The guest artist at the ECSO’s November 18 concert will be Hyung Joon Won, a South Korean-born, Juilliard School-trained violinist, who will perform Antonín Dvořák’s impassioned Violin Concerto in A Minor, composed in 1879. In 2009, Won, who hopes to form an inter-Korean orchestra with North Korean members, founded the Lindenbaum Festival Orchestra, an annual music festival in South Korea promoting the message of peace and harmony through music. In 2018, ECSO Music Director & Conductor Toshiyuki Shimada joined Won in the Demilitarized Zone in South Korea for a Peace Concert, which featured members of the Yale Symphony and young musicians from South Korea, China, Japan, and Tunisia.

The Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra’s 77th season, comprising six Saturday-evening concerts at the Garde Arts Center, 325 State Street in downtown New London, will begin on Oct. 21, 2023, at 7:30 p.m. Led by Music Director & Conductor Toshiyuki Shimada, the orchestra will play works by Amy Beach, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, George Gershwin, and Tom Myron, shifting into Dixieland mode for a joint performance with the Tom Brown 6.

EASTERN CONNECTICUT SYMPHONY TO PERFORM IN WILLIMANTIC, OCT. 2O
Free Concert at ECSU Will Feature Armed Forces Medley, Dixieland, Rhapsody in Blue

The ECSO is pleased to announce the appointment of Emma Bocciarelli to the full-time position
of Executive Coordinator. Reporting to the Executive Director, this role is a crucial part of the
ECSO team through patron relations, marketing and design, office management, and event
coordination.

The Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra is seeking a creative and energetic professional to serve as Executive Coordinator. This is a wonderful opportunity to support one of Connecticut’s premier professional symphony orchestras in its next phase of growth.

The Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra is seeking a creative and energetic professional to serve as Executive Coordinator. This is a wonderful opportunity to support one of Connecticut’s premier professional symphony orchestras in its next phase of growth.

To close out the summer season, we are partnering with the Block Island Chamber of Commerce for a beautiful evening concert at Champlin’s Hotel and Marina Resort situated on Block Island’s beautiful Great Salt Pond.

MENDELSSOHN & DEBUSSY– Saturday, April 22, 2023, 7:30 pm

MENDELSSOHN & DEBUSSY– Saturday, April 22, 2023, 7:30 pm