GBS begins its 80th season exploring New Horizons, with Horizons of the Air, conducted by our sensational new Music Director, Eduardo Leandro. Shostakovich's 5th Symphony will dominate this program, which will also feature Ralph Vaughan Williams' Lark Ascending featuring violin virtuoso Brunilda Myftaraj along with a moving modern piece by Connecticut composer Caroline Shaw, Entr'Acte.  We'll be opening our season […]

Join us at a new venue - Mertens Theater at the University of Bridgeport - for an intimate experience.  Eduardo Leandro will conduct a select group of GBS musicians in the fiery Bartok Divertimento for Strings, along with Villa-Lobos Bachinanas Brasileiras No. 4.  With its wide rows and comfortable, continental seating surrounding the stage, you will […]

The five Classical Elements are Air, Fire, Earth, Water, and the fifth element - Quintessence, that indefinable something that completes all the others.  Isn't that just what the holidays are - a time for families, celebrations of love, and the laugher of children?  Bring the family to Holiday Quintessence at The Klein, where GBS will present The Young Person's […]

We're back at Mertens for another experiential night of music, celebrating the horizons of our planet with Copland's Appalachian Spring.  Then, Ravel's Mother Goose Suite explores exotic places and romanticized history.  A special treat:  a new composition, written expressly for GBS by Travis LaPlante!  Enjoy the world premiere of Concerto for Saxophone, Percussion and Harp in the embrace of […]

Our season closer will put you in a springtime mood.  Tchaikovsky's grand Symphony No. 4  is a tempest, accompanied by a gentle cruise down the Moldau (Smetana) and the dreamlike Water Concerto by Tan Dun.  It's a musical journey you won't soon forget!  Join Maestro Leandro and our exquisitely talented family of musicians as we […]