Toshi Plays New London At Custom House Maritime Museum 8/20

Toshi plays New London: A new season for the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra on Thursday, August 20 from 6:30 to 8pm, a third Thursday Jibboom Roundtable.

Toshiyuki (Toshi) Shimada, recently selected as the fifth music director of the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, presents an inside look at his career, his vision for the ECSO, and the upcoming season. Toshi believes fervently in becoming involved in the community where he performs. Find out how a symphony orchestra can enrich a community and become a great neighbor! He wants to know you and we think you'll enjoy meeting him!

Stephan Tieszen, ECSO Concertmaster, will accompany Toshi and bring his 18th century violin with him. Stephan is the foremost expert on Mozart's "Violin Concerto No. 5" which he will perform in October with the ECSO. He tells fascinating stories about Mozart's lost manuscript and Stephan's research when it recently came to light again.

$7 admission, FREE for NLMS members. Call 860-447-2501 to find out more.

The Custom House Maritime Museum/New London Maritime Society is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization and receives no regular funding from any other organization. We rely entirely on donations and the money raised from visitors to the Museum.

The Society is managed by independent Trustees supported by a museum director and a number of volunteers who give generously of their time.

The mission of the New London Maritime Society's (NLMS) Custom House Maritime Museum is to preserve New London's U.S. Custom House and to promote and interpret the maritime history of the port of New London and the surrounding region through museum exhibitions and educational programs.

NLMS was formed in 1983 by a group of concerned citizens looking to save New London's "jewel on the waterfront"-an 1833 Custom House designed by architect Robert Mills, designer of the U.S. National Washington Monument.