Vermont Symphony Orchestra

Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival: August 22
2024-08-22 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Middlebury College, McCullough Student Center, 14 Old Chapel Rd, Middlebury, VT, 05752, United States
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Led by Matt LaRocca, the VSO’s chamber orchestra accompanies the evolution of animation over almost 100 years. The afternoon opens with Lotte That Silhouette Girl, a film about animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger, followed by a screening of The Adventures of Prince Achmed, Lotte’s 1926 movie that is the oldest surviving animated feature film. The Adventures of Prince Achmed has been scored with original music by Erik Nielsen of Brookfield Vermont. The concert concludes with the premiere of the live-music version of The Cocoon, an animated short produced almost 100 years after The Adventures of Prince Achmed and winner of the VSO/MNFF Best Music Integration Into Film Award for 2023. This concert is presented in partnership with the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival.
Lotte That Silhouette Girl: Before Walt Disney, there was a trailblazing woman at the vanguard of animation. Influenced by folktales and legends, Lotte Reiniger was a tour de force of creativity and innovation: she invented the multi-plane camera and created the oldest surviving animated feature. This stunning film explores the life and times of a woman who is finally being given her due.
The Adventures of Prince Achmed: When The Adventures of Prince Achmed premiered in Germany on September 23, 1926, it was hailed as the first full-length animated film. Almost 100 years later, this enchanting film still stands as one of the great classics of animation — beautiful, mesmerizing and utterly seductive. Taken from The Arabian Nights, the film tells the story of a wicked sorcerer who tricks Prince Achmed into mounting a magical flying horse and sends the rider off on a flight to his death. But the prince foils the magician’s plan and soars headlong into a series of wondrous adventures — joining forces with Aladdin and the Witch of the Fiery Mountains, doing battle with the sorcerer’s army of monsters and demons, and falling in love with the beautiful Princess Peri Banu.
The Cocoon: Trapped inside a room covered with muddy footprints, a man will stop at nothing to mop the floor perfectly clean. But with every step he takes to wipe away a footprint, he leaves a new one behind him. Click here for a preview of The Cocoon.
Director: David Shen Miller
Writer: David Shen Miller
Producer: David Shen Miller, Andrew Seth Cohen, Ryan Kieffer
Note date and time change: concert now begins at 2pm, and will be held on Thursday, August 22.
This concert is generously sponsored by Lyn and Ferdinand Lauffer, and by the John M. Bissell Foundation, Inc.

Community Concert: Woodwinds in Island Pond
2024-08-24 13:00 - 14:00 | Island Pond Outdoor Pavilion, Birch & Cross Streets, Island Pond, VT, 05846, United States
Enjoy a free one-hour, midday concert in beautiful Island Pond, with VSO Principal woodwind musicians Nancy Dimock (oboe), Melissa Mielens (flute), and Janet Polk (bassoon). The trio performs music by baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann, German-Dutch composer Julius Röntgen, the American king of ragtime, Scott Joplin, and Alissa Morris’ “Brush Strokes” – a selection inspired by Claude Monet’s waterlily paintings, Van Gogh’s famous Starry Night and works by pointillist painter Georges Seurat. Bring your camping chair, sunscreen, and picnic basket – no need for tickets or reservations.
This concert is generously sponsored by Brighton Community Forum.

Sunset Serenade at Pittsford Village Farm
2024-08-30 19:00 - 20:00 | Pittsford Village Farm, 32 Elm St, Pittsford, VT, 05763, United States
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From Elgar to Gershwin and Bach to the Beatles, this free, end-of-the-season program celebrates the beauty of a Vermont summer in music. Join The Paramount and Pittsford Village Farm as they host VSO’s string quartet (violinists Jane Kittredge and Brooke Quiggins-Saulnier, violist Stefanie Taylor, and cellist Perri Morris) for an evening of popular music from George Gershwin to Edith Piaf and Danish String Quartet to The Beatles. Pack a picnic, a lawn chair or a blanket, and join us for this free, family-friendly celebration of community at the beautiful, one-of-a-kind setting that is the Pittsford Village Farm.

Made in Vermont - Derby Line
2024-09-06 19:30 - 21:30 | Haskell Opera House, 93 Caswell Ave, Derby Line, VT, 05830, United States
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Violinist and concert host Bella Hristova leads VSO’s string orchestra through music that spans the iconic five Vermont seasons, with compositions from Green Mountain State natives Nico Muhly and Pete Sutherland to compositions by Astor Piazzolla, Florence Price, Antonio Vivaldi, and more.
Tickets are $10 for students; and pay-what-you-want at $20, $25, and $30 levels.
PROGRAM
Bela Bartok/Wilner – Rumanian Folk Dances
Nico Muhly – “Shrink” (Violin Concerto)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Novelletten
Antonio Vivaldi – “Spring” from the Four Seasons
Astor Piazzolla – “Verano Porteño” and “Otoño Porteño” from Estaciones Porteñas
Antonio Vivaldi – “Winter” from the Four Seasons
Florence Price – Adoration
Pete Sutherland/trad. – Bow It Down (arr. LaRocca)

Doors open at 7:00pm, concert begins at 7:30pm.
Thanks to Catamount Arts for helping promote this concert, which is generously supported by the Vermont Community Foundation Green Mountiain Fund, and by Community National Bank.

Made in Vermont - Randolph
2024-09-07 19:30 - 21:30 | Chandler Center for the Performing Arts, 71 North Main St, Randolph, 05060, United States
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Violinist and concert host Bella Hristova leads VSO’s string orchestra through music that spans the iconic five Vermont seasons, with compositions from Green Mountain State natives Nico Muhly and Pete Sutherland to compositions by Astor Piazzolla, Florence Price, Antonio Vivaldi, and more.
Tickets are $10 for students; and pay-what-you-want at $20, $25, and $30 levels.
PROGRAM
Bela Bartok/Wilner – Rumanian Folk Dances
Nico Muhly – “Shrink” (Violin Concerto)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Novelletten
Antonio Vivaldi – “Spring” from the Four Seasons
Astor Piazzolla – “Verano Porteño” and “Otoño Porteño” from Estaciones Porteñas
Antonio Vivaldi – “Winter” from the Four Seasons
Florence Price – Adoration
Pete Sutherland/trad. – Bow It Down (arr. LaRocca)

Doors open at 7:00pm, concert begins at 7:30pm.
This concert is generously sponsored by Pomerleau Real Estate and by Northfield Savings Bank.

Made in Vermont - Manchester
2024-09-08 17:00 - 18:00 | Southern Vermont Arts Center, 860 SVAC Drive, Manchester, VT, 05254, United States
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Violinist and concert host Bella Hristova leads VSO’s string orchestra through music that spans the iconic five Vermont seasons, with compositions from Green Mountain State natives Nico Muhly and Pete Sutherland to compositions by Astor Piazzolla, Florence Price, Antonio Vivaldi, and more.
Tickets are $10 for students; and pay-what-you-want at $30, $40, and $50 levels.
PROGRAM
Bela Bartok/Wilner – Rumanian Folk Dances
Nico Muhly – “Shrink” (Violin Concerto)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Novelletten
Antonio Vivaldi – “Spring” from the Four Seasons
Astor Piazzolla – “Verano Porteño” and “Otoño Porteño” from Estaciones Porteñas
Antonio Vivaldi – “Winter” from the Four Seasons
Florence Price – Adoration
Pete Sutherland/trad. – Bow It Down (arr. LaRocca)

Doors open at 4:30pm, music starts at 5pm.
For accessibility information at this venue, contact 802-362-1405.
This concert has been generously sponsored by Fra and Carol DeVine, and by the May D. Goodman Fund as part of VSO’s Endowed Funds.

Béla Fleck and American Excellence - Burlington
2024-09-27 19:30 - 21:30 | Flynn Center, 153 Main Street, Burlington, VT, 05401, United States
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VSO’s 90th anniversary at the Flynn kicks off with an all-American program and two living greats: virtuoso banjoist Béla Fleck and composer Adolphus Hailstork. Fleck makes his East Coast debut with his catchy arrangement of Rhapsody in Blue for banjo, and this concert marks the VSO’s premiere performance of William Grant Still’s Symphony No. 1. Still’s symphony includes narrated epigraphs written by Paul Laurence Dunbar; these and works by other prominent Black writers will be narrated by Ashley Snow. Conducted by VSO Music Director Andrew Crust.
The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and is preceded at 6:30 p.m. by Musically Speaking, a free pre-concert discussion that provides entertaining insight into the evening’s program with Vermont Public classical radio host James Stewart.
PROGRAM
Adolphus Hailstork – An American Port of Call
George Gershwin – An American in Paris
Intermission

George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue (arranged for banjo by Béla Fleck)
William Grant Still – Symphony No. 1 (“Afro-American”)

This concert is generously sponsored by The TD Bank Foundation, the Vermont Community Foundation Concert Artists Fund, McSoley McCoy & Co., Vermont Public, Vermont Humanities, the State of Vermont, and VSO’s Endowment Funds and JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) Fund.

Béla Fleck and American Excellence - Rutland
2024-09-28 19:30 - 21:30 | Paramount Theatre, 30 Center St, Rutland, VT, 05701, United States
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The Paramount Theatre and Vermont Symphony Orchestra Present:

VSO’s 90th anniversary at the Paramount kicks off with an all-American program and two living greats: virtuoso banjoist Béla Fleck and composer Adolphus Hailstork. Fleck makes his East Coast debut with his catchy arrangement of Rhapsody in Blue for banjo. This concert marks the VSO’s premiere performance of William Grant Still’s Symphony No. 1, with narrated epigraphs written by Paul Laurence Dunbar and other prominent Black poets, spoken by Ashley Snow. Conducted by VSO Music Director Andrew Crust.
The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and is preceded at 6:30 p.m. by Musically Speaking, a free pre-concert discussion that provides entertaining insight into the evening’s program with Vermont Public classical radio host Helen Lyons.

PROGRAM
Adolphus Hailstork – An American Port of Call
George Gershwin – An American in Paris
Intermission

George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue (arranged for banjo by Béla Fleck)
William Grant Still – Symphony No. 1 (“Afro-American”)
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Note there is a limited quantity of $10 student and music teacher tickets available for this concert.
This concert is generously co-presented with The Paramount Theatre.

We are thankful for sponsorship from The TD Bank Foundation, the Vermont Community Foundation Concert Artists Fund, Vermont Public, Vermont Humanities, the State of Vermont, and VSO’s Endowment Funds and JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) Fund.

Student Matinee Series
2024-10-25 10:00 - 23:30 | Flynn Center, 153 Main Street, Burlington, VT, 05401, United States
The VSO returns to its young persons’ concerts in October 2024 as a part of the Flynn’s Student Matinee Series.
Music Director Andrew Crust will lead the full Vermont Symphony in its first morning live orchestra performance for students since 2019. For more information on this 45-minute, student-focused presentation aimed at 7-12 grade students, visit the Flynn’s website by clicking here.
This concert is generously sponsored by the TD Bank Foundation.

Romeo, Juliet, and the Firebird
2024-10-26 19:30 - 21:30 | Flynn Center, 153 Main Street, Burlington, VT, 05401, United States
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VSO explores the music of two iconic and powerful 20th century ballets, alongside Boulanger’s bright celebration of spring. In this concert, multiple cameras capture the orchestra in close-ups on a large screen, giving the audience an intimate view of the virtuosic musicians as they tackle the scores. Andrew Crust leads an immersive discussion on the background and creation of these masterpieces, the lives of Stravinsky and Prokofiev, and the story of the ballets.
The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and is preceded at 6:30 p.m. by Musically Speaking, a free pre-concert discussion that provides entertaining insight into the evening’s program with Vermont Public classical radio host James Stewart.

PROGRAM
Lili Boulanger D’un matin de printemps
Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite No.2
Intermission
Igor Stravinsky Firebird Suite (1919)

The Sound of Science - A Look at the Art of Data Sonification
2024-11-03 16:00 - 17:00 | Bomoseen Lodge, 2551 Route 30 N, Bomoseen, VT, United States
We live by the numbers, so we are always looking for new ways to deliver, explain and tell the stories we can extrapolate from the numbers in data. Music – yes, music – opens up a whole new world of possibilities! Data sonification is the process of transforming data into sound. Just as we can visualize data by creating charts, lines and graphs, we can “sonify” data by transforming numbers into pitches, rhythms and sounds. How is a speadsheet turned into sound? And how does it sound?

Come hear some wonderful music generated from data, as well as have a chance to explore the process yourself with host Matt LaRocca. This event is part of Lake Bomoseen Lodge’s Science Pub, is free and does not require prior registration.

Musicians-in-Schools: Glover and Greensboro
2024-11-05 08:00 - 17:00 | VT
This event is not open to the public.

Musicians-in-Schools: Tunbridge
2024-11-08 08:00 - 17:00 | VT

Community String Quartet Concert
2024-11-10 19:00 - 20:30 | Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St, Chester, VT, 05143, United States
From Elgar to Gershwin and Bach to the Beatles, this free, early winter program celebrates a wide range of musical styles all suited for a string quartet. Join us at Chester Town Hall as they host VSO violinists Jane Kittredge and Brooke Quiggins-Saulnier, violist Stefanie Taylor, and cellist Perri Morris for an evening of popular music from George Gershwin to Edith Piaf and Danish String Quartet to The Beatles.
No registration required. For any questions about attending the event, please call 802-374-0094.

Jukebox: With A Little Help from Our Friends - South Pomfret
2024-11-14 19:00 - 20:00 | The Hayloft at Artistree, 2095 Pomfret Rd., South Pomfret, 05067, United States
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Have you ever wanted to pick the music we play at a Jukebox show? What’s your favorite song that we’ve played over the last eight years? In this special edition Jukebox, we looked to our friends for help to curate a program. Previous audience members to any of our Jukebox shows entered a drawing, and six lucky winners got the chance to help us choose the music for this concert.
Featuring VSO musicians Brooke Quiggins-Saulnier and Jane Kittredge, violin; Stefanie Taylor, viola; and John Dunlop, cello. Hosted by Matt LaRocca.
Doors open at 6:30pm, concert begins at 7:00pm.

Program
Elena Kats Chernin – Pink Breasted Robin
Rhiannon Giddens – At the Purchaser’s Option
Bryce Dessner – Aheym
Peter Warlock – Capriol Suite
Stevie Wonder (arr. Saulnier) – Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Jessie Montgomery – Strum
Turtle Island String Quartet – Spider Dreams

Produced in partnership with Artistree Community Arts Center, Theatre & Gallery

This concert is generously sponsored by Sandy and Kristi Bragg, in memory of Ann Bragg, and:

Jukebox: With A Little Help from Our Friends - Burlington
2024-11-15 19:30 - 20:30 | ArtsRiot, 400 Pine St, Burlington, VT, 05401, United States
Tonight’s concert is SOLD OUT.
Have you ever wanted to pick the music we play at a Jukebox show? What’s your favorite song that we’ve played over the last eight years? In this special edition Jukebox, we looked to our friends for help to curate a program. Previous audience members to any of our Jukebox shows entered a drawing, and six lucky winners got the chance to help us choose the music for this concert.
Featuring VSO musicians Brooke Quiggins-Saulnier and Jane Kittredge, violin; Stefanie Taylor, viola; and John Dunlop, cello. Hosted by Matt LaRocca. And we’ll be joined by Vermont Youth Orchestra woodwind musicians to perform before the concert!
Doors open at 6:45pm; VYOA student pre-show music at 7:00pm; Jukebox concert begins at 7:30pm.

Program
Elena Kats Chernin – Pink Breasted Robin
Rhiannon Giddens – At the Purchaser’s Option
Bryce Dessner – Aheym
Peter Warlock – Capriol Suite
Stevie Wonder (arr. Saulnier) – Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Jessie Montgomery – Strum
Turtle Island String Quartet – Spider Dreams

This concert is generously supported by Sandy and Kristi Bragg, in memory of Ann Bragg, and:

Jukebox: With A Little Help from Our Friends - Rutland
2024-11-16 19:00 - 20:00 | Paramount Theatre, 30 Center St, Rutland, VT, 05701, United States
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Presented in partnership with our friends at the Paramount Theatre!
Have you ever wanted to pick the music we play at a Jukebox show? What’s your favorite song that we’ve played over the last eight years? In this special edition Jukebox, we looked to our friends for help to curate a program. Previous audience members to any of our Jukebox shows entered a drawing, and six lucky winners got the chance to help us choose the music for this concert, with both musicians and audience onstage at the Paramount.
Featuring VSO musicians Brooke Quiggins-Saulnier and Jane Kittredge, violin; Stefanie Taylor, viola; and John Dunlop, cello. Hosted by Matt LaRocca.
Doors open at 6:30pm, concert begins at 7:00pm.

Program
Elena Kats Chernin – Pink Breasted Robin
Rhiannon Giddens – At the Purchaser’s Option
Bryce Dessner – Aheym
Peter Warlock – Capriol Suite
Stevie Wonder (arr. Saulnier) – Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Jessie Montgomery – Strum
Turtle Island String Quartet – Spider Dreams

Thanks to our co-presenter The Paramount Theatre, and for the generous support of Sandy and Kristi Bragg (in memory of Ann Bragg), and:

Holiday Pops with the VSO Chorus - Barre SOLD OUT
2024-12-06 19:30 - 21:30 | Barre Opera House, 6 North Main St, Barre, VT, 05641, United States
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THIS CONCERT IS SOLD OUT
Each December we celebrate the holidays with music both contemplative and joyful, leaving audiences with a song in their heart and the warmth of the season. Our upcoming Holiday Pops concerts include the orchestra and VSO’s 80-voice chorus leading three sing-a-longs and performing much-loved music by John Rutter, LeRoy Anderson, and George Frederic Handel. A new-to-VSO composition by Quinn Mason, Spanish-influenced holiday music, and traditional carols round out this traditional family-favorite event. José Daniel Flores-Caraballo conducts.

PROGRAM
Traditional (arr. Sebesky) – A Christmas Scherzo
Traditional (arr. Willcocks) – Adeste Fideles
George Frideric Handel – And the Glory of the Lord (from Messiah)
John Rutter – What Sweeter Music
Georges Bizet – Farandole from L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2
Robert Shaw – The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite 4
Intermission
Quinn Mason – Christmas Eve Festivities
Mykola Leontovych (arr. Wilhousky) – Carol of the Bells
James Lord Pierpont (arr. Brandau) – Jingle Bells, Wassail
John Rutter – Esta Noche
Leroy Anderson – Pastores a Belen
Irving Berlin (arr. Huff/Moss) – White Christmas
Frederic Austin (arr. Wilberg) – The Twelve Days of Christmas
Leroy Anderson – Sleigh Ride

The VSO is partnering with the Hedding United Methodist Church Food Shelf this season! Bring a canned good with you to the Barre Opera House on December 6, and all donated items will be brought to the food shelf by Bellows Falls Opera House volunteers.

Holiday Pops with the VSO Chorus - Burlington SOLD OUT
2024-12-07 19:30 - 21:30 | Flynn Center, 153 Main Street, Burlington, VT, 05401, United States
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THIS CONCERT IS SOLD OUT
Each December we celebrate the holidays with music both contemplative and joyful, leaving audiences with a song in their heart and the warmth of the season. Our upcoming Holiday Pops concerts include the orchestra and VSO’s 80-voice chorus leading three sing-a-longs and performing much-loved music by John Rutter, LeRoy Anderson, and George Frederic Handel. A new-to-VSO composition by Quinn Mason, Spanish-influenced holiday music, and traditional carols round out this traditional family-favorite event. José Daniel Flores-Caraballo conducts.

PROGRAM
Traditional (arr. Sebesky) – A Christmas Scherzo
Traditional (arr. Willcocks) – Adeste Fideles
George Frideric Handel – And the Glory of the Lord (from Messiah)
John Rutter – What Sweeter Music
Georges Bizet – Farandole from L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2
Robert Shaw – The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite 4
Intermission
Quinn Mason – Christmas Eve Festivities
Mykola Leontovych (arr. Wilhousky) – Carol of the Bells
James Lord Pierpont (arr. Brandau) – Jingle Bells, Wassail
John Rutter – Esta Noche
Leroy Anderson – Pastores a Belen
Irving Berlin (arr. Huff/Moss) – White Christmas
Frederic Austin (arr. Wilberg) – The Twelve Days of Christmas
Leroy Anderson – Sleigh Ride

The VSO is partnering with the South Burlington Food Shelf this season! Bring a canned good with you to the Flynn on December 7, and all donated items will be brought to the food shelf by volunteers from the South Burlington Rotary Club.

Holiday Pops with the VSO Chorus - Rutland
2024-12-08 15:00 - 17:00 | Paramount Theatre, 30 Center St, Rutland, VT, 05701, United States
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Each December we celebrate the holidays with music both contemplative and joyful, leaving audiences with a song in their heart and the warmth of the season. Our upcoming Holiday Pops concerts include the orchestra and VSO’s 80-voice chorus leading three sing-a-longs and performing much-loved music by John Rutter, LeRoy Anderson, and George Frederic Handel. A new-to-VSO composition by Quinn Mason, Spanish-influenced holiday music, and traditional carols round out this traditional family-favorite event. José Daniel Flores-Caraballo conducts.

PROGRAM
Traditional (arr. Sebesky) – A Christmas Scherzo
Traditional (arr. Willcocks) – Adeste Fideles
George Frideric Handel – And the Glory of the Lord (from Messiah)
John Rutter – What Sweeter Music
Georges Bizet – Farandole from L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2
Robert Shaw – The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite 4
Intermission
Quinn Mason – Christmas Eve Festivities
Mykola Leontovych (arr. Wilhousky) – Carol of the Bells
James Lord Pierpont (arr. Brandau) – Jingle Bells, Wassail
John Rutter – Esta Noche
Leroy Anderson – Pastores a Belen
Irving Berlin (arr. Huff/Moss) – White Christmas
Frederic Austin (arr. Wilberg) – The Twelve Days of Christmas
Leroy Anderson – Sleigh Ride

The VSO is partnering with the Black River Good Neighbor Services this season! Bring a canned good with you to the Paramount Theatre on December 8, and all donated items will be brought to the food shelf by the SouthWest Friends of VSO volunteers.

Brass Quintet and Counterpoint Chorus - Warren SOLD OUT
2024-12-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Warren United Church, 339 Main Street, Warren, VT, 05674, United States
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THIS CONCERT IS FULLY BOOKED; NO FURTHER TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE.
VSO’s annual tour of festive brass and vocal music with Counterpoint Chorus returns to Grafton for the holiday season. The concert includes carols such as Hark the Harald Angels Sing, The Twelve Days of Christmas, and O Holy Night; an international flavor with Greek, Catalan, and Mexican music; and a world premiere by Music-COMP student and Stowe High School senior, Harrison Brown. Conducted by Nathaniel G. Lew.

VSO Brass Quintet
Shelagh Abate, horn
Mark Emery, trumpet
Ryan Noe, trumpet
Matthew Wright, trombone
Zachary Grass, tuba

Admission is free, but you must reserve a ticket to hold your spot. Doors open at 6:30pm, concert begins at 7pm. Thank you to the generous individuals, foundations, and organizations who financially support this free community concert.
The December 12 performance is dedicated to the memory of Virginia Roth, a passionate music lover and supporter of the holiday concerts in Warren for many years.

Brass Quintet and Counterpoint Chorus - Newport
2024-12-13 19:00 - 21:00 | United Church of Newport, 63 3rd St, Newport, VT, 05855, United States
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VSO’s annual tour of festive brass and vocal music with Counterpoint Chorus returns to Newport for the holiday season. The concert includes carols such as Hark the Harald Angels Sing, The Twelve Days of Christmas, and O Holy Night; an international flavor with Greek, Catalan, and Mexican music; and a world premiere by Music-COMP student and Stowe High School senior, Harrison Brown. Conducted by Nathaniel G. Lew.
Tickets: free for ages 18 and under; $20 for ages 65 and up; and $24 for everyone in between (+ fees).

VSO Brass Quintet
Shelagh Abate, horn
Mark Emery, trumpet
Ryan Noe, trumpet
Matthew Wright, trombone
Zachary Grass, tuba

Doors open at 6:30pm, concert begins at 7:00pm.
This concert is generously supported by the Vermont Community Foundation Green Mountain Fund, North Country Federal Credit Union, and our generous individual ticket sponsors in the NEK.

Brass Quintet and Counterpoint Chorus - Grafton
2024-12-14 17:00 - 19:00 | Grafton Community Church, 55 Main Street, Grafton, VT, 05146, United States
VSO’s annual tour of festive brass and vocal music with Counterpoint Chorus returns to Grafton for the holiday season. The concert includes carols such as Hark the Harald Angels Sing, The Twelve Days of Christmas, and O Holy Night; an international flavor with Greek, Catalan, and Mexican music; and a world premiere by Music-COMP student and Stowe High School senior, Harrison Brown. Conducted by Nathaniel G. Lew.
Admission is free, but you must reserve a ticket to hold your spot. For Tickets, please send an email to hello@vso.org with your name, contact phone, and number of tickets.
Thank you to the generous individuals who financially support this free community concert.
For any questions via phone, please contact Bob Donald at 802-843-1585.

VSO Brass Quintet
Shelagh Abate, horn
Mark Emery, trumpet
Ryan Noe, trumpet
Matthew Wright, trombone
Zachary Grass, tuba

Doors open at 4:30pm, concert begins at 5:00pm.

Brass Quintet and Counterpoint Chorus - Manchester
2024-12-15 16:00 - 18:00 | Manchester First Congregational Church, 3624 Main St, Manchester, VT, 05254, United States
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VSO’s annual tour of festive brass and vocal music with Counterpoint Chorus returns to Manchester for the holiday season. The concert includes carols such as Hark the Harald Angels Sing, The Twelve Days of Christmas, and O Holy Night; an international flavor with Greek, Catalan, and Mexican music; and a world premiere by Music-COMP student and Stowe High School senior, Harrison Brown.
Singers from Burr and Burton Academy will join the concert. Conducted by Nathaniel G. Lew.

VSO Brass Quintet
Shelagh Abate, horn
Mark Emery, trumpet
Ryan Noe, trumpet
Matthew Wright, trombone
Zachary Grass, tuba

Doors open at 3:30pm, concert begins at 4pm.

Musicians-in-Schools: Springfield
2024-12-20 08:00 - 17:00 | VT
This event is closed to the public.

Musicians-in-Schools: Saxtons River
2024-12-20 08:00 - 17:00 | VT

Young Composers Presentation
2024-12-20 13:15 - 14:00 | VT
The conclusion of the VSO’s Young Composers residency at Mount Mansfield Union High School in Jericho. Each year we partner with Music-COMP to provide composition instruction and mentorship, and VSO musicians meet with the students to demonstrate their instruments, give feedback on composition drafts, and then perform the final works. Thanks to Kyle Saulnier, this year’s mentor composer, and Caleb Pillsbury, our host teacher at Mount Mansfield.

David M. Wilson Farmers' Night with Damascus Kafumbe
2025-02-12 19:30 - 21:00 | House Chambers, The State House, 115 State St, Montpelier, VT, 05633, United States
Now in its 90th anniversary season, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra returns to the state capital for its annual Farmers’ Night event. Music Director Andrew Crust and VSO’s chamber orchestra present Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major in a concert with guest artist Damascus Kafumbe. The evening features Bach’s suite interwoven with percussion and string instrument performances by Kafumbe, Middlebury College’s Professor of International Studies, Professor of Music, and Director of Middlebury African Music and Dance Ensemble. VSO’s Farmers’ Night traditions include the premiere of a Music-COMP student composition; for 2025, the student is Mount Mansfield UHS senior Eleanor Freebern.
This concert is free and open to the public; no tickets required.
Doors are at 7:00pm, concert begins at 7:30pm.
This concert is generously supported by the David M. Wilson Memorial Endowment Fund, the National Endowment for the Arts, Maple Capital Management, TD Bank Foundation, and MMR LLC.

Modernism and the World of Yesterday
2025-02-15 19:30 - 21:30 | Flynn Center, 153 Main Street, Burlington, VT, 05401, United States
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Sir Stephen Hough returns to Burlington for a doubleheader of two composers’ first piano concertos. Mendelssohn’s propulsive work is partnered with the East Coast premiere of Hough’s The World of Yesterday, informed by musical sketches he composed for a WWII-era film score.
A symphonic poem by Polish composer Wojciech Kilar, whose movie scores include Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Portrait of a Lady, and English composer Anna Clyne’s tempestuous Sound and Fury round out this concert. This concert is conducted by VSO Music Director Andrew Crust.
Author M. T. Anderson joins the VSO as narrator for Clyne’s piece.
Of his concerto, Hough writes, “The World of Yesterday … is the title of the last book by Stefan Zweig, a memoir of his cultural life in Vienna before the First World War. I liked the instant suggestion of nostalgia with its evocation of a musical past of intense romance; and there is a section made up of a dark, decadent Viennese waltz with variations. But also such looking backwards has hints of the piano concerto’s own past as a form. From Mozart until the mid‑20th century a composer in most cases wrote a piano concerto for him- or herself to play. It was a way to communicate musical personality and to display pianistic prowess. This is true right up to Britten, Prokofiev, Bartók, Shostakovich and, supremely, Rachmaninov. What might it be to rediscover such a connection between creator and performer? This piece is my attempt to explore this.”
The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and is preceded at 6:30 p.m. by Musically Speaking, a free pre-concert discussion that provides entertaining insight into the evening’s program with Vermont Public classical radio host Helen Lyons.

PROGRAM
Wojciech Kilar – Orawa
Felix Mendelssohn – Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra
Intermission
Anna Clyne – Sound and Fury
Stephen Hough – Piano Concerto: The World of Yesterday (East Coast premiere)

Kick off your Saturday evening with a pre-concert art gallery cocktail party with Adventure Dinner, just around the corner at Burlington City Arts! We’re taking over every floor of BCA with artful food displays and cocktails starting at 5:00 P.M. To learn more and buy a ticket, click here (and Adventure Dinner guests receive a special 20% ticket discount on this evening’s VSO concert at the Flynn)!

Our hotel partners at Courtyard Marriott Burlington Harbor are offering a discounted room rate of USD $179 + fees and taxes for the night of February 15 – just a ten minute walk from the Flynn. To take advantage of this offer, click here.

This concert is generously sponsored by Wallace and Mona Tapia, Melita Tapia, Copper Leaf Financial, Davis & Hodgdon Advisory Group, the Vermont Community Foundation Concert Artists’ Fund, the State of Vermont, and the Webb Trust Fund (part of VSO Endowment Funds). The media sponsor for this concert is Vermont Public, and guest artist accommodation is generously provided by Courtyard Marriott Burlington Harbor.

VSO at BETA Technologies: Flight Test - 6pm
2025-03-01 18:00 - 19:00 | BETA Technologies, 1150 Airport Drive, South Burlington, VT, 05403, United States
The 6:00 performance is SOLD OUT.
Buy Tickets for 8:30
The VSO returns to Vermont’s center of innovation with Flight Test, an unforgettable concert of vocal and instrumental music in BETA’s original hangar. This concert features the VSO’s 40-voice chorus, pianist Mary Jane Austin, violinist Brooke Quiggins, and cellist John Dunlop in an immersive soundscape curated and led by Matt LaRocca, VSO’s Artistic Advisor and Project Conductor. Lose yourself in a world of music both ancient and modern, surrounded by the cathedral-like acoustics of the hangar with stunning projections to complete the experience. Flight Test’s video projections are created by Champlain College Emergent Media Center students and teachers, wrapping up a three year educational partnership between the VSO and the college.
The concert is one hour with no intermission; parking is available at the Patrick Leahy Burlington Airport general parking garage.
PROGRAM
Ēriks Ešenvalds – Stars
B.E. Boykin – Silver Rain
Arvo Pärt – Spiegel im spiegel
Frederic Chopin – Fantasie Impromptu
William Byrd – Ave Verum Corpus
Jennifer Higdon – Pale yellow
Elaine Hagenberg – By Night
This concert is generously sponsored by Northfield Savings Bank Innovation Fund, National Endowment for the Arts, Choral Arts New England, the Robert De Cormier and the William Gray Vocal Music Funds (via VSO’s endowed funds), and private donors. VSO thanks BETA Technologies for their partnership with this program, and Media Factory for their in-kind support.
