Date & Time: Saturday, August 15, 2026, 7 to 9 pm with an intermission.
Location: Island Arts Center (barn), 1127 U.S. Rte. 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: $25 online -$30 at the door; Cabaret table seating is an option at this concert.
Tables: Reserve a table for seating at $15 for a 2-top, $25 for a 4-top, and BYOB. Table
tickets are available online or at the door, first come-first served and subject to
availability. (Tables tickets are not available from the local ticket outlets).

Some bands take fifty years to find their way back to each other. Neal Haiduck and David Heckendorn first played together in the Catskill Mountains half a century ago — and this cabaret-style evening, now in its 4th year, is something of a reunion in disguise. Join them Saturday, Aug. 15 at 7 pm.

Settle in at your own cabaret table for an evening of clarinet, grand piano, double bass, and drums, playing favorites from Gershwin, Ellington, Bernstein, Mercer, Porter, Berlin, Rodgers & Hart, Lerner & Loewe, and more — the well-known and the wonderfully obscure.

Haiduck, on clarinet, has played jazz and classical music across NYC, Montréal, and abroad. He now calls Burlington home, where he’s a regular on the local jazz scene. Heckendorn, at the piano, does double-duty as a fine mellow singer of selections from this enduring music. He’s an expert who orchestrated the score for Mr. Holland’s Opus; his compositions have been performed at venues including Birdland, as well as throughout Europe.

They’re joined by Bruno John on bass, a rising presence on the Burlington jazz scene, and on drums by longtime friend, New Yorker Jeff Kane. And guest Classical guitarist John Lehmann-Haupt returns from NYC as well, bringing a set of Brazilian tunes and perhaps a contemporary addition to the Great American Songbook.

Heckendorn will play a Yamaha C7 concert grand piano provided through the courtesy of the Vermont Youth Orchestra Association. Island Arts is most grateful for their support.