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SUMMARY:The Dixie Six
DESCRIPTION:The Dixie SixDate and Time: Sunday\, August 8\, 2026;  4PM to 5:30 PM\, with an intermission. Inside concert.\nLocation: Island Arts Center\, 1127 US Rt 2\, North Hero\, VT 05474.\nGrounds open at 3:30 for an optional picnic on the green\, subject to weather. Bring a chair or blanket if desired.\nTickets: $25-$35 \nTables: Reserve a table for seating at $15 for a 2-top\, $25 for a 4-top\, and BYOB. Table\ntickets are available online or at the door\, first come-first served and subject to availability.\nTables tickets are not available from local ticket outlets. \nAn outstanding roster of players\, several new to The Dixie Six within the past few years\, have infused the music with new energy. Tony Pietricola – clarinet\, Lisa Henry – sousaphone \, Chris Scribnau – cornet\, Rich Magnuson – drums\, Charlie MacFayden – piano\, and George Voland – valve trombone will get your feet tapping. \nVermont’s Dixie Six is a band well-loved by Island Arts’ audiences\, and the group is well-known in the greater Burlington music scene. The six Vermont musicians focus on the sound and repertoire of Louis Armstrong’s All Stars of the 1950’s and 1960’s. Though retaining a traditional Dixie feel\, the band’s updated rhythm section gives a new energy to New Orleans classics and mid-century standards. \n“Thanks to Island Arts for inviting us to play. We hope you enjoy the music as much as we enjoy playing it for you.”\n~ The Dixie Six \nListen to a recent performance: \nBUY TICKETSBACK TO ALL EVENTS
URL:https://www.islandarts.org/event/the-dixie-six-4/
LOCATION:Island Arts Center\, 1127 US Rte 2\, North Hero\, 05474\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Events,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260815T190000
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SUMMARY:Haiduck & Heckendorn Sing & Play the Great American Songbook
DESCRIPTION:Haiduck & Heckendorn Sing & Play the Great American SongbookDate & Time: Saturday\, August 15\, 2026\, 7 to 9 pm with an intermission.\nLocation: Island Arts Center (barn)\, 1127 U.S. Rte. 2\, North Hero\, VT 05474\nTickets: $25-$30; Cabaret table seating is an option at this concert.\nTables: Reserve a table for seating at $15 for a 2-top\, $25 for a 4-top\, and BYOB. Table\ntickets are available online or at the door\, first come-first served and subject to\navailability. (Tables tickets are not available from the local ticket outlets). \nEnjoy an informal cabaret-style evening featuring a fine jazz quartet of clarinet\, concert grand piano\, double bass\, and drums! Relax at your own table while the quartet performs all-time favorite music from the Great American Songbook. \nNeal Haiduck on clarinet and David Heckendorn on piano are joined by two of Burlington’s finest musicians: Bruno John\, bassist\, a young addition to the growing Burlington jazz scene\, and Dan Ryan\, drums\, leader of the popular “Dan Ryan Express. The quartet will be joined by special guest John Lehmann-Haupt\, the superb classical guitarist from New York City who treated us last year. \nThe quartet will play—and sing—songs by composers they didn’t get around to last summer. This year you will hear music by George Gershwin\, Duke Ellington\, Irving Berlin\, Rodgers & Hart\, Lerner & Loewe\, and Matt Dennis. Still on the program will be music by Cole Porter\, Leonard Bernstein\, Johnny Mercer\, and others––some well-known\, some not-so-well-known. \nHaiduck and Heckendorn have performed and recorded together for many years in the New York City area. Clarinetist Neal Haiduck has played jazz and classical music in New York City\, Montréal\, London\, Europe\, South America\, and Japan. He now makes his home in Burlington\, where he makes the lively jazz scene. \nPianist David Heckendorn was the orchestrator for “Mr. Holland’s Opus.” His compositions have been performed in various American venues\, including St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Birdland in New York City\, and in Europe and East Europe. He lives in Ulster County\, New York.\nDavid will play a Yamaha C7 concert grand piano provided through the courtesy of the\nVermont Youth Orchestra Association. Island Arts is most grateful for their support.  \nBUY TICKETSBACK TO ALL EVENTS
URL:https://www.islandarts.org/event/haiduck-heckendorn-3/
LOCATION:Island Arts Center\, 1127 US Rte 2\, North Hero\, 05474\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Events,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260816T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260816T173000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202937
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SUMMARY:Vermont Jazz Ensemble Celebrates 50 Years!
DESCRIPTION:Vermont Jazz Ensemble Celebrates 50 Years!Date & Time: Sunday\, August 16\, 2026\, 4 to 5:30 pm. Outside concert.\nLocation: Island Arts Center (barn)\, 1127 U.S. Rte. 2\, North Hero\, VT 05474\nOptional picnic on the green starting at 3:30. Bring a chair or blanket if desired. If weather\nrequires\, concert will move inside the barn.\nTickets: $25-$30 \nCelebrating their 50th Anniversary! Vermont’s premier big-band swing/dance group.\nSwingin’ for over 50 years\, with this event directed by Grand Isle’s own Tony Pietricola. \nIn recognition of their enduring history\, the program will include highlights from two\nalbums that Vermont Jazz Ensemble has published over the years. \nDon’t know much about VJE? Their appearance is always a popular event in the hot\nvenues across Vermont such as Nectar’s in Burlington\, The Stone Barn in Brattleboro\, and\nthe Zenbarn in Waterbury. Now appearing right here for you in the Islands. \nThis VJE concert is sponsored by Otter Creek Awnings of Williston\, for the fourth year! \nPhoto courtesy of The Vermont Jazz Ensemble\nBUY TICKETSBACK TO ALL EVENTS
URL:https://www.islandarts.org/event/vermont-jazz-ensemble-5/
LOCATION:Island Arts Center\, 1127 US Rte 2\, North Hero\, 05474\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Events,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260821T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260821T203000
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SUMMARY:Sohyun Ahn: Bach & Schumann
DESCRIPTION:Sohyun Ahn: Bach & SchumannDate and Time: Friday\, August 21\, 2026  7 PM-8:30 PM  No intermission.\nLocation: Island Arts Center\, 1127 US Rt 2\, North Hero\, VT 05474\nTickets: $25 – $30 \nNew York City concert pianist Sohyun Ahn returns to Island Arts for the fifth year. An Island Arts’ favorite\, Sohyun’s well-attended concerts of the last four summers have  continued to elicit raves\, including “dreamy”\, “amazing delicacy”\, and “world class.”  This program showcases Sohyun Ahn in a solo piano concert featuring shorter works by J. S. Bach\, Robert Schumann\, and other composers to be announced. \nJ. S. Bach has long been an important composer in Sohyun Ahn’s repertoire. Her 2021 recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations is described by critics: “crystalline clarity\,” “insightful nuance\,” and “dynamic breadth”\, and offering a “perfectly balanced elegance” and “emotional storm\,” with a high level of technical skill. \nShe is described as “an absolute master” by the New York Concert Review\, and as an “amazing pianist” by the Classical New Jersey Society. Our Vermont audience raved: “Absolutely superb.” “I was enthralled.” “Such a different experience from the big city hall where you are miles from the performer.” \nFrom Piano Music Magazine\, Korea: “Such a gifted virtuoso\, wonderful performing the emotional storm … with the perfectly balanced elegance.” \nYour enjoyment of this fine concert will be enhanced by the improvements to the Island Arts barn completed this past winter. The 2025 renovations include new sound-proofed walls\, doors\, and windows to improve listening pleasure and comfort. \nSohyun 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. \nBUY TICKETSBACK TO ALL EVENTS
URL:https://www.islandarts.org/event/sohyun-ahn-solo-piano/
LOCATION:Island Arts Center\, 1127 US Rte 2\, North Hero\, 05474\, United States
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SUMMARY:MetalWerx Tuba/Euphonium Quartet
DESCRIPTION:MetalWerx Tuba/Euphonium QuartetDate and Time: Sunday\, July 23\, 2023; 4 PM.\nInside concert with option to picnic outside on the green at 3:30\, weather permitting.\nLocation: Island Arts Center\, 1127 US Rt 2\, North Hero\, VT 05474\nTickets: Free concert\, thanks to VT Anonymous Donors. Please Register below–registration appreciated but not required. \nPrepare to be amazed! MetalWerx is a unique local quartet consisting of two euphoniums—played by and Jenna Schultz of Winooski and Cynsy Van Santen of Bristol\, and two tubas—played by Tim Foley of Burlington and Yutaka Kono of Shelburne. \nThe repertoire is an eclectic mix of fantasies\, suites\, marches\, jazz\, and pop music standards\, and a few favorite classical transcriptions sure to please the ear of every music lover’s taste. Noted composers include Holst\, Sousa\, Puccini\, Rossini\, and Piazzolla. MetalWerx has presented concerts at the University of Vermont\, participated in the 2015 “Bach In The Subways” event in Burlington\, and provided music for wedding and funeral services. \nMetalWerx spreads the gospel of the lush and colorful sounds of the tuba and euphonium by performing works written or arranged for this specific instrumentation. The group has commissioned new pieces for this quartet by Vermont composer/hornist Lydia Lowery Busler and Burlington trombonist/ pianist/ composer/ arranger Andrew Muroz. \nThe quartet was founded in 2008 to provide incidental music for the Milton Community Band Christmas concert. They had so much fun putting that together\, they decided to continue and see where it led. \nCome hear the remarkable range of sounds and the wide array of musical styles presented by MetalWerx. \nIt is a sound like no other! \nView their Face Book page here \nRegisterBACK TO ALL EVENTS
URL:https://www.islandarts.org/event/metalwerx-a-euphonium-quartet/
LOCATION:Island Arts Center\, 1127 US Rte 2\, North Hero\, 05474\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Events,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260830T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260830T173000
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SUMMARY:Marsh Lights\, an Acoustic Project
DESCRIPTION:Marsh Lights\, an Acoustic ProjectDate and Time: Sunday\, August 30\, 2026; 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm.\nOutside concert with option to picnic on the green at 3:30 pm\, weather permitting. If weather requires\, concert will move inside the barn.\nLocation: Island Arts Center\, 1127 U.S. Rte. 2\, North Hero\nTickets: Free concert\, thanks to VT Anonymous Donors. Please Register below–registration appreciated but not required. \nVermont musician Colby Crehan\, former vocalist and songwriter for the Bluegrass Gospel Project and Possum Haw\, reunites with her Possum Haw bandmates in the 5-piece acoustic project Marsh Lights. \nMarsh Lights plays acoustic folk-grass music. The program features songs composed by Crehan. “Colby Crehan is a powerful and magnificently talented musician.”–– Robert Resnik\, host\, All the Traditions\, Vermont Public Radio. \nMarsh Lights’ songs explore bravery\, darkness\, spirituality\, and grace with lyrics that often employ metaphoric places and female heroes and perspectives. And Marsh Lights pulls from the old songbook of PossumHaw\, particularly the songs found on their last recording\, the live 2017 album Limberpine. The band also plays instrumentals written by banjoist Ryan Crehan and mandolinist Stephen Waud. Charley Eiseman’s warm vocals join Colby and Ryan’s for hauntingly sweet three-part harmonies. Charley plays lead acoustic guitar with nuanced blues and jazz inflections. Mitch Barron\, a long-time essential presence in the Vermont folk music scene\, brings his skilled upright bass playing to the stage\, along with deep\, rich vocal backup. \nVermont Vocalist of the Year\nVermont Song of the Year\nFormer members of PossumHaw and The Bluegrass Gospel Project\n“The combination of talent\, passion\, and songwriting in the band is breathtaking.”\n– Mary-Nell Bockman\, Whallonsburg Grange \nRegisterBACK TO ALL EVENTS
URL:https://www.islandarts.org/event/marsh-lights/
LOCATION:Island Arts Center\, 1127 US Rte 2\, North Hero\, 05474\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Events,Music
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