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More than ever, Marlboro Music Festival this year wants to invite the local community in Southern Vermont to join the excitement of its summer music programs.
“Marlboro 2018 is eager to share its music with the people in the area,” says Frank Salomon, Senior Administrator for Marlboro Music. “As a special incentive, Marlboro is offering $10 tickets to its concert of chamber music on Saturday, July 21. We hope that will encourage people who may not have experienced Marlboro Music to see what we are up to.”...
James Gelter, the director of Vermont Theater Company's new production of The Tempest, has been thinking lately about how William Shakespeare is a lot like, of all things, The Beatles. “One could claim that the two careers are parallel,” Gelter says. “Both start out working within established forms. The...
A fire in October 2015 destroyed the barn on the historic Taft Farm in Townshend of Robert DuGrenier, a sculptor who works primarily in glass, metal, and marble. “I was awakened at 3:10 in the morning by a dog barking,” says DuGrenier. “Looking out our window, my wife commented...
Be perfectly honest: How much do you really know about Gandhi or Benjamin Franklin or Galileo? Or for that matter, what's the lowdown on Queen Elizabeth or Joan of Arc or Madame Curie? To help the whole family learn more about such historical figures, Richard Korson recently created and produced a new comedy series, The Who Was? Show, which premiered on Netflix streaming network in May. “It's a super cool project teaching kids about famous historical figures with lots of...
This town has stories to tell. Once a month, beginning June 13 at 7 p.m., Next Stage Arts will present a new storytelling series, Fables, hosted by local radio personality Peter “Fish” Case. On each second Wednesday, a variety of guest storytellers will take the stage to recount tales that are amusing, moving, exciting, or all of these combined. Each Fable session will highlight four 15-minute stories and feature different themes. Admission is by donation. Fables will launch the Next...
Remember that old vaudeville joke: “How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice.” You might similarly ask: “How does a freelance classical musician living in Southern Vermont manage a successful regional career?” The answer: Lots of hard work. For a good example, look no further than Kathy Andrew. A Brattleboro resident since 1989, Andrew moved here to study under Blanche Moyse - and has since become attached to the area. She teaches at the Brattleboro Music Center and is active...
Brattleboro Concert Choir music director Susan Dedell recently had a friendly argument with a colleague who disliked the word “entertainment” being used to characterize something as serious as the playing and listening of classical music. Dedell disagreed. “I think 'entertainment' is a great word!” she exclaimed. Long interested in the meanings and origins of words, Dedell discovered that “entertain” had connotations that included such meanings as “to reach,” “to engage,” and “to show hospitality.” “That's precisely what we are doing...
For a recording project to take place in Italy, Italian pianist Enrico Elisi is preparing the Partitas of Bach while in residency at Yellow Barn in Putney. Created in 2008 by Artistic Director Seth Knopp, Yellow Barn's Artist Residencies program is the first retreat in the U.S. created specifically for professional performing musicians. As a culmination of his residency, Elisi will present on this Saturday, May 5, at Next Stage in Putney an evening of Bach, exploring the last of...
