VYOA News & Updates

We were thrilled to welcome the entire student body of Winooski’s JFK Elementary School to Elley-Long last Friday for a concert with chamber music group Scrag Mountain Music!

Our performance hall was filled to capacity with students, teachers, administrators and helpers.  Performers Owen Dalby (violin), Meena Bhasin (viola), Evan Premo (double bass) and Karen Kevra (flute and piccolo), entertained the students and taught them about the instruments, and the differences and similarities between them. They also talked about the tools we use to listen to music. Especially popular was the use of a “magic” remote control to turn off and on different instruments, to help children learn how to focus on a particular sound.

This was the first time we’ve had a whole school come to Elley-Long for an event and we’d like to give a heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped make this possible!

The event was part of an on-going partnership between the VYOA and JFK Elementary, made possible by funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Amy E. Tarrant Foundation. Through this funding, we are doing an after-school music program and will be sending VYOA musicians into the school. We are excited to work with JFK and other schools in new ways, and to give students access to classical music which they otherwise may not have the opportunity to hear.

Please note that tomorrow’s VYS rehearsal, Jasper String Quartet Master Class, VY Saxophone Ensemble, and Mr. Domoto’s Conducting Class will not be meeting.

The VYO welcomes internationally acclaimed soprano Latonia Moore and tenor Jesus Garcia, two of opera’s most sought-after rising stars, for our first-ever Opera Extravaganza! They will be joined by the VYO Chorus and will sing arias and duets from favorite masterworks at the Flynn Center. Tickets are $15 adult/$10 student.

We’re also excited to offer an Opera Extravaganza Package including a pre-concert talk with Peter Fox Smith from VPR, concert ticket and post-concert reception with the guest artists at Sweetwaters for $85.

Don’t delay — get your tickets now at flynntix.org! Call 86-FLYNN for the Opera Extravaganza Package. For more information, see the press release.

The VYOA is pleased to announce Brass Day on November 3 from 1pm-5pm with special guests the Boston-based  Triton Brass Quintet.  This event is FREE to the public!!  Students, educators, and brass players of all ages are welcome!  The day starts with a performance by the Triton Brass Quintet and includes clinics, workshops, and a brass choir reading session. 

Vermont Youth Philharmonia Fall Concert
Monday, August 27 at 7:00 pm
Elley-Long Music Center at Saint Michael’s College

Yutaka Kono, conductor

Featuring Aaron Copland’s popular “Variations on a Shaker Melody.,” L’Arlésienne (The Girl from Arles) Suite No. 2, written by Georges Bizet. The concert will culminate with the Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürenberg by Richard Wagner.
Tickets: $5 Adults / $2 Students
Tickets available at the door on the night of the performance.
Information:  802-655-5030