A special event designed to showcase the town’s many natural and cultural offerings.
Come hear the Amo Brass, one of the Yale Summer School of Music's stellar groups, as they perform a mix of contemporary and classical selections. The five musicians are: Joshua Bialkin, trumpet; Connor Holland, trumpet; Olivia Martinez, horn; David Seder, trombone, and Vivian Kung, tuba.
Early-bird special! An evening of live music at the Manor House Inn. Michael Cobb and Trina Hamlin will perform a mix of country, folk, blues and rock originals on guitar and piano with harmonica accompaniment, starting at 7:00 p.m. Norbrook Brewery will be there serving its noted beers. Get advance tickets ($15) from Eventbrite or […]
Listen any time starting Feb. 25 to this concert from the 2022 Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, performed by Festival Fellows in the Music Shed on August 28. You can also enjoy a presentation on the big screen at the Norfolk Hub, 2 Station Place, while you're in town for Weekend in Norfolk. Times are 3:00 […]
Listen any time starting Feb. 25 to this concert from the 2022 Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, performed by Festival Fellows in the Music Shed on August 28. You can also enjoy a presentation on the big screen at the Norfolk Hub, 2 Station Place, while you're in town for Weekend in Norfolk. Times are 3:00 […]
The famed Emerson String Quartet play Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Snider. They are retiring at the end of this season. Buy tickets. Note that the "Road Closed" sign on Route 272 South (Litchfield Road) applies to through traffic only. All events can be reached before encountering the block at Estey Road (about 4.5 miles south of […]
Norfolk faculty and fellows play Mendelssohn, Strauss and Enescu. Buy tickets. Note that the "Road Closed" sign on Route 272 South (Litchfield Road) applies to through traffic only. All events can be reached before encountering the block at Estey Road (about 4.5 miles south of town).
Catch a rising star as the Emerging Artist Series features performances by the next generation of professional chamber artists. Held weekly on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings. Note that the "Road Closed" sign on Route 272 South (Litchfield Road) applies to through traffic only. All events can be reached before encountering the block at Estey […]
Catch a rising star as the Emerging Artist Series features performances by the next generation of professional chamber artists. Held weekly on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings. Note that the "Road Closed" sign on Route 272 South (Litchfield Road) applies to through traffic only. All events can be reached before encountering the block at Estey […]
Come hear Jasmine Road, the musical creation of Christina and Patrick Pate. They'll be performing folk/pop songs, both covers and originals.
Musically inclined children will love this special short concert, put on by music fellows just for them. This event is part of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival's summer open house, which also includes tours of Whitehouse starting at 1:00, plus an ice cream social at 2:00 and "Broadway Tails," presented by Tony Award-winning animal trainer […]
Throughout Winter Weekend in Norfolk, you are invited to listen to Rendezvous with Benny Goodman, a Norfolk Chamber Music Festival concert recorded last summer with clarinetist David Shifrin and the Miró Quartet highlighting the versatility of the clarinet. Link will be available at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. "With a background in klezmer, classical and jazz idioms, […]
Throughout Winter Weekend in Norfolk, you are invited to listen to Rendezvous with Benny Goodman, a Norfolk Chamber Music Festival concert recorded last summer with clarinetist David Shifrin and the Miró Quartet highlighting the versatility of the clarinet. Link will be available at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. "With a background in klezmer, classical and jazz idioms, […]
Based in Norfolk and in Brooklyn, N.Y., Michael writes; sings; plays guitar, bass, harmonica, banjo and ukulele, and produces concerts. He describes his sound as eclectic Americana. His last Weekend in Norfolk gig was in February, when he played at the Manor House with Trina Hamlin.
A Norfolk Chamber Music Festival program featuring works by siblings Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn performed by the Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet and the stellar Norfolk Fellows. There will be a free pre-concert conversation starting at 7:00 p.m. in Battell House, 20 Litchfield Road. Buy tickets. Click here for a full list of musical events during […]
Established 2022 in New York City, the Yacht Lobsters sail the waves of the butteriest soft rock of the 70's and early 80's. Their big sound recreates—and at times reimagines—the studio mastery of retro-rock icons like Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers, Hall & Oates, Toto and others. Buy tickets. Click here for a full list […]
The Blue Yodels—Felicia Michael (vocals) and Bob Brophy (guitar, vocals)—will be on Robertson Plaza to brighten up Saturday morning and get it started off with their own special mix of rock, country, folk and pop. Come enjoy! The Blue Yodels are sponsored by the Norfolk Farmers Market. Music on Robertson Plaza is sponsored by the […]
A special treat—the music of two trumpets, a horn, a trombone and a tuba—is coming to Robertson Plaza thanks to the kindness of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and the Yale Summer School of Music. Expect to hear a variety of pieces for brass quintet, ranging from classical to completely contemporary. The group features Eric […]
The Parker Quartet plays Mozart, Iyer, Beethoven and Dvorak in this Norfolk Chamber Music Festival concert. Pianist Max Levinson joins the quartet for Dvorak’s Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81. There will be a free pre-concert conversation starting at 7:00 p.m. in Battell House, 20 Litchfield Road. Buy tickets. Click here for a full […]
Veteran blues singer Ruthie Foster lets loose a tidal wave of musical generosity. She's been pushing her boundaries as a singer and songwriter more than ever before, creating a great atmosphere with the help of her band, who are refreshingly loose and lived-in. Buy tickets. Click here for a full list of musical events during […]
Annual concert for the noted Litchfield County Choral Union. The program will include will include Mozart’s “Mass of the Sparrows" (Spatzenmesse), a selection of pieces composed by the contemporary Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo and the LCCU’s historic anthem, Robbins Battell’s “Sweet Is the Work.” Buy tickets. Click here for a full list of musical events […]
The Norfolk Chamber Music Festival makes an all-too-brief return to town in the form of this live concert by fellows from last summer’s Festival. Click here for a downloadable program. The performers are: Michael Huerta, flute Annie Winkelman, oboe Nicole Martin, clarinet Darius Farhoumand, bassoon Gretchen Berendt, horn
Come enjoy listening to Michael Cobb. Based in Norfolk and in Brooklyn, N.Y., he sings; plays guitar, bass, harmonica, banjo and ukulele, and produces concerts. He describes his sound as eclectic Americana, but mixes in some Spanish songs in honor of his wife, Martiña. He plays regularly at Weekend in Norfolk.
A musical history of the Argentinian tango as it was developed by African, Spanish, Italian, French, Mexican and Eastern European immigrants, performed by pianist Natasha Ulyanovsky, flutist Gonzalo Cortez and mezzo soprano Monika Krajewska. Please register here for this free concert.
Catch a rising star as the Emerging Artist Series features performances by the next generation of professional chamber artists. Presented weekly by the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings.
Catch a rising star as the Emerging Artist Series features performances by the next generation of professional chamber artists. Presented weekly by the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings.
This show features the timeless songs of Neil Young, the Beatles, Van Morrison, the Rolling Stones, John Denver, the Eagles, CSN, Bob Seger, Billy Joel, Cat Stevens, Willie Nelson, Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond, the Band, Kenny Rogers, Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Buffett, Lynyrd Skynyrd, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, the Grateful Dead and more. The music is […]
Acclaimed pianist and composer Matan Porat performs live, improvised soundtracks for three silent era gems including Florence Turner’s 1914 Daisy Doodad’s Dial, Oskar Fischinger’s 1938 Optical Poem, and Sherlock Jr., the great Buster Keaton’s 1924 whodunnit. Buy Gala or concert-only tickets here.
Come let your feet tap and your spirit soar to the sound of bluegrass and folk music by Elias Neuman-Donihue. Robertson Plaza is the perfect place to dance! And be sure to check out the offerings at Sidewalk Sunday, our afternoon street fair right next to the plaza.
Musically inclined children will love this special short concert, put on by Yale Summer School of Music fellows just for them. This event is part of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival's summer open house, which also includes tours of Whitehouse from 12:30 to 2:30 and an ice cream social from 2:00 to 3:00 at the […]
Julia Autumn Ford has been playing professionally since she was a teenager. She has toured extensively throughout the U.S. and, as a member of Belle of the Fall, an indie folk duo comprised of JAF and Tracy Walton, she has released 3 critically acclaimed albums: Earthbound, Rise Up and The Bending of Light. This is […]