The Vermont Legislature presents 2018 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Wednesdays throughout the 2018 Vermont Legislative Session 7:30 pm in the House Chamber, Vermont State House January 17th THE RED FOX SESSION BAND This Windham County band plays every Wednesday night in Bondville’s Irish pub – performing Vermont, Canadian, and Irish fiddle tunes. January 24th VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA David M. Wilson Memorial Farmers’ Night Concert — Jaime Laredo, conductor Music for chamber orchestra featuring principal oboe, bassoon, and harp are included in a program that ranges from Mozart and Gluck to Britten and Debussy, along with the world premiere of student composer Izzy Patterson’s Evergreen. January 31st ELEVA CHAMBER PLAYERS The Eleva Chamber Players will present an inspiring program entitled “Close to Mozart: Music by Vermont composer Michael Close, Mozart and More.” Eleva is Central Vermont’s only professional string orchestra and performs without a conductor. Its mission is to elevate the human spirit through music. February 7th THETFORD CHAMBER SINGERS: Poetry and Song Presented by the Vermont Humanities Council Celebrating forty years together, the Thetford Chamber Singers present powerful literary texts with complex choral arrangements, including the work of Wendell Berry, Emily Dickinson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and others. February 14th VERMONT vs HOLLYWOOD Vermont vs Hollywood Explore 100 years of Vermont in television and film, with emphasis on how Vermont has been perceived, idealized, and stereotyped. February 21st VERMONT HEADSTONES Presented by the Vermont Historical Society Vermont Headstones is a cycle of 12 songs by Stanley Charkey, performed by baritone Don Wilkinson, oboist Mary Cicconetti and and violist Anya Shemetyeva. Using poetic inscriptions from historic Vermont cemeteries the lyrics poignantly bring to life quiet moments from Vermont’s history. The work celebrates the contributions of early Vermont farmers, settlers, soldiers, sailors and others to the rich tapestry that is Vermont. February 28th JOHNNY CASH TRIBUTE BAND Celebrate the authentic music and sound of Johnny and June Cash in this tribute to these great country music stars. March 7th Town Meeting Week Off March 14th VERMONT’S 40th ARMY BAND Join our soldier musicians for a night of traditional patriotic American tunes, as well as classical and contemporary music. The program will feature flutist Spc. Cassandra Willette performing Concertino, Op. 107 by Cecile Chaminade. March 21st COUNTERPOINT Counterpoint, Vermont’s professional vocal ensemble, returns to celebrate the music of two local composers — Austrian emigre Richard Stoehr, and Robert De Cormier, who founded the ensemble — in a program of psalms, folksongs, and spirituals. March 28th SYMPHONIC WINDS Symphonic Winds returns to fill the State House with the uplifting sounds of wind orchestra with full percussion. April 4th RENE PELLERIN Born in Quebec, Rene Pellerin grew up in Barre and now lives in Waterbury Center. He performs his compelling “As Cultures Collide”— a humorous journey of a Franco-American born deaf and becoming deafblind.

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The Vermont Legislature presents

18FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLICWednesdays throughout the 2018 Vermont Legislative Session 7:30 pm in the House Chamber, Vermont State House

January 17th THE RED FOX SESSION BAND This Windham County band plays every Wednesday night in Bondville’s Irish pub – performing Vermont, Canadian, and Irish fiddle tunes.

January 24th VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA David M. Wilson Memorial Farmers’ Night Concert — Jaime Laredo, conductor Music for chamber orchestra featuring principal oboe, bassoon, and harp are included in a program that ranges from Mozart and Gluck to Britten and Debussy, along with the world premiere of student composer Izzy Patterson’s Evergreen.January 31st ELEVA CHAMBER PLAYERS The Eleva Chamber Players will present an inspiring program entitled “Close to Mozart: Music by Vermont composer Michael Close, Mozart and More.” Eleva is Central Vermont’s only professional string orchestra and performs without a conductor. Its mission is to elevate the human spirit through music.February 7th THETFORD CHAMBER SINGERS: Poetry and SongPresented by the Vermont Humanities CouncilCelebrating forty years together, the Thetford Chamber Singers present powerful literary texts with complex choral arrangements, including the work of Wendell Berry, Emily Dickinson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and others. February 14th VERMONT vs HOLLYWOOD Vermont vs Hollywood Explore 100 years of Vermont in television and film, with emphasis on how Vermont has been perceived, idealized, and stereotyped.February 21st VERMONT HEADSTONESPresented by the Vermont Historical Society Vermont Headstones is a cycle of 12 songs by Stanley Charkey, performed by baritone Don Wilkinson, oboist Mary Cicconetti and and violist Anya Shemetyeva. Using poetic inscriptions from historic Vermont cemeteries the lyrics poignantly bring to life quiet moments from Vermont’s history. The work celebrates the contributions of early Vermont farmers, settlers, soldiers, sailors and others to the rich tapestry that is Vermont. February 28th JOHNNY CASH TRIBUTE BAND Celebrate the authentic music and sound of Johnny and June Cash in this tribute to these great country music stars.

March 7th Town Meeting Week Off

March 14th VERMONT’S 40th ARMY BAND Join our soldier musicians for a night of traditional patriotic American tunes, as well as classical and contemporary music. The program will feature flutist Spc. Cassandra Willette performing Concertino, Op. 107 by Cecile Chaminade. March 21st COUNTERPOINT Counterpoint, Vermont’s professional vocal ensemble, returns to celebrate the music of two local composers — Austrian emigre Richard Stoehr, and Robert De Cormier, who founded the ensemble — in a program of psalms, folksongs, and spirituals.March 28th SYMPHONIC WINDS Symphonic Winds returns to fill the State House with the uplifting sounds of wind orchestra with full percussion.April 4th RENE PELLERIN Born in Quebec, Rene Pellerin grew up in Barre and now lives in Waterbury Center. He performs his compelling “As Cultures Collide”— a humorous journey of a Franco-American born deaf and becoming deafblind.