WFM 2025 NEW YEAR'S DAY CONCERT SOLD OUT!: 2016 New Year's Day Concert with THE NEW BAROQUE SOLOISTS --- all photos by Carl Weese

WFM 2024 CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL

SOLD OUT ! Washington Friends of Music New Year’s Day Concert & Party will take place on Jan. 1, 2025 at 4pm at The Frederick Gunn School, Thomas S. Perakos Arts and Community Center, 22 Kirby Road, Washington, CT.

The tickets are held at the door. Tickets are also available at the Hickory Stick Bookshop in Washington Depot and County Wine & Spirits in New Preston (cash or check only).

Concert incl. Party: $50 in advance; $55 at the door - if still available - the previous New Year’s Day concerts were sold out!

Please scroll down for the program.
Click here for the musicians' biographies.

PARKING: On school grounds, there is very limited parking and there are a few designated all-accessible parking spots available. Carpool if possible. There is parking on the street. Guards will direct you. Be early and be prepared to walk a few steps. Doors open at 3:30pm. The concert starts at 4pm.

We THANK YOU and the following organizations for generously supporting WFM:
* State of CT * CT Humanities (see sidebar)* Northwest CT Community Foundation * WMNR Fine Arts Radio The concerts of WFM are made possible in part by these contributors and supporters like YOU! or send a check to WFM, PO Box 1226, Washington, CT 06793. Supporter $50, Friend $100, Donor $250 Sponsor $500, Patron $1,000, Underwriter $5,000 WFM is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit organization.
All contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by the law. THANK YOU!

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"... And with no further ado..." a record audience of 300+ music lovers welcome THE NEW BAROQUE SOLOISTS.

Here we go:

Jonathan Allan, tympani, Andrew Garcia, trumpet, Nathan Mills, oboe and Douglas Myers, trumpet.
Douglas is the founder of THE NEW BAROQUE SOLOISTS and wrote all the arrangements for tonight's performance.

The string section with well known faces from many performances in recent years, too: Vincent Lionti, viola, premiere in Washington by David Calhoun, cello, Song-A Cho, first violin and Derek Ratzenboeck, violin, Terence Flanagan, keyboard continuo and organ.

A well loved feature of the concerts are the brief introduction of each music piece by one of the musicians. Here we have a closer look at Douglas' corno da caccia or piccolo French horn.

The next generation of music lovers - please come again !

Nathan Mills' fabulous performance of Alessandro Marcello's Adagio from Oboe Concerto in D minor - one of the many highlights on the first day of 2016!