The Brattleboro Camerata will host a free outdoor Renaissance Music Workshop and Sing from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, August 13, at the BMC. The morning and afternoon periods will be divided by a BYO picnic lunch together. "In this workshop, we'll get the chance to really dig into issues of performance practice and interpretation,” says Music Director Jonathan Harvey. “We’ll look at how text and harmony inform phrasing and dynamics, how to shape the broader architecture of a…

The Brattleboro Music Center and Retreat Farm continue their “Music Under the Stars” summer concert series Saturday. August 20. (Rain date is August 21.) Admission is free. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. at Retreat Farm, with the concert at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome to bring lawn chairs and a picnic, and to enjoy food truck fare and assorted beverages at The Thirsty Goat bar. Music Under the Stars series sponsors include Against the Grain, Guilford Sound, and Prentiss Smith…

The Blanche Moyse Chorale will perform Brahms’ German Requiem Sunday, October 9, in a concert at Persons Auditorium at Potash Hill in Marlboro. The program also features Brahms’ Nänie, Op.82. Tickets for the 2 p.m. concert are $22 general admission ($25 at the door) and $10 for students. The program also features Brahms’ Nänie, Op.82. Composed between 1865 and 1868, Brahms’ German Requiem is one of the composer’s most beloved works. While the soaring melodies and rich harmonies of this…

A two-in-one concert celebration of a new CD, Big Woods Voices: Poetry in Harmony, and Becky Graber’s songbook, All I Need is Here, Is scheduled Friday, October 21, at the Brattleboro Music Center. The concert is set for 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on a sliding scale, $10 to $25, at the door, and are available on the BMC website – bmcvt.org – or by calling 802-257-4523. Big Woods Voices celebrates a cappella vocal harmony through arrangements grown from American roots…

The Champlain Trio presents “Transfigured Night” Sunday, October 23, at the Brattleboro Music Center. The 4 p.m. concert will embrace the changing of the seasons with a program that transports the audience from sunlit evenings to the dark of winter. This musical journey will warm souls and excite imaginations as the Trio explores the sublime “Adagio” by Schubert and the incomparable “Ghost” trio by Beethoven, and ends with a moonlit walk through the woods with Schoenberg. Tickets are $20 in…

The Brattleboro Music Center’s Season Guest Concert Series welcomes In Stile Moderno Friday, October 28. The 7 p.m. concert, titled “Quia Amore Langueo,” will showcase 17th-century Italian settings of Song of Songs texts with the timbres of voice, cornetto, theorbo, and organ—the cornetto and voice intertwining as one in works for two sopranos. Complemented by instrumental works for theorbo, cornetto, and organ, these passionate and virtuosic works will make for an unforgettable evening. Performers include Agnes Coakley Cox, soprano; Nathaniel…

The Brattleboro Music Center’s Chamber Series features Musicians from Marlboro Monday, October 31. The concert is set for 7 p.m. Tickets are $30 general admission, and are available on the Brattleboro Music Center website – bmcvt.org – or by calling 802-257-4523. This is the first of the group’s three tour programs this season, and features nine outstanding musicians performing works from three centuries.  They include Lauren Pearl, soprano; Abigail Fayette, Alina Kobialka, Anna Lee, and Scott St. John, violins; Kei…

The EOS Project presents “Rising Seed,” Saturday, November 5, at the BMC. The 7 p.m. concert will feature Junko Watanabe, soprano; Susan Dedell, piano; Greg Diehl, violin; Heather Sommerlad, violin; Ashleigh Gordon, viola; and Julie Carew, cello. Performed works will include Tania Leon’s Oh Yemanja; Jessie Montgomery’s Source Code; Daniel Bernard Roumain’s I made up my mind not to move; Adolphus Hailstork’s Two Romances for Viola and Piano; and Florence Price’s Dawn’s Awakening, Hold Fast to Dreams, We Have Tomorrow.…

Chonghyo Shin, a longtime member of the Brattleboro Music Center faculty, will offer a program Sunday, November 6, including Bach’s French Suite, two Schubert Impromptus, and three Chopin Etudes, with additional selections by Grieg, Albeniz and Debussy. The concert is scheduled for 3 p.m. Admission is by donation, with proceeds benefiting the BMC Scholarship Fund. Mrs. Shin joined the BMC faculty in 1980 and says of her years on the faculty, “Playing and teaching piano are my passion!” Her love…

What could be better than one cello? A bunch of cellos! Join Zon Eastes, as he leads a Cello Workshop Saturday, Nov. 12, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the BMC. Spend quality time with your instrument and your colleagues, learn some pointers you’ve perhaps never run across, and play some wonderful music together.The group will explore its shared world, talk through tried and true techniques of awareness, facility, and musicality. This workshop is for adults 18 and over.…

Brattleboro native Jake Charkey, a cellist whose unusual career has led him to spend the last two decades immersed in the study of North Indian Classical music, presents a program featuring the rare sound of Hindustani cello at the Brattleboro Music Center Sunday, November 13. Charkey will be accompanied by Naren Budhkar on tabl, who has accompanied artists like Pundit Jasraj, Ashish Khan,Pundit Ramesh Mishra, Krishna Bhatt, Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan, Anup Jalota, Terry Riley, La Monte and many others.…

Our Season Guest Concert Series continues with the Sarasa Ensemble’s program celebrating the clarinet Friday, November 18. “His Dear Nightingale: Piano Trios with Clarinet” is a program spotlighting the clarinet in two stellar chamber works: Beethoven’s own arrangement of his extremely popular septet, scored for clarinet, cello and piano, and Brahms’ late sumptuous trio with the same formation, inspired by the exquisite playing of the German clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld, whom he endearingly called “his dear nightingale.” Performers include Eric Thomas,…

Our Season Guest Series continues Friday, December 2, at 7:30 p.m. with a performance by Palaver Strings. The concert is titled “What If?” and will feature beloved string quartet repertoire and collaborations with mezzo-soprano Sophie Michaux, with works by Ravel, Bjork, Errollyn Wallen, Joe Hisaishi, and Caroline Shaw. Each work meditates on themes of missed connections, lost chances, and “what-ifs,” asking: “Is this the life you would have hoped for?” or “If you were gone, would I still know how…

The Brattleboro Camerata presents “Ensalada: Renaissance Music of Latin America” Sunday, December 11. The Brattleboro Camerata, with Music Director Jonathan Harvey, is a vocal ensemble devoted to exploring the beauty and power of Renaissance-era and Renaissance-inspired music. As Harvey explains about the December 11 concert, “Our exploration of Renaissance-era music in Latin America will include pieces by colonial composers who worked in modern-day Mexico, Guatemala, and Peru, and pieces in Latin, Spanish, and the Indigenous languages Quechua (associated with Inca…

Our Season Guest Series welcomes back Palaver Strings Friday, January 6, 2023.  Included will be a pre-concert ‘meet the composer’ talk. The 7:30 p.m. concert will be held at the BMC. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, and are available through the BMC website at bmcvt.org or by calling (802) 257-4523. Please note BMC concert attendance requires masking for all attendees. BMC Artist-in-Residence Ashleigh Gordon, one of the night’s performers, will give a pre-concert talk from 6:30…

Our Season Guest Concert Series celebrates the return of the Sarasa Ensemble with “Music of the Madonna” Friday, January 13. No doubt the life of the Virgin Mary, the Madonna, has been a focal point of sacred music in Western classical music, especially in the Baroque era. This 7 p.m. concert at the BMC will feature two beautiful Marian Cantatas, as well as glowing works for strings and continuo by Händel, Corelli, Rosenmüller, and Leonarda. Performers include Meg Bragle, mezzo…

“HELP! Music for Troubled Times” is the theme of two Brattleboro Concert Choir concerts, scheduled for Saturday, January 21, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, January 22, at 4 p.m. at the Latchis Theatre, Main Street, Brattleboro. According to Jonathan Harvey, BCC Director, “Our program is focused on the idea of asking for, and receiving, aid. In this turbulent age, seeking help is an act both of necessity and of bravery, and the pieces on the program all touch on this…

“HELP! Music for Troubled Times” is the theme of two Brattleboro Concert Choir concerts, scheduled for Saturday, January 21, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, January 22, at 4 p.m. at the Latchis Theatre, Main Street, Brattleboro. According to Jonathan Harvey, BCC Director, “Our program is focused on the idea of asking for, and receiving, aid. In this turbulent age, seeking help is an act both of necessity and of bravery, and the pieces on the program all touch on this…

The Brattleboro Music Center hosts the 16th annual Northern Roots Traditional Music Festival Saturday and Sunday, January 28-29. Now a cornerstone of the traditional music calendar in New England, the Festival offers a unique showcase of a variety of northern musical traditions including Irish, Scottish, English, French Canadian, Shetland, and Welsh. Saturday workshops are scheduled noon to 5:30 p.m. with an evening concert set for 7:30 p.m. Sunday will include pub sessions from 1 to 5:30 p.m.

The Brattleboro Music Center hosts the 16th annual Northern Roots Traditional Music Festival Saturday and Sunday, January 28-29. Now a cornerstone of the traditional music calendar in New England, the Festival offers a unique showcase of a variety of northern musical traditions including Irish, Scottish, English, French Canadian, Shetland, and Welsh. Saturday workshops are scheduled noon to 5:30 p.m. with an evening concert set for 7:30 p.m. Sunday will include pub sessions from 1 to 5:30 p.m.

The Brattleboro Music Center hosts the 16th annual Northern Roots Traditional Music Festival Saturday and Sunday, January 28-29. Now a cornerstone of the traditional music calendar in New England, the Festival offers a unique showcase of a variety of northern musical traditions including Irish, Scottish, English, French Canadian, Shetland, and Welsh. Saturday workshops are scheduled noon to 5:30 p.m. with an evening concert set for 7:30 p.m. Sunday will include pub sessions from 1 to 5:30 p.m.

Palaver Strings Explores ‘Collective Memory’ February 3 at the BMC Playing Instruments Made by Brattleboro Craftsman The Brattleboro Music Center’s Season Guest Series once again welcomes Palaver Strings Friday, February 3. Performers will be playing on instruments made by Brattleboro master craftsman Douglas Cox. The group’s 7:30 p.m. concert, titled “Collective Memory,” will explore the connection between our lives today and our roots, traditions, and collective memory. This program features music by contemporary composers in dialogue with tradition, including Terry…

The Brattleboro Music Center’s Chamber Series continues Saturday, February 11, with a visit from the Musicians from Marlboro Group II. The 7 p.m. concert at the BMC will include a work titled Moon Songs by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Shulamit Ran, who was in residence at Marlboro in 2018 and worked extensively on her music with these artists in Vermont. Also on the program is Haydn’s String Trio in G Major, Op. 53, No. 1 and Mozart’s Divertimento in E-flat Major,…

The Brattleboro Music Center’s Chamber Music Series features “Celebrating Valentine's with Love Songs Old & New” with British baritone Roderick Williams, OBE, accompanied by pianist Yi-Heng Yang, Thursday, February 16. The 7 p.m. concert at the BMC will include memorable works by Robert Schumann, Roger Quilter, Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn, Josephine Lang, Caroline Shaw, and more. Roderick Williams is one of the United Kingdom’s most sought-after baritones and is constantly in demand on the concert platform and in recital, encompassing…

The Brattleboro Music Center’s Season Guest series welcomes Zara Bode's Little Big Band Friday, February 24. The group performs classic American swing to delight the ears, eyes and feet. Inspired by the likes of Duke Ellington, Django Reinhardt and Ella Fitzgerald, the Little Big Band features top shelf chanteuse Zara Bode (of Signature Sounds artists The Sweetback Sisters) and a sizzling horn section led by clarinetist and arranger Anna Patton. From chic to cheeky, the Little Big Band digs into…

The Brattleboro Music Center’s Season Guest Concert Series welcomes the return of In Stile Moderno Friday, March 3. The 7:30 p.m. performance at the BMC, titled “The English Orpheus,” spotlights the works of Henry Purcell. If Orpheus charmed humans, animals, and even the gods of the Underworld with his lyre, then Purcell, known as the “English Orpheus,” did the same for kings, queens, and commoners alike with his compositions. In his short 36 years, he created an astounding 850 works…

The Sarasa Ensemble returns to the Brattleboro Music Center Saturday, March 18. The 7 p.m. performance, part of the BMC Season Guest Concert Series, is “All About My Mother.” Taking its title from Pedro Almodóvar’s 1999 film, this program offers a musical reflection on the many facets of motherhood, and the impact of her presence during life’s various celebrations, rituals and trials. The program will include Matthew Locke’s Fantasy from Suite No. 5 in G minor from “Consort of Four…