It’s been 22 months since our Musicians in Schools program has brought real, live musicians to real, live schools, and now we’re back! On Thursday December 9, we’re on the road to visit Orwell Village, Benson Village, and Fair Haven Grade Schools in Rutland County School with our Brass Trio.[…]
With the support of the Vermont Arts Council, your VSO has joined forces with a group of aspiring composers learning to write new, original works at Monument Elementary in Bennington, Vermont. These young musicians have been learning staff notation and basic composition techniques from Matt LaRocca with Music-COMP (Music Composition[…]
By Sara Munro “I originally thought that I was going to be really bored, irritated, and that I wouldn’t like the performance at all. But when I heard the people perform, it was like the opposite. The performance was AMAZING!!!!” ~ Tuttle Middle School Student We thank our new friend[…]
A labor of love for the Southwest Friends of the VSO is Student Insiders. Back for an encore run, Student Insiders encourages Rutland area middle and high school students to sign up for no-cost tickets to the March 19, 2017 concert, at the Paramount Theater in Rutland. Students and a[…]