Lindsay Aromin
Lindsay Aromin
During my travels, I feel drawn to flowers for their vibrant colors, tones and fantastic textures. Going through my photos I realized I took more pictures of flowers than people. Only my museum shots outnumbered them. I have even stopped the car so I could go out and take pictures of some vivid colors that caught my eye along the roadside.
I wanted to tell a story about artists and how we worked and thought and planned before we picked up a brush. My paintings start with one of my photos and devolve into a small painting and then into an abstraction of that painting. They are happy paintings that come out of a difficult time in my life and also in our country's life. I believe that you have to look at the brighter side of things and art will take you there
My background in art is strange. I was told as a third-grader that I could not draw and I took music lessons and I never had an art class. After taking a drawing-one class in a local college at the ripe old age of 52 and then transferring to U Conn where I graduated with a BFA Summa Cum Laude at age 58 and then on to my MFA at Vermont College at 60 years. After school, I reached out to Norwich Arts Gallery and have been a member since then.
First Friday Live! Sounds presents:
Glenn Hansen Orchestra
Friday, May 1
7:30pm
Glenn Hansen was brought up around music in his early childhood. Glenn's father, William Hansen, played for the Benny Goodman Orchestra, and it was from this setting that The Glenn Hansen Orchestra was born.
The Glenn Hansen Orchestra is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit mentoring band whose mission is to mentor gifted young performers and teach them performance techniques. The young performers practice and perform alongside professionals in the music industry.
The talent within this versatile group has toured the world playing with such greats as Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Isley Brothers, Tony Bennett, Tom Jones, Liberace, Bob Hope, Aretha Franklin and Wayne Newton and performed at the White House for 5 different presidents. Some Members are currently touring with the present-day Glenn Miller Band or are members of East Coast Military bands.
The Glenn Hansen Orchestra’s showcase big band features highly skilled and talented vocal performers.
Like or love Big Band music? The Glenn Hansen Orchestra's performance at the Donald L. Oat Theater, with its amazing acoustics, is a golden opportunity to enjoy great live big band music while supporting the very talented next generation of big band musicians.
$10 Adults
$8 Seniors/Military/Student
$5 Members