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.

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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
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All contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by the law.
THANK YOU!

Press release 2024 NYD Concert

Come celebrate the New Year with beautiful music and a party - on Jan. 1st at 4pm at the Frederick Gunn School Arts Center, 22 Kirby Road, Washington, CT *)

The 2024 Washington Friends of Music New Year’s Day Concert will feature twelve extraordinary musicians, including -

  • Artistic Director Wendy Sutter, performs with the New York Philharmonic and is heralded as “one of the great leading cellists of the classical stage” 
  • Nicolas Danielson, violin, Grammy-award recipient, and Assistant Concertmaster of the New York City Ballet
  • Daniel Khalikov and Xiao-Dong Wang, violin, of New York’s Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
  • Robert Rinehart, viola, of the New York Philharmonic 
  • Wayne Du Maine, trumpet, performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and other renowned venues in New York, on Broadway, and with the legendary musician, Prince.
  • Paolo Bordignon, harpsichordist of the New York Philharmonic and organist and choirmaster of the St. Bartholomew’s Church

The festive program will feature Handel, Vivaldi, Telemann, and Scarlatti. Please see this website for further information on the program, musicians, and tickets.

Tickets can be purchased - based on availability - online, as well as at the Hickory Stick Bookshop in Washington and County Wine and Spirits in New Preston (cash or check only). Admission includes the concert and the party - $45 in advance - or $50 at the door (cash or check only). Seating is limited. Children and students are admitted free of charge.


*) DIRECTIONS to 22 Kirby Road - we suggest carpooling, for easier parking.

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