Leroy Anderson House and Leroy Anderson Foundation

08/29/2026

The Fairfield County Brass Quintet of Westport, Connecticut will present an outdoor concert on Saturday, September 12, at 3 p.m. at the Leroy Anderson House at 33 Grassy Hill Road in Woodbury.
The program includes a variety of classical, ragtime and jazz works by J. Hubert Blake, William Byrd, John Cheetham, Léo Delibes, Robert Nagel, Lew Pollack, James M. Stephenson, Tom Turpin and Leroy Anderson.
The Fairfield County Brass Quintet was formed by musicians of the Westport Community Band in late 2021. Members of the brass quintet are Tom Zoubek, trumpet, Mike Strange, trumpet, Tom Jordan, horn, Will Munro, trombone, and Marcia Chithelen, tuba.
The Leroy Anderson House, a historic house museum on the National Register of Historic Places, is located at 33 Grassy Hill Road. Admission is free. Reservations are required. Bring a folding chair. To reserve a place, send an email to: [email protected]. In the event of rain on Saturday, the concert will take place on Sunday, Sept. 13 at 3 p.m.
The concert is made possible by the generous support of the Friends of the Leroy Anderson Foundation with media support from WMNR Fine Arts Radio.

08/11/2026

Music by Haydn, Villa-Lobos, Glass, and Strauss, Jr. will be performed by the Deming String Quartet, Saturday August 22, 2026 outdoors at the Leroy Anderson House. To reserve, send email to: [email protected]. Free admission. Bring a folding chair. Photo by Marc Russell. Program:https://www.leroyandersonfoundation.org/Deming%20String%20Quartet%20at%20Leroy%20Anderson%20House%2008.22.26.pdf

06/28/2026

Thank you to the Premier Brass Quintet of Amherst, MA for a wonderful concert at the Leroy Anderson House on June 20, 2026. Kristoffer Danielsen, trombone, Chris Mortensen, horn, Erik Percoski, tuba, Sheldon Ross, trumpet, Joe Brozek, trumpet.

06/23/2026

The Candlewood Brass Quintet will give a free, indoor concert at the Southbury Public Library. Link to Register:
https://www.southburylibrary.org/event/candlewood-brass-quintet

06/20/2026

06/14/2026

Solstice - midsummer concert: The Premier Brass Quintet from Amherst, MA will play music by Carl Nielsen, Gustav Holst, John Williams, Scott Joplin, Billy Strayhorn and Leroy Anderson. To reserve for this free, outdoor concert at the Leroy Anderson House on Saturday, June 20 at 3:00 pm, send an email to: [email protected]. Bring a folding chair.

06/13/2026

The NWS forecast for Saturday afternoon calls for a steady breeze from the northwest at 8 mph, low humidity, high temp of 86 degrees; lots of shade and very good music by the Andante String Quartet.

06/09/2026

The Andante String Quartet will present an outdoor concert at the Leroy Anderson House in Woodbury, CT on Sat., June 13, 2026 at 3 p.m. Violinists Selah Kwak and Christa Berezowsky, violist Dana Saccomano, and cellist Shannon Carlson will perform music by women composers including Florence Price, Emilie Mayer, Dorothy Rudd Moore and F***y Mendelssohn Hensel (Felix Mendelssohn's sister).

The Leroy Anderson House, a historic house museum on the National Register of Historic Places, is located at 33 Grassy Hill Road. Admission is free. Reservations are required. Bring a folding chair. To reserve a place, send an email to: [email protected].

The concert is made possible by the generous support of the Friends of the Leroy Anderson Foundation.

05/14/2026

Enjoy these videos of the Iona School Flute Orchestra in Montreal, Quebec, and their music teacher Mick Guttman performing: music by Leroy Anderson:

1. The Syncopated Clock, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS9Cj9ezDUA
2. The Typewriter, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCoOHYiY07g
3. Sandpaper Ballet, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQewcZATXBs

05/09/2026

Many thanks to the Imperial Brass for an excellent concert at Nonnewaug High School on May 2, 2026. Links to videos of the performances of the Leroy Anderson compositions are posted on the home page of the Leroy Anderson Foundation.
Website: https://www.leroyandersonfoundation.org/