Celebrate May Day At Southport's Pequot Library

SOUTHPORT, Conn. – Celebrate May Day and “Brush up Your Shakespeare” with the final concert of the 2014-15 season of music presented by Music on the Hill and the Pequot Library on Friday, May 1, at 8 p.m.

The Music on the Hill Chamber Chorus in performance with Artistic Director David H. Connell, seated, at the Pequot Library in May 2014.
Photo Credit: *Tracy Pennoyer*

Nicole Briggs

04/29/2015 4:00 a.m.

Listen to a professional-level 16-voice Chamber Chorus, known for impeccable performances as the library presents “Shakespeare at the Library,” with Music on the Hill’s Chamber Chorus performing words of The Bard in a variety of musical interpretations. Artistic Director David H. Connell will conduct.

The Chamber Chorus will present musical settings of Shakespeare’s sonnets and songs from the plays, including “Three Shakespeare Songs” by British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. The program will also include “Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare” by British jazz pianist George Shearing, as well as modern reinterpretations from such popular musicals as Bernstein’s “West Side Story” and Cole Porter’s “Kiss Me, Kate.”

Tickets are $25 online here or $30 at the door.

Music on the Hill is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to high-quality music performance and education for all ages. Under the dynamic leadership of its artistic directors, Connell and Ellen Dickinson, Music on the Hill offers workshops, concerts and four performing ensembles.

The Pequot Library is at 720 Pequot Ave., Southport.

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