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The concert will begin at 3 p.m. at the Western Connecticut State University’s Visual and Performing Arts Center on the Westside campus. The concert is free thanks to a gift from Nancy and Alton Eckert.
Sunday’s concert features several short choral works, including:
- “Sure on this Shining Night,” by Samuel Barber
- “Earth Song,” by Frank Ticheli
- Animal Crackers II,” by Eric Whitacre, featuring poetry by Ogden Nash
Christine Howlett conducts the Danbury Concert Chorus. Howlett is an associate professor of music and director of choral activities at Vassar College, where she conducts the Vassar College Women’s Chorus, Mixed Choir and teaches music theory and voice.
Brookfield-based composer and pianist Max Vladimiroff will accompany the chorus.
In addition to Vladimiroff, a string quartet, and a guitar will perform “Lake of Innisfree,” a new piece by Ola Gjeilo.
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