December 2021
Brattleboro Camerata
The Brattleboro Camerata is incredibly excited to perform its debut concert. Seventeen exceptional singers auditioned from throughout the region offer a program of 10 seasonal works spanning the years 1400-1600 entitled “The Angels Sang.” The pieces on the concert include English carols, German chorales, Latin motets, and Spanish villancicos from familiar names like Palestrina, Josquin, di Lasso, and Victoria, as well as less frequently performed composers like the Spanish Mateo Flecha and Cristóbal de Morales, and the African-Portuguese Vicente Lusitano.…
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Season Guest: Palaver Strings Beehive Chamber Series
Palaver Strings is a musician-led string ensemble and nonprofit organization based in Portland, ME. Founded in 2014, Palaver has established itself as a forward-thinking ensemble whose mission is to strengthen and inspire community through music. In our musician-led model, Palaver’s musicians share artistic and administrative leadership, guided by a passion for engaging new audiences, addressing social justice issues, and amplifying underrepresented voices. Palaver has toured widely throughout the United States, performing at the Kennedy Center and a celebration of the…
Find out more »Sarasa Ensemble: Music From the Heart
Following the devastation of Germany’s 30 Years War in the 17th century, the resurgence of music became the focal point of every town and village, a rich lineage that led to the likes of JS Bach. Works by Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, JA Reincken, CH Abel and JS Bach. Reginald Mobley, countertenor; Elizabeth Blumenstock, Christina Day Martinson violins; Keats Dieffenbach, Jenny Stirling, violas; Jennifer Morsches, Timothy Merton, cellos; Michael Beattie, organ Program: PH Erlebach Ouverture No 5 in F major for…
Find out more »Season Guest: Castles of Our Skins
Born out of the desire to foster cultural curiosity, Castle of our Skins is a concert and educational series dedicated to celebrating Black artistry through music. From classrooms to concert halls, Castle of our Skins invites exploration into Black heritage and culture, spotlighting both unsung and celebrated figures of past and present. Featuring world premiere compositions by Elizabeth Brown, Renée Baker, and Lauren McCall, all inspired by African American quilting traditions. New quilts and poetry commissions by quilters L'Merchie Frazier and Alpha M. Bruton and Shirley Graham du Bois Creative in Residence…
Find out more »Chamber Series: Musicians from Marlboro
Daniel Phillips & Stephanie Zyzak, violin; Tanner Menees & Maiya Papach, viola; Alexander Hersh & Alice Neary, cello; Evren Ozel, piano Schumann: Piano Trio in F Major, Op. 80 Perkinson: String Trio Schoenberg: String Trio Dvořák: String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48
Find out more »Northern Roots Festival
Now a cornerstone of the traditional music calendar in New England, the 2021 Northern Roots Traditional Music Festival was held on Jan. 30-31 in virtual form! It was an epic weekend – with fine music, record attendance – and a few things that could only be part of an online festival, including the cat who disconnected the internet, and the performer who found that the best wifi signal was in the chicken coop… For 2022 we are again looking at…
Find out more »Northern Roots Festival
Now a cornerstone of the traditional music calendar in New England, the 2021 Northern Roots Traditional Music Festival was held on Jan. 30-31 in virtual form! It was an epic weekend – with fine music, record attendance – and a few things that could only be part of an online festival, including the cat who disconnected the internet, and the performer who found that the best wifi signal was in the chicken coop… For 2022 we are again looking at…
Find out more »Northern Roots Festival
Now a cornerstone of the traditional music calendar in New England, the 2021 Northern Roots Traditional Music Festival was held on Jan. 30-31 in virtual form! It was an epic weekend – with fine music, record attendance – and a few things that could only be part of an online festival, including the cat who disconnected the internet, and the performer who found that the best wifi signal was in the chicken coop… For 2022 we are again looking at…
Find out more »February 2022
Season Guest: Palaver Strings Beehive Chamber Series
Palaver Strings is a musician-led string ensemble and nonprofit organization based in Portland, ME. Founded in 2014, Palaver has established itself as a forward-thinking ensemble whose mission is to strengthen and inspire community through music. In our musician-led model, Palaver’s musicians share artistic and administrative leadership, guided by a passion for engaging new audiences, addressing social justice issues, and amplifying underrepresented voices. Palaver has toured widely throughout the United States, performing at the Kennedy Center and a celebration of the…
Find out more »Chamber Series: Musicians From Marlboro
From Haydn’s characteristically classical Divertissement in G Major, Hob. IV:7 to a work for alto and double bass written by Marlboro’s 2016 composer-in-residence, Sofia Gubaidulina, and from the mixed winds and strings ensemble in Prokofiev’s Quintet, Op. 39 to Stravinsky’s Three Songs from Shakespeare and Brahms’s String Quintet in F Major, Op. 88, this program promises to be truly varied, with pieces chosen from some of the best Marlboro performances from the past five years. Sara Couden, mezzo–soprano; Giorgio Consolati, flute; Ryan Roberts, oboe; Yoonah Kim, clarinet; Emilie-Anne Gendron & Ji Won Song, violin; Jordan…
Find out more »March 2022
Sarasa: Native Realm
Poland’s distinct culture and native land through the lens of Telemann, Górecki and Schmelzer Miranda Fulleylove, Jesse Irons, violins; Jason Fisher, viola; Jennifer Morsches, cello *Czesław Miłosz’s autobiography Program: Tomás Luis de Victoria O Magnum Mysterium Telemann Polish Dances from the Rostock Manuscript, TWV 45 Górecki String Quartet No. 2, Op. 64 “Quasi una Fantasia” J.H. Schmelzer Polnische Sackpfeifen à 3
Find out more »In Stile Moderno: Lute Songs of John Dowland
Stay, Time: Lute Songs of John Dowland Agnes Coakley Cox, Sophie Michaux, Corey Dalton Hart, Adam Simon, voices; Nathaniel Cox, lute Tickets on sale February 1 “Stay, time, awhile thy flying,” writes John Dowland in one of the most beautiful songs of his collection A Pilgrimes Solace. It’s a wish we can all relate to—as children grow, parents age, or milestones slip by—if only we could pause time in its relentless flight! In our spring concert, we’ll share the closest…
Find out more »Chamber Series: Musicians from Marlboro
Works of Britten and Schubert shine in this program with equal intensity and tenderness. Schubert’s String Quartet, D. 87, written when he was only 16 years old, provides a youthful counterpoint to Britten’s String Quartet, No. 3, written within the final year of his life. The lyrical Auf dem Strom for tenor, horn, and piano offers a personal narrative of loss and memory that complements the Canticle’s public commemoration of the 1940 London Raids. Miles Mykkanen, tenor; Radovan Vlatković, horn; YooJin Jang & Tessa Lark, violin; Kei Tojo, viola;…
Find out more »April 2022
Season Guest: Champlain Trio
It's been said that out of adversity comes opportunity, and out of the COVID-19 pandemic the Champlain Trio was formed. Violinist Letitia Quante, cellist Emily Taubl and pianist Hiromi Fukuda each call Vermont home and with concerts, tours and festivals being put on hold, the spring of 2020 brought the unique opportunity to come together as an ensemble. All three musicians earned degrees from The Juilliard School among others and hold positions in the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Springfield Symphony Orchestra,…
Find out more »May 2022
Season Guest: Jake Charkey
Jake Charkey is an acclaimed cellist with a strong background in both Western classical music and Hindustani music. He is also an eclectic improviser, drawing from his extensive training in both Eastern and Western musical traditions. He is a sought after studio recording artist in the film, television and music industry in both India and the USA. He is a disciple of the renowned violinist Padmabhushan Dr. N. Rajam in the rare Gayaki Ang style and is one of the…
Find out more »EOS Project
The EOS (Educate. Open. Strengthen.) Project is a direct response to questions about social justice as it pertains to the world of classical music and institutions such as the BMC. Developed and led by BMC faculty member Heather Sommerlad, EOS is envisioned as a collaborative effort of BMC Music School faculty and other local musicians to actively seek out and intentionally study and perform music by composers who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, as well as composers who…
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The Brattleboro Music Center relies on volunteers in the community who give generously of their time. We are pleased to honor the following for their help in recent months: