Willimantic Orchestra to Perform at Eastern

Written by Kate Harner

Willimantic, CT -- The Willimantic Orchestra will begin its 2009-10 concert series by performing at Eastern Connecticut State University. The performance will be held at 3 p.m. on Nov. 8 in Shafer Auditorium. The public is invited. Admission is free; however, a donation is suggested.

The fall concert will feature the vocal stylings of "Grande Romanza" with Stefano and Nina Tanchietti. The orchestra will perform selections from Bizet's "Carmen," Rodgers and Hammerstein, Bernstein's "West Side Story" and Webber's "Phantom of the Opera." It will also perform "Memory" from the award-winning Broadway musical, "Cats."

The Willimantic Orchestra is a nonprofit orchestra made up of local community members committed to authentic orchestral music. David Vaughan conducts the ensemble. 

For more information, contact Fred Wengrzynek, president of the orchestra, at (860) 593-0455 or fred.wengrzynek@charter.net.