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Summer Festival Tour: Symphony of Stars – Grafton
July 3 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Tonight’s concert will be OUTDOORS. Tickets will go on sale at the gate at 5:30. There is also a limited number of advance price tickets available at MKT Grafton in downtown Grafton until they sell out of their stock.
Celebrate the great outdoors and VSO’s 90th birthday with fireworks and the 2024 Summer Festival Tour: Symphony of Stars! Join the orchestra for spectacular evenings of music by Sufjan Stevens, Margaret Bonds, Vermont’s own Erik Nielsen, John Philip Sousa marches, John Williams’ E.T. score and more – plus spectacular solos from VSO’s musicians! Music Director Andrew Crust leads the ensemble featuring Principal Cello John Dunlop, Principal Clarinet Kelli O’Connor, and Principal Percussion D. Thomas Toner. Bring your picnic and relax under balmy summer skies with your Vermont Symphony Orchestra, with fireworks after the concert.
EVENT DETAILS & THINGS TO KNOW
Grafton Trails and Outdoor Center
783 Townshend Road, Grafton
For accessibility information at this venue, please contact Grace Spain at the VSO at (802) 864-5741 ext. 110
Gates open at 5:30 pm for picnicking
Concert begins at 7:30 pm followed by fireworks
Advance Ticket Prices:
Adults: $28
Ages 6-17: $5
5 and under: Free
Gate Prices:
Adults: $35
Ages 6-17: $5
5 and under: Free
Rain site: Horowitz Hall at Vermont Academy, 10 Long Walk, Saxtons River, VT 05154
We encourage you to bring:
– A picnic blanket or folding chairs
– Sunscreen & sunglasses
– Insect repellant
– Water
– Whatever you need to comfortably enjoy the outdoors
Sun umbrellas are welcome until the start of the concert. Flashlights are also suggested to help you find your way to your car after the sun has set. Smoking and animals (except assistance and service animals) are not allowed at any VSO show.
PROGRAM
Andrew Crust, conductor
Francis Scott Key – The Star-Spangled Banner
Jim Stephenson – Fanfare for Democracy
George Green, arr. Cahn – Xylophonia (Dr. D. Thomas Toner, solo xylophone)
Sufjan Stevens, arr. Atkinson – Suite from “Run Rabbit, Run”, Movements I, II, and IV
Gabriel Fauré – Élégie for Cello and Orchestra (John Dunlop, solo cello)
John Williams – ET: Adventures on Earth
INTERMISSION
Erik Nielsen – Matt’s Tune, ballad for orchestra
Frank Ticheli – Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, Movement III (Kelli O’Connor, solo clarinet)
Margaret Bonds – Montgomery Variations, Movements I, III, and VII
Morton Gould – American Salute
John Philip Sousa – Stars and Stripes Forever
This concert is made possible with generous support from The Windham Foundation, and the following sponsors and partners:
