Thomas S. Perakos Arts and Community Center

Nine students from the Gunn Music Program will perform in the Connecticut Music Educators Association's Northern Region Music Festival on Saturday, January 18, at New Britain High School, located at 110 Mill Street in New Britain, Connecticut. The festival concert will feature performances by the Northern Region Jazz Band, Treble Choir, and Mixed Choir at 2 p.m., and the Northern Region Concert Band and Orchestra at 4 p.m. Tickets are $15 per person.

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Student-artists Heri Kim '26, Michal Schroeder '26, and Rebecca Tu '25 have been selected to participate in the 2025 Connecticut Regional Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition and earned awards for their work, which is being featured in the largest juried student art exhibition in the state. The exhibit opened Monday, January 13, and will remain on view through Friday, January 31, in the Donald and Linda Silpe Gallery at the University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford. Gallery hours are Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 12–5 p.m. 
 

The Frederick Gunn School Music Program will present its annual holiday concert, "Holiday Overture," featuring Chamber Orchestra, Vocal Ensemble, Jazz Band, and special guests, on December 17, at 7 p.m. in the Tisch Family Auditorium of the Thomas S. Perakos Arts and Community Center. A limited number of seats are available for family, friends, and community members. Admission is free. No registration is required. Parking is available in the Upper Parking Lot off Kirby Road, with a limited number of accessible parking spaces outside TPACC. Please see the Campus Map for locations.
 

Three students from The Frederick Gunn School have been selected to participate in ASAP!’s 14th annual Celebration of Young Photographers. Evan Bailey ’26, Peter Buchanan ’26, and Bridget O’Hara ’27 will have their original photographs featured in a juried exhibition on Sunday, November 10, from 1-3 p.m. at the Mattatuck Museum, 144 W Main Street, Waterbury. If you would like to attend the exhibit, admission is free but registration is required. 
 

The Frederick Gunn School Theatre Program will present Pride and Prejudice by Kate Hamill, adapted from the novel by Jane Austen, November 14, 15, and 16 at 7 p.m. in the Tisch Family Auditorium of the Thomas S. Perakos Arts and Community Center.

All shows are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission. Parking is available in the Upper Parking Lot off Kirby Road, with a limited number of accessible parking spaces in front of TPACC. Please see the Campus Map for details.
 

Congratulations to the cast and designers of the fall play, Silent Sky, and the winter musical, Urinetown, who together have been nominated for a total of 16 Halo Awards, including eight individual best performance nominations and Best Contemporary Play.

The Frederick Gunn School Music Program will present a spring concert featuring String Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, Jazz Band and special guests under the direction of Ron Castonguay P’27, Director of the Arts and Music Director. Family, friends and the community are invited to attend the performance one night only, Wednesday, May 15, at 7 p.m., in the Tisch Family Auditorium of the Thomas S. Perakos Arts and Community Center. The concert is free with general admission seating. No registration is required. 
 

The Frederick Gunn School Music Program will present, “A Chamber Concert: An Eclectic Mix of Music Solos & Small Ensembles,” at 7 p.m. on April 28 at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 78 Green Hill Road, Washington. Admission is free.
 

A retrospective exhibition, "Cleve Gray: Towards an Art of Hope," opened April 10 in the Perakos Family Cares Art Gallery at The Frederick Gunn School, featuring works by American Abstract Expressionist painter Cleve Gray.

An opening reception will be held on Thursday, April 25, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the gallery, which is located in the Thomas S. Perakos Arts and Community Center on campus. The gallery is open to the public free of charge, Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Parking is available in the Upper Parking Lot off Kirby Road, with a limited number of accessible parking spaces outside the Thomas S. Perakos Arts and Community Center. Please see the Campus Map for details.