Westfield, New Jersey will present a concert at the Leroy Anderson House in Woodbury, Connecticut on Saturday, May 21, 2022. The program, titled "Americans We", will include music by Leroy Anderson, George Gershwin, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Henry Fillmore, Adrian Drover, Dag Wirén and Emil Söderström. Formed in 1991,
the 25-member Imperial Brass is conducted by Ronald Waiksnoris.
The concert is made possible by the generous support of the Friends of the Leroy Anderson Foundation and the Newtown Savings Bank.
The Leroy Anderson House, a historic house museum, is located at 33 Grassy Hill Road. Admission is free. Reservations are required. To reserve a place, send an email to: leroyandersonfoundation@gmail.com. Bring a folding chair.
Rain Date: Sunday, May 22, 2022 @ 3 pm.
Many thanks to the Friends of the Leroy Anderson Foundation whose donations support the concerts at the Leroy Anderson House. Additional support for today's concert comes from Newtown Savings Bank.
Here is the link to the Friends Membership Form: Friends
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// Many thanks to Cynthia and Zander Bos for their piano and violin concert titled "Prelude to an Autumn Wedding" and to Joseph Darcourt, cello, Ivan Morozov, clarinet, and Luis Ortiz, piano from the Juilliard School for their concert. It was a pleasure to welcome volunteers and board members from the Glebe House Museum recently for a tour. We look forward to opening the Leroy Anderson House. Look for the schedule of Open Days posted just above.Concerts and Events
May to November 2021
- Sunday, May 23, 2021 3 p.m.
Westfarms Quartet
Program: Mozart's String Quartet No. 17 in B flat, K. 458 "Hunt" and Dvorak's String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 "American".
Mike Winer, violin, has received music degrees in Cleveland, Boston, and Kansas City, Missouri. He is a member of the music faculty of the Glastonbury Public Schools, of the Farmington Summer String Academy, and gives private lessons.
Mai Vestergaard, violin, is the concertmaster of the University of Connecticut Symphony Orchestra. She has undergraduate degrees in Music and in Pharmacy from UConn. She is currently pursuing a Master's in Public Health and a Doctor of Pharmacy at UConn. Mai has also performed the Bruch Double Concerto as a soloist with the West Hartford Symphony Orchestra. She has performed in engagements in China, Austria, Italy, and Japan.
Dylan Lomangino, viola, received a Bachelor of Arts in Music from the University of Connecticut in 2014 and a Master of Science in Music Education from the University of Bridgeport in 2016. He plays viola in the CT Valley Symphony Orchestra and the Beth El Symphony Orchestra and is the music director of the Northeast Connecticut Community Orchestra. Dylan is currently the elementary strings teacher at Riverside Magnet School in East Hartford, a program that he began in the Fall of 2018. He lives in Bloomfield but grew up in Farmington where he still teaches during the summer at the Suzuki String Academy.
Kai Vestergaard, cello, has been playing the cello for 14 years. He studied with Ole Akahoshi and Jeff Krieger. He was a soloist for annual West Hartford Symphony Orchestra concerts. He also played Dvorak's Cello Concerto with Glastonbury High School Orchestra as a soloist. He will be attending Brown University studying Mechanical Engineering and Cognitive Science starting in the Fall of 2021. - Saturday, September 25, 2021, 3 p.m.
Mark and Beverly Davis Guitar Duo
Program: Toy for Two Lutes by Thomas Robinson (1560-1609); La Rossignol (Anon), Drewries Accordes (Anon - Lady Jane Pickering's Lute Book of 1616), Sonata in A, L. 428 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), Andante (Concerto for Two Mandolins) by A. Vivaldi (1678-1741), Sonata in A minor by Antonio Soler (1729-1783), Un Dia en Noviembre by Leo Brouwer (b. 1939), Suite all'Antica para dos guitarras by Guido Santorsola (1904-1994), Preludio, Tempo di Minuetto, Piccola Arietta, Finale; Three English folksongs (from "Chords and Thyme") by Edward Flower (b. 1948), The Death of Queen Jane, Barbara Allen, I Wish; Four Celtic pieces: Wild Mountain Thyme by Edward Flower, My Last Farewell to Sterling by Edward Flower, Farewell to Stromness by Peter Maxwell Davis (1934-2016), The Lass of Patey's Mill by Edward Flower.
Mark Davis is the director of the New American Mandolin Ensemble, has conducted the Providence Mandolin Orchestra since 1989 and also performs on mandolin with The Hampton Trio.
Beverly Davis studied the classical guitar with Reed Desrosier at Keene State College. She is President of the Providence Mandolin Orchestra and performs with the New American Mandolin Ensemble and the Hampton Trio. - Sunday, October 24, 2022, 2 p.m.
Prelude to an Autumn Wedding
Cynthia Bos, piano, Zander Bos, violin
Program: Canon in D by Pachelbel, Prelude in G Minor by J. S. Bach, Nettleton (Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing) Unknown How Lovely is the Morning Star by Hugh Sung, Slane (Be Thou My Vision) Irish Folk Tune, Like a River Glorious by James Mountain, Thaxted (O God Beyond All Praising) by Gustav Holst, Pavane by Gabriel Fauré, Gabriel's Oboe (excerpt) by Ennio Morricone, Laudate Dominum by W. A. Mozart, Grassy Hill by Cynthia Bos, Autumn Wedding Waltz, Forgotten Dreams by Leroy Anderson.
Cynthia Bos is a pianist who specializes in liturgical music and composition. She lives with her family in West Hartford, Connecticut. Cynthia's son, Zander Bos, is a violinist and trumpet player who enjoys playing different styles of music, including fiddle, folk and worship music. Zander has a special interest in creating his own arrangements and harmonies of the music he performs. - Sunday, November 7, 2021, 1:30 p.m.
Joseph Darcourt, Ivan Morozov and Luis Ortiz
Program: Bach Cello Suite No. 4: Prelude, Allemande, Sarabande, Gigue, Joseph Darcourt, cello; Étude No. 15 by Cyrille Rose, Ivan Morozov, clarinet; Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Mvt. 1 by Ivan V. Morozov, Ivan Morozov, clarinet, Luis Ortiz, piano; Lalo Cello Concerto, Mvt. 1 by Edouard Lalo, Joseph Darcourt, cello, Luis Ortiz, piano; Salut d' Amour by Edward Elgar, Joseph Darcourt, cello, Luis Ortiz, piano; Arietta by Leroy Anderson, Joseph Darcourt, cello, Ivan Morozov, clarinet.
Luis Ortiz holds degrees from Juilliard, Eastman School of Music and University of Rochester.
Ivan Morozov is a Russian clarinetist who has lived in New York since age 10 and has studied clarinet at Juilliard for eight years. He is a self-taught pianist and composer who loves chess. This is his first performance at the Leroy Anderson House.
Joseph Darcourt is a student of cellist Astrid Schween in the pre-college program at Juilliard. Mr. Darcourt has been performing every year at the Leroy Anderson House since 2019.
| // The concert scheduled for this Sunday, March 15, 2020 at the Leroy Anderson House in Woodbury, Connecticut has been cancelled. Out of concern for the safety of all, the Leroy Anderson Foundation has concluded that the safe and prudent thing to do is to cancel all public events at the Leroy Anderson until at least mid-May. We do not want to create undue risk by having a public event in the midst of this epidemic which is in its early stages. Notices concerning future events and Open Days will be posted here. Thank you for your understanding and support. Leroy Anderson Foundation March 12, 2020 |
March, April, May + June 2020 Open Days, concerts and other events will be posted here as we develop our plans for March, April, May and June of 2020. OPEN DAYS January 2020Saturday, January 4, 2020 1 pm - 5 pm |
Many thanks to clarinetist Daniel Williams and pianist Susan Anthony-Klein for a superb concert Sunday afternoon, Jan 5, 2020 at the Leroy Anderson House. Daniel's and Susan's performance of the "Grand Duo Concertant, Opus 48" by Carl Maria von Weber, Massenet's Meditation de "Thaïs" by Jules Massenet, and the "Clarinet Sonatina (H 356)" by Bohuslav Martinů delighted the capacity audience which included some student musicians from Woodbury. Thanks also to the Friends of the Leroy Anderson Foundation for their support of this concert. It was wonderful to see so many new and old friends share in this wonderful musical performance by Daniel Williams and Susan Anthony-Klein at the former home of composer Leroy Anderson and Eleanor Anderson.
 New Year's Concert
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 Many thanks for a wonderful Advent concertSunday, December 8, 2019, 2 pm  Many thanks to Cynthia Bos, Zander Bos and Joseph Darcourt for a wonderful concert of music for Advent. The trio performed "O Come, O Come Emmanuel", "What Child is this ?", "The Wexford Carol", "The Angel Gabriel, "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Forest Green), "Ave Maria, Charles Gounod / J. S. Bach (Joseph Darcourt, cello), "Later Folia" melody / Laudate Dominum, "Once in Royal David's City", Henry J. Gauntlett, "Il est Né, Le Divan Enfant" (Zander Bos, voce), "Un Flambeau, Jeanette Isabella", "Ave Maria" (Franz Schubert) (Zander Bos, violin), "O Holy Night" / Placide Cappeau lyrics (Zander Bos, voce). The audience joined the trio by singing "Silent Night", Franz Gruber music / Joseph Mohr lyrics. Compliments for the fine Advent concert at the Leroy Anderson House given by Cynthia, Bos, Zander Bos, and Joseph Darcourt included this note of appreciation: "Thank you for the opportunity to hear wonderful, soulful music today. It was truly an Advent blessing! And The Swedish holiday décor was exceptional. - Ron and Lillian Ames.
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An Advent Afternoon - A Holiday Music Concert with Cynthia BosSunday, December 8, 2019, 2 pm  Cynthia Bos will present a concert of piano music for Advent at the Leroy Anderson House on Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 2:00 PM. Cynthia Bos is an accompanist, arranger and composer who plays and writes beautiful music for her own enjoyment and that of others. She plays several instruments, including the piano, flute and guitar. Cynthia specializes in liturgical church music and in composition and improvisation. She has a particular interest in improvisational collaboration with other musicians. She also seeks to encourage and develop the musical skills of others. While Cynthia often plays for church and outside events, she most enjoys sharing her music with family and friends. Cynthia and her family live in West Hartford, Connecticut. Cynthia Bos will be accompanied by her son Zander Bos, violin, and by Joseph Darcourt, cello. The concert is free. Seating is limited. Reservations required. leroyandersonfoundation@gmail.com |
 Leroy Anderson Foundation NewsMusique Française: French concert musicNovember 3, 2019, 3 pm"Musique Française," a program of French concert music and chansons, will be presented at the Leroy Anderson House in Woodbury, on Sunday, November 3 at 3 p.m. The concert is sponsored by the Leroy Anderson Foundation. Performers include Rebecca Nesmith, soprano, Jennifer Anthony-Bogue, flute, Joseph Darcourt, cello, and Susan Anthony-Klein, piano. They will perform works by Berlioz, Debussy, Fauré, Gounod, Ibert, Massenet and Ravel. The concert is free. Seating is limited. Reservations required. leroyandersonfoundation@gmail.com |
Divertimenti: Light concert music for a summer afternoonJune 30, 2019, 3 pm"Divertimenti", a program of light concert music, will be presented Sunday, June 30 at 3 pm. Performers include Rebecca Nesmith, soprano, Jennifer Anthony-Bogue, flute, Joseph Darcourt, cello and Susan Anthony-Klein, piano. They will perform works by J.S. Bach, Bolling, Fauré, Franck, Gershwin, Massenet, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, and Leroy Anderson. Seating is limited. Reservations required. leroyandersonfoundation@gmail.com |
Cynthia Bos and Zander Bos to perform at Leroy Anderson HouseTHANK YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WONDERFUL, SOULFUL MUSIC TODAY. IT WAS TRULY AN ADVENT BLESSING! AND THE SWEDISH HOLIDAY DECOR WAS EXCEPTIONAL. Pianist Cynthia Bos and violinist Zander Bos will entertain visitors at the Leroy Anderson House in Woodbury, Connecticut on Saturday, June 8, 2019 from 12:00 to 3:00 pm as part of Connecticut Open House Day. Cynthia Bos is a pianist, accompanist, arranger and composer who specializes in liturgical church music, composition and improvisation. She lives with her family in West Hartford, Connecticut. Cynthia's son, Zander Bos, age 11, is a classically trained violinist, who has been studying violin for six years. Zander enjoys playing different styles of music, including fiddle and sacred music, and has a special interest in improvisation and writing his own harmonies. In addition to playing the violin, Zander studies the trumpet. Their program will feature familiar light concert pieces composed by Leroy Anderson. The Leroy Anderson House, a historic house museum, is located at 33 Grassy Hill Road. The Mid-20th Century Modern house is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is one of the few homes of a composer in the United States that is occasionally open to the public. Members of the Friends of the Leroy Anderson Foundation will be on hand to provide guided tours of the house from 11 am to 5 pm. On Connecticut Open House Day admission to the Leroy Anderson House is free to residents of Connecticut thanks to the support of the Friends of the Leroy Anderson Foundation. Reservations are not necessary. |
Miller Porfiris Duo to perform at Leroy Anderson House
The Miller Porfiris Duo will present a concert of classical music titled "An American Songbook, reimagined" at the Leroy Anderson House in Woodbury on Sunday, May 26, 2019 at 3:00 pm. The program will include works by Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Bohuslav Martinu, Leroy Anderson, Aaron Copland, and more. Anton Miller (violin) and Rita Porfiris (viola) are members of the faculty of the Hartt School in Connecticut. The duo has been in residency and given seminars and masterclasses at festivals and institutions across the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Recent seasons have seen tours around the United States, Iceland,Taiwan and Israel; with critically acclaimed performances on the Chamber Music of Little Rock, Chamber Music Pittsburgh, Tel Aviv Museum, and Icelandic Chamber Society series. The Leroy Anderson House, a historic house museum, is located at 33 Grassy Hill Road. Admission is free thanks to a grant from the Newtown Savings Bank and with the support of the Friends of the Leroy Anderson Foundation. Seating is very limited. Reservations are required. To reserve a place, send an email to: leroyandersonfoundation@gmail.com. |
Juilliard MAP Wind Ensemble Orchestra and String Ensemble
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Parnassus String Quartet
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Winter 2018HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE DAYS Early Winter 2018 |
Music for Advent - A Holiday Concert with Cynthia BosSaturday, December 8, 2018 Cynthia Bos will present a concert of piano music for Advent at the Leroy Anderson House on Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 1:00 PM. Cynthia Bos is an accompanist, arranger and composer who plays and writes beautiful music for her own enjoyment and that of others. She plays several instruments, including the piano, flute and guitar. Cynthia specializes in liturgical church music and in composition and improvisation. She has a particular interest in improvisational collaboration with other musicians. She also seeks to encourage and develop the musical skills of others. While Cynthia often plays for church and outside events, she most enjoys sharing her music with family and friends. Cynthia and her family live in West Hartford, Connecticut. Admission is free. Reservations are encouraged. To reserve a place, send an email to: info [at] leroyandersonfoundation.org.
Yulia Fedorov performs at Leroy Anderson House
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