The First Congregational Church of Greenwich will host the Arpeggio Music Festival’s nine concert series in its auditorium starting Friday, June 3, 2022.
Arpeggio is an ambitious new music festival spanning three weekends in June, 2022, and is sponsored by The First Congregational Church of Greenwich, BackCountry Jazz and The Greenwich Arts Council. Based in Greenwich, the festival’s inaugural theme is “100 Years of American Music.”
The premiere concert will be held on Friday, June 3, 2022 at 7:00pm.
“Each weekend’s concerts have a specific focus, and the nine concerts will feature a breadth of performers and genres,” said Bill Bonnell, Director, Arpeggio Music Festival. “These include a brass quintet, string quartet, woodwind quintet, solo piano and operatic singers. Classical, popular, jazz and other genres will be showcased – there is truly something for everyone. The final concert on Sunday, June 19th will feature a 70-piece concert brass band!”
Composers represented in the series include John Adams, Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Philip Glass and Charles Ives, as well as less familiar names – all American.
For more information about the Arpeggio Music Festival or for full program information, please visit www.arpeggiofestival.org. Tickets are available online or at the door and cost $20 per concert. Click here for a full concert listing.
The First Congregational Church of Greenwich is located at 108 Sound Beach Avenue, Old Greenwich, CT.
In 2022 the Arpeggio Music Festival is devoted to an exploration of the history and wide range of music written by American classical composers over the last 100 years. Featuring nine musical groups and soloists in nine concerts over three weekends in June, the goal is to showcase the diversity, versatility, range and creativity of American composers, who have historically been under-represented on American concert stages. The festival will present a broad cross section of composers—over 50 composers in total, half of whom are living and working today. www.arpeggiofestival.org