For Barre Opera House Tickets: barreoperahouse.org For Other Venues:		Schedule of Events - 54th Season THE ANNUAL OPERA GALA Italian Masterworks of Opera and Song     Laura Soto-Bayomi Soprano  Jeanette Luna Mezzo Soprano Saturday, October 20, 2012, 7:30 pm St. Johnsbury School Auditorium Sunday, October 21, 2012 2:00 pm Barre Opera House - Buy Tickets Laura Soto-Bayomi, Soprano Jeanette Luna, Mezzo soprano Featuring music of Bellini, Donizetti, Puccini, Rossini and others along with the 2012 Bel Canto Institute Orchestral Award Winners and the VP Chorus. Full Program Program Notes St. Johnsbury Concert Sponsors: Jay C. Abramson, Attorney at Law Community National Bank, St. Johnsbury Gensburg, Atwell & Greaves, St. Johnsbury Passumpsic Savings Bank, St. Johnsbury Barre Concert Sponsors: Cushman Design Group, Inc., Stowe   HANDEL'S MESSIAH Lisa Jablow, Conductor Friday, November 30, 2012, 7:30 pm St. Augustine Church, 16 Barre Street, Montpelier TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR Sunday, December 2, 2012, 2:00 pm Barre Opera House - Buy Barre Tickets Only Featuring the Vermont Philharmonic Chorus Lynda Schiller, Soprano Linda Radtke, Alto Wayne Hobbs, Tenor Thomas Beard, Bass Read about the soloists. Sponsors: Vermont State Employees Credit Union Ormsby Computer Systems, Barre Martin & Associates, Attorneys, Barre   Aliza Silverstein, Piano Winner of the Borowicz Memorial Scholarship WINTER CONCERT From the Romantics to the Present Lou Kosma, Conductor Featuring Aliza Silverstein, Piano Winner of the Borowicz Memorial Scholarship Saturday, February 2, 2013 7:30 pm Elley-Long Music Center at St. Michael's College, home of the Vermont Youth Orchesta Association, Colchester -For Elley-Long Tickets or through the Barre Opera House Sunday, February 3, 2013, 2:00 pm Barre Opera House- Buy Barre Tickets Richard Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto No. 1 for Piano: Allegro con brio Aliza Silverstein, Piano Jennifer Higdon: Blue Cathedral Franz Schubert: Mass No. 2 in G Major, D. 167 Featuring the Vermont Philharmonic Chorus Lisa Jablow, Chorus Director Read Program Notes   THE FAMILY CONCERT Music Around The World Lou Kosma, Conductor Sunday, March 17, 2013, 2:00 PM Barre Opera House With the Green Mountain Youth Symphony Robert Blais, Conductor Featuring music from the US and other countries, including Cataclysm by Harwood Union High School senior Cecilia Daigle. See Full program. Download guidelines to submit artwork -- due March 11. Young artists are invited to submit artwork to be displayed in a slideshow during the concert. Artwork should illustrate in some way one of the musical works on the program, including scenes of the music’s country of origin. Countries represented on the program will include Finland, Israel, Norway, Austria, England, Spain, Russia and the USA. Submission deadline for these images is March 11th, 2013. Besides participating through submissions of art, youth of all ages can participate in this concert by dressing in the traditional costume of, or bringing a traditional instrument from, a country represented in this concert. Participating youth are admitted free, and a reduced ticket price of $10 is available for their parents/ guardians. Regular ticket prices for the Family Concert are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, and $5 for students. There is a family rate of $32 (two adults, plus the rest of the family).      Vermont Philharmonic Chorus FARMERS NIGHT CONCERT Lisa Jablow, Conductor Wednesday, Marh 27, 2013, 7:30 pm Vermont State House, 115 State Street, Montpelier FREE With the Vermont Symphonic Winds     THE SPRING CONCERT Richard Wagner & His World Lou Kosma, Conductor Friday May 31, 2013, 7:30 pm Chandler Music Hall, Randolph Sunday, June 2, 2013, 2:00 pm Hardwick Town House Theater, Hardwick Hansel and Gretel Prelude and Dream Pantomime Engelbert Humperdinck Intermezzo for String Orchestra, Op.8 Franz Schreker Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91 (2 – 5) Richard Wagner Stehe Still! Im Treibhaus Schmerzen Traume Lisa Jablow, Soprano Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin Richard Wagner Adagietto from the Symphony No. 5 Gustav Mahler Les Preludes Franz Liszt     Middlebury Pops Concert Lou Kosma, Conductor Friday, June 28, 2013 The Lawn at Mahaney Center for the Arts at Middlebury College Presented by the Henry Sheldon Museum New for 2013! Come join us at the Sheldon Museum's annual outdoor Pops Concert and fireworks. Celebrate Independence Day with a concert of Broadway standards, pops and patriotic music performed by the Vermont Philharmonic with Metropolitan Opera Tenor Adam Herskowitz. This will be followed by a glorious fireworks display on the mountain view meadow behind the Mahaney Center for the Arts at Middlebury College. Please see the Sheldon museum's website henrysheldonmuseum.org for time and location.     The Summer Pops Concert Lou Kosma, Conductor Saturday, August 10, 2013, 7:30 pm Barre Opera House Sunday, August 11, 2013, 4:00 pm Moose Meadow Lodge, Duxbury Bring your picnic and your loved ones. Parking at Moose Meadow Lodge is limited, so carpooling is highly recommended.       Preview 2013-2014 Season Click Here