Music

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In November, more than 60 singers came together at Vermont Public’s Stetson Studio One for a special event called One Day: A Choral Celebration of Hope. This hour, Vermont Edition shares new music and old favorites performed by three Vermont choirs and instrumentalists from across the state.

In this special live two-hour show, hosts Connor Cyrus and Mikaela Lefrak share music from our listeners and the Vermont Public staff that was the soundtrack for their 2022.

More than 30 Ukrainian adults and children have found safe harbor at a Derby refugee center established by a missionary couple.

For almost 40 years, Burlington-based DJ Melo Grant has been one of Vermont’s foremost purveyors of hip-hop. Generations of local rap fans — and rappers such as North Ave Jax and Rivan C. — have been raised on her weekly radio show “Cultural Bunker” on WRUV, the University of Vermont’s radio station.

The late Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead used to name his guitars, and one was known as "The Wolf." He switched to another after 1978, and The Wolf didn’t appear on any recorded album since. But now it’s back, as Vermont’s Zach Nugent of the Nectar’s house band Dead Set plays the old instrument on his debut album.

Vermont musician Pitz Quattrone explains how he makes didgeridoos and incorporates their unique sound into his compositions.

This hour, we re-air host Mikaela Lefrak's interview with Strafford musician Noah Kahan from August.

If we think about women in aeronautics, we tend to remember the ones who came to tragic ends: Amelia Earhart, Christa McAuliffe. One Vermont composer researched women in STEM fields and found uplifting stories, too, and put them to music.

Ahead of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, Burlington kids learned how to blow a shofar.