Buy Tickets On Wednesday, May 6, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s dynamic duo is back – this time, with the spotlight on Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana! VSO Music Director Andrew Crust and composer James Stewart explore this thrilling cantata based on medieval poems celebrating the joys of life, love, and fortune, in[...]
Buy Tickets The 2026–27 season opens with a Friday night concert highlighting music inspired and created by powerful women—from Björk to Cleopatra, spanning 19th-century Vermont to the Persian Empire. The concert premieres a VSO commission by composer Clarice Assad, based on the historic Weybridge, VT couple Charity Bryant and Sylvia[...]
Buy Tickets Celebrate Halloween with a spine-tingling orchestral matinee! From the mischievous magic of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Paul Dukas to eerie selections from Symphonie fantastique by Hector Berlioz and Michael Abels’ film score for NOPE, this program conjures thrills and chills. Hear music from Danny Elfman, Michael Daugherty, and[...]
We’re celebrating the season with music that is both reflective and radiant—sending audiences home with a melody in their hearts and a sense of holiday warmth. Our upcoming Holiday Pops concerts feature the full orchestra alongside VSO’s 80-voice chorus, leading spirited sing-alongs and performing festive favorites by Leroy Anderson, George[...]
We’re celebrating the season with music that is both reflective and radiant—sending audiences home with a melody in their hearts and a sense of holiday warmth. Our upcoming Holiday Pops concerts feature the full orchestra alongside VSO’s 80-voice chorus, leading spirited sing-alongs and performing festive favorites by Leroy Anderson, George[...]
Buy Tickets We’re celebrating the season with music that is both reflective and radiant—sending audiences home with a melody in their hearts and a sense of holiday warmth. Our upcoming Holiday Pops concerts feature the full orchestra alongside VSO’s 80-voice chorus, leading spirited sing-alongs and performing festive favorites by Leroy[...]
The David M. Wilson Farmers' Night Concert returns to the Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier, with VSO’s chamber orchestra and guest vocal soloist KeruBo. Songs from Kerubo's Kenyan musical heritage will be interwoven with Handel's Water Music and Haydn's Symphony No. 8, "Le soir" for a deeply human evening of cultural[...]
Buy Tickets Welcome spring with an evening of music inspired by the natural world and the human spirit. From the surging energy of Anna Clyne’s Restless Oceans to the icy beauty of Vermont composer Marcus Goddard’s Antarctica: Life Emerging, with accompanying video and cello soloist John Dunlop, this program captivates[...]
Buy Tickets VSO’s 2026/27 season closes with a bold program of reinvention and discovery. Maurice Ravel’s famed Boléro, last performed by the VSO 40 years ago, transforms a simple Spanish dance into a hypnotic, driving crescendo. The U.S. premiere of a trumpet concerto by Danny Elfman—featuring the principal trumpet of[...]