PLAINFIELD – The Vermont Cello Duet will perform Sunday, Jan. 11, at the historic Plainfield Opera House. The performance begins at 4 p.m., with doors opening at 3:30 p.m. The Vermont Cello Duet, Sierra Hiner and Ines Horozovic, formed in 2022 after meeting in a University of Vermont chamber music[Read More…]
Music
Winter concert, Dec. 13
CRAFTSBURY – Craftsbury students are working with music teachers Jonathan Chatfield and Jeffrey Reinhardt on choral pieces for the winter concert on the Craftsbury Common on Saturday, Dec. 13. The schedule includes a spaghetti dinner fundraiser sponsored by the 8th grade class from 4:30 to 7 p.m.; at 6 p.m.;[Read More…]
Local folk orchestra receives standing ovation
GREENSBORO – The local folk orchestra gave a concert last Saturday night with a generous program of a wide variety of musical genres, bringing out the individual talents of its members under the enthusiastic conducting of Roy and Mavis MacNeil, all to a near capacity audience at the Highland Center for the[Read More…]
Handel’s “Messiah” presented Dec. 5, Dec. 7
BARRE-MONTPELIER – Handel’s “Messiah” will be presented by the orchestra and chorus of the Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra on Friday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m., in St Augustine Church in Montpelier, and Sunday, Dec, 7, at 2 p.m., in the Barre Opera House. Lisa Jablow, will conduct and soloists include Colleen Flynn[Read More…]
Chorus presents “Messiah,” Dec. 5-7
ST. JOHNSBURY – The North Country Chorus sings Handel’s “Messiah” at their annual holiday concerts on December 5, 6, and 7. The Friday concert is at 7:30 p.m., at Wells River Congregational Church. The Saturday and Sunday concerts are at 3 p.m., at United Community Church in St. Johnsbury and[Read More…]
Shady Trees perform, Nov. 29
WOLCOTT – A live musical performance by The Shady Trees will be given Saturday, Nov. 29, 7 p.m., at the Wolcott Town Hall. The Shady Trees is a four-piece band formed in 2013 in amazing Lamoille County Vermont. Their mountainous style of music blends Funk, Rock, Reggae into what they[Read More…]
Tallis Scholars in Greensboro, Dec. 12
GREENSBORO – The Tallis Scholars choral ensemble will perform at the Highland Center for the Arts, December 12, at 7 p.m. The ensemble has been bringing sacred Renaissance music to audiences for more than 50 years, performing over 2,500 concerts worldwide. Three-time Grammy nominees, the Tallis Scholars were founded in[Read More…]
Celtic, French Canadian band performs, Nov. 15
ADAMANT – The Burlington-based Atlantic Crossing, a traditional ensemble, will perform at the Adamant Community Club on Saturday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m. For about three decades, Atlantic Crossing members Peter Macfarlane, Viveka Fox and Rick Klein, have been providing music at the contra dance halls of New England and[Read More…]
Eames Brothers Band performs at inaugural concert, Nov. 1
WOLCOTT – A live musical performance featuring The Eames Brothers Band will be presented Saturday, Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m., at the Wolcott Town Hall. The event is the first of the newly-formed Wolcott Arts Collaborative (WAC). Doors open at 7 p.m., with music ending at 9:30 p.m. There will be[Read More…]
“The Well Tree” crankie performed Nov. 7
GREENSBORO – Heartwood will present “The Well Tree,” a participatory musical journey illustrated with a crankie, on Friday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. at the Highland Center for the Arts. The show is an illuminated hand-cranked scroll made by papercut artist Jennifer Jones. The three members of Heartwood, Heidi Wilson,[Read More…]
Marsalis at the BOH, Nov. 12
BARRE – Branford Marsalis will offer a rare Vermont performance when he and his quartet stop at the Barre Opera House on November 12 at 7:30 p.m. New Orleans-born Branford Marsalis is an award-winning saxophonist, band leader, featured classical soloist, and a film and Broadway composer. In the process, he[Read More…]
Celestial sounds from the Vermont Philharmonic
GREENSBORO – The Vermont Philharmonic came to the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro last Saturday afternoon and featured two masterpieces of classical music in their program: Mozart’s “41st Symphony” and Holst’s “The Planets.” Of all the arts, music seems to have reached levels of perfection most frequently, with[Read More…]
