The Torrington Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1961 and has been an integral part of the music community ever since. The musicians of the symphony are made up of volunteers ranging from talented and outstanding students to professionals, and come from 25 cities in Northwestern Connecticut, southern Massachusetts and eastern New York.

The symphony offers musicians the opportunity to express their artistic needs, while encouraging young performers to continue playing orchestral music.

Erick Sanchez received his Masters of Music in Vocal Performance from Louisiana State University, where he appeared in “Sweeney Todd” by Stephen Sondheim, “The Mikado” by Gilbert & Sullivan and “Hlas Lesa” by Bohuslav Martinu, as well as ” The Masterclass ”with the Baton Rouge Theater. He has also appeared in Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” with the Brookfield Theater for The Arts and Dean Pitchford’s “Footloose” with Musicals at Richter. He starred off Broadway in Eric Sirota’s “Frankenstein” and was on the ensemble for ACT’s “EVITA” in Ridgefield. He received his undergraduate degree from Western Connecticut State University. He is a resident of Stamford.

Benedetta Cordaro is a classically trained soprano based in Connecticut. After completing her undergraduate studies at Western Connecticut State University, she earned a master’s degree in music and vocal performance from the New England Conservatory. Favorite opera roles include Lauretta in “Gianni Schicchi, Rosalinda in” Die Fledermaus “, Micaëla in” Carmen, Monica in “The Medium” and Ms. Fiorentino in “Street Scene”.

Benedetta has participated in several competitions, including the Metropolitan Opera National Council 2017 Auditions, Connecticut District, where she received the LaCamera-Guida Encouragement Award.

She has sung with several esteemed performers in world famous venues including Pete Townshendand, Billy Idol at the Metropolitan Opera, and most recently with Sarah Brightman at Radio City Music Hall.

Dale Osterman is a Connecticut composer, performer, and improviser who creates distinct premises from a variety of musical materials to create environments from which meaning can emerge. Rather than emphasizing harmonic structures according to classical Western traditions, his work utilizes memorable motivic and melodic material while structuring pieces around changes in texture and timbre. His process is inspired by the understanding that musical material exists on a spectrum from silence to noise to pure musical sound; as well as an interest in various musical genres. From his own work as a budding singer-songwriter to the energy of popular and vernacular music, the freedom of improvisation and the fascinating contrasts between the chaos and stillness of contemporary classical music and the American avant-garde, Dale’s music places influences in tension with one another and invites audiences and performers to draw their own meaning from the sounds that flow from them.

One of Osterman’s most notable works is “Ouroboros,” a piece for double bass and two cellos that uses musical borrowings and polystylism to represent the titular serpent as it destroys and invigorates itself at the same time. The piece centers on the Irish folk song “The Parting Glass” as well as the theme of an abandoned work by Dale, and uses microtonal inflections, dense textures, extended techniques and indefinite durations to create a dream – and sometimes nightmarish – soundscape. In 2017, an analysis of the piece was published on The Composer’s Toolbox blog, in which the piece was described as a “wonderful fusion of concept and content.”

In addition to his work as a composer, he is also an active cellist and improviser. His trio, Dissidents – which he co-founded in 2016 with two fellow Hartt School composers / performers – combines electroacoustic musical creation with improvisation and contemporary composition in exciting and genre-defying performances and recordings. Dissidents has performed throughout the Hartford area and released their debut album, Becomes Noise, in December 2018. Their new EP, Ripples, is due out in Spring 2019. Both records include works written by Dale and show off his style. improvisation: an eclectic mix of lush melodies, rhythmic energy and harsh noise. In addition to his work with Dissidents, Dale also performs as a freelance and is currently the Principal Cellist of the Torrington Symphony Orchestra.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in audio and music production from Western Connecticut State University and a master’s degree in composition from the Hartt School of Music. His composition teachers were David Macbride, Ken Steen and Kevin Jay Isaacs; he studied audio production with Douglas O’Grady and Edward Dzubak; and his many cello teachers have included Richard Vaudrey, Mariel Roberts and Harmon Steiner.

General admission tickets for the May 11 concert are $ 22. Children 12 and under are free, but a ticket is required. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Warner Box Office at 860-489-7180 ​​or online at http://www.warnertheatre.org