The holidays can't exist on shopping alone — there must be music. Many seasonal concerts have already happened, but audiences can enjoy at least seven.
MANCHESTER — The Vermont Symphony Orchestra announces its holiday Brass Quintet concerts, co-presented with the acclaimed Vermont choral ensemble Counterpoint, coming to Manchester on Dec. 17 at the Manchester First
Vermont Symphony Orchestra concert tent On a Wednesday in mid-May, I entered the Stowe Community Church to see the first live performance of classical music I had experienced in more than a year: Middlebury pianist Diana Fanning playing works by Maurice Ravel, Fédéric Chopin and Franz Schubert. The formidable entrance requirements included emailing an image of my COVID-19 vaccination card to Stowe Performing Arts, which hosted the concert. Audience members were led to seats spaced six feet apart. But the payoff was hearing those nuances of interpretation and volume that virtual mediums never quite capture. As masks fall away and the weather warms, classical musicians schedules are filling up with live gigs, and festivals are reviving their summer seasons. There s even a new concert series in a Jericho barn. With so many performances cropping up as the state lifts its pandemic restrictions, the following list is only a sample
Cultural Arts Coalition June Concerts Around the Corner Written by Jessica Vanacoro
Concerts Around the Corner returns, with two live performances! Bring your lawn chairs and blankets for these family-friendly outdoor events.
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An evening with the Stamford Symphony Orchestra String Quartet: Robert Zubrycki and Lisa Tipton, Violins; Adria Benjamin, Viola; Eliot Bailen, Cello. Works by W. A. Mozart, Giacomo Puccini, Florence Price, Jenifer Higdon, William Grant Still, and a set of lively Scandinavian folk tunes arranged by the Danish String Quartet.
In addition to the Stamford Symphony Orchestra, these musicians regularly perform with many of our region’s top ensembles, at venues that include Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and Broadway, and they have recorded extensively.