Vince Giordano (left) and The Nighthawks at Sofia’s in New York City. Photo credit: EWS.

ESSEX, CT – The 2022 Essex Winter Series (EWS) season continues this coming Sunday, Feb. 20, with a toe-tapping, hand-clapping, feel-like-dancing concert featuring Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks, fresh from New York to the stage at Valley Regional High School in Deep River, Conn.

The program for this event – the annual Stu Ingersoll Jazz Concert – will explore the music of Benny Goodman in the 1920s and 1930s. 

On March 20, Essex Winter Series will bring the Resurgam Quartet to the stage for its third concert of the season, offering a wonderful repertoire of music by Borne, Piazzolla, Schumann and Schubert arranged for saxophone.

The season concludes on Dec. 18 with January 2022’s rescheduled concert featuring the world-renowned Brentano String Quartet and Mihae Lee on piano. 

Concerts begin at 3 p.m. and are general admission. For tickets visit www.essexwinterseries.com or call 860-272-4572. As a precaution for our audience, artists and staff, health guidelines will be followed and may include, among other safety measures, the presentation of vaccination proof and mask wearing.

The EWS 2022 season – our 45th – is generously sponsored by The Clark Group, Essex Meadows, Essex Savings Bank, Jeffrey N. Mehler CFP LLC, Tower Laboratories, BrandTech Scientific, and Masonicare at Chester

Pictured from left to right: Ida Kavafian, Steven Tenenbom, Peter Wiley, Timothy Cobb, David Shifrin, Frank Morelli, and William Purvis.

ESSEX, CT – Celebrating the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, Essex Winter Series (EWS) hosts the rescheduled presentation of BeethovenFest on Sunday, Dec. 19, at 3 p.m. at Valley Regional High School, Deep River. The program was originally part of the organization’s 43rd season in 2020, but was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns.

BeethovenFest, a special tribute to the master composer, brings together seven world-renowned artists – David Shifrin, clarinet; William Purvis, horn; Frank Morelli, bassoon; Ida Kavafian, violin; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Peter Wiley, cello; and Timothy Cobb, double bass – for a memorable performance of Serenade for Violin, Viola and Cello, Op. 8, and Septet in E-flat, Op. 20.

In 2022, EWS will again offer a season of in-person concerts:

• Jan. 9 – Brentano String Quartet with Mihae Lee, piano;
• Jan. 30 – Patricia Schuman, soprano, with Bradley Moore, piano;
• Feb. 20 – Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks; 
• March 20 – Resurgam (saxophone) Quartet. 

Concerts begin at 3 p.m. and are general admission.

For tickets visit www.essexwinterseries.com or call 860-272-4572. As a precaution for our audience, artists and staff, health guidelines will be followed and may include, among other safety measures, the presentation of vaccination proof and mask wearing.

BeethovenFest and the 2022 season are generously sponsored by Masonicare at Chester Village, The Clark Group, Essex Meadows, Essex Savings Bank, Jeffrey N. Mehler CFP LLC, Tower Laboratories, BrandTech Scientific, Guilford Savings, WSHU Radio, The Connecticut Office of the Arts and the Community Foundation of Middlesex County.