Peter Amos, president of the Board of Trustees of Essex Winter Series, has announced that Paula Anik of Essex, Madeleine Nichols of Lyme, and Henry Resnikoff of Essex were recently elected to the board of the organizatioin. In addition, Janice Atkeson, who has served on the board since 2012, was elected vice president.
Anik has strong ties to music and has been a member of Essex Winter Series. Her father was a classically-trained vocalist who toured with the USO entertaining troops. her eldest daughter is also a classically trained vocalist. She has lived in Boston, Los Angeles and Essex, where she now resides with her husband, Joel. Anik is a retired residential real estate broker and has served on various charitable committees in a fund-raising role.
Nichols, an interior designer, was born in Budapest, Hungary, and attend Hungarian University of Fine Arts. She has lived in Cairo, Egypt, and Athens and is fluent in in numerous languages. She has been professionally involved with antiques and interior design for nearly 30 years in New York and Connecticut, and is currently as Associate with Jonathan Isleib Design of Old Lyme and owner of MWN Interior Design.
Henry Resnikoff is a professional real estate developer and has developed commercial, residential, industrial and assisted living properties throughout the Northeast and Mid Atlantic states. He was born and raised in New London where his father was also a real estate developer. With the exception of four years, Henry and his wife Daphne Nielsen have lived in Essex since 1978, currently on Ingham Hill Rd. They have four grown sons.
Bringing world-class classical and jazz music to the shoreline area was the dream of Fenton Brown, who established the Essex Winter Seriesin 1979. Each year, the Essex Winter Series presents a series of concert performances by top-rated musicians from around the world.
These concerts, held primarily at Valley Regional High School in Deep River, are presented on Sunday afternoons in January, February and March. A single season may include a mix of such performances as instrumental soloists, opera singers, chamber orchestras, and jazz bands.