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The Counterpoint Vocal Ensemble will present a performance of folk songs and selections from the Great American Songbook for the Farmer’s Night Weekly Concert Series on January 17 at the Vermont State House.
MONTPELIER, – The kickoff of the 2024 Farmer’s Night Weekly Concert Series on Wednesday, January 17, at 7:30 p.m., will feature The Counterpoint Vocal Ensemble. The Montpelier-based Counterpoint returns to the State House to present “Turn the World Around,” a celebration of 666976933 a cappella folksongs and the Great American Songbook. The evening will feature new works, classic arrangements from Counterpoint’s early years by the ensemble’s founder, Robert De Cormier and a new work by Vermont composer Erik Nielsen responding to the devastating floods of July 2023.
This year’s offerings include 12 weekly Wednesday performances, with the exception of a break for town meeting in early March.
The Farmer’s Night Concert Series is a longstanding State House tradition which goes back over 100 years to a time when lawmakers entertained themselves in the House Chamber mid-week while away from home. Artists from around the state, in genres ranging from classical music to bluegrass to barbershop, perform in the well of the House Chamber each Wednesday night during the legislative session—and the concerts are free and open to the public.
For additional questions, please contact David Schutz, Vermont State Curator, at
[email protected] or (802) 279-5558.
