CT Arts Talk

Welcome to Connecticut Arts talk.  A podcast hosted by William Boughton and Tom Duffy.
This fortnightly podcast will discuss music, drama, dance and fine art all taking place right here in Connecticut.  As well as all the up to date news of what's happening in the arts.
Join William and Tom for lively conversations with Cynthia Rider, Augustin Hadelich, Chris Brubeck, James O'Donnell, Evan Yionoulis, and many more.
Tune in to CT Arts Talk starting on Sunday, August the 30th at 6 p.m.  Available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Instagram, TikTok and all the usual platforms.

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Creators and Guests

Host
Thomas C. Duffy
Composer and conductor Thomas Duffy’s interests and research range from non-tonal analysis to jazz, from wind-band history to creativity and the brain. He has served as president, publicity chair, and committee chairs for major band and music-education associations, created multiple projects combining science and music in collaboration with the Yale School of Medicine and Yale School of Nursing, and conducted ensembles all over the world.
Host
William Boughton
William Boughton has guest conducted with many of the world's leading orchestras from San Francisco to Helsinki. As founder, artistic and music director with the English Symphony Orchestra (ESO), Boughton developed the orchestra's repertoire through the Viennese classics to contemporary music. Together, he and the ESO built a discography of recordings with Nimbus Records, a number of which have reached the top ten in the US charts. He has also recorded with the Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestras. Boughton previously served as the music director for the New Haven Symphony Orchestra.[2] Since 2019, he has been music director of the Yale Symphony Orchestra.[3]
Producer
David Chmielewski
David started his video career in the early 1990s working on video crews as an independent contractor for such companies as Martha Stewart Living, IBM and Xerox. After graduating Southern Connecticut State University with the degree in Corporate Communications, David continued his video production career and accepted a position at WFSB in Hartford, CT. Within a few years the news and production studios became his charge and David designed, installed and maintained the televisions sets for the various programs at the station. At the end of 2013 David founded DirectLine Media, a video production company that specializes in creating memorable and compelling video content for businesses.
Editor
Stefania Sassano
Stefania's acting journey began as early as the fourth grade, where she took on the role of Scarlett O'Hara in a stage production of Gone With the Wind. This early experience sparked a lifelong passion for the arts. With a background in musical theater fueled by her love of music and singing, Stefania stepped into larger roles, such as Fraulein Kost in Cabaret during her sophomore year at the University of New Haven. This performance earned her a nomination for the prestigious Irene Ryan Acting Award at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival—an honor she would receive again in her junior year.

What is CT Arts Talk?

CT Arts Talk is a new podcast that will highlight the fine art scene happening throughout Connecticut.

Welcome to Connecticut Arts talk.

I'm William Boughton.

And I'm Tom Duffy.

This fortnightly. Fortnightly.

That means biweekly.

This fortnightly podcast will serve music,
drama, dance and fine art.

Its creators, practitioners
and those behind the scenes

who live, work and perform
in the state of Connecticut.

We will bring you up to date
news of what's happening in the arts

and a what's on for the weeks
following each broadcast.

So join us for lively conversation
this fall with Cynthia Ryder,

Augustine Hadley,
Chris Brubeck, James O'Donnell,

Evan Irons, and many more.

Over the coming weeks and months
on Connecticut Arts Talk.

Connecticut has such a rich history
in the arts with creators like Charles

Ives, Marian Anderson,
Arthur Miller, salute, Paul Robeson,

Thornton Wilder, Dave Brubeck.

I could go on and.

On, and I'm sure you will.

So tune in to Connecticut
Arts Talk starting on Sunday,

August the 30th at 6 p.m..

Available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple,

Amazon, Instagram, TikTok
and all the usual platforms.

And visit

ctartstalk.com

So I believe we both speak English
until we start speaking with each other.

I speak Oxford English.

I speak Webster.

Noah Webster was born in Hartford,
graduated from Yale in 1778.

American English.

So it's goodbye from me.

And it's goodbye from him.