Walter Parker's guest is the new Executive Director of the Vermont Youth Orchestra Association. Audio is now posted online.

The violinist performs with the Burlington Chamber Orchestra this weekend. Audio is now posted online.

The Burlington Choral Society begins its 35th Anniversary Season this weekend with a performance Saturday night at Ira Allen Chapel.  I spoke with David Neiweem and Patricia Julien, who both composed works for the occasion.

This weekend, Burlington Ensemble presents its "Giving Bach" concert at College Street Congregational Church.  I spoke with co-artistic directors Michael Dabroski and Sofia Hirsch about the program and the organization's mission.

I speak with the Vermont composer about his new piece.

We speak with Vermont composer Dennis Bathory-Kitsz about his monodrama, premiering this weekend.

This Friday evening, the Brentano String Quartet performs a fascinating program at Darmouth College, in which contemporary composers wrote companion pieces to unfinished "fragments" of pieces by classical composers.  I spoke with violinist Mark Steinberg of the Brentano quartet about the program, and we'll hear that conversation this afternoon.

Bassoonist Rachael Elliott and pianist Cynthia Huard stop by the VPR Performance Studio to preview their concerts on September 2-4 in St. Johnsbury, Burlington, and Hanover.  The concerts are in celebration of the release of Rachael's new recording, "Polka the Elk," which features new and experimental music for the bassoon.

Trinity Wall Street commissioned Philadelphia composer Robert Moran to write a Requiem to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11. The Church miraculously survived the attacks that day despite its close proximity to ground zero. We'll hear it and talk with him about his new work.

The 15th annual used instrument sale is happening tomorrow in Montpelier, with all proceeds benefiting the CVCM  music scholarship fund. This morning I'll talk with one of the organizers and let you know where you can drop off instruments for the sale.

Violinist Soovin Kim, Artistic Director of the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival, stops by for a chat.  Listen at 11:00am.

In the spotlight this afternoon is Before Night Falls by Vermont composer Jorge Martín. Listen Saturday at 12:00pm.

VPR Classical presents highlights of conversations with individuals whose work has made the 60th anniversary of the Marlboro Music Festival possible.(PHOTO: Dorothea von Haeften)

Music and conversation this morning with Vermont-based composer Jorge Martín.  

The 10th annual Music Festival of the Americas gets underway tonight in Stowe at the Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center. This morning we'll talk with conductor Alondra de la Parra about her work with the Festival, its young artists, and her own early training with conductor Kurt Masur.  

VPR Classical talks with Pamela Pantos, Executive Director of Opera North, about the big plans for the company's 30th anniversary season next year.

VPR Classical talks with one of Vermont's newest music ensembles, Scrag Mountain Music.

Even as the Marlboro Music Festival is celebrating its 60th anniversary season, Vermont is the home of another music festival that's now rounding out its 66th(!) season. This morning I'll talk with Phillip Bush, Music Director of the Bennington Chamber Music Conference and Composer's Forum in anticipation of their final concert tomorrow evening. 

Michael Dabroski, co-founder of Burlington Ensemble, joins VPR Classical's Joe Goetz live in studio for a chat about the group's two concerts at All Souls Interfaith Gathering in Shelburne.

Soovin Kim talks with Performance Today's Fred Child about his involvement with Marlboro Music.

We speak with the Vermont flutist about Summer Music from Greensboro Friday at 11:am.

The Sembrich Museum celebrates the centennial of Gian Carlo Menotti's birth and VPR's Walter Parker speaks with the Museum's Artistic Director Richard Wargo.

Walter Parker talks with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and conductor Jaime Laredo.

Just after 8am we'll feature today's 'poetic pairing': Robert Hayden reading his poem "Those Winter Sundays", and then Glazunov's "Winter/Spring" transition from his "Seasons" ballet. In the 9am hour I'll talk to the VYO's Music Director Designate, Jeffrey Domoto about his new position and his plans for the orchestra.

I'll speak with conductors Jeffrey Buettner and William Metcalfe, who will both lead major Bach performances this week.