Spring Session Ends

Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

Make Up Week

Check with your instructor to find out if you missed a lesson! This week you can make it up.    

Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

Juno Orchestra: Juno in June!

It’s “Juno in June!” Sunday, June 2, as the Brattleboro Music Center’s Juno Orchestra takes the stage with a program perfect for the coming of summer. The program includes J. Mark Scearce’s Endymion’s Sleep, commissioned in 1998 by the Nashville Chamber Orchestra Haydn’......More

It’s “Juno in June!” Sunday, June 2, as the Brattleboro Music Center’s Juno Orchestra takes the stage with a program perfect for the coming of summer. The program includes J. Mark Scearce’s Endymion’s Sleep, commissioned in 1998 by the Nashville Chamber Orchestra Haydn’s Symphony 96 in D Major, The Miracle, first performed in London in 1791 and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 in C Major, which debuted in Vienna in 1801. Endymion’s Sleep, an elegy of love and loss, is an impressionistic account of Selene, goddess of the Moon, and her fascination with the mortal, Endymion. As Juno Orchestra Director Zon Eastes notes, “We performed Endymion’s Sleep at our inaugural concert in 2017, and it’s worth hearing this elegy again today, as so many near and far are dealing with loss — perhaps of a dear beloved, of natural beauty, of a homeland.” Eastes says of the Beethoven pieces, “By juxtaposing works appearing only 10 years apart, we hope to highlight some of the undeniable similarities between Haydn and Beethoven, and also reveal the remarkable sense of departure Beethoven brings to the symphony, still a nascent form.” Nearing 60, Haydn was a prolific master of the symphony. This work was the first or second of Haydn’s final 12 symphonies, commissioned specifically for presentation in London, where, on repeated visits, he met with abiding fame and notoriety. Only 10 years later, in Vienna, Beethoven was achieving his own version of notoriety. Surely inspired by Haydn, Beethoven’s first symphony crackles with energy and anticipation. While using the developing orchestral and formal structures much like Haydn or Mozart, Beethoven brings a striking efficiency and clarity to the symphony, while additionally revealing a flair for inventiveness and command.

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Chamber Series: Espressivo!

Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

String Orchestra “Reads” – 2024

 “theme” TBA For intermediate to advanced string players, high school and up.  A weekly exploration of string orchestra repertoire.  All welcome!Led by Moby PearsonTuesday evenings 5:30-7 p.m. – 2024 start date TBABy donation per session. Drop ins welcome....More

 “theme” TBA For intermediate to advanced string players, high school and up.  A weekly exploration of string orchestra repertoire.  All welcome!Led by Moby PearsonTuesday evenings 5:30-7 p.m. – 2024 start date TBABy donation per session. Drop ins welcome.

Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

Juneteenth

Also known as Juneteenth Independence Day, Freedom Day and Emancipation Day – commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.   Check in with your instructor on whether they’ll be having lessons / classes on this day.

Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

Summer Musical Salons

Explore special topics in music history – the people, places and performers!Led by Moby Pearson. Refreshments provided. Suggested donation $25Summer 2024 dates and topics TBD

Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

Music Under The Stars: The Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra

The Brattleboro Music Center and Retreat Farm kick off their popular “Music Under the Stars” summer concert series Saturday, June 22, with a performance by the PESO Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra. Admission is by donation. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. at Retreat Farm, with th......More

The Brattleboro Music Center and Retreat Farm kick off their popular “Music Under the Stars” summer concert series Saturday, June 22, with a performance by the PESO Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra. Admission is by donation. 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 craft beers at The Thirsty Goat bar, and cool treats from Vermont Gelato. The PESO Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra, a steel pan band, brings world class music to appreciative audiences around the U.S. and overseas. Founded in 2015 and based in Brooklyn, NY, the band uses its platform to promote unity throughout the culture and steel pan community, all while personifying the band motto of “Together As One.” Other scheduled concerts include the Vermont Jazz Center Big Band Saturday, July 20 and Keith Murphy and Becky Tracy with Special Guests Katie McNally and Neil Perlman on Saturday, August 17.

Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States