Apr
29
9:00 AM09:00

Champlain Trio Residency at Deerfield Academy

We’re absolutely thrilled to be joining the fabulous students at the Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts for a day of masterclasses and panels focusing on chamber music by incredible female composers. Please save the date and join us for this weekend which includes a performance at the Brick Church Music Series on Sunday, April 28 as well as the masterclasses and panels at the Academy on Monday, April 29 which are open to the public.

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Apr
28
3:00 PM15:00

The Champlain Trio at "The Brick Church" Music Series

We hope our Massachusetts friends will save the date and join us for this special concert! Our “Forgotten Voices” program revives exquisite works by the remarkable composers Alice Verne-Bredt, Hélène Liebmann, and Dora Pejačević – three unique women from more than a century ago with exceptional talents. Experience the timeless beauty of their compositions and immerse yourself in the alluring trios that once echoed through the halls of history.

Free admission / suggested donation $10-$20. Click here for more information!

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Nov
4
2:30 PM14:30

Heavenly! With the Springfield Symphony

Nicholas Hersh, Conductor

Carl Nielsen  Helios Overture
Wolfgang Mozart   Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter)
Gustav Holst   The Planets

Embark on a voyage through space and time with music that explores the vast expanse of our Solar System. Beginning at the heart of it all, Carl Nielsen’s Helios Overture portrays the light of our home star: a sublime sunrise over the ocean. The final symphony of one of history’s most enduring musicians, W.A. Mozart’s Symphony No. 41 is at once so elegant and powerful that it was compared to Jupiter, king of the heavens. Finally, while Gustav Holst took inspiration for his symphonic suite The Planets from astrological, not astronomical, sources, his vivid music transforms the orchestra into a spacecraft on a billions-mile journey from fleet Mercury to lonely Neptune at the very fringe of our place in space.

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Oct
14
7:30 PM19:30

A Festive 80th Anniversary Year with the Springfield Symphony

What better way to open the Springfield Symphony Orchestra’s 80th season, and the honor of doing so, than with a program full of invigorating, energetic works? We begin with a celebratory gem—Dmitri Shostakovich’s “Festive Overture,” an aural, upbeat revelry in sound with its exhilarating, flowing melodic lines. Following is Max Bruch’s beloved, popular “Violin Concerto,” a passionate masterpiece full of rich melodies, lush orchestral moments and violin virtuosity at its best. As the evening draws to a close, we send you home with the sounds of luxurious orchestral textures, full of emotion and magnificent energy, in Rachmaninoff’s “Symphony No. 2.” One of my favorites, this work reminds us not only of the magic of large-scale orchestral works, but of how each instrument connects lovingly with each other. Music is a part of every community and this concert not only shares the beauty and wonder of music but highlights the incredible talent that is Springfield Symphony Orchestra.

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Sep
30
7:30 PM19:30

VSO at the Flynn: A New Beginning

VSO’s 2023-2024 season opener begins with its first-ever performance of Coleridge-Taylor’s ravishing ballade, with Smetana and Brahms completing the Romantic concert theme. Cellist Joshua Roman and violinist Simone Porter make their Vermont debuts. This concert is conducted by VSO Music Director Andrew Crust.

PROGRAM

SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR   Ballade in a minor

BEDRICH SMETANA   “Ma Vlast” selections:

      II. Vltava (The Moldau)  

      IV. Z českých luhů a hájů (From Bohemia’s Fields and Meadows)

Intermission

JOHANNES BRAHMS   Double Concerto for Violin and Cello

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Sep
17
3:00 PM15:00

A Joyful Noise: Flood Relief Benefit Concert by Vermont Artists for Vermont Artists

Zoë Keating, Ray Vega, Champlain Trio, Matthew Evan Taylor and more join forces in aid of the Vermont Arts Council’s flood relief grants for Vermont Artists. This afternoon brings together classical and jazz musicians and visual artists in our community, sharing their exceptional talents to raise funds for Vermont’s cultural sector creatives affected by recent flooding. All proceeds benefit the Vermont Arts Council’s flood relief grants. After the concert, join the artists for a reception and more music with the All Night Boogie Band!

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Conservatory Audition Workshop
Aug
13
to Aug 19

Conservatory Audition Workshop

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The Conservatory Audition Workshop gives string students a competitive edge at music school auditions. Participants work with teachers from top schools around the country; consult with admissions counselors; take daily mock auditions, and much more. Our goal is to help guide the students through every aspect of the audition process and to leave them feeling prepared, confident and inspired.

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The Champlain Trio at the Otter Creek Music Festival
Jul
26
7:30 PM19:30

The Champlain Trio at the Otter Creek Music Festival

We’re very much looking forward to our first performance at the Otter Creek Music Festival! Please save the date and join us for a magical summer evening in a picturesque barn (the barn not only features a 9’ Steinway, but also has air conditioning!) The program will feature works by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Alice Verne-Bredt and Rebecca Clarke. Ticket information coming soon!

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Beauty Amid Chaos with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra
May
13
7:30 PM19:30

Beauty Amid Chaos with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra

Theodore Kuchar | Conductor
Matt Haimovitz | Cello

Antonín Dvořák  Carnival Overture (Karneval)
Thomas de Hartmann  Cello Concerto
Jean Sibelius  Symphony No. 2

Since shortly after the demise of the former Soviet Union through to the present day, Theodore Kuchar has served as the Principal Conductor of two of Ukraine’s most internationally recognized orchestras – the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine and the Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine.

Embodied in the dramatic opening and first movement of the epic de Hartmann Cello Concerto, the rise of the 1930’s Nazi movement in Germany with its persecution of the Jews, triggers by contrast fond musical reminiscences from the composer’s youth in rural Ukraine of Jewish folklore and klezmer music, evoking the romance of times and cultures lost. The chanting of the synagogue cantor is voiced in the solo cello cadenzas, and the haunting prayers of the Jews are heard in the second movement. The Finale portrays a dance spiraling to its unfortunate conclusion. Inventive and colorful orchestrations abound throughout the work.

The political oppression and desperation imposed by Russia on the Finnish nation slightly over one century ago is not dissimilar to the national destruction and genocide being presently inflicted on Ukraine by the same Russian nation. Finnish conductor George Schnéevoight went further to assign a specific patriotic program to the Sibelius Second Symphony, in which the first movement depicted the Finns’ pastoral life, the second the brutality of foreign rule, the third a crushing of patriotic spirit, and the fourth the glorious hope for deliverance from tyranny.

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Brilliant Colors at the Lyndon Campus at Northern Vermont University
Mar
25
7:00 PM19:00

Brilliant Colors at the Lyndon Campus at Northern Vermont University

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Save the date and join us for our first performance at the Lyndon Campus of Northern Vermont University! Ticket information coming soon.

As spring arrives, it brings with it the brilliant colors of mother nature. Our Brilliant Colors program featuring works by Lili Boulanger, Erik Nielsen, Jennifer Higdon and Maurice Ravel creates a vibrant world for the imaginative listener, encompassing a rainbow of colors, textures and styles.

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