On August 27, 2021, as part of the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival (MNFF), a VSO ensemble played an arrangement of the film score to the animated short film Two Balloons live. This was followed by a panel discussion featuring Peter Broderick, music composer, Matt LaRocca, music arranger, the musicians, and film festival[…]
Our Summer Under the Stars concerts in Shelburne and Rutland are coming up on July 24 and 25! To share in the excitement, we are giving you a preview of what you will hear. Enjoy this music video of “Hold on Honey,” written by Francesca Blanchard, our featured guest artist,[…]
We are so excited for our Summer Under the Stars concerts in Shelburne and Rutland, coming up on July 24 and 25! It marks our return to our beloved open-air concerts. To share in the anticipation, we’d like to give you a preview of what you will hear. Enjoy this[…]
Burlington-based French-American singer-songwriter and producer, Francesca Blanchard, is the featured guest artist at our 2021 Summer Under the Stars concerts in Shelburne and Rutland on July 24 and July 25 respectively. Francesca’s work blends soaring pop arrangements with complex emotional subtleties, most recently demonstrated in her critically-acclaimed 2020 full-length album[…]
After almost twenty years with the Curtis Institute of Music, David Serkin Ludwig has been appointed dean and director of the Juilliard School’s music division. Serkin Ludwig received his graduate diploma from the Juilliard School in 2002, and most recently hosted the VSO’s November and December “Music for Days Like This” online[…]