USAF Academy Rock Band BLUE STEEL and more at the Warner Theatre

USAF Academy Rock Band BLUE STEEL
Friday, Nov. 16 at 7:30pm

Blue Steel is the commercial, popular music ensemble of the United States Air Force Academy Band. These full time, active duty bandsmen are committed to enhancing community relations, supporting the recruiting mission of the United States Air Force Academy and instilling the Air Force core values of Integrity, Service and Excellence in our nation’s youth. Blue Steel's mission also includes deployment, military support and troop morale. The group performs high energy music from a variety of genres, and their versatility and dynamic stage presence enables them to tell the Air Force story to audience members of all ages.

FREE Tickets available at the Warner Box office and all 7 Torrington Savings Bank offices

Sponsors: Torrington Savings Bank, Republican-American newspaper

Torringon Symphony Orchestra's Fall Concert
Sat. Nov 17 at 8pm
Nancy Marine Studio Theatre

The Fall 2012 Concert under the direction of conductor Maurice Steinberg will feature soloists, Thirzah Bendokas and Kimberly States.

The Torrington Symphony was founded in 1961 and has been an active part of the musical community ever since. The 45-plus Torrington Symphony amateur and professional musicians are drawn from 25 Connecticut towns, New York and Massachusetts.

Miss States, Soprano Soloist, has performed extensively throughout the United States and Canada. In the summer of 2007, Miss States traveled and performed in Italy while she participated in the Canta in Italia summer workshop. She also had the pleasure of performing in Austria and Germany in the summer of 2008. Kimberly graduated from Heidelberg University in 2009 with a Bachelor of Music. Currently, she is pursuing her Master of Music degree at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.

Thirzah Bendokas, concert cellist, made her professional debut with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, performing the Lalo Cello Concerto. Soon after came her solo debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra with the Kobalevsky Concerto. Besides local performances, Ms. Bendokas concertizes throughout the US, Austria, Portugal, Italy Canada, Switzerland and in Spain, where she was guest soloist in five International Music Festivals. She has performed at Tanglewood, appeared on TV and radio, toured the Northeastern US, was guest soloist in the Connecticut “First Great American Octet Concert,” and was featured in Milford’s “Annual Gala Holiday Chamber Music Concert.”

Tickets for this performance are $19.50 and can be purchased by calling the Warner box office at 860-489-7180 or online at www.warnertheatre.org

The Program

Academic Festival Overture…………...............Johannes Brahms
En Bateau from Petite Suite………….......…... .Debussy
Dance Russe from Petruchka……….............…Igor Stravinsky
The Barber of Seville………………….............. ..Rossini
Trepak from the Nutcracker Suite ……… ……  Tchaikovsky
Overture…………………...…………………..………………Mendelssohn
Fifth Symphony……………………....…….....…………Beethoven

Vocal Music

Mandon – Gavotte…………………………....….     …J. Massanet
The Marriage of Figaro………………………....……..Mozart
Caro Nome…………………………………..…………………Verdi
Cello Concerto in D, first movement……………..Haydn
Kol Nidre………………………………………………… …..….Max Bruch

Cake Boss Buddy Valastro Live!
Homemade for the Holidays Tour
Sun. Nov. 25 at 7pm

Celebrate the holidays with Buddy Valastro, star of TLC’s “Cake Boss” and America’s favorite baker, when he brings a special live holiday show for the entire family to the Warner Theatre.

Buddy will share behind-the-scenes stories from his hit TV show, answer audience questions, and will bring several lucky members of the audience on stage for cupcake and cake decorating.

A limited number of VIP tickets are available which includes a post-show meet and greet, Cake Boss tour laminate, and special holiday surprise.

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