Vermont Symphony Orchestra Partners with Award-Winning Film Composer Suad Bushnaq on “MasterClef”; Deadline to Submit Entries is October 12 The Vermont Symphony Orchestra (VSO) announces MasterClef, a statewide music composition competition open to Vermont students enrolled in sixth through twelfth grades (or home-schooled). Young music composers are invited to riff[…]
Effective September 1, all VSO contracted musicians, staff, guest artists and venue technical crew and staff where the VSO performs will be working under a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Audiences can be assured that all individuals hired by the VSO, regardless of their role in the company, will have received one[…]
On August 27, 2021, as part of the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival (MNFF), a VSO ensemble played an arrangement of the film score to the animated short film Two Balloons live. This was followed by a panel discussion featuring Peter Broderick, music composer, Matt LaRocca, music arranger, the musicians, and film festival[…]
We recently asked our artists what excites them the most about returning to live performance. Here’s what a few of them had to share: Shelagh Abate, Principal Horn “Being away from my VSO family all this time has helped me appreciate making music with people I already loved so much[…]