Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra

10/13/2026

Tune in to the latest Music Notes #3 for our Season Opener here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGMYTqN5kso

Have you gotten your tickets for Shadows & Spirits on October 24th?
https://gardearts.org/series/ecso/

See you soon!!!!

Get your tickets!https://gardearts.org/series/ecso/

10/12/2026

Tune in to the latest Music Notes on Paul Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice. 👀✨🎶
Have you gotten your tickets for Shadows & Spirits on October 24th?
https://gardearts.org/series/ecso/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb1u1zECfic&feature=youtu.be

Enjoy Music Notes Part 2 for our upcoming opening night on October ...

10/06/2026

Our Treasurer Tom Castle and Executive Director Caitlin Meyer were absolutely thrilled to attend the Garde Arts Center 100th Anniversary Celebration!! Not only is the Garde the ECSO's longstanding performance venue, they provide immeasurable value to our wonderful New London community and beyond. We are so lucky to have them as our home!!!

Photo Credit the Incomparable Tom Bombria 📸

10/01/2026

🎻 First Music Notes of the Season is here!

Take a closer look at Saint-Saëns' Danse macabre — the eerie, spellbinding opener to our Shadows & Spirits concert on October 24th.

Did you know? The solo violin is deliberately tuned to sound "the devil in music," and the piece opens with twelve harp notes striking midnight as Death rises from the graveyard to dance .🎶

Hear it live, performed by our own Concertmaster Stephan Tieszen, on Saturday, October 24 at 7:30PM at the Garde Arts Center.

🎥 Watch the full video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjpAbAZS2u4
🎟️ Get your Opening Night tickets now
https://gardearts.org/series/ecso/

Enjoy our first Music Notes of the season: From 80 to Infinity! Our...

09/25/2026

ECSO presents Shadows & Spirits October 24th — our opening night concert of the season, featuring the eerie brilliance of Saint-Saëns' Danse macabre, Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain, and Rachmaninoff's haunting Isle of the Dead.

Center stage: Violinist Isabella Diaz (2025 Concerto Competition winner) and ECSO Concertmaster Stephan Tieszen.

🗓️ Saturday, Oct 24 | 7:30PM
📍 Garde Arts Center
🎻 Toshiyuki Shimada, Music Director & Conductor

Get spooked, get inspired, get your tickets.
https://gardearts.org/series/ecso/

The mission of the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra is to inspire, educate, and connect our communities through live orchestral music. Celebrate our 80th anniversary season with us: From 80 to Infinity!

09/24/2026

Opening night is one month from today on Saturday, October 24th! Garde Arts Center
The kickoff to our unforgettable 80th season begins soon. Check out our exciting lineup and get your tickets today!
https://gardearts.org/series/ecso/ 🎟

09/16/2026

09/11/2026

Big News - ECSO is now on Audition Forum! See our upcoming auditions here! 🎶

Principal 2nd Violin and Section Violin I & II:
https://www.auditionforum.com/post/principal-2nd-violin-and-section-violin-i-ii/eastern-connecticut-symphony-orchestra/cb4b0c95-8230-423

Section Bass:
https://www.auditionforum.com/post/section-bass-3-open-positions/eastern-connecticut-symphony-orchestra/c37855c8-f3c5-4181-96e3-ccd6f3e7ad44

09/09/2026

✨ From 80 to Infinity ✨
Six concerts. One historic stage. Starting October 24.
🎟️ Season Tickets and Single Tickets on sale → https://gardearts.org/series/ecso/
📍 Garde Arts Center, New London CT

Oct 24 — Shadows & Spirits — Saint-Saëns, Dukas & Mussorgsky's spookiest works, plus Prokofiev's Violin Concerto with ECSO young competition winner from Julliard, Isabella Diaz

Nov 21 — Paris to Pathos — Gershwin's An American in Paris and Tchaikovsky's Pathétique, featuring soprano Sarah Callinan in Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with guest conductor Simon Holt from Salt Marsh Opera

Dec 5 — Holiday Spectacular — 3pm Matinee with festive favorites for the whole family featuring Broadway star Christopher Faison and Laura Darrel who originated the role of Anna in Frozen live at Disneyland

Jan 23 — Vivaldi's Four Seasons featuring our own Concertmaster Stephan Tieszen along with Mozart and Brahms

Feb 20 — Voyage Along the Silk Road — the Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto with 16-year-old Emma Carvalho, plus Fazıl Say's Flute Concerto with Istanbul's Bulent Evcil

Apr 3 — Boundless Beethoven! — Piano Concerto No. 4 with Pianist Eva Virsik, and a triumphant Symphony No. 9 with full chorus to close out our season

Who's joining us for this milestone season? 👇
The Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra kicks off our 80th Anniversary Season this fall — right as the Garde Arts Center celebrates its own Centennial!