Free Summer Concerts Around Central Vermont
Summer is here! And in central Vermont, that means free concerts and community events are underway. Grab your picnics, check out the events below, and enjoy live music across the region. BARRE…
New Era for Capital City Concerts
An enthusiastic, standing-room-only audience welcomed Jillian Reed and her husband Tyler Emerson as the new artistic directors for Capital City Concerts at an April…
Capital City Concerts Bids Farewell to Longtime Director Karen Kevra at April 25 Concert
Capital City Concerts concludes its 26th season with “Fauré Foray,” a special program that also marks a fond farewell to founder and flutist Karen…
Healthcare Rocks
Montpelier mayoral candidate Marc Gwinn, left, and Dee Davis warmed the night with a rollicking concert in the Unitarian Church on Feb. 7 to…
Music Is Alive In Central Vermont
Local bands Native Tongue, Rusty Romance see their music as a labor of love. By Elise Coyle Via Community News Service, a University of Vermont…
The Raw Baroque Rock Sound of Siena Rose Reverberates in Her Latest Album, ‘Yin’
In 2001, Siena Rose Facciolo entered Montpelier’s Union Elementary School as a kindergartener. This was also the year she began piano lessons and sang…
Review: ‘*FREE PILE’ Gives Us More Than We Bargained For
By David Carlson Nobody does punk like Montpelier. Hear me out … For 50 years, punk rock has sat squarely against the status quo,…
The Liberty Street Kids Record Their Album ‘Getting Older’ in One Week
By Rachel Amster, via Community News Service, a University of Vermont journalism internship In one week, Liberty Street Kids, a group of 12 teenagers, sat…
Vermont music icon Jon Gailmor departed the way he came in — with a song
As a children’s entertainer, teacher and troubadour, Gailmor planted his songs like little seeds, one by one, in classrooms, parks, churches and village granges.…
Glo Alexander Brings Music and Meaning to Downtown Montpelier
By Izzy Senior Via Community News Service, a University of Vermont journalism internship for The Bridge If you stroll through downtown Montpelier during the…
Dave Keller Cuts His 11th Album, ‘La Brea’
Dave Keller was not an overnight success and he seems fine with that. The award winning blues/soul musician is open about his long road…
Gamelan Sulukala Comes Home
Since the Gamelan Sulukala relocated out of the Pratt Library of the former Goddard College campus into an upper story room inside Bethany Church…
Peg Tassey Returns to Montpelier with Music to Kiss By (while the Patriarchy Eats Itself Alive)
Peg Tassey will be playing in Montpelier for the first time in over 20 years on Friday, July 25, at Charlie’O’s in Montpelier. Peg,…
Make Music Day Invites All to Join on June 21
Monteverdi Music School presents Montpelier’s Make Music Day for the third year in a row on Saturday, June 21. Make Music Day is a…
‘Musical Storyteller’ Bonji Sings at the Hub on April 5 for Fundraiser
You may know Bonji as Ben Ellingson, the seasoned paint tech at Aubuchon Ace Hardware in downtown Montpelier. Like so many multi-talented Vermonters, he…
Green Mountain Youth Symphony Welcomes New Executive Director
Erin Eberhardt is excited about the grand spring concert of the Green Mountain Youth Symphony on Sunday, April 6, at 2 p.m. at the…
“Sylvia” Celebrates Women in Music in Free Concert
A string quartet, “Sylvia,” from the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, presents music by women composers in a free one-hour concert at Christ Episcopal Church in…
The Return of the Flutes: Karen Kevra to be Celebrated
Having been mentored by renown musician Louis Moyse, flutist and Capital City Concert founder Karen Kevra finds herself reflecting on the value and delight…
Concert Celebrates Kevra’s Music Career
Capital City Concerts presents “Her Favorite Things,” on Sunday, March 30, at 3 p.m. at the Unitarian Church of Montpelier. In this celebration concert,…
Community and Business News in Brief — Jan8-21, 2025
CCV Extends Corrections Education The Community College of Vermont and the Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) are expanding the Corrections Post-Secondary Education Initiative partnership,…
Deep Dive Series Explores Music and Culture
Monteverdi Music School’s executive director Jolynda Burton was visiting with Xavier Jimenez, co-owner of Langdon Street’s Buch Spieler, earlier this year when they got…