RESONANCE A celebration of music to support the Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s performance and education programs across the state Save the date for an unforgettable evening with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra at The Essex. Thursday, September 10, 2026 | 6:00 PM | The Essex (Essex, VT) Join us for a vibrant[...]
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[...]
Jukebox returns for its tenth season—VSO’s relaxed, intimate quartet series curated and hosted by Artistic Advisor and Project Conductor Matt LaRocca. While the 2026–27 programs are still under wraps, seasoned audience members know to mark their calendars early—these concerts are always worth planning ahead. November 12-15, 2026: in Burlington, Rutland,[...]
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 holiday season continues with the Brass Quintet & Counterpoint Chorus tour December 10–13, bringing intimate chamber performances to Warren, Newport, Grafton, and Manchester, with young singers from Burr & Burton Academy joining the performance in Manchester. VSO’s brass musicians will premiere a new work by a Vermont student via[...]
The holiday season continues with the Brass Quintet & Counterpoint Chorus tour December 10–13, bringing intimate chamber performances to Warren, Newport, Grafton, and Manchester, with young singers from Burr & Burton Academy joining the performance in Manchester. VSO’s brass musicians will premiere a new work by a Vermont student via[...]
The holiday season continues with the Brass Quintet & Counterpoint Chorus tour December 10–13, bringing intimate chamber performances to Warren, Newport, Grafton, and Manchester, with young singers from Burr & Burton Academy joining the performance in Manchester. VSO’s brass musicians will premiere a new work by a Vermont student via[...]
The holiday season continues with the Brass Quintet & Counterpoint Chorus tour December 10–13, bringing intimate chamber performances to Warren, Newport, Grafton, and Manchester, with young singers from Burr & Burton Academy joining the performance in Manchester. VSO’s brass musicians will premiere a new work by a Vermont student via[...]
Jukebox returns for its tenth season—VSO’s relaxed, intimate quartet series curated and hosted by Artistic Advisor and Project Conductor Matt LaRocca. While the 2026–27 programs are still under wraps, seasoned audience members know to mark their calendars early—these concerts are always worth planning ahead. February 18-21, 2027: in Burlington, Rutland,[...]
We’re creating an immersive, visual soundtrack to classical music! First presented in 2022, VSO’s Visualizer Orchestra concerts feature video design company Lightware Labs’ bespoke visuals to accompany evocative music by Samuel Barber (Adagio for Strings), Felix Mendelssohn (Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream), contemporary composers Mark Lomax, II, Jeffrey[...]
We’re creating an immersive, visual soundtrack to classical music! First presented in 2022, VSO’s Visualizer Orchestra concerts feature video design company Lightware Labs’ bespoke visuals to accompany evocative music by Samuel Barber (Adagio for Strings), Felix Mendelssohn (Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream), contemporary composers Mark Lomax II, Jeffrey Scott,[...]
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[...]