Music Under the Stars: Vermont Jazz Center Big Band featuring Peter Eldridge

The Music Under the Stars concert series presented by the BMC and Retreat Farm continues Saturday, July 11, with a performance by the Vermont Jazz Center Big Band, featuring Peter Eldridge.

The Vermont Jazz Center Big Band is a top-notch ensemble of local professional musicians that has delighted audiences for more than 20 years. Singing with the band will be Peter Eldridge, a founding member of the internationally acclaimed vocal group, New York Voices. The group has performed in some of the world’s most preeminent venues and festivals, including Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, and the Kennedy Center. Eldridge led the Manhattan School of Music’s jazz voice department for 18 years and is currently Professor of Voice at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Admission is free with donations welcome. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. at Retreat Farm, 45 Farmhouse Square, Brattleboro, with the concert at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome to bring lawn chairs and a picnic dinner. Vernon Creamie will be on site! No outside alcohol is permitted, but beverages are available for purchase on site. Please leave your dog at home unless it is a service animal.

The final concert in the series, Celtic Night with Keith Murphy and Becky Tracy with Armand Aromin and Ben Gagliardi, is set for Saturday, August 22.