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2010-2011 Season
September 22: Confluencia Poetry Readings: - pre-show entertainment by Richard Gard and student jazz combo, 5:30 pm at NVCC Playbox Theater
October 22: The Prodigals a new comedy by William Foster, with music by Richard Gard, 7:00 p.m. at the NVCC Fine Arts Center.
October 23: Fall Conference of the Connecticut-American Choral Directors Association 9:00 a.m. at the NVCC Arts Building November 10: Confluencia Poetry Readings: - pre-show entertainment by Richard Gard and student jazz trio, 5:30 pm at NVCC Playbox Theater
December 3: Cats and Dogs and Yule Logs: a concert to benefit Connectitut animal shelters Wind Ensemble of Western Connecticut, 7:30 p.m. on Mainstage, NVCC Fine Arts Center.
December 11: Handel Messiah" - College Choir and Watebury Symphony, 8:00 p.m. at St Michael Church, Litchfield
December 12: "The mimetics of dance within Handel's Messiah" pre-concert lecture 2:10 p.m. at the NVCC Fine Arts Center
December 12: Handel "Messiah" College Choir and Waterbury Symphony, 3:00 p.m. at the NVCC Fine Arts Center
December 12: Kenny Rogers Christmas & Hits Show with The Richard Gard Singers, MGM Grand Arena, 8:00 p.m.
April 21 - 23: Triduum at St. Thomas More Chapel at Yale, 8:00 p.m. each night culminating in the Saturday Easter Vigil. Free but come early as this event is typically SRO.
May 6: Carmina Burana The College Choir, 8:00 p.m. at the NVCC Fine Arts Center
May 7: Spring Band Concert, Wind Ensemble of Western Connecticut, 7:30 p.m. on Mainstage, NVCC Fine Arts Center.
May 19: College Commencement Concert and Ceremony, Wind Ensemble of Western Connecticut, 6:00 p.m. at the Palace Theater, Waterbury.
2009-2010
September 18: Chamber music of Beethoven, Mozart, and Bach at the NVCC Professional Conference. Kirsten Peterson, bassoon, Antonio Biello, flute, Richard Gard, piano
October 3: Rocky Horror Show Cabaret: for AIDS Project New Haven Gala Fundraiser - 8:00 pm at the Andante Student City of Southern Connecticut State University
October 7: Confluencia Poetry Readings: - pre-show entertainment by Tom Violante and Richard Gard, 5:30 pm at NVCC Playbox Theater - Harry Belafonte, Jimmy Buffet, Beach Boys
October 16: Grand Opening Ceremony: state dignitaries and educators, including Governor Rell, dedicate a new science and technology training center for Connecticut. New NVCC alma mater by Richard Gard to be premiered. 11:00 am at NVCC in Waterbury
October 22, 23, 29, 30, 31: - Richard Gard Singers, Performing Arts CollaborativeRock Horror Live Halloween Experience at the Playwright in New Haven
November 1: Double concerto in A minor by Vivaldi - Libby van Cleve and Eleanor Knopp with Richard Gard, 10:30 a.m. at St Thomas More Chapel
November 22: Pre-concert lecture on Symphony 9, 2:10 p.m. at the NVCC Fine Arts Center
November 22: Beethoven Symphony 9, College Choir and Waterbury Symphony, 3:00 p.m. at the NVCC Fine Arts Center
December 4 and 5: Kenny Rogers with The Richard Gard Singers, Mohegan Sun Arena, 8:00 p.m.
December 6: Musical Chairs Wind Ensemble of Western Connecticut, 3:00 p.m. at the Woodbury Center
December 11: Christmas Concert, NVCC College Choir, 8:00 p.m. on Mainstage
December 11: Lauds in Honor of Prof. Margot Fassler featuring Yale Schola Cantorum, 5:00 p.m. at STM Golden Center
December 13: Musical Chairs: an Interactive Concert for Children Wind Ensemble of Western Connecticut, 3:00 p.m. on Mainstage, NVCC Fine Arts Center
April 1 - 3: Triduum at St. Thomas More Chapel at Yale, 8:00 p.m. each night culminating in the Saturday Easter Vigil.
April 30: Cultivating Community with featured artist, Daniel Corr, and the College Choir, 8:00 p.m. at Saint Thomas More Chapel at Yale
May 4: Hands across the Sea - British and American band favorites, Wind Ensemble of Western Connecticut, 7:30 p.m. on Mainstage, NVCC Fine Arts Center May 13: pre-concert lecture on Beethoven's Symphony 9, Yale Beinecke Library, 6:30 p.m. New Haven Symphony Orchestra concert follows in Yale Woolsey Hall
une 12: Connecticut State Sousa Festival, Wind Ensemble of Western Connecticut, noon in Seth Thomas Park, Thomaston
2008-2009 Season August 14: Minimalist Dessert at Saint Thomas More Chapel at Yale, with Musica Elettronica Viva di Yale
October 11: Vox Concordis premiers of Richard’s new edition of The St. Matthew Passion by Friedrich Funcke, in honor of the rededication of Saint Thomas More Chapel at Yale.
November 16: The College Choir with Waterbury Symphony Orchestra present Bach Cantata 191 “Gloria in excelsis” and Handel Messiah part I and Corelli Concerto Grosso “Christmas” at NVCC. Includes pre-concert lecture by Richard
November 21: NVCC Opera Ensemble perform Jaques Brel is Alive and Living in Paris in the Playbox Theater
December 5: Wind Ensemble of Western Connecticut Winter Concert at NVCC, featuring vocal solo by Miss Evie
December 13: College Choir and the NVCC Jazz Cats presents a Festive Christmas
March 29: College Choir, First Choir and Laura Ouimette in Mendelssohn Bicentennial at Waterbury First Church
April 9-11: Vox Concordis and the Chapel Choir Triduum at Saint Thomas More Chapel, including The P
April 24,25: GODSPELL Saint Thomas More Golden Center at Yale - here to purchase tickets
April 17: Vox Concordis at the NVCC Presidential Inauguration
May 8: Wind Ensemble of Western Connecticut Postcards from Italy at NVCC
May 9: College Choir with Waterbury Symphony Orchesta and Sweet Honey in the Rock premier The Fortune Chronicles at the Palace Theater
May 22, 23: GODSPELL on the NVCC Mainstager
2007-2008 Season
Aug 15: Minimalist Dessert - Richard Gard Singers & friends Oct 18: Durufle' Requiem - Yale Camerata and New Haven Symphony Orchestra Nov 3: Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb with Yale Pro Musica at Yale's Marquand Chapel
Nov 4: Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb and the premier of Richard's setting of Weill's Lost in the Stars - Yale Pro Musica at United Congregational Church, Holyoke, Massachusetts
Nov 18: Vivaldi Gloria with Waterbury Symphony Orchestra and the NVCC College Choir, including Richard's pre-concert Lecture on Baroque Dance
Nov 28: Yale Camerata Chamber Choir, Beineke Library at Yale
Dec 9: Concert Without Borders - Wind Ensemble of Western Connecticut at Woodbury Senior Center Dec 11: Concert Without Borders - Wind Ensemble of Western Connecticut at NVCC
Dec 14: Mozart Missa Brevis in D minor, Barber Agnus Dei, & Christmas favorites - College Choir & Vox Dec 24: Christmas Eve at St. Thomas More Chapel - Vox Concordis & Chapel Choir March 2: Stravinsky Les Noces, Yale Camerata, Woolsey Hall
March 8: Richard's pre-Concert Lecture, Waterbury Symphony Orchestra
March 20 - 22: Triduum, Chapel Choir & Vox Concordis
April 11: Tehillim: Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and other works in Hebrew - Bruckner Choir & NVCC College Choir, Temple B'nai Israel, Southbury
April 12: Songs for Soup; concert to benefit the St Thomas More Soup Kitchen - Saint Thomas More Chapel and Center at Yale
May 1: Interview with Sonia Baghdady on ABC-TV WTNH News Channel 8 at Noon
May 6: Masters and Innovators - Wind Ensemble of Western Connecticut at NVCC Mainstage Theater
May 9: HAIR a tribal love rock-opera, - Performing Arts Collaborative, NVCC Opera Society, Palace Theater, Waterbury
May 16: HAIR a tribal love rock-opera, - Performing Arts Collaborative, NVCC Opera Society.
May 29: NVCC Commencement featuring the Concert Band playing Holst and Rimsky-Korsakov
May 30: Connecticut and New York state high school band, choir, and show choir adjudication at Kennedy High School, Waterbury
2006-2007 Season
Nov 4:Handel Chandos Anthem No.6 -College Choir
Nov 16: Bresnick at Sprague Hall - Yale Camerata
Dec 2: Handel Chandos 6 at STM - Bruckner Choir
Dec 2: Kenny Loggins - Chevrolet Theater- Richard Gard Singers
Dec 8: International Christmas, Mainstage Theatre - College Choir
Dec 9: Bresnick at Carnegie Hall- Yale Camerata
Dec 10: Concert -Wind Ensemble of Western CT
Dec 12: Winter Concert at Mainstage Theatre - NVCC Band
Dec 20: Andy Williams at Chevrolet Theater Vox Concordis
Dec 21: N’zinga Shani Show CTV - Vox Concordis
Dec 24: Christmas Eve at Yale - STM Chapel Choir
Jan 27: Winter Youth Orchestra NVCC- Greater Waterbury Youth Symphony
Apr 5/6/7:Triduum at Yale - STM Chapel Choir
April 22: Brahms Requiem, Paulus at WCSU - Concert Choir
Apr 27: War Requiem at Boston Symphony Hall - Yale Camerata
Apr 28: War Requiem at Woolsey Hall - Yale Camerata
May 5: Schubert Mass #6 at The Immaculate – The College Choir
May 8: Spring Concert - Mainstage Theatre - Wind Ensemble of Western CT
May 12: Waterbury Symphony Pre-concert Lecture
May 20: Sousa Festival in Plainville - Wind Ensemble of Western CT