SEASON 3 EVENTS
From Sea to Shining Sea
Join us for the season opener of the Arazzo Music Festival in an exciting program of all-American composers! Led by cellist Samuel DeCaprio, Artistic Director of Arazzo, this program centers around the genre of the piano trio, and will include works by Amy Beach, David Ludwig, Paul Schoenfeld, and UConn’s own Kenneth Fuchs. DeCaprio will be joined by violinist Jeffrey Myers (from the Calidore String Quartet) and pianist Tomomi Sato.
We are so grateful to partner with the Mansfield Community School of the Arts to present this concert!
Seating is limited. Free with required reservation via Mansfieldcc.com (Activity #: 136000-A) or stop by the Community Center to sign up. Please contact info@arazzofestival.org with any questions.
Performers:
Jeffrey Myers, violin
Samuel DeCaprio, cello
Tomomi Sato, piano
Love, Loss, Exile
Join us for a riveting program of music for soprano, cello, and piano! This program centers around Juhi Bansal’s song cycle, Love, Loss, Exile, which features poetry written anonymously by women in Afghanistan in order to tell their own personal stories without fear of retribution. The program is complemented by other cycles that follow aspects of that theme, including works by Ravel, André Previn, Bartók, and Strauss. DeCaprio will be joined by fellow UConn alumnus and soprano Anastasia Rege and pianist Minyoung Kang.
We are so grateful to partner with the Mansfield Community School of the Arts to present this concert!
Seating is limited. Free with required reservation via Mansfieldcc.com (Activity #: 136001-A) or stop by the Community Center to sign up. Please contact info@arazzofestival.org with any questions.
Performers:
Anastasia Rege, soprano
Samuel DeCaprio, cello
Minyoung Kang, piano
Of Darkness and Light
Join us for an exciting exploration of musical works with pianist Qing Jiang, the inaugural Irma Vallecillo Visiting Artist at the Arazzo Music Festival! This recital will be given in honor of pianist Irma Vallecillo’s artistic career and pedagogy—as she provides generations of musicians a strong connection to the tradition, but also inspires and encourages all to cultivate a unique vision in their musical paths.
Each composer on this program shares a similar compositional aesthetic: a search for a progressive and individual voice without extreme divergence from traditional musical roots. Works by Lili Boulanger, Brahms, Salina Fisher, William Grant Still, Amy Beach, and the Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata with Artistic Director, Samuel DeCaprio.
Arazzo is honored to partner with Duncaster Senior Living to present this concert!
If not a resident at Duncaster, please email info@arazzofestival.org to RSVP and receive more information on guest parking.
Make Music Day! — Violin and Cello Lessons
The Arazzo Music Festival is collaborating with the Mansfield Community School of the Arts to offer free music lessons in violin and cello to local students. Please email info@arazzofestival.org to inquire about participating in this opportunity! Space is limited, registration required. Register online at Mansfieldcc.com (Activity #: 135002-A) or stop by the Community Center to sign up.
Instructors:
Kayla DeCaprio, violin
Samuel DeCaprio, cello
Make Music Day! — Cello Masterclass
Cellist Samuel DeCaprio is collaborating with the Mansfield Community School of the Arts to conduct a free masterclass for local Connecticut cellists. Please email info@arazzofestival.org to inquire about performing in this masterclass! Space is limited, registration required. Register online at Mansfieldcc.com (Activity #: 135000-A) or stop by the Community Center to sign up.
Instructor:
Samuel DeCaprio, cello
Clarinet Chronicles: A Musical Odyssey
Join us for the Season Finale of Arazzo’s third season in the Great Hall at the Wadsworth Atheneum! This program presents three “time-travel” capsules of chamber music collaboration between the clarinet and stringed instruments over a span of 213 years—allowing the listener to experience the development of this genre over time. Works by Mozart, Guillaume Connesson, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
For more information, please visit: https://www.thewadsworth.org/event/concert-arazzo-music-festival/?instance_id=33714
Presented with support from The Saunders Foundation Music Endowment and the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation Fund at the Wadsworth Atheneum.
Performers:
Graeme Steele Johnson, clarinet
Ariel Horowitz, violin
Oliver Neubauer, violin
Lisa Sung, viola
Samuel DeCaprio, cello