News & Events

Congratulations, EWS Board President Susan Guernsey – Zip06 Person of the Week
That’s right! Time for Essex Winter Series. Thank you, Rita Christopher and Zip06, for the shout out. And congratulations to our board president, Susan Guernsey, Zip06’s Person of the week on January 11. 2024....

Visit Essex for a Romantic Sunday Afternoon
You already knew our series offered a great way to spend a winter Sunday afternoon, right? Seems the World Atlas and writer Sheridan Grant agree: https://www.worldatlas.com/…/7-best-towns-in… Don’t miss Essex when checking out the list of seven towns … and be sure to...

With Gratitude…
With the “giving” season in full swing, the state’s Department of Economic and Community Development announced the recipients of the 2024 Supporting Arts Grants given through the Connecticut Office of the Arts, which also receives support from the National Endowment...

Essex Winter Series Receives an Arts Endowment Fund Award for 2023 from the Connecticut Office of the Arts
Essex Winter Series is grateful to be one of nearly 170 recipients of The Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) Connecticut Arts Endowment Fund (CAEF) grants in 2023 to support our ongoing mission to...

Grant Support Received from CT Humanities
Essex Winter Series was truly thankful to CT Humanities, the statewide, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), for the vote of confidence in EWS by choosing it as a first-time grant recipient in 2022. And once again, we are equally...

EWS Community Outreach Free String Ensemble Workshop on March 14, 2023

EWS Recieves Supporting Arts Grant for 2023 from the Connecticut Office for the Arts
The Connecticut Office of the Arts Supporting Arts Grant is given to many recipients each year to provide unrestricted funding for arts organizations to pursue their missions. This year, 219 recipients received funds totaling $1,014.063. Essex Winter Series is...

Essex Winter Series in the News
With a concert on the calendar in just a couple weeks and a four-concert season following soon after in the new year, we are excited to spread the news! Thanks Rita Christopher and Zip06 for sharing the excitement. Read the article!

Essex Winter Series Awards Its 2022 Francis Bealey Memorial Scholarship
The Board of Trustees of Essex Winter Series is pleased to announce that the organization has chosen its 2022 Francis Bealey Memorial Scholarship recipient, Jolie Edwards of Chester. The Francis Bealey Memorial Scholarship, awarded annually to a Valley Regional High...

Essex Winter Series & Community Music School present Resurgam Quartet Master Class
In the week following our 2022 Fenton Brown Emerging Artists Concert on March 20th, the Resurgam Quartet will be visiting schools and senior communities throughout our area as part of the Essex Winter Series Outreach Program. In a matter of days, more than a dozen...