Come feel the love with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra as we embark on our 2025 Summer Festival Tour. This year’s dynamic program, Summer of Love, features works from across the world and a range of genres, including pieces from Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, John Williams’ Star Wars Theme, Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story, and pop hits such as “I Put A Spell On You” and “Nature Boy.” This summer the VSO welcomes mezzo Nikola Printz as the tour’s special guest vocalist. 

An annual VSO tradition, the Summer Festival Tour celebrates music, community, and the summer season. This year’s tour will take place from July 1-6, 2025 in the following locations: Castleton, Grafton, East Burke, South Pomfret, Shelburne, and Stowe. All locations will include VSO’s Musical Petting Zoo where the audience can explore a variety of orchestral instruments, available before the performances, and Grafton, Shelburne and East Burke’s concerts feature fireworks at the close of the program. Tickets go on sale April 1, 2025.

 

SCHEDULE:

July 1 – Vermont State University Castleton Pavilion, Castleton

July 2 – Saskadena Six Ski Area, South Pomfret

July 3 – Grafton Trails and Outdoor Center, Grafton

July 4 – Shelburne Museum, Shelburne

July 5 – Burke Mountain Ski Resort, East Burke

July 6 – Trapp Family Lodge Concert Meadow

 

PROGRAM:

Andrew Crust, conductor
Nikola Printz, vocals

Frances Scott Key – The Star-Spangled Banner
Leonard Bernstein/Mason – West Side Story Selections
Franz Lehár– Meine Lippen sie küssen so heiß
Georges Bizet – Habanera from “Carmen”
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

INTERMISSION

Lalo Schifrin – Tango de Atardecer
John Williams – Across the Stars Love Theme from Star Wars Episode II
Heitor Villa-Lobos/Krance – Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Nat King Cole/De Vol – Nature Boy
Nina Simone/McKenzie – I Put a Spell on You
John Philip Sousa – Our Flirtation
John Philip Sousa – Stars and Stripes Forever