Once again, Mother Nature has postponed the start of our season with the cancellation of the Februay 2026 concert featuring Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks. Working to keep this performance in our season, a new date was set for May 17, 2026 at 3 pm at Valley...
Mother Nature has slowed our season start, but with a concert just around the corner, our new Artistic Director – Tara Helen O'Connor – is quite excited to meet the folks in our community. With the retirement of Mihae Lee from our series after 15 years, Tara knows she...
Mother Nature - and the weather reporters – have had their say! Our first concert of the 2026 season has been cancelled and rescheduled for November 8, 2026. Timeless Bonds & Renewed Horizons with violinist Ani Kavafian, cellist Peter Wiley, flutist Tara Helen...
Did you know that Essex Winter Series offers some of the finest music to be heard on the Shoreline? Interested in classical, jazz, or choral music? Frustrated by how expensive ticket prices have become? Youth does have its benefits. For our 2026 season, we are...
Essex Winter Series will present a four-day artist residency with members of Trio Animoso, thanks to funding in part by the Community Foundation of Middlesex County, through a grant made possible by the generosity of the GSB Grant Making Fund, River View Cemetery Fund, and Ivoryton Congregational Church Community Enrichment Fund.
Pianist Mihae Lee became Artistic Director of Essex Winter Series in 2011 when president Fenton Brown stepped down. In her 15 years in the role, Mihae has brought stellar musicians to perform beautiful music for our series as well as expanding our audience and...
The state’s Department of Economic and Community Development announced the recipients of the 2025 Connecticut Arts Endowment Grants given through the Connecticut Office of the Arts, which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal...
