Category: Arts

Concerts!

Vermont Youth Opera

THIS WEEKEND! Sunday at 3pm at the Waterbury Congregational Church! The Vermont Youth Opera is under the direction of Sarah Cullins and their accompanist is Mary Jane Austin. They’ve been rehearsing in our sanctuary on Sunday afternoon all fall and are excited to return the favor, this Sunday at 3 P.M. They’ll be performing a mashup of Mozart’s Magic Flute and Rob Reiner’s (William Goldman) The Princess Bride!

Eleva Chamber Players

Elevating the human spirit through music. . .

Eleva, Central Vermont’s only professional chamber orchestra will be presenting “Suite Sounds” at the church on Saturday, November 9 at 7 p.m.

There are three major and beautiful works on the program: Carl Nielsen’s Little Suite for Strings, Edvard Grieg’s Holberg Suite and Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings in C Major.

For more information and to purchase tickets you may visit their website here.

Photography Reception 11/16 @ 5PM

This fall, the photography group f/7 has been sharing their large-format photographs in a show at the White Meeting House. Centered around the theme of “Grace,” each of the seven photographers contributed several images that explore this concept for them. On Friday, November 16th, Meeting House Arts is excited to host a reception with the artists from 5 to 7PM. It is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served and it’s fun for all ages.
The collective of seven photographers all hail from Central Vermont. They have been meeting for several years to talk about their work, learn from each other, and find new challenges in their photographic explorations.
“Our styles, techniques, favored subjects, and artistic philosophies vary,” explains Lisa Diamondstein, one of the group’s members.
This collection of work really offers the viewer a great sense of different approaches artists can use to portray the world around them. For example, Lisa Diamondstein and Annie Tiberio’s landscapes are panoramic and literal, while Rob Spring’s become abstracted. John Snell’s close-ups of water offer a riot of saturated color — not colorless at all, the way we usually think of water. Sandra Shenk’s mountain-scapes and Julie Parker’s botanicals both use computer processing to change the feel of their images from photographic to print-like. Elliot Burg’s highly-focused portraits pull you in to really examine the people he portrays, to try and get to know them. 
“We critique and support each other’s work, share ideas and perspectives, and seek ways to stretch our individual and collective artistic horizons,” says Ms. Diamondstein.
“We have loved having these beautiful photographs in our sanctuary,” says Pastor Peter Plagge. “It’s such a pleasure to sit with them for awhile, and then to step close and try to see more about how the photo was taken or what additional nuance it might offer.”
Anyone who likes to snap photos on their phone or their SLR will enjoy the show — and meeting the artists behind it on Friday the 16th. Please come by! The show itself will come down by Thanksgiving; in the meantime, it is open Tuesdays through Fridays, 8:30 to noon, or by appointment (244-6606).

The Waterbury Welcome Train

I have received a preview photograph of the Randolph artist, Phillip Godenschwager’s rendition of our church which will be featured on the railroad bridge over Main Street. This project was initiated by Revitalizing Waterbury, and involved a town vote over artist submissions. The winning submission is a ~60 ft long train made out of metal with each car one of the historic buildings of the town.
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A full description of the project and more pictures can be found on Revitalizing Waterbury‘s website.

Vermont Italian Opera Initiative

The Vermont Italian Opera Intensive, in its second season is holding a concert in our sanctuary on Sunday, July 29 at 4pm.VIOI
The concert is the culmination of a two week intensive for professional (and semi-professional) musicians who are interested in singing Italian opera and is organized by Mary Jane Austin and Erik Kroncke.  It is modeled after a program in Italy, which both Mary Jane and Erik have attended. Erik and Mary Jane have over twenty years of experience in Italian opera and have worked with some of the greatest conductors, singers, and directors of the Italian opera tradition.
The concert features snippets of opera are the music is set up with the highly entertaining stories of the original opera.  It’s a fun and beautiful afternoon, and you won’t want to miss it. And, you’ll recognize many in the program as regularly vocalists here on Sunday morning.
 
Here’s a link to the Rutland Herald‘s article about the concert.

Arts Festival Church Open House

This Saturday, in conjunction with the Stowe Street Arts Festival, our church sanctuary will be open and staffed by members of the community arts show committee.  We have, as many of you know, a great show of local artists’ works and we are hoping that some of the crowds from Stowe Street will see their way around the corner to visit us.
Stop by anytime between 10 – 4 pm!