BARRE – The Vermont Philharmonic’s annual family concert at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 8, will be a journey through dance, with music by J.S. Bach, Offenbach, Prokofiev, Handel, Tchaikovsky and more. Conducted by Lou Kosma, the concert at the Barre Opera House, audiences will recognize Offenbach’s “Can-Can,” Khachaturian’s “Masquerade Waltz” and Angel Villoldo’s “Kiss of Fire” tango among others.
In addition to the dances, the program features two special new works: Michael Close’s “North Star” was written for virtuoso violist Elizabeth Reid, who will be performing the work at the concert. Close is a cellist and music educator living in Worcester, and the senior composer-mentor at Music-Comp, for students in composing and arranging music.
Grayson Eley, a freshman at Harwood Union, has participated in Music-Comp for three years. He wrote “Homecoming” to celebrate a place of physical or mental welcome called “home.”
The Vermont Philharmonic is celebrating its sixty-seventh year of making music in central Vermont. Tickets and information are available at vermontphilharmonic.com or at the door.
