by Christina Dryden | Apr 27, 2026
From pioneering women to today’s innovators, this program shines a light on women’s contributions in music and is dedicated to violinist Marie Setzer — one of the first female musicians in The Cleveland Orchestra and mother of Artistic Director, Philip Setzer. Tickets...
by Christina Dryden | Apr 27, 2026
Experience our Festival Young Artists pushing boundaries in solo performances that bring their individual voices to the forefront. Be part of their journey from conservatory to the concert stage. Tickets at...
by Christina Dryden | Apr 27, 2026
Barrier-breaking composer George Walker comes alive as violist Dillon Scott and our Festival Young Artists weave Walker’s music and story into a celebration of artistry. Presented in partnership with Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Tickets at...
by Christina Dryden | Apr 27, 2026
Jennifer Koh, violin Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005 Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 “Bach’s monumental...
by Christina Dryden | Apr 27, 2026
Hilary Gardner and her band, The Lonesome Pines, make their debut in Vermont with an evening of music celebrating the nostalgic heart of the American West. Their album, On the Trail with The Lonesome Pines (Anzic Records), was hailed by The Wall Street Journal as...
by Christina Dryden | Apr 27, 2026
George Gershwin invented a new American idiom by fusing classical music’s disciplined elegance with the swinging spontaneity of jazz in Rhapsody in Blue, inspiring bold work from successors like Aaron Copland, William Bolcom and John Adams. Aaron Copland Quiet City...
by Christina Dryden | Apr 27, 2026
The siren call of Hollywood studios gave composers like Bernard Hermann, Elmer Bernstein and John Williams free rein to create classic works, and augmented the extraordinary success of Leonard Bernstein’s beloved musical West Side Story. Elmer Bernstein Theme from To...
by Christina Dryden | Apr 27, 2026
A founding father of nationalism in classical music, Bohemian composer Antonín Dvořák urged American composers to draw inspiration from indigenous and Black musical styles — and provided eloquent examples in his own works composed during his journeys to America....
by Christina Dryden | Apr 27, 2026
Manchester Music Festival Artistic Director Philip Setzer is our guide through a vivid, varied dreamscape in sound, slipping from a musical curio by Benjamin Franklin … yes, that Benjamin Franklin … to Samuel Barber’s elegiac Adagio for Strings. Benjamin...
by Christina Dryden | Apr 27, 2026
Explore a continuum of American concert music composers who’ve borrowed from traditional folk music styles as inspiration and raw material, from Charles Ives to Aaron Copland and Edgar Meyer. Between movements of Ives’ String Quartet “Salvation Army”, Grand Picnic’s...
