Leroy Anderson Foundation Concerts and Presentations
CONCERT / EVENT CALENDAR > 2026
To be announced
Wendell Jamieson
Painter, Poet and Author of the book "Connecting Dots" Exploring the Creative Process
Sunday, February 14, 2026, 2:00 pm.
Leroy Anderson House
Open Days The Leroy Anderson House will be open for tours on Sunday, March 8; Sunday, March 15; Sunday, March 29, 2026. To schedule a tour, please send an email to: leroyandersonfoundation@gmail.com.
Indoor Concert
Ensemble to be announced
Date to be announced
Leroy Anderson House
Concert in the Nordic Hall Scandinavian Cultural Center
West Newton, Massachusetts
Ensemble to be announced
March 28, 2026, 1:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Leroy Anderson Foundation
Open Days The Leroy Anderson House will be open for tours on Sunday, April 5; Sunday, April 12; Sunday, April 19, 2026. To schedule a tour, please send an email to: leroyandersonfoundation@gmail.com.
Indoor Concert
Ensemble to be announced
Date to be announced
Leroy Anderson House
Imperial Brass Band
May 2, 2026
America 250 l CT
Indoor Concert
Region 14 Nonnewaug High School
Woodbury, Connecticut
CT Open House Day The Leroy Anderson House will be open for tours on both Sat. June 13 (11-2) & Sun. June 14 (11-5) 2026
Outdoor Concert
Ensemble to be announced
Sunday, June 14, 2026, 3:00 p.m.
Leroy Anderson House
No programs in July.
Deming String Quartet
Saturday, August 22, 2026, 3:00 p.m.
Outdoor Concert
Leroy Anderson House
Deming String Quartet photo by Marc Russell
Outdoor Concert
Ensemble to be announced
Date to be announced
Leroy Anderson House
Leroy Anderson Celebration
Avon Free Public Library Exhibit: November / December 2026 PBS Video: Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 2:00 pm. Concert: Sarah Marze, soprano, Christa Berezowskyj, violin, Cynthis Bos, piano.
Concert: November 14, 2026 2:00 p.m.
Avon Free Public Library, Avon CT
CONCERT / EVENT CALENDAR > 2025
Jeanne Farewell, piano
Paintings and the Piano
Saturday, March 29, 2025, 2:00 p.m.
Leroy Anderson House
Ms. Farewell will perform music by Richard Wagner, Frederic Chopin, Hector Villa-Lobos, Alberto Ginastera, Darius Milhaud, Ernesto Lecuona, George Gershwin, and Leroy Anderson. PROGRAM + Biography pdf
Takeshi Nagayasu, piano and Joseph Darcourt, cello
Chamber Music Concert
Saturday, April 12, 2025, 2:00 p.m.
Leroy Anderson House
Compositions for piano by Chopin; for piano with cello by Debussy, Paradis and Chopin. PROGRAM + Biography pdf
Adella Carlson, and Chris Howard, clarinets, Cynthia Bos, piano
Sunday, April 27, 2025, 3:00 p.m.
Leroy Anderson House
Contemporary music for clarinets and piano accompaniment. PROGRAM pdf
A Leroy Anderson Celebration
Northeast Connecticut Community Orchestra Friday, May 16, 2025 at 7:00 pm Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 2:00 pm Clark Chapel at Pomfret School, Pomfret, Connecticut PROGRAM: A Leroy Anderson Celebration
Premier Brass Quintet
Sheldon Ross, Trumpet, Joe Brozek, Trumpet, Christine Mortensen, Horn, Dave Sporny, Trombone, Gary Sienkiewicz, Tuba
Sunday, June 8, 2025, 3:00 p.m.
Concert in memory of Lenore Templeton
Outdoor concert
Leroy Anderson House PROGRAM pdf
Andante String Quartet
Sunday, June 22, 2025, 3:00 p.m.
Christa Berezowskyj, violin, Selah Kwak, violin, Dana Saccomano, viola, Shannon Carlson, cello
Outdoor concert
Leroy Anderson House
Rescheduled by the quartet from May 17, 2025 PROGRAM pdf.
No programs in July.
Candlewood Brass Quintet Saturday, August 23, 2025, 3:00 p.m.
Rain date: Sunday, August 24, 2025, 3:00 p.m.
Outdoor concert.
Deming String Quartet
Saturday, September 13, 2025, 3:00 p.m.
Larry Deming, violin, Hafez Taghavi, violin, Yaroslav Kargin, viola, Tom Hudson,
cello.
Outdoor concert
Leroy Anderson House
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G (J.S. Bach, arr. Merle J. Isaac) I. Moderato, II. Adagio, III. Allegro; From Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in G (J.S. Bach,
arr. Lynne Latham) III. Allegro; String Quartet No. 2 in D (Alexander Borodin) I.Allegro Moderato, II. Scherzo, III. Nocturne, IV. Finale.
LoriAnn Witte, weaver Sunday, February 18, 2024, 2:00 pm
Weaver LoriAnn Witte will share her experiences of becoming a weaver and how she finds ideas and develops them. Witte is the executive director of the Glebe House and Gertrude Jekyll Garden in the Hollow in Woodbury. A resident of Woodbury, Witte says of her art, "It is a journey that started with necessity and changed throughout the many phases of life. It is filled with ideas that have grown with and around me."
Witte will present samples of her work and lead guests in a demonstration. Guests will have the opportunity to try their hand at weaving with small looms and supplies Witte will provide.
Jaclyn Breeze, flautist Saturday, March 2, 2024, 2:00 p.m.
Music for solo flute by Arthur Honegger, Claude Debussy, Edgar Varèse, Holden Shea, Katherine Hoover, Pierre Octave Ferroud, and John La Montaine. PROGRAM + Biography pdf
Matt Wood, multimedia artist Sunday, March 3, 2024, 2:00 p.m.
Matt Wood, whose works range from photography to oils to interior design, will reflect on how his projects find him and how he realizes the best medium for a project. Wood says his art reflects his life: "Art is how I interact with the world. My thoughts, my experiences, my reactions, and my hopes are all mediated through my canvas or my lens, and I find that for me it can't be any other way."
Some of Wood's work, including four 48" x 48" iceberg paintings, is currently on display in the group exhibit at the Mattatuck museum titled "Sea Change, See Change," running from January 21 to May 19, 2024.
Daniel Corr, classical guitarist Saturday, March 9, 2024, 2:00 p.m.
Music for classical guitar by Albert, Sor, Shand, Hasenöhrl, and Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and a new transcription of Forgotten Dreams by Leroy Anderson. PROGRAM + Biography pdf
Cynthia Gillette, painter Sunday, March 17, 2024, 2:00 p.m.
Woodbury artist Cynthia Gillette will present on her odyssey as a painter in a variety of media. Well-known in Woodbury for her support of local arts and her presence at summer Arts Walk events, Gillette is renowned for her sensitive renderings of animals and highly detailed, lifelike natural and architectural details in her work.
She says, "I am really enjoying the process in my painting at this time. My portraits of people and animals have led me to meet new wonderful people, and my travels have enriched the landscapes I see. I do observe all with a more critical, collective eye and due to this I plan my ideas with future compositions and new techniques in mind. Painting and designing are an evolving organic learning experience, albeit sometimes challenging, but they can also be so exciting. That is all inspiring to me."
Melody Asbury, painter Sunday, April 7, 2024, 2:00 p.m.
Woodbury artist Melody Asbury will share how she has come to explore the spirit of wild animals through painting. A signature member of the Society of Animal Artists, Asbury is an accomplished painter admired for her intimate portrayal of animals. Her love of painting animals came after a lengthy career as a portrait and courtroom sketch artist for TV. She says, "Growing up with an artist mother, I had a paintbrush in my hand at a very early age. Art has always been a means of expression, of focusing attention on what I feel is important. It is a lifelong journey with many different paths I have taken."
Note: The presentations are free and open to the public. However, reservations are required. Contact the Foundation at leroyandersonfoundation@gmail.com to reserve seats.
Yale String Quartet Sunday, May 5, 2024, 2:00 p.m.
Yaira Matyakubova, violin 1, Gregory Tompkins, violin 2, Riana Heath, viola, Philip Boulanger, cello; Indoor concert to include Schubert's "Death and the Maiden" Quartet, and more to be announced. PROGRAM + Biographies pdf
Hampton Trio Saturday, May 18, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
Mark Davis, mandolin, Beverly Davis, classical guitar, Robert Margo, madola in G; Indoor concert to include Baroque to Contemporary music arranged by the Hampton Trio. Complete program to be announced.
Deming String Quartet Saturday, June 8, 2024, 3:00 p.m. Leroy Anderson House
Outdoor concert.
CT Open House Day The Leroy Anderson House will be open for tours on both Sat. June 8 (11-2) & Sun. June 9 (11-5) 2024
Larry Deming and Claudia Tondi, violins, Yaroslav Kargin, viola, Patricia Smith, cello. Program will include music by Ellington, Gershwin, Ives, J. Mitchell, T. Monk, W.G. Still and Larry Deming. The members of the quartet have performed in many orchestras and ensembles including the Danbury, New Haven, Hartford and Springfield Symphony Orchestras, Orchestra New England, Yale Camerata and the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra. Rain date: Saturday, June 15, 2024 at 3 pm. Leroy Anderson House Outdoor concert.
Note: For outdoor concerts at the Leroy Anderson House, admission is free but email reservations are required. Bring your own folding chair and sit anywhere on the lawn that you like. The acoustics are excellent no matter where you sit. Create your own social distancing.
No programs in July.
Candlewood Brass Quintet Saturday, August 24, 2024, 3:00 p.m. Rain date: Sunday, August 25, 2024, 3:00 p.m. Leroy Anderson House
Outdoor concert.
Westfarms Quartet Saturday, September 7, 2024, 3:00 p.m. Program to be announced. Rain date is Sunday, Sept 8, 2024. Leroy Anderson House Outdoor concert.
Note: For outdoor concerts at the Leroy Anderson House, admission is free but email reservations are required. Bring your own folding chair and sit anywhere on the lawn that you like. The acoustics are excellent no matter where you sit. Create your own social distancing.
Michael Gallagher, Photographer
Sunday, September 29, 2024, 2:00 p.m.
Exploring the Creative Process
Leroy Anderson House
Jaclyn Breeze, flute and Laura Freeman, piano
Sunday, October 6, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
Contemporary music for flute and piano accompaniment.
Leroy Anderson House
Shawna Lee Kwashnak, Portraitist and author
Sunday, October 27, 2024, 2:00 p.m.
Exploring the Creative Process
Leroy Anderson House
Takeshi Nagayasu, piano and Joseph Darcourt, cello
Sunday, December 1, 2024, 1:00 p.m.
Leroy Anderson House
Bach Cello Suite no. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: Prelude; Haydn Cello Concerto no. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2: Allegro Moderato; Chopin Etudes Op. 10 no. 8, Op. 10 no. 7, Op. 10 no. 18; Chopin Ballade no. 3; Chopin Preludes Op. 27 no. 16, 17, 18;
Scriabin Sonata no.5; Ave Maria - Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de J.S. Bach, Bach-Gounod; Chopin Nocturne in E-flat Major; Encore: Leroy Anderson
Adella Carlson
Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 2:00 p.m.
Contemporary Music for Clarinet
Leroy Anderson House PROGRAM + Biography pdf
Yale Octet
Friday, May 12, 2023, 3:30 p.m.
Southbury Public Library, Southbury, Connecticut
Chamber Music Ensemble from the Yale Graduate School of Music performing Franz Schubert's Octet in F major, D.803;
Sponsored by Leroy Anderson Foundation PROGRAM + Biographies pdf
Candlewood Brass Quintet
Saturday, May 20, 2023, 3:00 p.m.
Rain Date: Sunday, May 21, 3:00 p.m.
Outdoor Concert
Leroy Anderson House
Classical and popular compositions for brass quintet. PROGRAM + Biographies pdf
Westfarms Quartet
Saturday, June 10, 2023, 3:00 p.m.
Outdoor Concert
Leroy Anderson House
Beethoven String Quartet No. 13 in Bb Major, Op. 130 PROGRAM + Biographies pdf
Fanfare Brass Quintet
Sunday, Sept 24, 2023, 3:00 p.m.
Outdoor Concert
Leroy Anderson House
Classical and popular compositions for brass quintet PROGRAM + Biographies pdf
Joseph Darcourt + Takeshi Nagayasu Sunday, April 24, 2022 at 3:00 pm. Beethoven Sonatas for piano and cello, Joseph Darcourt, cello, + Takeshi Nagayasu, piano. Leroy Anderson House PROGRAM + Biographies pdf
Imperial Brass Band Sunday, May 21, 2022 at 3:00 p.m.
Leroy Anderson House, Terrace + Lawn
Program, titled "Americans We", music by Leroy Anderson, George Gershwin, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Henry Fillmore, Adrian Drover, Dag Wirén and Emil Söderström.; PROGRAM + Personnel pdf
Watch this video of images by Marc Russsell from the concert set to Serenata by Leroy Anderson recorded in 2017 by the Imperial Brass for their compact disc. VIDEO: Imperial Brass performs Serenata.
Westfarms Quartet
Saturday, September 10, 2022, 3:00 p.m.
Selah Kwak, violin, Mike Winer, violin, Dylan Lomangino, viola, Kaila Piscitelli, cello. Haydn Quartet No. 63 in Bb Major "Sunrise" Op. 76 No. 4 and Mendelssohn Quartet No. 2 in A Minor Op. 13. PROGRAM + Biographies pdf
Music from the Leroy Anderson House
STRINGS AT A COMPOSER'S HOME
by Howard Fielding
Sept. 12, 2022
Leroy Anderson was the mid-century modern composer whose home in Woodbury, Connecticut was appropriately Mid-Century Modern. The house is owned by the composer's family foundation and is open on select weekends as a museum of his life and legacy. Several times a year, the home hosts concerts as part of a series. Usually these are outdoors on the lawn, but some more intimate performances have been in the living room around the composer's piano.
Westfarms Quartet at Leroy Anderson House 2022 - photo by Marc Russell
The performance by the Westfarms Quartet that was originally scheduled for June took place Saturday, September 10, 2022. The Connecticut-based quartet features regulars Mike Winer, violin, and Dylan Lomangino, viola. On Saturday, they were joined by Selah Kwak on violin and Kaila Piscitelli on cello.
The Leroy Anderson House is in a quiet residential neighborhood perfect for an afternoon concert. Acoustics were fine for the nuanced performance of Mendelssohn's Quartet No. 2 in A Minor Op. 13 and Haydn's "Sunrise" Quartet No. 63 in Bb Major, Op. 76, No. 4. The quartet was accompanied only by the birds and crickets of the surrounding woods.
The quartet performed Anderson's "Blue Tango" as an encore, much as the Boston Pops would with the composer's works at the end of a concert. "Blue Tango," Anderson's first big hit, sounds quite different when played by a string quartet but still delighted the audience.
Afterward, a newcomer to the concert series described the afternoon as "a little bit of Tanglewood" - which is exactly what it was meant to be.
Tanglewoodbury. It sort of has a ring to it, doesn't it?
Riana Heath, violin and Ilan Zajtman, piano
Sunday, October 23, 2022
Leroy Anderson House
Polonaise Fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61 by Chopin, "Posthume" Violin Sonata no.1 by Ravel, and Violin Sonata no.10 by Beethoven. PROGRAM + Biographies pdf
Susan Anthony-Klein Music from the Leroy Anderson House Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Leroy Anderson House
Pianist Susan Anthony-Klein performed several compositions by Leroy Anderson for videos made at the Leroy Anderson House which were recorded by Mark Thayer of Pomfret, Connecticut. Susan performed Belle of the Ball, The First Day of Spring, Forgotten Dreams, The Golden Years, Saraband, and Song of the Bells. VIDEO: Susan Anthony Klein performs The First Day of Spring.
Joseph Darcourt, Ivan V. Morozov, and Luis Ortiz
Sunday, November 7, 2021, 1:30 pm. Leroy Anderson House
Joseph Darcourt, cello, Luis Ortiz, piano, Ivan Morozov, clarinet.
Music by Bach, Elgar, Rose, Lalo, Morozov and Anderson. PROGRAM + Biographies pdf
Daniel Williams, clarinet and Susan Anthony-Klein, piano
"New Year's Concert"
Sunday, January 5, 2020, 3:00 pm.
Leroy Anderson House
Music for clarinet and piano: Carl Maria von Weber, Bohuslav Martinů and other composers.
Anton Miller, violin + Rita Porfiris, viola
"An American Songbook, Reimagined"
Sunday, May 26, 2019, 3:00 pm
Leroy Anderson House
Works by Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Bohuslav Martinu, Leroy Anderson, Aaron Copland, and others.
Cynthia Bos, piano and Zander Bos, violin Connecticut Open House Day 2019
Saturday, June 8, 2019, 12:00 to 3:00 pm
Pianist Cynthia Bos and violinist Zander Bos will entertain visitors at the Leroy Anderson House as part of Connecticut Open House Day. Their program will feature familiar light concert pieces composed by Leroy Anderson. Free admission. No registration necessary. PRESS RELEASE + Biography pdf
Divertimenti, Light concert music
Sunday, June 30, 2019, 3:00 pm.
Leroy Anderson House
Rebecca Nesmith, soprano, Jennifer Anthony-Bogue, flute, Joseph Darcourt, cello, and Susan Anthony-Klein, piano, performing works by Mozart, Fauré, V. Rachmaninoff, J.S. Bach, Jules Massenet, C. Franck, Gershwin, Bolling, and Leroy Anderson.
Musique Française, music by French composers
Sunday, November 3, 2019 at 3:00 pm.
Leroy Anderson House
Rebecca Nesmith, soprano, Jennifer Anthony-Bogue, flute, Joseph Darcourt, cello, and Susan Anthony-Klein, piano, performing works by Berlioz, Chopin, Fauré, Gounod, Massenet and Saint-Saens. PROGRAM + Biographies pdf
Cynthia Bos, piano and Zander Bos, violin Afternoon in Advent Concert
Sunday, December 8, 2019
Cynthia Bos, piano, Zander Bos, violin and Joseph Darcourt, cello.
Leroy Anderson House PROGRAM + Biographies pdf
Northeast Connecticut Community Orchestra Southbury Public Library, Southbury, Connecticut.
Ten members of this string orchestra from Woodstock in Connecticut's "Quiet Corner", performed music by composers ranging from Vivaldi and Mozart to Scott Joplin and the Beatles. The Northeast Connecticut Community Orchestra was founded in 2012 by music teacher Yaroslav Tereshchenko, then of Mansfield, CT. Sponsored by Leroy Anderson Foundation.
Yulia Fedorov, Première Concert
Pianist Yulia Fedorov gave the first public concert at the Leroy Anderson House on September 8, 2018, following official designation as a historic house museum by the Town of Woodbury. Yulia Fedorov performed music by Edward MacDowell, Robert Schumann, Frédéric Chopin, Beethoven, J.S. Bach, Franz Liszt, Edvard Grieg, and Leroy Anderson. Leroy Anderson House, Woodbury, Connecticut. PROGRAM + Biography pdf
Cynthia Bos, piano and Zander Bos, violin Advent Concert
Music for Advent performed by Cynthia Bos, piano, Zander Bos, violin and Joseph Darcourt, cello. Sunday, December 9, 2018. Leroy Anderson House, Woodbury, Connecticut. PROGRAM pdf
Adella Carlson Contemporary Clarinet Recital Leroy Anderson House, Woodbury, Connecticut Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 2:00 p.m.
Also visit the official website for Leroy Anderson maintained by his family.
