events @ the Library

SpokenWord is sponsored by Jerry A. Tishman.

"Bookends: from Gilbert and Sullivan to Broadway"
This muscial performance will include an original parody specially written for the Library's 100th. Performers include Metropolitan Opera baritone, Thomas Woodman, Juilliard tenor, Douglas McCormick, soprano, Susan Marnell, bass, Dan Daniels, baritone, Timothy Throckmorton, tenor, Frank Sisson, soprano, Carol Woodman, mezzo-soprano, Karen McCormick, and Lynn Riegler, piano.
NOTE: The time of this Music@ the Library program is 1:30 pm.

Library 100th Birthday website.

A special party! The first in a year-long celebration!
Activities and entertainment for all ages, including musical performances, historic exhibits of Westport and the Library, Imagine 2108 projects presentation, roving entertainers, arts and crafts and much more.

Library 100th Birthday website.

Electric blues violinist and vocalist, Heather Hardy, brings together a phenomenal sound and excellent voice. Though classically trained, she has pursued her love of improvisation as a blues performer since the early 1990's. A wide variety of experiences, from European tours, performances in the NYC subway stations, and shows in blues clubs has enabled her to develop into an experienced leader of her band Lil'l Mama. "If you want great blues with a twist, this is it."

Sunday, February 10
2:00 pm
McManus Room

Rarely Heard Chamber Music for Woodwinds! From classical to pop, Cumulus Chamber Ensemble will perform a variety of octets (music for eight instruments). The core musicians are members of two longstanding local woodwind quintets: the Odyssey Woodwind Quintet and the Prevailing Winds.

Swing for Jazz Quintet charms audiences with enduring melodies and wonderful lyrics from songs that topped the Hit Parade charts.

"Courting the Seasons" with Pamela Wyn Shannon on vocals and guitar, and New England fiddler and folk singer Lissa Schneckenburger This is a special program featuring traditional and original pastoral songs celebrating the seasons, nature and rural rambling. The program will include the music of Ireland and the British Isles along with songs in Gaelic.

More about Pamela Wyn Shannon

More about Lissa Schneckenburger

Sunday, November 11

2:00 pm
McManus Room

The Connecticut Chamber Orchestra, featuring conductor Sayard Stone with violin soloist Bernice Stochek Friedson return to perform a variety of pieces ranging from classical to selections from My Fair Lady.

Sunday, October 14
2:00 pm
McManus Room

The Alturas Duo, Scott Hill and Carlos Boltes, will play a fiery mix of South American and classical music with the unusual ensemble of the guitar, viola and charango. Their unique repertoire ranges from Bach and South American folkloric to new, commissioned music.

Alturas Duo website

Sunday, September 9
2:00 pm
McManus Room

Pianist Ren Zhang, dedicated to reviving and performing music in the grand romantic tradition, has burst upon the international concert scene as one of the unique pianistic characters of his generation. Supported by the Grace K. Salmon Foundation.

Press Release