Our first member program and open house reception will feature performances by violinist Lisa Kugelman, and pianist Annette Shapiro.&nbsp; Solo pianist Soohyung Yoo will perform 2 contemporary pieces by Philip Glass and Sergei Rachmaninoff.&nbsp; The locally famous duo of Judith Handler and Mark Levesque will perform several pieces from around the world which they have arranged for guitar and mandolin.<a href="https://musicalclubhartford.org/files/250918_member_program.pdf" alt="View the full concert program here">View the full concert program here</a>.​Our hospitality committee is providing a reception immediately following the program in fellowship hall.Please consider bringing a friend; there is no fee to attend this event.

9/18/2025: Music by Members and Open House Reception

Our second Member Program of the season features performing members Mark Silk and Janet Stodd on flute accompanied by pianist Michael Yachanin. They will perform Andante and Rondo in A Major, Op. 25 by Albert Franz Doppler (1821-1883).The second half of the program, Songs by Hoagy Charmichael features vocalist Patrice Fitzgerald and instrumentalists Richard Leslie, trumpet and voice; T.L. Hine, guest saxophone; Walt Gwardyak, piano; Walter Mayo, bass and David Woodard, percussion.To see today's full program, please click&nbsp;<a href="https://musicalclubhartford.org/files/251016_MEM_PROGRAM.pdf" alt="this link">this link</a>.​

10/16/2025 Music by Members

Choral ensemble Voce, based in Hartford, CT, was founded by Artistic Director Mark Singleton in 2006. Mark and Voce quickly built a reputation for an exquisite sound, and a focus on performing the works of living composers. Stereophile Magazine has hailed its sound as "heartbreakingly beautiful". Its primary focus is to provide a life-changing, heart lifting experience for singers and audience members alike. Voce is committed to providing a choral education for young students in Hartford's schools with the creation of the Hartford Youth Chorus in 2024.

10/30/2025: JOLIDON Concert Series: VOCE Performance

Member&nbsp;Lisa Kugelman&nbsp;has prepared a program that will begin with the&nbsp;Allegro non troppo&nbsp;movement of Brahm's&nbsp;Sonata for Cello and Piano, opus 38, performed by&nbsp;Fran&nbsp;Bard&nbsp;and&nbsp;Stacy Cahoon. Next,&nbsp;Susan Mardinly, soprano, will be accompanied by&nbsp;Bridget&nbsp;de Moura Castro&nbsp;in a collection of French, Italian and English songs and arias. Then,&nbsp;Stacy Cahoon&nbsp;will take a solo seat on the piano bench to play&nbsp;Prelude in C# minor, opus 73&nbsp;by the American actress, singer, pianist and composer, Mana-Zucca.&nbsp; The program will conclude with&nbsp;Anthony Cornicello&nbsp;at the piano with his interpretations of a few jazz standards.Please join us for refreshments in fellowship hall after the program to visit with performers, guests and members.Admission to this event is free for members and $5 for guests. Please consider joining Musical Club of Hartford for free admission to all programs.

11/6/2025:  Music by Members

Marika Kuzma, Conductor and Professor Emerita of University of California Berkeley, will talk about the unique qualities and history of Ukranian choral music in the context of her recently published book,&nbsp;Carols of Birds, Bells and Sacred Hymns from Ukraine: An Anthology and Cultural Companion. Of Ukrainian heritage, Dr. Kuzma grew up in a close-knit diaspora community in Hartford and attend the Hartt School of Music, and later Indiana University, before embarking on a career of concerts and lectures across the Americas and Europe.

Carols and Hymns from Ukraine, Dr. Marika Kuzma

11/20/2025: Musical Exploration

Program details will be updated when available.

Holiday Singers, Laura Cook, Bridget de Moura Castro, Carolyn Bernstein

12/11/2025: Music by Members

Three well-loved composers, four works (with various combinations of strings and piano), and eight performers will launch Musical Club’s 2026 concerts and warm your musical heart. Featured are a piano trio, a string trio, a piano solo, and a sonata for piano and violin. All are significant works from the latter part of the composers’ careers.&nbsp;<a href="https://musicalclubhartford.org/files/260212_MEM_PROGRAM.pdf" alt="Click here to view the program.">Click here to view the program.</a>

A Little Romance by Haydn, Mozart and Brahms

2/12/2026:  Music by Members

Pieces from many periods from traditional to classical to impressionist to modern will be featured on this program.&nbsp; Performing groups and soloists include:<ul><li>Cynthia Lang, Janet Stodd (flutes) and *Don Myer (clarinet)</li><li>David Kennedy (basso voice) and Bridget de Moura Castro (piano)</li><li>Sandra Ann Craig (piano)</li><li>Ami Monstream (hammered dulcimer), Charlie Eirmann (bassoon), and *Kevin Gallagher (guitar).</li></ul>* guest

2/26/2026: Music by Members

The club hosts its annual recital of young classically trained pianists (ages 18-30) who were this year’s recipients of the Musical Club's Evelyn Bonar Storrs Piano Scholarships. Evelyn Bonar Storrs established this fund to support "talented and advanced students of piano." Each year, the Musical Club hosts a piano recital that showcases some of these stars of tomorrow who are enrolled in piano performance degree programs in Connecticut colleges and universities.Participant and program details will be posted when available.Performing for us today are several of the E B Storrs Scholars who were awarded scholarship money in April 2025, including&nbsp;&nbsp;internationally acclaimed Carter Johnson. The student pianists awarded these scholarships are, as stipulated in the Will of Evelyn Bonar Storrs, “talented and advanced students of piano …”&nbsp;&nbsp;most of whom are studying with piano faculty at Yale, The Hartt School, and the University of Connecticut.Guests are admitted free of charge to this program, so consider bringing a friend – and stay after the program to enjoy a cup of coffee and to congratulate our scholars!

3/5/2026: Evelyn Bonar Storrs Piano Scholars Recital

Performing today are several newer members who have not performed before on a Musical Club program, along with a group which was unable to perform in the fall due to an injury to one of its players.We will hear a piano quartet comprised of Lisa Kugelman (violin), Jeremy Hwang (viola), Celeste Cumming (cello), and Stacy Cahoon (piano); Mary Catherine Ozcelik (soprano) and Sarah Schiener (piano); Tamila Azadaliyeva (piano); and Bob Gilbert (organ).

3/19/2026 Music by Members

Teri Einfeldt, the founding director of the Suzuki Program at The Hartt School, Community Division, will join Malgosia Lis, Suzuki Piano Coordinator, Hartt Community Division, in explaining and demonstrating the method and background of the Suzuki approach to musical training and education.

3/26/2026 Musical Exploration

Musical Club of Hartford events take place at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2080 Boulevard, West Hartford, CT (between Ridgewood and Mountain Roads). Location information is given at the bottom of each event description.​​

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