Something BIG!
May 10 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Sponsored by the Ernest and Joan Trefz Foundation
This is it! Maestro Eduardo Leandro’s grand inaugural concert as GBS’ new Music Director and Principal Conductor! We’ve promised an amazing night of music and the concert on May 10 will live up to the show’s name, Something Big! Pianist Andrew Armstrong, a perennial favorite of GBS who got his professional start here some 20+ years ago, will play Rachmaninoff’s “Piano Concerto No. 2,” and the orchestra will also render Mendelssohn’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream” overture and Brahms’ “Symphony No. 4. “. “I want to present music that the audience will really enjoy, and that the orchestra will love to play,” Maestro Eduardo said.
This concert is on the eve of Mother’s Day. What a great way to spend the night out with family!
“Something Big” honors the late Fairfield philanthropists Herbert F. Harrington Jr., founder of Rotair Aerospace Corp., and wife, Doris Demonkos Harrington, former vice president of Rotair, who for many years served as GBS president and board chairwoman. Both, in their 90s, passed away recently. Pianist Andrew Armstrong was a long-time friend of the Harringtons. His appearance is being offered in honor of “Herb,” and supported by friends of his wife.
This season, all kids under 19 years old will be admitted FREE when accompanied by an adult; accompanying adults will get 15% off their single ticket prices. Please note that our concerts will begin one half hour earlier this season, at 7:30 PM.