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Under Mary Westbrook-Geha's direction, the Blanche Moyse Chorale, the Strathmere Festival Orchestra and a quartet of vocal soloists will perform Bach's Mass in B-minor on Friday, April 26, at the Bellows Falls Opera House, and Saturday, April 27, at the First Baptist Church in Brattleboro.
Soloists include Brattleboro Music Center's New England Bach Festival (NEBF) veterans Hyunah Yu (soprano) and Steven Paul Spears (tenor), as well as Katherine Maysek (mezzo-soprano) and David Tinervia (bass), both students of baritone Sanford Sylvan, who participated frequently in NEBF concerts of the 1980s and 1990s.
Both concerts begin at 7:30 p.m.
A 5:30 p.m. pre-concert lecture on the Mass in B-minor precedes the Brattleboro concert, a short walk from the concert in the Brattleboro Music Center's recital hall, at 38 Walnut St. The lecture is free, but donations are greatly appreciated.
Cuban percussionist William Armando Rodriguez, whom guitarist Jason Sperling has called “the greatest musician now living and performing in Southern Vermont,” is performing with his group De Lomas y Sones on Saturday, April 27, as part of a Latin Dance Party for Timson Hill Preschool's 25th anniversary celebration. The...
Five nationally renowned storytellers will bring the heat and the laughs on the evening of April 20 as part of an ambitious fundraising campaign for renovations at the venerable Latchis Theatre. Take a Seat: Five Storytellers on a Mission is presented by The Hatch (a.k.a. Tom Bodett, Rita Ramirez,
How to make a living as an artist or craftsperson in southern Vermont? Start here: The Arts Council of Windham County (ACWC) is sponsoring a forum, “Business Training for Artists,” at the Windham Antique Center, 5 The Square, on April 19, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Co-produced by the Rockingham Art and Museum Project, the session explores the opportunities for arts-specific business training in our area. The session coincides with Bellows Falls' Third Friday Gallery Walk, which starts at 5...
Vermont Performance Lab (VPL) has just landed a $27,000 grant as one of 20 national recipients in Round Two of Dance/USA's Engaging Dance Audiences, the first national funding program for audience engagement practices focused specifically on the art form of dance. The award supports the new VPL Performance Club, which starting in fall will help members attend and study live dance performances. In the past five years, VPL has brought artists of regional, national, and international stature to the grange...
“Liu Bolin: The Invisible Man,” an exhibition at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC), includes popular camouflage photographs from Bolin's celebrated series, “Hiding in the City,” and his subsequent “Hiding in New York.” To create these photographs, Bolin poses for hours in a landscape while his assistants paint him to create a camouflage, blending him into his surroundings. “My intention was not to disappear in the environment but instead to let the environment take possession of me,” he says.
New England Youth Theatre's (NEYT) annual fundraising gala on Friday, April 19, has a decidedly French flavor. An “Evening of Comédie Italienne and Cuisine Française” is a celebration centered on fine food, wine, and an updated, hilarious “Scapin,” based on a play by Molière, France's king of comedy. “Scapin,” featuring two casts of student actors, runs at NEYT, 100 Flat St., from April 11 to 20. The April 19 gala is from 6 to 10 p.m. That night local chefs...
Vermont director Jay Craven's new film “Northern Borders” will have its world premiere on Wednesday, April 10, at 7 p.m, at the Latchis Theatre in Brattleboro. “Latchis Theater will be a genuine world premiere,” says Craven. “No one has seen the finished film yet, and I am eager to find out how it plays in front of an audience.” Craven says he believes that facing an audience is the final stage of interaction in the collaborative process of filmmaking. “In...
