Vermont Symphony Orchestra

The VSO Blog

2024 Winter Musician Update

Paulina Dixon was born and raised in Dallas, Texas and now calls Boston home. In the fall of 2023, she auditioned for and won the second horn position with the VSO. “The audition process was very smooth and efficient. The communication, kindness, and encouragement displayed by the staff and audition[…]

Read More »

2023: 90 YEARS COMBINED WITH VSO

  ANNE JANSON – SECOND FLUTE Anne was born and raised in Shelburne. While she was studying at the Manhattan School of Music, she learned about an opportunity to play Rimsky-Korsakov’s Russian Easter Festival Overture with the VSO and jumped at the chance to go home. “That’s how I got[…]

Read More »

NOTES FROM ANDREW CRUST FOR VSO’s FEB. 4, 2023 ELECTRIC DREAMS CONCERT

  “Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony is one of those pieces which leaves an incredible impression the first time you hear it, and even more so the first time you perform it. I think for most musicians and especially conductors, this piece becomes one of those old friends we carry with us our whole lives.[…]

Read More »

NEW VSO ON VERMONT PUBLIC

On November 23, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. we’re bringing new music to the Vermont Public airwaves: Canadian/Sri Lankan composer Dinuk Wijeratne’s Yatra and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 1, conducted by Tania Miller from our March 22, 2022 concert at The Flynn. Host Helen Lyons also includes two pieces of chamber music from our[…]

Read More »

Siskel and Ebert, meet Gusakov and Friedland

With 85 years’ combined VSO experience, David Gusakov (violin) and Peggy Friedland (piccolo) traded their music stands for laptops this month, serving as judges for the VSO/Middlebury New Filmmakers’ Festival (MNFF) award for excellence in music composed for film. Gusakov and Friedland were two of VSO’s six judges to review[…]

Read More »