ANNE JANSON – SECOND FLUTE Anne was born and raised in Shelburne. While she was studying at the Manhattan School of Music, she learned about an opportunity to play Rimsky-Korsakov’s Russian Easter Festival Overture with the VSO and jumped at the chance to go home. “That’s how I got[…]
NOTES FROM ANDREW CRUST FOR VSO’s FEB. 4, 2023 ELECTRIC DREAMS CONCERT
“Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony is one of those pieces which leaves an incredible impression the first time you hear it, and even more so the first time you perform it. I think for most musicians and especially conductors, this piece becomes one of those old friends we carry with us our whole lives.[…]
NEW VSO ON VERMONT PUBLIC
On November 23, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. we’re bringing new music to the Vermont Public airwaves: Canadian/Sri Lankan composer Dinuk Wijeratne’s Yatra and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 1, conducted by Tania Miller from our March 22, 2022 concert at The Flynn. Host Helen Lyons also includes two pieces of chamber music from our[…]
Siskel and Ebert, meet Gusakov and Friedland
With 85 years’ combined VSO experience, David Gusakov (violin) and Peggy Friedland (piccolo) traded their music stands for laptops this month, serving as judges for the VSO/Middlebury New Filmmakers’ Festival (MNFF) award for excellence in music composed for film. Gusakov and Friedland were two of VSO’s six judges to review[…]
VSO Announces Grants & Awards Totaling $25,000 From NEA and Vermont Humanities
The Vermont Symphony Orchestra is thrilled to announce a $20,000 Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and a $5,000 Vermont Humanities award, in support of its September and October 2022 concerts. These concerts feature world premieres of new compositions by Dr. Matthew Evan[…]