Vermont Public Community Calendar

VSO’s string orchestra is joined by The Moth Radio Hour guests from Vermont for a concert with storytelling at its heart. Music by Edvard Grieg, Edward Elgar, Derrick Jordan, Kelly-Marie Murphy and more are interspersed with and underscore storytelling about summer family camping adventures, a beauty pageant, road trips, and narration of Robert Frost and Calvin Coolidge writings. The concert concludes with Benjamin Britten’s Simple Symphony.

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Opera Vermont presents William Grant Still’s A Bayou Legend — “A tale of unrequited love, revenge, and eternal transcendence.” Featuring a live orchestra conducted by Cailin Marcel Manson.

Opera Vermont launches a groundbreaking multi-year cycle dedicated to the works of William Grant Still, the “Dean of African American Composers.” This historic production marks the first time an opera by a Black composer will be staged in Vermont, performed by a cast of world-class BIPOC artists.

Set in a Mississippi bayou village, A Bayou Legend is a moving one-act opera about love, longing, and the price of jealousy. Human passion collides with the supernatural, showing that the force of love can reach beyond life itself.

Joshua Collier, Artistic Director of Opera Vermont, calls the project “a cultural commitment to honor William Grant Still’s legacy and to ensure that Vermont becomes a place where history, music, and community converge in celebration.”

Vermont Symphony’s string orchestra is joined by The Moth Radio Hour guests from Vermont for a concert with storytelling at its heart. Music by Edvard Grieg, Edward Elgar, Sonny-Ray Day Rider and more are interspersed with and underscore storytelling about summer family camping adventures, a beauty pageant, road trips, and narration of Robert Frost and Calvin Coolidge writings. The concert concludes with Benjamin Britten’s Simple Symphony based on musical themes the composer wrote as a child.

Conducted by VSO Music Director Andrew Crust.

We’re thrilled to welcome back our long-time friends, the Takács Quartet—celebrating their 50th anniversary season—for their 31st Middlebury performance since 1994. The Grammy and three-time Gramophone award-winning quartet will perform the Vermont premiere of Clarice Assad’s NEXUS, of which the series is honored to be a co-commissioner. The Takács rounds out their program with luminous quartets by Haydn and Debussy.

Come early for a pre-concert lecture by Larry Hamberlin from 6:15 - 7:15 p.m. in Mahaney Arts Center Room 125.

Opera Vermont presents William Grant Still’s A Bayou Legend — “A tale of unrequited love, revenge, and eternal transcendence.” Featuring a live orchestra conducted by Cailin Marcel Manson.

Opera Vermont launches a groundbreaking multi-year cycle dedicated to the works of William Grant Still, the “Dean of African American Composers.” This historic production marks the first time an opera by a Black composer will be staged in Vermont, performed by a cast of world-class BIPOC artists.

Set in a Mississippi bayou village, A Bayou Legend is a moving one-act opera about love, longing, and the price of jealousy. Human passion collides with the supernatural, showing that the force of love can reach beyond life itself.

Joshua Collier, Artistic Director of Opera Vermont, calls the project “a cultural commitment to honor William Grant Still’s legacy and to ensure that Vermont becomes a place where history, music, and community converge in celebration.”

Kinhaven Music School is excited to launch its inaugural Semester Program on August 25, 2025—a four-month, residential experience for high-school musicians focused on chamber music, performance, and holistic learning in a creative, community-driven setting. Offered in partnership with Burr and Burton Academy (BBA) in Manchester, VT, the program combines academic coursework at BBA with intensive musical study at Kinhaven, allowing students to grow both artistically and academically in the heart of Vermont.

To share the spirit of the program with the broader community, Kinhaven presents its Southern Vermont Fall Concert Series, featuring free public performances by Semester Program students at the region’s most beloved venues. Each performance offers a chance to experience the artistry, growth, and joy of these exceptional young musicians in welcoming, community-oriented settings.

Join us in celebrating the next generation of artists and the collaborative spirit of Vermont’s educational and cultural institutions. For full concert details, visit kinhaven.org/concerts.

VSO’s string orchestra is joined by The Moth Radio Hour guests from Vermont for a concert with storytelling at its heart. Music by Edvard Grieg, Edward Elgar, Sonny-Ray Day Rider and more are interspersed with and underscore storytelling about summer family camping adventures, a beauty pageant, road trips, and narration of Robert Frost and Calvin Coolidge writings. The concert concludes with Benjamin Britten’s Simple Symphony based on musical themes the composer wrote as a child. Conducted by VSO Music Director Andrew Crust.

The ensemble presents Mahler's monumental Symphony No. 6 ahead of their upcoming trip to Italy.

Filippo Ciabatti, director

Join us for a pre-show talk—stay tuned for more info.

A lifelong jazz fan, composer Erik Nielsen has in recent years turned some of his attention to writing for different jazz-based ensembles. On November 15, come to The Phoenix at 7:30 to hear 10 of his latest efforts as played by Connor Young, trumpet; Kyle Saulnier, tenor sax; Evan Allen, piano; Jeremy Hill, bass; and Dan Ryan, drums.

Join us as the Monteverdi Music School faculty and friends dazzle the audience in classical, jazz, and contemporary genres, and with piano, voice, strings, horns, and more! Our annual concert of faculty is a fundraising event for our scholarship fund and admission is by generous sliding scale. monteverdimusic.org

Concert by Sage City Symphony, Nov 16 at 4pm, Sponsored by Bank of Bennington. Performances of Mozart, Symphony #25; Alex Rockwell, premiere of Mugunghwa for Guitar and Orchestra; Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony #5 .

Now more than ever, we need music to fill our hearts, quiet our souls and make us smile. In this spirit, Linda Patterson returns to the stage with her passion for singing as a source of comfort, inspiration and joy.

With Patricia Norton on piano, Linda and friends will share songs that uplift, make you laugh, touch your heart; songs of love and courage, songs that surprise and delight. The program offers a rich variety of genres and styles from Stephen Sondheim to Paul Simon, Richard Rogers to Gustav Mahler, Everly Brothers to Irving Berlin, and more.

Come experience the warmth and joy of connecting around music, with opportunities to sing along if you like.

VSO’s string orchestra is joined by The Moth Radio Hour guests from Vermont for a concert with storytelling at its heart. Music by Edvard Grieg, Edward Elgar, Sonny-Ray Day Rider and more are interspersed with and underscore storytelling about summer family camping adventures, a beauty pageant, road trips, and narration of Robert Frost and Calvin Coolidge writings. The concert concludes with Benjamin Britten’s Simple Symphony based on musical themes the composer wrote as a child. Conducted by VSO Music Director Andrew Crust.

A program featuring Haydn's 'Lord Nelson Mass,' a dramatic and triumphant work composed in turbulent times.

Filippo Ciabatti, director

Soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen stars as a young noblewoman searching for love on her own terms in Richard Strauss's elegant romance.

Legendary director Otto Schenk conjures the glamour and enchantment of 19th-century Vienna in this sumptuous production that "is as beautiful as one could hope" (The New York Times). Soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen stars as the title heroine, a young noblewoman in search of love on her own terms. Radiant soprano Louise Alder is her sister, Zdenka, and bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny is the dashing count who sweeps Arabella off her feet. Nicholas Carter conducts.

The Metropolitan Opera's award-winning series of live opera transmissions brings world-class productions direct from the Met stage in New York to cinemas and theaters around the globe.

Strauss’s elegant romance Arabella brings the glamour and enchantment of 19th-century Vienna to cinemas worldwide in a sumptuous production by legendary director Otto Schenk that “is as beautiful as one could hope” (The New York Times). Soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen stars as the title heroine, a young noblewoman in search of love on her own terms. Radiant soprano Louise Alder is her sister, Zdenka, and bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny is the dashing count who sweeps Arabella off her feet. Nicholas Carter conducts.

LIVE in the main theater at Town Hall Theater
Pre-show talk by OCM Board Member David Clark at 12:15pm
Estimated run time: 4 hours, 10 minutes with two intermissions

Montreal ensemble La Folia features renowned harpsichordist Hank Knox and violinists Catherine Cosbey and Dorian Bandy in "The Still Point of the Turning World: Baroque Ground Basses." Works include Trio Sonata in D minor "La Folia" of Antonio Vivaldi; Partita VI in D major and Sonata III in F major of Heinrich Biber; Ciaconna of Bernardo Storace (for harpsichord solo); Trio Sonata in E flat major of Johann Sebastian Bach; Suite in D major “Gulliver’s Travels” of Georg Philipp Telemann; and Trio Sonata in G major of George Frideric Handel;

Robert Ludwig, Director of Music at St. Stephen's, will play a concert of Advent and Christmas music on the church's 1875 Johnson & Son pipe organ, celebrating its 150th birthday this year. Ludwig will perform music by César Franck, Marcel Dupré, J.S. Bach and British composer Andrew Carter.

Accompanied by a chamber ensemble, the 80 members of the North Country Chorus sing Handel’s Messiah in their 77th annual holiday concert.
Composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel, Messiah is one of the best-known and most frequently performed choral works in Western music.
The North Country Chorus is a community choir led by Alan Rowe, director of Music at St. Johnsbury Academy.

Julie Taymor's (Broadway's 'The Lion King') astonishing English-language production of Mozart's enchanting fairy tale has become a beloved holiday tradition for family audiences.

The Met made history in December 2006 when it presented its first "Live in HD" transmission to cinemas worldwide: Julie Taymor's adaptation of Mozart's "The Magic Flute." An abridged, English-language production conceived by the Tony Award-winning director of Broadway's "The Lion King," this opera returns to select movie theaters for a special encore presentation during the holiday season. Taymor's whimsical production features a winning ensemble, including tenor Matthew Polenzani, baritone Nathan Gunn and bass René Pape. With dazzling puppets and a colorful setting, Mozart's enchanting musical fairy tale is one of the ultimate seasonal sensations for family audiences.