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Back by popular demand, the Craftsbury Chamber Music group will perform on the side lawn of the church this Wednesday, September 16, at 5 pm. The group consists of Mary Jane Austin on the piano, and Mary Rowell and Frances Rowell on violin and cello respectively.
Bring your own lawn chair or a blanket to spread on the lawn and enjoy a little live music during this time when live music is hard to come by!
For the first time since the pandemic, the White Meeting House is hosting a concert and we hope you can join us! It will be a Porch Concert and you are invited to gather on the lawn to listen, free of charge.
The Craftsbury Chamber Players will present a socially-distanced outdoor concert on Saturday, August 1, at 7:00 PM. Mary Rowell, Frances Rowell, and Mary Jane Austin will perform a program of (mostly) Music from the Americas, including works by Victor Herbert, Amy Beach, Edward McDowell, and Astor Piazzolla.
We hope you can come and have your heart warmed by live music! Bring your own chair, or sit on a blanket on the lawn. Masks and social distancing between family groupings are required.
TURNmusic’s concert on Friday, February 7 at the ZenBarn in Waterbury will play music of composers inspired by funk, collaboration, compassion, and revolution. Violinist-Composer-Activist Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) headlines and Mary Jane (along with a few others) accompanies with his Voodoo Violin Concerto. DBR is the first Community Artist-in-Residence for the Flynn Center, Vermont Symphony, and University of Vermont’s Lane Series. For more information and shows, visit TURNMusic’s website.
The Solaris Vocal Ensemble, led by Artistic Director Dr. Dawn Willis, is pleased to announce its upcoming annual This Shining Night benefit concert on behalf of Dragonheart Vermont. The concert will take place on Saturday, February 8, 2020, at 7:30 pm at the College Street Congregational Church in Burlington.
This free-will donation concert features vibrant choral works, including one of Solaris’ signature works – Morten Lauridsen’s lovely Sure on this Shining Night, spirituals Give Me Jesus and Let me Fly, the Scottish folk song Joy Be With You All, and a delightful array of vocal solos and small group selections showcasing the broadly varied talents of Solaris’ singers.
Audience donations will be used to support the work of Dragonheart Vermont Sisters at Heart which is a day of celebration, learning and fun with other breast cancer survivor dragon boat teams and their supporters. Visiting teams from around the United States and Canada join together each year for this wonderful event at the beautiful Burlington Waterfront. The day brings friends and loved ones together to reflect upon the joy and gratitude of life and in the bravery and memory of those that have lost their lives to breast cancer.
The Sisters at Heart Celebration will take place on Saturday, August 1, 2020, the day before the Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival. For more information please contact Dean King or John Buck or at Solaris’ website: Solarisensemble.org.