ACDA members: If you’d like to add your concert to this listing, please send info/poster/picture to Jeff Rehbach, ACDA webmaster, at rehbach @ middlebury.edu
Note: past events are listed at the end of this page.
last update: 10-Jan-2012
Here are concerts we know about coming up this winter/spring. Details will be provided as they become available!
Middlebury College Choir Spring Concert
Jeffrey Buettner, director
April 14, 8:00pm ~ Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College
Middlebury Bach Festival
Jeffrey Buettner, music director; Jessica Allen, co-founder and restival administrator
Featuring Special Guest: Artek Early Music Ensemble, New York, Middlebury College Alumna, Gwendolyn Toth ’77, director. Festival concert: Claudio Monteverdi, selections from Madrigals, Books IV and V, Artek; J.S. Bach, Easter Oratorio BWV 249, Artek soloists, Middlebury College Choir and Festival Orchestra.
Friday, April 27-29, 6:30pm ~ Opening Gala, with Baroque Dance instruction, Mahaney Center for the Arts (MCFA), Middlebury College
Saturday, April 28, 10am-3pm ~ Interest Sessions, Mead Chapel and MCFA, Middlebury College
Saturday, April 28, 8:00pm ~ Festival Concert, Mead Chapel, Middlebury College
Sunday, April 29, 2:00pm ~ Organ Recital, Emory Fanning, Mead Chapel, Middlebury College
Admission free
Mad River Chorale
Andrea Bonamico, conductor
a spring concert series in various locations throughout central Vermont
May 3-5 ~ times & locations to be announced
Vermont Choral Union Something Old, Something New
Jeff Rehbach, conductor
Motets, lieder, mass movements and madrigals, with settings juxtaposed by past and present composers
Saturday, May 5, 7:30pm ~ location tbd
Sunday, May 6, 3:00pm ~ McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester
Oriana Singers
William Metcalfe, conductor
Handel’s Chandos anthems
Sunday, May 13
Middlebury College Community Chorus Spring concert
Jeff Rehbach, conductor
Music of Purcell, Haydn, Gjeilo, Stroope, Childs, and more, with Vermont songs arranged and composed by our ACDA colleagues Nat Lew and Dan Graves.
Sunday, May 13, 3:00 ~ Mead Chapel, Middlebury College
Young Singers Chorus of VT Pops concert
Andrea and Pierro Bonamico, conductors
Music of Purcell, Haydn, Gjeilo, Stroope, Childs, and more, with Vermont songs arranged and composed by our ACDA colleagues Nat Lew and Dan Graves.
Sunday, May 13 ~ Barre Opera House
Past events
Counterpoint presents Sing For Peace
Special Guest Artist Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary
with Grace Church (Rutland) Festival choir, House Blend, a “democratically-governed party of self-professed singing addicts” from Saxtons River; Maiden Vermont, a women’s chorus from the Middlebury area; and the Young Singers Chorus of Vermont, from the Montpelier area.
Saturday, September 24, 2011, 7 p.m. ~ Ira Allen Chapel, UVM
Free-will donations will benefit Operation Respect, an organization founded by Peter Yarrow to address peace at its most intimate person-to-person level. It promotes a respectful, safe and compassionate climate for children and youth, so that academic, social and emotional development can take place free of bullying, ridicule and violence.
Bella Voce Women’s Chorus of Vermont A Colorful Collage
Dawn Willis, director
Celebrating autumn in Vermont, Bella Voce Women’s Chorus and the chamber ensemble Cantiamo present songs in many hues. Vibrant sacred music of Australian composer Sandra Milliken is featured along with stirring folk songs from Canada and England, and American songs from the shape-note tradition. The Bella Voce Woodwinds will also appear, presenting a delightful selection of tunes.
Sunday, October 23, 3:00 p.m. ~ Cathedral Arts @ St. Paul’s, Burlington
Admission $18; student / seniors $15
Middlebury College Choir & Women’s Glee Club Fall Choral Concert
Jeffrey Buettner, director
Friday, November 11, 8:00pm ~ Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury Colleges
free admission
Social Band
The Vermont Poetry and Song Project: A House of Many Rooms
Ann Pearce, director
Burlington’s lively band of singers continues its mission of commissioning and featuring works by Vermont composers with a concert that celebrates this place we call home. New works by Peter Amidon, Mary Alice Amidon, Thomas L. Read, Erik Neilsen, Emily Miller, Don Jamison, Kathy Wonson Eddy and David Gunn present settings of poetry by Jean L. Connor, Gladys LaFlamme, Verandah Porche, Geof Hewitt, Galway Kinnell, E. F. Johnstone and Sarah Cleghorn.
Sunday, November 13, 3:00 p.m. ~ Cathedral Arts @ St. Paul’s, Burlington
Admission $15.00 suggested donation
Middlebury College Community Chorus Remembrance and Thanksgiving
Jeff Rehbach, director
Sunday, November 20, 3:00 pm ~ Mead Chapel, Middlebury Colleges
free admission
Details at go.middlebury.edu/communitychorus
The Vermont Choral Union Now Make We JoyJeff Rehbach, director
Saturday, December 3, 7:00 pm ~ St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, St. Albans
Sunday, December 4, 3:00 pm ~ McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College (free for SMC faculty, staff, students)
$15 / $10 seniors / $5 students / youth free /$40 family at the door
The program encompasses a variety of musical styles from the past five centuries, including music originally written for performance anywhere from cathedrals to your front door step! Compositions include music by Renaissance and Baroque composers who hailed from Britain, Flanders, and Germany (such as William Byrd, Jean Mouton, Michael Praetorius, Richard Dering, Johann Walther, Gottfried Homilius, and Orlando Gibbons), as well as music from the past 150 years by both little- and better-known classical composers including Johannes Brahms, Josef Rheinberger, Daniel Pinkham, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. The program also includes works written within the past 25 years by British composer Bob Chilcott, Venezuelan conductor César Carrillo, and American composers David Conte, Emma Lou Diemer, and Eric Whitacre.
Bella Voce Women’s Chorus Christmas Flourish
Dawn Willis, director
Saturday, December 3, 8:00 pm 
Sunday, December 4, 3:00 pm
at the First Baptist Church, 81 St. Paul Street, Burlington
$18 / $15 seniors and students; advance tickets at 802.864-FLYNN or
Highlights of the concert include Randol Alan Bass’ exuberant Gloria and his festive Christmas Flourish specifically re-voiced for Bella Voce by the composer. Both pieces feature brass quintet, organ and percussion accompaniment and are sure to put everyone in a festive, holiday mood! The acclaimed 4 Seasons 5 Brass Quintet are featured as guest artists and will regale the audience with their renditions of A Carol Fantasy, Jingle Bells, Deck The Halls and We Wish You A Merry Christmas. The chorus and Bella Voce’s small ensemble, Cantiamo will perform carols and holiday selections from many lands. These annual concerts have quickly become a holiday tradition for area concert-goers and they sell out fast – so purchase your tickets in advance if possible. More inforomation: www.bellavocetvt.org
UVM Catamount Singers Catamount Winter Concert
David Neiweem, director
Tuesday, December 6, 12:15 pm ~ Cathedral Arts @ St. Paul’s, Burlington
Mid-Winter Madrigal Festival sponsored by Vermont ACDA
Sherrill Blodget, guest conductor
Friday, Dec. 9 ~ 7:30PM
at the North Avenue Alliance Church, North Ave., Burlington, VT
Tickets at the door: $8.00 adults; $6.00 students and senior citizens
Family rate of $20.00 for3+
The 31st Annual Mid-Winter Madrigal Festival! This popular day-long festival for high school choirs will present a public concert at 7:30pm. 250 students representing 14 Vermont high school vocal ensembles will participate, with students from Chittenden County, and as far away as southern Vermont including Brattleboro High School and Rutland High School, and from northern Vermont including St. Johnsbury Academy and North Country Union High School. The concert concludes with all the school ensembles coming together to sing three songs under the direction of guest conductor, Sherrill Blodget, director of choral activities at Castleton State College and president of Vermont ACDA.
For further information call festival co-coordinator, Glory Reinstein at 857-7000, x1581.
Maiden Vermont Sing for Joy
Lindi Bortney, director
Saturday, December 10, 7:30pm ~ Town Hall Theater, Middlebury
Sunday, December 11, 2:00pm ~ Town Hall Theater, Middlebury
$15 general/$12 Seniors/$10 Students. Reserved Seating
This multi-generational women’s chorus celebrates the season with special guests ROADSHOW.
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Counterpoint No Rose of swych vertu: Songs for Christmas
Nathaniel Lew, director
Saturday, December 10, 3:00pm ~ Christ Church, Montpelier
Saturday, December 10, 8:00pm ~ North Congregational Church, St. Johnsbury
Sunday, December 11, 4:00pm ~ United Methodist Church, Shelburne
$20 adults; $15 seniors; $5 children and financially challenged; free for children under 6
Counterpoint welcomes its new artistic director, Nathaniel G. Lew, some sensational new Vermont singers, and organist Susan Summerfield for a mix of carols and holiday songs, old and new.
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Green Mountain Chorus and the ladies Barre-Tones 15th Annual Holiday Concert
Sunday, December 11, 2:30pm ~ Montpelier High School
$10; children under 8 free
Familiar tunes sung in the barbershop harmony style, Choruses and quartets.
Middlebury College Chapel Choir Lessons & Carols — 40th Anniversary!
Jeffrey Buettner, director
Sunday, December 11, 4:00 & 7:00pm ~ Mead Chapel, Middlebury College
free admission (free-will offering)
Oriana Singers perform Bach’s Mass in B-Minor
William Metcalfe, director
Friday, December 16, 7:30pm ~ College St. Congregational Church, Burlington
$25.00 (in advance at FlynnTix)
Soloists: Jill Hallett Levis, Jane Snyder, Marjorie Drysdale, Linda Radtke, Linda Patterson, Wayne Hobbs, Gary Moreau and the Oriana/ NYCS Orchestra.
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Christmas with Counterpoint & the VSO Brass Quintet
Thurs., Dec. 15, 7:30 pm; United Church, Warren
Fri., Dec. 16, 7:30 pm; International Room, Jay Peak Resort
Sat., Dec. 17, 5:00 pm; White Church, Grafton
Sun., Dec. 18, 4:00 pm; First Congregational Church, Manchester (Vt.)
Mon., Dec. 19, 7:00 pm; Congregational Church, Brandon
Check www.vso.org for ticket information
Vermont Youth Concert Chorale Winter Concert
Jeffrey Buettner, conductor; Annemieke Spoelstra, accompanist
Friday, December 16, 7:30pm ~ Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College
Tickets: Adults $8; Seniors $6; Students $5. Advance tickets at boxoffice.middlebury.edu Information:802-443-6433
Saturday, December 17, 7:30pm ~ Elley-Long Music Center, Colchester, VT
Tickets: $12 Adults/Seniors; $7 Students. Advance tickets at 802-86-Flynn or www.flynntix.org
The 16th century counterpoint of Hans Leo Hassler’s “And On Earth, Peace” from Missa Secunda, the beauty of Rachmaninoff’s “Bogoroditse Dyevo” from Vespers, and Eric Whitacres’s soothing “Seal Lullably” and other works describe and exemplify peace from different perspectives, traditions, ways and walks of life.
Social Band ~ Deep Midwinter, Songs from Winter’s Heart 
Saturday, December 17, 7:30 pm ~ First Baptist Church, Burlington
Sunday, December 18, 4:00 pm ~ Charlotte Congregational Church
Suggested donation: $15
Join us for our annual concert of choral pieces old and new for the many moods of winter and the holiday season.
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Middlebury Messiah Sing
Jeff Rehbach, conductor
Sunday, December 18, 2:00 pm ~ Middlebury Congregational Church
Free; donation requested: $5 individual / $10 family
Details at go.middlebury.edu/communitychorus
Mad River Chorale, South Burlington Community Chorus,
Young Singers Chorus of Vermont present Holiday Spectacular
Andrea Bonamico and Piero Bonamico, directors
Thursday, December 22, 7:30 pm ~ South Burlington
Friday, December 23, 7:30 pm ~ Harwood Union HS, South Duxbury
Celebrate the season with the Mad River Chorale on the night before, the night before Christmas!
The Mad River Chorale, a community-based choir from the Mad River Valley, presents their “Holiday Spectacular Concert” this month. This year’s program will be the biggest ever, as the Chorale joins forces with The South Burlington Community Chorus, The Young Singers Chorus of Vermont and the Triton Brass, resulting in a combined performing force of over 100 singers and instrumentalists. Each ensemble will perform solo repertoire and join in various combinations throughout the evening. The concert will feature a blend of traditional holiday favorites like “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and songs from “The Grinch,” alongside some major works. In addition, renowned composer/arranger Robert DeCormier has arranged the song “Baloo Lammy” specifically for the Young Singers Chorus of VT to perform at this concert.
General Admission $15; Students $12; Children 11 and under free
Advance ticket reservations online
The Essex Children’s Choir ~ Twenty-Fifth Twelfth Night Celebration
Saturday, January 7, 2012, 6:30 pm ~ Chapel of Saint Michael the Archangel, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester
Twelfth Night Celebration commemorates the visit of the Magi to Bethlehem with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, bringing to close the twelve days of Christmas. The message of peace and good will shall ring through a collaboration of artistry in music, dance, and prose. The message of Christmas will be re-told through choral literature by G.F. Handel, Benjamin Britten, Harry T. Burleigh, John Rutter, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and carols of African-American, Dutch, English, German and Japanese traditions.
Joining the Choir in a collaboration of Vermont artistry are 
Heidi Soons, harp; Wayne Hobbs, tenor; Benjamin Dickerson, baritone; Full Circle, recorder consort; Susan Summerfield, organ; the Wheeler Trombone Quartet; Grady Shea, reader; and the Adirondack Ballet Liturgical Dance Ensemble, Kathy Koester, artistic director, from Plattsburgh, NY.
We invite you to experience the splendor of silver as the Choir fills your senses with its own tradition of closing the Holiday season through the power and joy of music. Donations will be received. In the event of inclement weather, the concert will be held Sunday, January 8th at 4:30 p.m. Please call 863-9161 or www.essexchildrenschoirofvermont.org for more information.
