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15th Annual “Made in Vermont Music Festival” - September 03, 2008
Burlington, VT — The Vermont Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 15th annual “Made in Vermont Music Festival” this fall, playing in 10 special venues across the state from September 25 through October 5. The popular music tour promises a colorful program to complement Vermont’s glorious foliage season.
Honoring the changing seasons takes on new meaning as world-renowned violinist and VSO music director Jaime Laredo performs Vivaldi’s crowning achievement, The Four Seasons, possibly the most popular violin solo piece ever written, and so appropriate to play during the foliage season. The program also includes two gems for strings: Grieg’s Holberg Suite and Gershwin’s charming Lullaby. In keeping with the VSO tradition of commissioning a new piece every year, the program also includes, Autumn Rhapsody, a world premiere by Pierre Jalbert.
Pierre Jalbert grew up in South Burlington where he studied piano and composition with Arlene Cleary, and was a member of the Vermont Youth Orchestra. He attended Oberlin College and the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a PhD in composition. An award-winning composer, Jalbert is currently Associate Professor of Composition and Theory at Rice University in Houston, Texas. His parents still live in Lowell. Autumn Rhapsody was inspired by the fall landscape in Vermont, particularly by the vista from the Long Trail on Mount Belvidere, near Jay Peak. Jalbert’s new piece is dedicated to Arlene Cleary.
The tour includes the following locations:
Thursday, September 25 – Middlebury, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 8 p.m.
Friday, September 26 – Johnson, Johnson State College Dibden Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 27 – Lyndonville, Lyndon State College Alexander Twilight Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 28 – Derby Line, Haskell Opera House, 3 p.m.
Monday, September 29 – Castleton, Castleton State College Fine Arts Center, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 1 – Bellows Falls, Bellows Falls Opera House, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 2 – Manchester, Southern Vermont Arts Center Arkell Pavilion, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, October 3 – Vergennes, Vergennes Opera House, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 4 – Randolph, Chandler Music Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 5 – Lebanon, NH, Lebanon Opera House, 7:30 p.m.
The 2008 “Made in Vermont Music Festival” statewide tour is co-sponsored by the Vermont State Colleges and Chittenden Bank, and is supported in part by grants from the Vermont Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art. Additional support has been provided by the Lintilhac Foundation.
Tickets cost $22 for adults, $18 for seniors age 65 and older, $12 for Vermont State College faculty and staff, $12 for students and children under 18, and $6 for VSC students. For additional information or to purchase tickets, please call the Flynn Regional Box Office at
802-863-5966. Tickets may also be purchased at local outlets. For details, please visit the
VSO website at www.vso.org or call 800-876-9293, ext. 10. |
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