Joyful Noise! at First Congregational Church, Guilford, Connecticut
2008 - 2009 Concert Schedule
Upcoming events:
Saturday October 18th, 2008, at 7:00 p.m.
Will Duchon, one of the hosts on WMNR Fine Arts Radio, in a concert of classical piano music including Brahms, Granados, and Bach-Busoni
Saturday November 22, 2008at 7:00 p.m.
Thomas Pandolfi, Juilliard trained pianist, in a concert of all Gershwin music.
Sunday January 11, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.
The Shoreline Ringers. Incredibly talented community hand bell choir from Southeastern Connecticut ringing five octaves of hand bells and five and a half octaves of hand chimes in a concert of both holiday and non-holiday music. A "must see to believe" concert!
Sunday Jan. 25th at 4:00 p.m.
The Taubl Family, nine gifted musicians who have traveled and performed together for over ten years. Trained at such prestigious institutions as the Juilliard School, Yale School of Music, and the Hartt School, these award winning musicians will present a concert of music ranging from gospel to show tunes. The Taubl Family was seen on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” in the summer and fall of 2008. A perfect concert for all ages.
Saturday March 7th at 7:00 p.m.
Nick Cutroneo, Hartt School of Music trained classical guitarist in a varied program sure to enthrall.
Sunday April 26th at 4:00 p.m.
The Yale Cellos, a glorious concert featuring 20 cellists conducted by the world renowned Aldo Parisot from the Yale School of Music.
Sunday May 17th at 4:00 p.m.
The ConnArtists -- a return engagement of the seven-man a cappella group featuring First Church’s own Charlie Dear in a concert of wildly entertaining music for the whole family.
Performers' Biographies
Will Duchon
After having been twice declared a semifinalist in the prestigious Concert Artists Guild competitions in New York, Will has performed extensively in the NY Metropolitan area. He was the winner of the 1990 Artists International Young Musicians Auditions, and made his professional debut at Carnegie Recital Hall that year. Will appeared as soloist and in ensemble recitals at Carnegie Recital Hall several times since and also appeared as soloist with several orchestras in Florida and Merida, Mexico. In 1998, Will recorded a CD, “Tableaux”, which features music by Rachmaninov and Scriabin. Since 2004, Will has been a broadcaster for WMNR Fine Arts Radio (www.wmnr.org). He has served as a music director for various churches since 1981, and is currently the Music Director for Monroe Congregational Church. Will graduated from The New Seminary in 2003.He is the founder of The Opus 30 Mission (www.opus30.net) which seeks to exonerate persons wrongfully convicted.
“Will Duchon’s performance of Rachmaninov is infused with passion, sensitivity, and an excellent sense of the long romantic line. He also has the technical equipment to make it all come together.”
Joel Rosen, PERFORMERS OF WESTCHESTER
“Mr. Duchon enchanted the audience, demonstrating a great sensitivity which he had the ability of transmitting. He performed magnificently and came through brilliantly”.
NOVEDADES DE YUCATAN (Mexico)
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Thomas Pandolfi
American pianist Thomas Pandolfi is emerging as a prodigious virtuoso who excels in reviving the core repertoire from the golden age of pianism. Praised for his interesting and innovative programming, his recitals regularly include works by Busoni, Godowsky, Dohnanyi and Chasins, and his orchestral appearances often feature concerti by Paderewski, MacDowell, Moszkowski and Anton Rubinstein.
The young pianist's career has already included performances with such European orchestras as The George Enescu Philharmonic, The Moravian Philharmonic, and The National Philharmonic of the Republic of Moldova, as well as the American symphony orchestras of Mississippi, Cedar Rapids, Asheville, Princeton, and San Angelo, to name but a few. He has collaborated with such conductors as Dimitru Goia, Peter Schmelzer, Mihail Agafita, Andreas Delfs, Christian Tiemeyer, Ron Spigelman, William Kushner, Nicholas Palmer and Robert Hart Baker. Following a performance of Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Asheville Symphony, The Asheville Citizen-Times remarked, "Pandolfi is a standout among today's young pianists, demonstrating a great technician's grace, finesse and polish...his virtuosity and strength might have had some believing that Liszt himself had taken over the keyboard." After a recent recital, The Washington Post described him as "an artist who is master of both the grand gesture and the sensual line. Pandolfi possesses first-rate technical skills, an unerring command of phrasing, a quicksilver touch and cunning legerdemain when it comes to pedaling...etched with calm and crystal clartiy...outstanding."
In the "Pops" genre, Thomas is also considered a leading interpreter of the works of George Gershwin. A graduate of The Juilliard School, Pandolfi earned both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees as a scholarship student.
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