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Celebrating 70+ Years!

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New Britain Symphony Orchestra

Established 1948

Toshiyuki Shimada, Music Director and Conductor

We Are Celebrating 76 Years!

The New Britain Symphony Orchestra will be celebrating 76 years with  our 2025-2026 season, under the baton of conductor/music director Toshiyuki Shimada.

Thank you for your continued support of the NBSO.  We can’t wait to share a wonderful season with you!

Join us on Sunday, February 8th at 3:00 for our Vibraphone, Violin and Electronics mini concert at the New Britain Museum of American Art!

New Britain Museum of American Art members get exclusive early access to select music programs, including this one!
Make sure your Membership card is ready at the entrance. After members are seated, the doors open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that seating is limited to 120. Attendees should check in at the Front Desk upon arrival.

Tickets are free for Museum Members, while non-members can enjoy: $25 for Adults, $20 for Seniors, and $15 for College Students and children aged 6-17.

 

We are looking for new Board Members to join our team!

 

Betty Elia Young People's Concert

2025 “What Music Means to Me” poster winners!

Our 24th Annual Young People’s Concert was held on April 2, 2025 at CCSU’s Welte Hall.  1,400 fifth grade students from 20 schools in New Britain, Plainville, Berlin, and Newington  attended a free, full orchestra concert led by Maestro Toshiyuki Shimada, designed to introduce the joys of symphonic music to our future audience. The winner for this year’s “What Music Means to Me” poster and essay contest will be featured as the 2026 program cover! You can see the previous winners here:

Click Here to See the Winners!

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New Britain Symphony Orchestra

“No one can whistle a symphony.
It takes a whole orchestra to play it.”
– HE Luccock

Mission Statement

The mission of the New Britain Symphony Orchestra is to perpetuate the rich tradition of live symphonic music by presenting concerts of a high caliber performed by a professional orchestra, and to provide related education and enrichment activities, thereby contributing to the quality of life for people of all ages and ethnicities of Central Connecticut.

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