“The Fishergirl” & “Jeannie”

Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 7:30pm, United Church of Chester

Enjoy an evening of songs from ‘The Fishergirl‘, the universal and ageless story of Dannie Trescott, the daughter of a Maine fisherman, who faces significant trials as she steers through dangerous straits to find her true course in life. NEW! Hear some new songs for Hilarie Clark Moore’s new work ‘Jeannie‘.

The Fishergirl

• Opening/How Life Should Be! – William and Chorus
• My Beautiful Lily – William
• The Nation’s Best Blueberry Pie – Dannie
• A Simple Daisy – Emma
• The River’s Journey Grandmère – Dannie
• Our Storybook Emma – Carlos
• Family Loyalty – Dannie, Adrien, Gabriel
• Against All Odds – Sextet and Chorus

Jeannie

The bittersweet, tender, and funny musical, Jeannie, will make you laugh and cry in its sensitive portrayal of the end-of-life challenges between parent and children.  Jeannie, the invincible matriarch, fights vehemently to maintain her voice and independence as she’s challenged by failing mind and health.  While Jeannie’s well-intentioned children struggle to help their mother in her final days, they discover more about the complicated woman she is.

• Ding Dong! – Jeannie, Chorus
• The Hourglass – Hannah
• The Sexiest Attribute – Jeannie, Hannah
• Tie That Bell! – Hannah, Ernest, Martha
• Medical Acronym Song – Hannah
• Tick, Tick! – Jeannie, Chorus
• Mutiny – Jeannie
• Promises – Hannah, Martha, Ernest
• Mom’s Flight Plan – Hannah, Martha, Ernest
• Jump, Jump, Jump! – Ernest
• Men Come Running! – Jeannie

Cheshire Symphony Orchestra

St. Peter’s Church
59 Main Street, Cheshire, CT 06410

Concert No. 1 –  November 7, 2025

• Rossini – Semiramide Overture
• Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
• Sibelius – Karelia Suite, Op. I I
• Nishimura – Water Reflections
• Mozart – Symphony No. 35 in D (Haffner)
• Saint-Saens – Bacchanale from Samson and Dalila, Op. 47

Concert No. 2 – Festive Holiday Music – December 12, 2025

• A variety of holiday music by Humperdinck, Custer, Bach, Coleridge-Taylor, Leroy Anderson, Mozart, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and more!

Concert No. 3 – March 20, 2026

• Chopin – Concerto for Piano No. I in E minor, Op. II 
  • Gabriel Landstedt, pianist
• Franck – Symphony in D minor

Concert No. 4 – Music for the Semiquincentennial – May 8, 2026

• Celebrate America’s 250th year with music by Dudley Buck, Florence Price, William Grant Still, Aaron Copland, John Williams, Leroy Anderson, Hilarie Clark Moore, George Gershwin, and more…

Chamber Music by the River

Saturday, October 19, 2025 at 3 pm – 7 Parkers Point Road, Chester, CT

Afternoon of Woodwind Quintets and Decets with works by:

• Ludwig van Beethoven, Peter Müller, and Truman Harris

Chamber Music by the River “Workshops”

Hilarie Clark Moore Music Studio

One-day workshops to focus on playing in chamber ensembles without preparing for a performance

• Saturday, September 27, 2025

SECCO

Fall Romantics
Sunday, November 2, 2025

• Rossini, Overture to La Gazza Ladra
• Delibes, Coppelia Suite
• Chabrier, Marche Joyeuse
• Elgar, Enigma Variations, Op. 36
• Borodin, In the Steppes of Central Asia 

Holiday Cheer
Saturday, December 13, 2025

• A Mad Russian Christmas, Trans-Siberian Orchestra
• Still, Still, Still for String Orchestra, Mark Hellem, arr.
• Bugler’s Holiday, Leroy Anderson
• Celtic Carol, Lindsey Stirling, arr. Sean O’Loughlin
• Fantasia on Greensleeves, Vaughan-Williams, arr. Ralph Greaves
• Fantasia on Three Kings, Brian Balmages
• Minor Alterations No. 2, Lovrien
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas
• Christmas Rocks at the Pops, arr. Ralph Ford
• African Holy Night, Robert Smith
• Angels We Have Heard on High, arr. Don Wallace
• Sleigh Ride

Spring Awakenings
Sunday, March 15, 2026

• Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36
• Salieri, Concerto for Flute & Oboe in C Major
• Dvorak, Symphony No. 6 in D, Op. 70

All American
Sundat, May 17, 2026

• Copland, ‘Variations on a Shaker Melody’ from Appalachian Spring
• Jay Ungar, Ashokan Farewell
• Duke Ellington, A Medley for Orchestra
• Gershwin, An American in Paris
• Gershwin, Porgy & Bess
• James Horner, Apoll0 13
• Armed Services Salute
• Kander, Chicago
• John Williams, Summon the Heroes
• Nkeiru Okoye, Voices Shouting Out