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: 24-May-2012
Here are concerts we know about, coming up this summer and fall
INCLUDING DATES OF HOLIDAY 2012 CONCERTS.
Please send dates/locations as they become available (see address above).
Details about each concert will be provided once released.
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SUMMER/FALL 2012 CONCERTS & EVENTS
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Onion River Chorus Where Everything is Music
Montpelier’s Onion River Chorus, directed by Larry Gordon, presents three performances of their spring program of contemporary a cappella choral works. The program features works by Colorado composer Toby Tenenbaum, Vermont composer Don Jamison and a number of contemporary pieces in shape-note style by other New England composers.
Saturday, May 26, 7:30 PM ~ Barton United Church
Sunday, May 27, 7:30 PM ~ South Congregational Church, St. Johnsbury
Sunday, June 3, 7:00 PM ~ Montpelier Unitarian Church
Suggested admission at the door is $12, $8 for students, $25 for families.
For information call 476-4300
Young Singers Chorus of VT Cabaret Night
Pierro and Andrea Bonamico, directors
A fundraiser cabaret featuring members of the Young Singers Chorus of VT at the Gatehouse Lodge, Sugarbush Resort in Warren. Proceeds from this evening will go to the YSCV scholarship fund, which offers tuition assistance to our singers, grades 1-12. Since MRC & Co, Inc (a non-profit organization) strives to never turn away a singer because of the inability to pay dues, this scholarship fund is vital to our success. The audience can enjoy home-made baked goods while listening to everything from musical theatre to pop to jazz.
Tuesday, May 29, 7:00pm~ Gatehouse Lodge, Sugarbush Resort, Warren, VT
Adults $15; Students $12; discounts available for MRC & Co, Inc members; children 11 & under: Free
Essex Children’s Choir 25th Anniversary Celebration
Constance Price, director
with special guests Counterpoint, Nathaniel Lew, director
Saturday, June 23, 3:00pm ~ Breeding Barn, Shelburne Farms
Counterpoint The Voice of My Beloved
Nathaniel Lew, director
A summertime medley of lighter sacred works and love songs.
Thursday, Aug 2, 7:30 pm ~ First Baptist Church, New London, NH
Friday, Aug 3, 7:30 pm ~ First Congregational Church, St. Albans
Saturday, Aug 4, 7:30 pm ~ The White Church, Grafton
Sunday, Aug 5, 4:00 pm ~ The Church on the Hill, Weston
Ticket info:
New London tickets available at www.summermusicassociates.com
Weston tickets available at www.vtchurchonthehill.org
Information and all other tickets available at 802.540.1784
Vermont ACDA Open House with guest presenters & reading sessions
Come join colleagues as we share a day reflecting on how we enliven the choral arts. Reading sessions as we share school, worship, and community choir repertoire. Guest presenter: Jameson Marvin from Harvard University.
Saturday, August 18, Randolph, Vermont
Vermont Sings for Peace V
The tradition continues with five new Vermont choruses joining Counterpoint in this moving annual event.
Saturday, Sept. 22, 4:00pm ~ Grace Church, Rutland
Free admission. A collection will be taken for Volunteers for Peace (www.vfp.org). Information at 802.540.1784
Maiden Vermont
Lindi Bortney, director
The Addison County women’s chorus takes to the stage for a special fall concert!
Saturday, September 29, 7:30pm ~ Town Hall Theater, Middlebury
tickets in advance (802.382.9222) or at the door
Counterpoint Gratitude and Praise: Sacred Choral Music of Michael Isaacson
Nathaniel Lew, director
Thu Oct. 11, 7:00pm
$20 adults, $15 seniors, $5 children and financially challenged, no charge for children 5 and under.
Information and tickets at 802.540.1784
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HOLIDAY 2012 CONCERTS
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The Vermont Choral Union
Jeff Rehbach, director
The Choral Union’s annual holiday concert with a mix of carols, motets, and music for the season from the past six centuries
Saturday, Dec. 1, 7:00 PM ~ location tbd
Sunday, Dec. 2, 3:00 PM ~ location tbd
tickets at the door: $15/$10/$5; $40 family maximum
Vermont Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Holiday Pops
Saturday, Dec. 8, 8:00pm ~ Flynn Center, Burlington
also: Dec. 7 & Dec. 9
contact FlynnTix for the Burlington concert
Counterpoint Shouts and Cradle Songs: A Counterpoint Christmas
Nathaniel Lew, director
Counterpoint celebrates the holiday season with the premiere of a suite of American Christmas songs arranged by Jude Navari.
Friday, Dec. 7, 7:30pm ~ Christ Church, Montpelier
Saturday, Dec. 8, 7:30pm ~ North Congregational Church, St. Johnsbury
Sunday, Dec. 9, 4:00pm ~ United Methodist Church, Shelburne
$20 adults, $15 seniors, $5 children and financially challenged, no charge for children 5 and under. Information and tickets at 802.540.1784
Middlebury College Choir Lessons & Carols
Jeff Buettner, director
The College’s annual festival of lessons and carols, now in its fifth decade!
Sunday, Dec. 9, 4:00pm & 7:00pm ~ Mead Chapel, Middlebury College
free will offering
Counterpoint and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet
Nathaniel Lew, director
The popular holiday event travels around the state!
Thursday, Dec. 13, 7:30pm ~ United Church, Warren
Friday, Dec. 14, 7:30pm ~ venue TBA, Jay Peak Resort
Saturday, Dec. 15, 7:30pm ~ White Church, Grafton
Sunday, Dec. 16, 4:00pm ~ First Congregational Church, Manchester, VT
Mon Dec 17, 7:00pm ~ Congregational Church, Brandon
Middlebury Messiah Sing
Jeff Rehbach, conductor
More than 25 years in the running! Come sing favorite choruses, with orchestra and soloists.
Sunday, Dec. 23, 2:00pm ~ Middlebury Congregational Church
Suggested donation: $5/individual; $10/family
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PAST EVENTS, 2011-2012
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In reverse chronological order
Young Singers Chorus of VT Pops concert
Andrea and Pierro Bonamico, conductors
Sunday, May 20, 7:30pm ~ Barre Opera House
Bella Voce Songs of Wind and Waves
Dawn Willis, director
Bella Voce performs works inspired by wind and waves. Harpist Rebecca Kauffman is featured in Brahms’ Four Songs for Women’s Voices, Two Horns and a Harp and Holst’s Spring and Summer. Other pieces include Four Faces of the Wind by David Stocker; Sandra Milliken’s Missa Piccola and Gwyneth Walker’s Crossing the Bar. Cantiamo will perform several pieces including a Russian folksong and Making Waves – a piece celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first radio transmission across the ocean.
Saturday, May 19, 8:00pm ~ First Baptist Church, Burlington
Sunday, May 20, 3:00pm ~ Stowe Community Church
Tickets: $18 General Seating/ $15 Senior Citizens and Students. Available at the door, or in advance from www.flynntix.org for the Burlington concert
Information: www.bellavocevt.org
The Green Mountain Chorus The Great American Songbook
Greg Morrill, Director
Featuring the Chorus and Chapter quartets, there will be a tribute to some of the great American composers such as Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin and others. Our special guest quartet is JOKERS WILD, 1994 International Champions of the Barbershop Harmony Society, whose powerful singing and unique arrangements have been captivating audiences for 20 years.
Saturday, May 19, 2PM & 7:30PM ~ South Burlington High School
Tickets: $20, $15 Seniors, $5 students
see www.greenmountainchorus.org, Facebook, or call 802-505-9595
Order Early!
Ladies Night Out Women’s Chorus Peace and Hope in 2012
A Spring Tour, taking our concert, “Peace and Hope in 2012” on the road to local
communities. Returning for his 4th season, our accompanist, Jacob McLaughlin, will support the group’s sound on piano on all but the two a capella pieces. Lucy Allen Tenenbaum is the conductor and director of the group, and has been since 1999. The rogram offers something for every taste, from Bach, “Sheep will Safely Graze,” and chubert: a song, “Faith in Spring” and a Motet, “The Lord is My Shepherd (The 23rd Psalm),” to The Beatles, “Hey Jude” and Pete Seeger’s “If I Had a Hammer.” To continue to follow the central focus of the program, a theme of Peace and Hope, included is, “No Man is An Island,” “Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor,” “Old Irish Blessing” and more. Not only will “How Can I Keep From Singing?” close the program, another piece “The Tree of Peace,” by the same Vermont Composer, Gwyneth Walker, will also be on the program. Ladies’ Night Out Women’s Chorus is made up of women from Weston, Wallingford, Shrewsbury, West Rutland, Rutland, Poultney and other local towns.
Friday, May 11, 7:30pm ~ Weston Church on the Hill
Saturday, May 12, 7:30pm ~ Wallingford Congregational Church on .
Tuesday, May 15, 7:30pm ~ Rutland’s
Christ the King Church
Thursday May 17, 7:30pm ~ Castleton
Federated Church
Sunday, May 20, 4:00 p.m. ~ Benefit Concert for the Brandon Town Hall
$5 donation at the door
Oriana Singers
William Metcalfe, conductor; period instrument orchestra led by Scott Metcalfe.
In a concert highlighting the genius of Handel, the Oriana Singers perform a Chandos Anthem in the English “oratorio” style, a Coronation Anthem in the mature Handel’s special-occasion style, a Vespers choral work in Handel’s youthful Italian style and a favorite Concerto Grosso. Scott Metcalfe leads the orchestra, with period instruments. The program features Chandos Anthem #10 – Vermont Premiere; Coronation Anthem ‘My Heart is Inditing’; a Concerto Grosso; Dixit Dominus
Sunday, Sunday, May 13, 4:00pm ~ St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington
Tickets at Flynntix. Information: orianasingersvt.org
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.
Saturday, May 12, 7:30pm ~ Federated Church, Rochester, VT
(donations at the door for continuing relief from tropical storm Irene)
Sunday, May 13, 3:00pm ~ Mead Chapel, Middlebury College
Free admission. Information: go.middlebury.edu/communitychorus
The Vermont Choral Union A Springtime Serenade 
Jeff Rehbach, conductor
Motets, lieder, mass movements and madrigals, with settings juxtaposed by past and present composers, including Byrd, Victoria, Gjeilo, Monteverdi, Lauridsen, Brahms, Bach, Rheeinberger, Matthew Harris, and Whitacre. More information at www.vtchoralunion.org
Sunday, April 29, 3:00pm ~ Stowe Community Church
Sunday, May 6, 3:00pm ~ McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester
Tickets at the door: $15 adults; discounted prices seniors/students/family; second performance free for SMC ID holders
Mad River Chorale
Andrea Bonamico, conductor
A spring concert series in various locations throughout central Vermont.
May 3-5 ~ times & locations to be announced
Information: www.madriverchorale.org
Vermont ACDA Children’s / Middle School Honors CHoir Festival & Concert
Michael Sanflippo, guest conductor
Diane Huling, accompanist
Susan Cherry, festival coordinator
The theme of this year’s choir festival and concert is “Making Music.” Children will prepare uplifting and inspiring songs for treble voices including Felix Mendelssohn’s Laudate pueri Dominum (Praise the Lord, children) and music by six contemporary American composers: How Can I Keep from Singing? arranged by Gwyneth Walker; Where the Music Come From by Lee Hoiby; The Arrow & The Song by Joshua Shank; Lux Aeterna (Light everlasting) by Z. Randall Stroope; Sky-Born Music by Paula Foley Tillen; and Yo Le Canto Todo El Dia (I Sing to You All Day Long) by David Brunner.
May 5 ~ 1:00p..m., Mead Chapel, Middlebury College
Middlebury Bach Festival 
Jeffrey Buettner, music director;
Jessica Allen, co-founder and festival 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. Information: go.middlebury.edu/bachfest
Castleton Collegiate Chorale and Chamber Singers
Sherrill Blodget, director
Featuring John Rutter’s Gloria with full brass, spirituals, and selections from Brahms, Debussy, Durufle, Whitacre, and more. Free!! Bake Sale and 50/50 raffle too!
Sunday, April 29, 3:00pm ~ Casella Theater, Castleton State College
Burlington Choral Society
Carmina Burana and Thomas Read’s Resound
David Nieweem, director
With chorus and orchestra, featuring: Jessica Marsten, soprano; Wayne Hobbs, tenor; Juan Jose Ibarra, baritone; The Essex Childrens’ Choir; The UVM Concert Choir
Saturday, April 21, 7:30pm ~ Ira Allen Chapel, UVM
Tickets: $20 general admission; $17 senior citizens and students. 802-86-Flynn or www.flynntix.org
Middlebury College Choir Spring Concert
Jeffrey Buettner, director
The concert features College Choir and Women’s Glee singing themes of spring characterized by mystery, mysticism, and love. The program includes Benjamin Britten’s “Rejoice in the Lamb” with text by British poet Christopher Smart Part, and features College Organist Emory Fanning. The cantata is a litany of sounds, instruments, and figures both ministerial and mystical, and Britten depicted all in mesmerizing, musical caricature, awe, and reverence. Part songs of equally distinct character by Maurice Ravel, Domenic Argento, Claudio Monteverdi, and Volodimir Stetsenko (Ukraine) complete the program.
Sunday, April 15, 4:00pm ~ Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College (revised date/time)
Counterpoint
Nathaniel Lew, conductor
The twelve unaccompanied voices of the Counterpoint ensemble return to St Paul’s with an exhilarating and varied program, surveying both connections and contrasts between unaccompanied European sacred choruses from over five centuries and four countries. The program includes Latin motets from the Song of Songs by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, choral concertos in Church Slavonic by Dmitri Bortiansky, German motets by Johannes Brahms, sparkling Latin motets by Francis Poulenc, and Gwyneth Walker’s setting of mystical texts by American Trappist monk Thomas Merton.
Saturday, April 14, 7:30pm ~ Chandler Arts Center, Randolph
Admission: $22; Students $10
Sunday, Sunday, April 15, 4:00pm ~ St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington
Admission: $20; Seniors $15; Students and children $5
Vermont Youth Orchestra choruses Dance of Spring
Jeffrey Buettner, director
The Choruses sing a program devoted to the vibrant energy and life inspired by the coming of spring. Included are choral settings of poetry about bugs by Mary Ann Hoberman, and music by Resident Composer Robert Paterson. The salut à la saison closes with selections from Part 1, “In Spring” of Carl Orff’s magnificent Carmina Burana, featuring both choruses with solo instrumentalists. See also www.vyo.org
Thursday, April 12, 7:30pm ~ BFA St. Albans Performing Arts Center
Tickets: $5 Adults/Seniors; $2 Students Tickets available at the door on the night of the concert. Information: 655-5030
Friday, April 13, 7:30 pm ~ Elley-Long Music Center at Saint Michaels College.
Tickets: $12 Adults/Seniors; $7 Students. 802-86-Flynn or www.flynntix.org
Social Band “THROUGH OPEN WINDOW: SONGS OF FRESH VISIONS AND OTHER WORLDS”
Amity Baker, director
Burlington’s lively band of singers presents a concert of choral music that explores the crossroads of time and place, featuring favorites from their Vermont Poetry and Song Project and more. Through song, the group celebrates the vernal “breath of fresh air” that makes all things possible again, whether it be by way of journeys into the borderlands between worlds or the transformation that plays itself out in the natural world as the seasons cycle. Vermont composers featured include: Bruce Chalmer, Tom Cleary, Sara Doncaster, Don Jamison, Robert Keller, Michael Kellogg, Colin McCaffrey, Anna Patton, Will Patton, Stephen Spitzer, Pete Sutherland, and Will Thomas Rowan. Vermont poets represented include: Judy Alexander, Victor Densmore, Geof Hewitt, Gladys LaFlamme, Burt Porter, and Ben Sachs-Hamilton.
Saturday, March 24, 7:30pm ~ Richmond Community Library
Sunday, March 25, 4:00pm ~ Christ Church, Presbyterian, UVM Redstone Campus, Burlington
Saturday, March 31, 7:30pm ~ Christ Church, Presbyterian, Burlington
Sunday, April 1, 4:00pm ~ Hinesburg United Church
Saturday, April 14, 7:30pm ~ Bethany Church, Montpelier (A PoemCity 2012 event)
Suggested donation $15. Tickets available at the door or from Social Band members. More information: 802-658-8488, www.socialband.org
South County Chorus 16th Anniversary Concert
Rufus Patrick, conductor
The 16th Annual Hinesburg Artist Series concert will be Sunday March 25, 4:30PM at St. Jude Church in Hinesburg. The South County Chorus and the Hinesburg Artist Series Orchestra under the direction of Rufus C. Patrick will perform the Beethoven Mass in C, John Rutter’s arrangement of For the Beauty of the Earth, Pie Jesu from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Requiem, and Awake the Harp from Haydn’s Creation. Featured guest artists are soprano Amy Frostman, alto Linda Radtke, tenor Adam Hall, bass Gary Moreau and percussionist Nicola Cannizzaro. The violin quartet of Jane Kittridge, David Gusakov, Ann Strubler and Kathleen Kono will perform Sonata II in D by Telemann.
Sunday, March 25, 4:30pm ~ St. Jude Church, Hinesburg
Adults $15.00 Students and Seniors $10.00
Tickets are available at the door or from the Hinesburg Recreation Department – call 802-482-4691 for reservations and the Brown Dog Bookstore in Hinesburg.
Essence of Joy (Penn State University)
Tony Leach, director
“Essence of Joy“ from the Pennsylvania State University School of Music, directed by Dr. Tony Leach, will present an upbeat concert of African-American Spirituals and Gospel music.
The concert will also feature the Grace Church Choir, Castleton State College Collegiate Choir, House Blend and Mill River Senior Chorus. The performance will come to a glorious finish with the combined ensembles directed by Dr. Leach.
Saturday, March 3, 7:30 pm ~ Grace Congregational Church, Rutland
A free-will offering will be received.
Essence of Joy (Penn State University)
in celebration of Essex Children’s Choir 25th anniversary
Tony Leach, director
This outstanding ensemble extends its New England tour to offer a program of sacred and secular music from African and African American traditions.
Sunday, March 4, 3:00pm ~ McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College
Tickets at the door: $10.00 ($7.00 student) Information: 863-9161
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.
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
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
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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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.
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
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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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)
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.
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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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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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.
UVM Catamount Singers Catamount Winter Concert
David Neiweem, director
Tuesday, December 6, 12:15 pm ~ Cathedral Arts @ St. Paul’s, Burlington
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
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.
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
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 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
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
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.
