Musician Resources

Lots of smiles and a little rain for the 7th annual Make Music Day on Friday, June 21, 2024.

Downtown Torrington got LIT for the Third Annual Litchfield Hills Creative Festival on Saturday, August 19!

Great tunes and good vibes made on the 6th Annual, Make Music Day on Wednesday, June 21, 2023.

Torrington Microgrants - Grants for Arts Projects in Torrington

Positive energy filled the air for the Second Annual Litchfield Hills Creative Festival on Saturday, August 20th!

The 40th Anniversary of international Make Music Day rocked Northwest CT on Tuesday, June 21, 2022!

Inside Mike McEwen’s white van lurks an amazing instrument, he calls “The Vibrational Awareness Chamber.” He parked in Cornwall Bridge last weekend and invited a small group of people to experience his creation, an intriguing cross between listening and body mindfulness. Constructed of salvaged brass horns, bugles and trumpets lashed to metal bed frames, the curious critter can be played. Tibetan singing bowls perch in the bells of the wind instruments, and there’s a drum, gongs, bell and clarinets. By striking and stroking these elements, players can set up a fugue of sounds that whisper, ring, toll and above all vibrate. Participants are invited into the van to perform on the reverberating chamber themselves. However, they can also hear McEwen improvise long slow progressions that emit waves of delicate sound. Bench seats and a couch allow people to lie down, close eyes and let sound roll through their bodies. Header Image: Mike McEwen performing on the Vibrational Awareness Chamber. Photo by Kathleen Hulser.

In 1889, a pair of unemployed carpenters by the names Edwin Delano and Ephraim Allen were walking down Barber Street when they noticed the half-finished Advent Christian Church.  Header image: the soundboard at the Outlet for the Arts in Torrington. Image from the Outlet for the Arts website.

Get into the holiday spirit and see festive events happening this December!