“Dance for Joy” Presented by New Britain Symphony Orchestra

Performing under guest conductor Kalena Bovell, the New Britain Symphony Orchestra, the CCSU Dance Company, and the END Ensemble will present, “Dance for Joy.”

The performance is to be mixture of music and dance which the Orchestra says will be a, “delight both the eyes and ears.”

The concert will be Sunday, March 10, 2019, from 3:00pm to 5:00pm.

Bovell is the Music Director of the Civic Orchestra of New Haven and Music Director at the Loomis Chaffee School. Her biography on the Civic Orchestra’s website says,

Described as a conductor who possesses innate confidence and charisma, Kalena has held conducting fellowships with the Allentown Symphony and the Chicago Sinfonietta. The opportunity with Sinfonietta allowed her to work closely with Mei-Ann Chen and take part in Maestro Paul Freeman’s vision of fostering and promoting cultural diversity within classical music. Because of her success in the program, Kalena was made assistant conductor for the 2016 – 2017 season and made her professional debut with them as part of the MLK Tribute concerts in Chicago’s Symphony Center.

The New Britain Symphony Orchestra is also joined by guest violinist Clara Kim, who it describes as, “an internationally renowned, award winning performer who holds a doctorate from USC and is currently an Artist Diplomate candidate at the Juilliard School of Music.”

In the concert, the Symphony Orchestra will perform,

• Glinka’s Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture, “written between 1837 and 1843, is based on a poem by Alexander Pushkin and is a mainstay of the Bolshoi Theatre.”
• Dvořák’s Slavonic Dance op. 46 No. 2, joined by END Ensemble performing choreography by Erica Nelson.
• Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto in G minor, with Kim performing as guest violinist.
• Gounod’s “Faust” Ballet Music, which the Orchestra says, “is comprised of 7 short dance pieces added to Gounod’s original opera for a performance at the Paris Opera in 1869.”
• Manuel De Falla’s La vida breve, Spanish Dance No. 1, with the CCSU Dance Company performing under Choreographer Felipe Puletini.
• Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol, op. 34

The performance will be in Welte Hall on the Campus of Central Connecticut State University, which is located at 1615 Stanley Street.

The concert is $25 for adults, $5 for students with a student ID and free for children and youth seventeen and younger. Tickets are available online.