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Photos © John Bova 2008 2013-2014 Concert Season TBA All rehearsals are 7pm to 9pm on Thursday nights (during concert season) in Shafer Hall on the corner of Windham and Valley Streets Willimantic CT (map) Performances are also in Shafer Hall at the times listed below. (Concert admission is free; donations are gratefully accepted.) Recent concerts: Spring concert: Sunday Apr. 28, 2013 3:00 pm John Barnes Chance, Variations on a Korean Folksong; Debussy, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun; Borodin, On the Steppes of Central Asia; John Williams, Star Wars Epic Suite No. 2; Victor Lopez, James Bond Medley; Kander & Ebb, Chicago; Elmer Bernstein, Magnificent Seven; Grieg Piano Concerto in a minor, op. 16, mvmt. 1 - featuring Anysia Lee on piano, winner of Windham Regional Arts Council Young Artists Competition See the poster Spring '13! Read the program notes - Spring '13 (coming soon) Winter concert: Sunday March 3, 2013 3:00 pm featuring Jeanne Pocius on trumpet Ludovic Lamothe, Danza No. 3; Michael Haydn, Trumpet Concerto No.2 in D; Julio Racine, Trois Feuille for Trumpet and String Orchestra; F. Laguerre, Conte Haitien; Beethoven, Egmont Overture; Saint-Saens, Bacchanale from Samson & Delilah; Anderson, Bugler’s Holiday See the poster Winter '13! Read the program notes - Winter '13! Fall concert (Halloween theme): Sunday Oct. 28, 2012 3:00pm featuring Benita Rose, piano Berlioz, March to the Scaffold (4th mvmt. of Symphonie Fantastique); Liszt, Totentanz (Benita Rose, piano); Mussorgsky, Night on Bald Mountain; Gounod, Funeral March of a Marionette; Bernard Hermann, Psycho Prelude See the poster Fall '12! Read the program notes - Fall '12! More information about upcoming performances...	What's New MEMBER NEWS: Members meeting this Thursday 5/2/13