The convergence of Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven in the city of Vienna toward the end of the 18th century created a miraculous amount of incredible music. Mozart and Haydn became friends and were inspired by each other’s works. The young Beethoven came onto the scene, trying to find his place but knowing the musical culture […]

The convergence of Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven in the city of Vienna toward the end of the 18th century created a miraculous amount of incredible music. Mozart and Haydn became friends and were inspired by each other’s works. The young Beethoven came onto the scene, trying to find his place but knowing the musical culture […]

The convergence of Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven in the city of Vienna toward the end of the 18th century created a miraculous amount of incredible music. Mozart and Haydn became friends and were inspired by each other’s works. The young Beethoven came onto the scene, trying to find his place but knowing the musical culture […]

The convergence of Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven in the city of Vienna toward the end of the 18th century created a miraculous amount of incredible music. Mozart and Haydn became friends and were inspired by each other’s works. The young Beethoven came onto the scene, trying to find his place but knowing the musical culture […]

Enjoy an evening of exceptional traditional music as the BMC closes this popular summer series. Performing will be Keith Murphy and Becky Tracy, with Jenna Moynihan and Màiri Chaimbeul. Keith and Becky form a cornerstone of the New England traditional music folk scene. Their music is known far and wide as a result of decades […]

Sarasa Ensemble’s upcoming performance focuses on works heard by 18th century audiences. The program, “@1775 in Boston, London, Paris & Vienna,” will include works popular with audiences in four capital cities in the mid to late 1700s, by composers like Billings, Arne, JC Bach, Barsanti, Cervetto, Baltzar, Lanzetti, Haydn and Mozart. “Do not neglect your […]

For 25 years, Grammy-winning quartet Sō Percussion has redefined chamber music for the 21st century through an “exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and bedlam” (The New Yorker). The concert at the BMC is set for 7 p.m. Tickets are $30 general admission and are available through the BMC website – bmcvt.org – or […]

Boston-based Juventas New Music Ensemble presents “Bloom, Blaze, Fall and Frost,” a vibrant musical journey that evokes the rhythm of the passing of the year, at the Brattleboro Music Center. This ode to the seasons is set for Saturday, September 27, at 7 p.m. at the BMC. Tickets are $20 for advance general admission, $25 […]

Juno Orchestra, led by Music Director Zon Eastes, will perform at 2:30 p.m. at Persons Auditorium, Potash Hill, in Marlboro. Featured performers will be soprano Junko Watanabe and baritone Randall Scarlata, each with longtime connections to this area. Scarlata will be featured for Bach’s Cantata 56, Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, and be joined […]

Join Zara Bode’s Little Big Band for an evening of Classic American Swing music at the BMC on Friday, October 24 at 7 p.m. Drawing inspiration from artists like Duke Ellington, Django Reinhardt and Ella Fitzgerald, the band features Zara Bode on vocals, known for her work with The Sweetback Sisters, and a horn section […]

The BMC is proud to present a special concert honoring long-time BMC faculty member, Alex Ogle. “Sky, Air and Wind: A Celebration of Alex Ogle” is scheduled for Sunday, November 2, at 2:30 p.m. A professional flutist and flute teacher, Alex was most interested in making music and understanding how music touches our hearts. His […]

Palaver Strings presents a tango-inspired program, preceded by a tango workshop, Saturday, November 8, at the BMC. The 7 p.m. program, “Port City,” explores tango music throughout the genre’s history, and features bandoneon visionary Heyni Solera as soloist and composer. The bandoneon is a type of concertina that is very popular in tango music.  Palaver […]

The Sarasa Ensemble presents “Sweet Sleep,” Friday, November 14 at the BMC. Coinciding with Nature’s annual moment of repose, the ensemble will explore music inspired by the many states of everlasting sleep. The concert is scheduled for 7 p.m. and include works for soprano, strings, lute and organ.  It will feature Georg Muffat’s gorgeous Concerto […]

Our Chamber Series welcomes Musicians from Marlboro Group I Sunday, November 16, at 3 p.m. This ensemble is led by senior violinist Itamar Zorman, of the Lysander Trio, along with Clara Newbauer, violin; Hiroki Kasai and Ao Peng, viola; Oliver Herbert, cello; and Donovan Bown, oboe. The program features Britten’s Phantasy Op. 2 for string […]

Eloise & Co. features the combined creative force of two of the country’s most sought-after traditional musicians, fiddler Becky Tracy and accordionist Rachel Bell. They are joined by pianist Rachel Aucoin. Friday, November 21 at 7:00 pm Brattleboro Music Center, Brattleboro, VT Tickets: General Admission $20 In Advance, $25 at the Door

More information to come!

Hailed as "the most exciting vocal group in a generation," Windborne presents “Music of Midwinter.” The concert is set for Thursday, December 11, at 7 p.m. at the BMC. Lauren Breunig, Jeremy Carter-Gordon, Lynn Rowan and Will Rowan will perform. In contrast to other Windborne programs, this one is infused with the holiday spirit, accentuated […]

The Brattleboro Camerata presents “I Stand Here and Sing,” featuring the music of Bach and Hassler Sunday, December 14. The 4 p.m. program includes Hans Leo Hassler’s Dixit Maria and Missa super Dixit Maria, and Johann Sebastian Bach’s Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227, “music to fill the spirit, with moods ranging from anxiously furious to tranquil and loving,” says […]

The BMC presents its 24th annual New Year’s Eve Concerts Wednesday, December 31. A beloved local tradition for over 25 years, the Amidon-Bode-Murphy-Tracy families continue to bring their unique bundle of family friendly, joyful songs along with soaring fiddle tunes to a musical celebration to close out the year. The BMC is delighted to welcome […]

Sarasa Ensemble returns to the BMC on Friday, January 9, with "Patron Lobkowitz," a concert featuring the music of Beethoven, Haydn and Förster. The 7 p.m. program spotlights Joseph Franz Maximilian, 7th Prince of Lobkowitz, a Bohemian aristocrat known for his interest in music and as a patron of Ludwig van Beethoven and other noted […]

Juventas New Music Ensemble presents “Family Photos” Saturday, January 17, at the BMC. The 7 p.m. performance will trace each artist's personal journey and heritage, while inviting listeners to reflect on the diverse threads woven into our shared national story. The program will include Derrick Skye’s American Mirror; Kian Ravaei’s Family Photos; Clarice Assad’s Canções […]

The 19th annual Northern Roots Traditional Music Festival returns Saturday and Sunday, January 24 and 25. The weekend festival, directed by Keith Murphy, explores the traditions that have contributed to this region’s rich musical heritage: Irish, English, Scottish, French Canadian, Scandinavian, and New England roots share the spotlight at this annual gathering, a cornerstone of […]

The Brattleboro Concert Choir offers two concerts that will help audiences to believe our society can address the current challenges we face together. The concerts are scheduled Saturday, January 31, at 2 p.m. and Sunday, February 1, at 4 p.m. at the Latchis Theatre in downtown Brattleboro. The program's title, 'Thy Coming Morrow Will be […]

The Brattleboro Concert Choir offers two concerts that will help audiences to believe our society can address the current challenges we face together. The concerts are scheduled Saturday, January 31, at 2 p.m. and Sunday, February 1, at 4 p.m. at the Latchis Theatre in downtown Brattleboro. The program's title, 'Thy Coming Morrow Will be […]

Juno Orchestra and its Music Director Zon Eastes present a program for string orchestra titled “This World” on Sunday, February 8, at 2:30 p.m. at the BMC. The concert premieres a new work by noted Vermont composer Erik Nielsen. The composition by Nielsen, “In the Midst of It All,” aligns with the program’s overall focus […]

The BMC Chamber Series continues Sunday, February 15, with Musicians from Marlboro Group 2. The program will include Beethoven's String Quartet in E minor, Op. No. 2 and Septet in F-flat Major, Op.20, and "Untitled" by Tyshawn Sorey, the recipient of both the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Music and a MacArthur Fellowship. The concert is […]

The BMC welcomes the Portland String Quartet for the first time Sunday, February 22, at 2 p.m. The program, titled “Point of Departure,” explores moments when composers stepped beyond the familiar to chart new artistic territory. Each performed piece reflects a turning point -- a departure from the expected -- inviting listeners to experience the […]

Sarasa Ensemble explores the musical influence of Bologna, Italy, Friday, February 27, at the BMC. The program, titled “alla Bolognese,” highlights that Bologna is not only renowned for its famous ragù, but was also a hot spot for many pioneering 17th-century musicians who paved the way for the flowering of instrumental music in Europe. The […]

With the arrival of Daylight Savings Time on concert day, the Joyous Fire String Quartet celebrates the coming season with “Spring Forward with Haydn and Mozart!” Sunday, March 8, at the BMC. The 4 p.m. concert will feature Franz Joseph Haydn’s String Quartet in G major, opus 33, no. 5 HOB III:41 and String Quartet […]

Our Chamber Series features violinist Bella Hristova and pianist Anna Polonsky Friday, March 13, at 7 p.m. The performance at the BMC features the Vermont premiere of a new piece by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Taafe Zwilich, co-commissioned by the BMC, entitled Carousel. The program also includes Bach's Sonata for Violin and Keyboard in C […]

Tessitura, directed by Mark Nelson, is a chamber choir that ex​plores music of the Baroque and Modern eras. This concert features "Music of ​Monteverdi and Poulenc" Sunday, March 22, at the BMC. Claudio Monteverdi and Francis Poulenc, despite their living in different eras, are linked through the evolution of choral and sacred music. Poulenc found […]

Recognized as one of today's most gifted artists and enjoying an active career as both conductor and pianist, Ignat Solzhenitsyn performs Sunday, March 29, as part of our Chamber Series. The 4 p.m. program will feature Solzhenitsyn playing Josef Haydn’s The Last Seven Words of Our Savior on the Cross, HOB. XX:IC (1786), its arrangement revised and […]

Our Chamber Series is proud to present Musicians from Marlboro Group Three Saturday, April 11. This season’s third touring ensemble from “the classical world’s most coveted retreat” (The New Yorker) showcases four outstanding singers. Bridget Esler, soprano; Chihiro Asano, mezzo-soprano; and Patrick Bessenbacher, tenor, will perform vocal works by Brahms, Schumann, and Britten, with pianist […]

The Brattleboro Camerata, a vocal ensemble devoted to exploring the beauty and power of Renaissance-era and Renaissance-inspired music, presents the music of Arvo Pärt and Johannes Ockeghem in a program titled “White Light Which Contains All Colors.” The Camerata will perform Ockeghem’s Ave Maria and Salve Regina and Pärt’s Magnificat, Nunc dimittis, and Missa syllabica. […]

We welcome renowned pianist Peter Orth for a benefit concert Friday, April 24, at 7 p.m. Orth will be performing Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s 5 Lieder ohne Worte, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Sonata in C major, Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’, Maurice Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin, and Frédéric Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 56 no. 2 E flat major and […]

Our Chamber Series continues Saturday, May 2, at 7 p.m. with Castle of Our Skins’ concert entitled “And, Perhaps, To Bloom.” The program explores the driving will cast deep in the heart and blood of a people seeking freedom, life, humanity, and peace. Their mass exodus -- be it to swamps to form maroon societies […]

The Sarasa Ensemble takes a closer look at the extended Bach family and its many musical talents in a performance titled “All in the Family,” Friday, May 8, at 7 p.m. The program highlights works for oboe, strings and continuo by sons Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philipp Emanuel, cousin Johann Bernhard, wife Anna Magdalena, and […]

The Brattleboro Concert Choir performs Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem. There will be two concerts: Saturday, May 16, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 17, at 4 p.m., at Persons Auditorium on Potash Hill, Marlboro VT. “The Concert Choir is deeply committed to a high level of musical beauty, emotional expression, and community connection, and this […]

The Brattleboro Concert Choir performs Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem. There will be two concerts: Saturday, May 16, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 17, at 4 p.m., at Persons Auditorium on Potash Hill, Marlboro VT. “The Concert Choir is deeply committed to a high level of musical beauty, emotional expression, and community connection, and this […]

The BMC presents “An Evening With Ben Cosgrove” on Friday, May 29 at 7 p.m. The concert will feature the traveling pianist-composer-performer whose music explores themes of landscape, place, and environment. The Boston Globe has described Cosgrove as “a sonic plein-air painter... his piano as a paintbrush.” Over the last year, Cosgrove has collaborated with the BMC and […]

The BMC Chamber Series welcomes back Espressivo! Friday, June 12. The 7 p.m. concert features Jaime Laredo and Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, violins; Sharon Robinson, cello; and Anna Polonsky, piano. The program will include Beethoven’s Piano Quartet in E-flat Major; Richard Danielpour’s Book of Hours for piano quartet; and Robert Schumann’s Piano Quartet in E-flat […]

Perennial favorite Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra  (PESO) headlines the return to Retreat Farm of our popular Music Under the Stars series Saturday, June 27. The Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra, two-time New York Panorama Competition Winner, is a steel pan band that brings world class music to appreciative audiences around the U.S. and overseas. Founded in […]

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 […]

The 2026 Music Under the Stars concert series presented by the Brattleboro Music Center and Retreat Farm concludes Saturday, August 22, with Celtic Night. Once again, Keith Murphy and Becky Tracy will host a beautiful and exciting night of Celtic music. Their special guests this year are Armand Aromin and Ben Gagliardi, a traditional song […]

Our Chamber Series features Con Moto in concert Saturday, September 12, at 7:30 p.m. Established in 2011, Con Moto, meaning “with motion,” has presented numerous concerts featuring a variety of groupings of instruments and extraordinary musicians performing a range of repertoire. In this concert, Con Moto appears as a string quartet, featuring musicians who are […]