Music in the Meetinghouse, the concert series of First Church Congregational, Fairfield, presents organist and series director Frank Martignetti in recital. Works of Buxtehude, C.P.E. Bach, Florence Price, and Cesar Franck. More information here.

Dr. Martignetti conducts the Connecticut Music Educators Association’s 2022 Southern Region HS Mixed Choir. Music of Rosephanye Powell, Hans Leo Hassler, Josephine Poelintz, Marianne Forman, Lynn Aherns, and Stephen Flaherty.

Shoreline Elementary Choral Festival

Frank Martignetti, conductor

Leslie Merwin, accompanist

North Branford High School

Mystic River Chorale presents Pathways , a mostly a cappella program including beloved music from our last decade:

Cantate Domino (Jan. 2015) Hassler

Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal (May 2009)  arr. Shaw-Parker

Eatnemen Vuelie (May 2018)  arr. Emily Crocker

Bogorotditse Djevo (April 2017) Arvo Pärt (Chamber Singers_

Dulaman May 2011 (Chamber)  arr. Michael McGlynn

She’s Like the Swallow (April 2017) arr. Stuart Calvart

Berceuse Acadienne (April 2017)

Pieces Written in a Time of War (May 2018)  Jonathan Adams

Ave Maria  David Conte (Chamber) (May 2011)  David Conte

O How Beautiful, This Finely Woven Earth (May 2018) Chambers

Lost in the Stars (April 2014)      Kurt Weill, arr. Paris Rutherford

Vincent (May 2018) arr. Roger Emerson

Somewhere (May 2011)               Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim, arr. Edgerton

Tshotsholoza (April 2017)    

Will the Circle (May 2018)

Praise His Holy Name (May 2009)                      Keith Hampton

Featuring all ensembles; repertoire TBA.

The Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, with the Mystic River Chorale and the choruses of Connecticut College, present William Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast.

Toshiyuki Shimada, conductor

Gregory Flower, bass-baritone

Wendy Moy and Frank Martignetti, choral directors

The Mystic River Chorale & Orchestra presents Rheinberger’s Mass in C, Op. 169 and Abendlied, conducted by Frank Martignetti, as well as Pachelbel,’s Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt, conducted by Associate Artistic Director & Conductor Frank Zilinyi.

Featuring seasonal and crowd favorites, as well as a smorgasbord of other music, performed by the UB Fusion Ensemble, Gospel Choir, Knights’ Ensemble, Percussion Group, and the University Singers!

The Greater Bridgeport Chapter of the American Guild of Organists presents the 18th Annual PIpescreams Concert, featuring First Church, Stratford’s mighty Austin organ under the command of several of the area’s finest organists. The concert also once again features the University of Bridgeport University Singers, performing music from the Broadway musicals of Sondheim and Aherns and Flaherty. Proceeds benefit the Louise M. Miller and Paul E. Knox Scholarship, awarded annually by the Chapter. For more information and tickets, visit www.greaterbridgeportago.org.

“Artless” Schools and Privileged Islands: Access and Relevance of Music Education in One New York City School. Paper given at the International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education, Denton, Texas.

The Mystic River Chorale & Orchestra presents

Messiah

Parts II and III

G. F. Handel

Frank Martignetti, conductor

Great Poetry and Great Music: texts of Teasdale, Yeats, Helen Keller, and others; music of Adams, Dickau, Ramsey, Willan, and others.

It is all too easy, whether we have been in a particular position for two years or twenty, to focus only on preparing that Sunday’s anthem, remaining content with the preexisting skills and knowledge our volunteer choristers bring to us. But if we do, our choir will never grow, and we will grow stale and perhaps burn out.

Whether you’ve never learned how to build your choir’s musicianship and vocal technique in a systematic manner, or could use a refresher, you will leave with a variety of pedagogical tips, tricks, ideas, and perspectives to enliven your rehearsals and, thus, your worship.

Clinican: Frank Martignetti

Engagement and Disillusionment in High School Chorus.

Poster session at the national conference of the

American Choral Directors Association, Kansas

City, MO.

The Mystic River Chorale presents a spring concert. Repertoire TBA. 

Featuring the Chamber Singers and University Singers. Repertoire TBA. 

Come experience UB's uniquely international, multicultural campus-wide performance featuring student acts from folk and pop cultures truly worldwide.  The University Singers open the show! 

The Mystic River Chorale & Orchestra presents Haydn's Te Deum in C (for the Empress Marie Therese), joined by the Chamber Choirs of Fitch and Stonington High Schools. The Chorale and Orchestra will also perform Schubert's Mass no. 4 in C. For ticket information, visit the Chorale's website, or call (860) 460-1487. 

UB Music & Performing Arts presents the 12th Annual Holiday Concert. This free performance features favorite carols, jazz standards, classical choral music, and more, performed by every ensemble within the program. Chris Coogan, Jeff Jones, Frank Martignetti, and Mark Vickers, directors.  

The Greater Bridgeport Chapter of the American Guild of Organists presents the 15th Annual Pipescreams Halloween pops concert. Featuring the choruses of the University of Bridgeport and Sacred Heart University. Concert proceeds benefit the Louise M. Miller/Paul A. Knox Scholarship Fund. 

13th Annual Pipescreams Concert - Halloween Musical Extravaganza
Hear area organists and the choruses of UB and Sacred Heart University.  With 150+ singers, great music performers, Broadway & Halloween themed music, silent film, costume march & prizes, big reception....don't miss a moment...get out those costumes! Tickets online or at the door. Come early! 

For more information: greaterbridgeportago.org 

A Gothic sanctuary will set the scene for a unique concert this month. The Jazz at the Crypt concert series will present “Classics” from the Crypt at the Church of the Intercession (155th and Broadway) on Wednesday, August 20 at 7:30 PM. 

Not sure if you can listen to an all-jazz or an all-classical program? No worries with this particular group of musicians! The artists hail from Harlem and Washington Heights, and it is not uncommon to find them gathered in one of their Sugar Hill apartments for good food, conversation, and an inevitable jam session. While they have diverse musical backgrounds, they all agree that a good song is a good song- regardless of its origin or what genre it is labeled. 

Soprano Hillarie O’Toole organized the program with one goal in mind: to present a variety of “classic” music that is tear-jerking, foot-tapping, and soulful, regardless of how it is “classified”. The program will feature singers Tom and Hillarie O’Toole, Christian Figueroa, pianists Douglas Martin and Frank Martignetti, and the acclaimed world-jazz trio La Voz de Tres with trumpeter Thomas Bergeron performing a mixture of classical art song, Latin Jazz, and standards from the Great American Songbook. 

The Crypt at The Church of the Intercession has served as the venue for many film, television, and photo shoots, such as 666 Park Avenue, Law and Order, Law and Order SVU, and was recently Listed by CBS New York as one of “5 Unusual NYC Spots To Hear Jazz Music”. Amazing space. Astounding acoustics. “Classic” music.

Prior to the concert, enjoy discounted food and drinks at the fabulousTaszo Espresso Bar from 6-7:30PM. The music, food and drinks will continue there after the concert from 9PM-close. Enjoy an evening uptown!

Artists:
Hillarie O'Toole, soprano
Tom O'Toole, baritone
Christian Figueroa, tenor
Frank Martignetti, piano
Douglas Jay Martin, piano
La Voz De Tres featuring Thomas Bergeron

Tickets $20. 50% of the proceeds will support the Music Ministry of the Church of the Intercession.