
HARDWICK – Jo Lander, A ninth-grade student at Craftsbury Academy, has been accepted to the 2025 Vermont All State Music Festival Orchestra. Lander is a violinist who auditioned for this year’s music festival in January.
Festival events begin May 7, culminating in a concert on Saturday, May 10.
The Vermont All State Music Festival is an annual event supported by the Vermont Music Educators Association and operated by the Vermont All State Committee. The Festival offers musicians from Vermont’s high schools the opportunity to perform in a band, orchestra, chorus or jazz ensemble under the direction of some of our nation’s finest conductors. Three days of intensive rehearsals lead up to a series of performances involving all four groups. Learn more atvmea.org/all-state-music-festival.

