Fairfield County Symphony Society

06/18/2025

MAKE MUSIC DAY PERFORMANCE
Saturday, June 21 at 2:00 PM
The Aldrich Contemporary Art
Museum - Ridgefield, CT

FCSS will be participating in Make Music
Day with a performance at the Aldrich
Contemporary Art Museum in
Ridgefield. This global celebration of
free, live music began in France in 1982
and now spans over 120 countries, with
participating venues throughout
Fairfield and Ridgefield. Expect to hear
some pop and Broadway hits!

03/23/2025

The Norwalk Symphony Orchestra enhances the quality of life in Norwalk and southwestern Connecticut. Live concerts and music education - through (Not) Just for Kids and our Young Artists Concerto Competition - are part of our mission. We perform at the Norwalk Concert Hall, 125 East Avenue, Norwalk

01/14/2025

You Cain't Say No...to Oklahoma! with the Norwalk Symphony and New Paradigm Theatre. Saddle up to join us on this wild ride! The Oklahoma! Concert Version comes to Norwalk on Saturday, February 8th at 7:30 pm and Sunday, February 9th at 2:00 pm.

The Norwalk Symphony Orchestra is proud to join forces with New Paradigm Theatre Company for an extraordinary co-production of the classic musical Oklahoma! Join us for this captivating performance led by the talented Norwalk Symphony Musical Director Jonathan Yates and visionary New Paradigm Theatre Stage Director Kristin Huffman. From “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’” to “Surrey with the Fringe on Top” and “People Will Say We’re in Love” the hits just keep coming!

12/03/2024

The Fairfield County Symphony Society (FCSS) is a warm and we… Fairfield County Symphony Society needs your support for A Symphony of Support: Help Us Reach Our Goal

12/03/2024

https://www.gofundme.com/f/fairfieldcountysymphonysociety

The Fairfield County Symphony Society (FCSS) is a warm and we… Fairfield County Symphony Society needs your support for A Symphony of Support: Help Us Reach Our Goal

11/22/2024

NEWS FLASH! We have added a 2:00pm matinee performance of Oklahoma! on February 9, 2025. Tickets for this concert and the Saturday, February 8th at 7:30pm can be found at www.norwalksymphony.org

11/07/2024

FCSS concert on Sunday at 3 PM (free with a freewill offering):

10/11/2024

United Methodist Church of Westport and Weston
49 Weston Rd
Westport, CT 06880
Sunday, Nov 10, 2024, 3:00 PM
Fairfield County Symphony Society
Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Overture for strings

John Rutter (1945 -): Suite for Strings
A-rowing
I have a bonnet trimmed with blue
O waly waly
Dashing away

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 -1750):
Concerto for two violins
Vivace
Largo ma non tanto
Allegro
Kathy Jones and Christine Hall, violin solo

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Two Hungarian Dances No. 5 and 6

Gwyneth Walker: “Here to Stay” for string orchestra (2024)
(world premier)

Conductor: Gunnar Sahlin

In June 1976, Florence Saunders, Ardis Carlton and Virginia Pukilla founded the Fairfield County Symphony Society with John Swartz as musical director. From the beginning, the FCSS has offered a place where musicians can meet to play great music. We have more than 30 active members and play....

09/23/2024

United Methodist Church of Westport and Weston
49 Weston Rd
Westport, CT 06880

Sunday, Nov 10, 2024, 3:00 PM

Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Overture for strings, Largo-Allegro

John Rutter (1945 -): Suit for Strings

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 -1750): Violin Concerto for two soloists: Kathy Jones and Christine Hall

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Two Hungarian Dances

Gwyneth Walker: “Here to Stay” for string orchestra (2024) (world premier)

Conductor: Gunnar Sahlin

About FCSSIn June 1976, Florence Saunders, Ardis Carlton and Virginia Pukilla founded the Fairfield County Symphony Society with John Swartz as musical director. From the beginning, the FCSS has offered a place where musicians can meet to play great music. We have more than 30 active members...

09/18/2023

SEASON OPENER
September 23, 2023

"Join us for the electrifying opening to our season," enthuses Maestro Jonathan Yates. “This extraordinary launch unravels the tales of three iconic compositions, written within seven years of each other, and brings us to the varied and vibrant American musical scene of the mid-20th century.”

Indulge in the lyric rhapsody of Samuel Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915, as it weaves melodically through James Agee's prose-poem, conjuring a Southern childhood of yesteryear. Grammy-nominated soprano Laura Strickling is the soloist in this piece.

Immerse in Duke Ellington’s jazz-infused Harlem, a musical uptown stroll through vibrant neighborhoods: West Indian, Hispanic, and African American. In the composer’s own words: “You may hear a parade go by, or a funeral, or you may recognize the passage of those who are making Civil Rights demands.”

Lastly, born in Hungary but having fled fascism for the States, Bela Bartók's honors both his old and his new homelands in his magnificent and thrilling Concerto for Orchestra. This piece caps the evening, a great ending to a great concert, and the commencement of a great season.