Island Arts

Jorge Garcia Herranz, Pianist
2022-08-12 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Jorge Garcia Herranz, PianistDate: Friday, Aug. 12, 2022; 7 PM
Location: 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: Free concert; Get free tickets below.
Spanish-born pianist Jorge Garcia Herranz offers a program of Chopin and Schubert works. Herranz is an experienced accompanist at the Conservatoire Darius Milhaud in Paris, France. His solo performance repertoire includes Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart, and Schubert among others. He also improvises and draws on diverse musical genres to accompany silent movies.
For the last fifteen years, he has worked on various tango projects and recently released a CD featuring Astor Piazzolla’s music.
We are delighted to welcome Jorge Garcia Herranz back to the Islands.
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Free AdmissionPhoto courtesy of Maison Heinrich Heine.
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Bella Voca Band & Dance Party 2022
2022-08-13 18:30 - 21:00 UTC | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Bella Voca Band & Dance PartyDate: Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022; 6:30-9 PM
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 U.S. Rte. 2, North Hero
Tickets: A FREE event, thanks to a generous sponsor.
A vocal powerhouse band of six musicians with two vocalists. Tracy DeCoste, Brigid Bushey, Dan Rochester, Eric Mccaughan, Dale Derusha, and Mike Trudo deliver great music from all genres. Dance your heart out! They play a great variety of music to please all, with songs from the Beatles, Adele, Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, Dua Lipa, just to name a few. The popular six-piece band performs in upstate NY and Vermont.
BYOB. Rain or shine. Weather permitting, concert will be outside, with the option to picnic starting at 5:30. A chair or blanket is suggested.
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Group Singing Lessons with Sarah Cullins #2
2022-08-15 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | South Hero Congregational Church, 24 South St., South Hero, VT
Group Singing Lessons with Sarah CullinsDate and Time: Monday Aug 15, 2022; 5 to 6PM
Instructor: Sarah Cullins, soprano
Location: South Hero Congregational Church, 24 South St., South Hero, VT 05486
Tickets: $40 for the set of three classes; $15 for one class
These vocal technique classes will focus on body and breathing coordination, enabling singers of any level to enhance their projection, clarity of tone, and efficiency of breath control while minimizing common tensions. The classes are suitable for both beginners and experienced singers. Students will be given access to online exercises for ongoing practice.
Back by popular demand from last season, the well-attended classes received rave reviews from the students.
Sarah Cullins, Soprano
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Vermont Jazz Ensemble
2022-08-21 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Vermont Jazz EnsembleDate: Sunday August 21, 2022; 6:30 PM; picnic on the green starting at 5:30 PM (weather permitting)
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: $25
Vermont’s premier big-band swing/dance group. Swingin’ for over 40 years! Their appearance is always a popular event in the hot venues across Vermont such as Nectar’s in Burlington, The Stone Barn in Brattleboro, and the Zenbarn in Waterbury. Now right here for you in the Islands.
Photo courtesy of The Vermont Jazz Ensemble
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Group Singing Lessons with Sarah Cullins #3
2022-08-22 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | South Hero Congregational Church, 24 South St., South Hero, VT
Group Singing Lessons with Sarah CullinsDate and Time: Monday Aug 22, 2022; 5 to 6PM
Instructor: Sarah Cullins, soprano
Location: South Hero Congregational Church, 24 South St., South Hero, VT 05486
Tickets: $40 for the set of three classes; $15 for one class
These vocal technique classes will focus on body and breathing coordination, enabling singers of any level to enhance their projection, clarity of tone, and efficiency of breath control while minimizing common tensions. The classes are suitable for both beginners and experienced singers. Students will be given access to online exercises for ongoing practice.
Back by popular demand from last season, the well-attended classes received rave reviews from the students.
Sarah Cullins, Soprano
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Flores Argentinas
2022-08-25 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Flores ArgentinasDate and Time: Thursday, August 25, 2022; 7-9 PM
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: $25
Soprano Sarah Cullins and classical guitarist Daniel Gaviria—whose 8 Cuerdas performance stunned a sell-out house last season—return in a new program.
Sharing the stage is the ensemble Duo Dolce—Vermont Symphony Orchestra principal cellist John Dunlop and violinist Laura Markowitz. The foursome will treat us to music by a variety of Argentine and other South American composers, performed with various combinations of their instruments. A unique concert!
“The pairing of these two particular instruments presents timbres not heard in tandem as frequently as, say, violin and piano. It’s a gorgeous sound — and wonderful piece of music, with each part doing its own thing while also sticking tightly together.” So comments WQXR’s James Bennett on the pairing of cello and guitar in the work by Gnattalli that appears on this program:
MORE… Cullins comments that the performers “will do some pieces together and in combinations, but mostly perform as Duos who approach this folk, jazz, or traditional music- inspired classical repertoire” in our own way. At times melancholy, passionate, tragic, playful, or romantic, this music is “sure to move you and get you moving”.
“Flores Argentinas”, taking its name from the beautiful song cycle by Carlos Guastavino, offers music by Argentinean composers, including some fiery tangos. “Works by Piazzolla and Guastavino are joined by works of neighboring-country composers such as Gerardo Rodriguez from Uruguay and Brazilian favorite, Heitor Villa-Lobos. Traditional Argentinean pieces may be new to Vermont audiences. We think they will LOVE them!”
The program will close with the exquisite Cantelina from Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasieras #5 for soprano, and here performed with both cello and guitar. Not to be missed.
John Dunlop and Laura MarkowitzPhoto of Dunlop & Markowitz courtesy of Bear Cieri.
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The Dixie Six
2022-08-27 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
The Dixie SixDate: Saturday, August 27, 2022; 6:30 pm; picnic on the green starting at 5:30 pm, weather permitting. In the event of inclement weather, this outside concert will be cancelled.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 U.S. Rte. 2, North Hero
Tickets: $10 online and at the door. Chairs or blankets are suggested.
Vermont’s Dixie Six is a band well-loved by Island Arts’ audiences, and the group is well-known in the greater Burlington music scene. These six Vermont musicians focus on the sound and repertoire of Louis Armstrong’s All Stars of the 1950’s and 1960’s. The All Stars are famous for hits such as “Blueberry Hill,” “Mack the Knife,” and “Hello, Dolly!” which blew “the Beatles off the top of pop charts at the height of Beatlemania.” This lively jazz still thrills, appealing to all ages.
The Dixie Six players will be Charlie MacFayden, piano; Peter Williams, bass; Dave Whittle, drums; Phil Mead, trombone; Tony Pietricola, clarinet; and Bill Wicker on the cornet. Though retaining a traditional Dixie feel, band’s updated rhythm section gives a new energy to New Orleans classics and mid-century standards.
“Thanks to Island Arts for inviting us to play. We hope you enjoy the music as much as we enjoy playing it for you.”
~ The Dixie Six
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Bluegrass Jam Session
2023-06-04 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Bluegrass Jam SessionDate and Time: Sunday, June 4, July 2, August 27, 2023; 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Outside, weather permitting; otherwise, concert will move inside the barn.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: Free event. Registration is suggested.
Join Willy Dallas and members of the Corner Junction Bluegrass Band for a series of
fun and inclusive jamming sessions. It’s the perfect introduction and all playing levels
are welcome using the traditional bluegrass instruments: Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, Upright Bass, Fiddle, and Dobro. You’ll learn 2 or 3 chord songs at a slow jam pace with CJBB to support you. Arrangements to try out instruments are possible.
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Book Sale 2023
2023-06-17 11:00 - 15:00 UTC | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Book SaleDate & Time: Saturday & Sunday June 17 -18, 2023; 11 AM – 3 PM
Location: Island Arts Center (barn), 1127 U.S. Rte. 2, North Hero
Tickets: Free admission. Books by donation.
The book sale will feature more than 5,000 books to cater to every taste. All books are organized by subject for your easy discovery. There are paperbacks, hard-covers, and some beautiful books to display. The subjects are varied and include Fiction, Mysteries, History, Travel, Cooking, Psychology, True Stories, Biographies, and more. Browse at your leisure in the airy space that is the Island Arts Center barn.
Please join us on Saturday June 17, 2023 at 11AM as we welcome Vermont novelist and master storyteller, Stephen Russell Payne as he presents his newest novel “You Were Always There”.

Signed copies of his books, which make great gifts, will be available for sale:
You Were Always There – A novel (set in Vermont)
Cliff Walking – A Novel (set on the Coast of Maine)
Life on a Cliff – A Novel (the sequel set on the Coast of Maine)
Riding My Guitar – The Rick Norcross Story (biography of a fascinating Vermont musician)
Ties That Bind Us – A Collection of Vermont Short Stories.
For more information regarding Mr. Payne, please visit his website at stephenrussellpayne.com
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Book Sale 2023
2023-06-18 11:00 - 15:00 UTC | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Book SaleDate & Time: Saturday & Sunday June 17 -18, 2023; 11 AM – 3 PM
Location: Island Arts Center (barn), 1127 U.S. Rte. 2, North Hero
Tickets: Free admission. Books by donation.
The book sale will feature more than 5,000 books to cater to every taste. All books are organized by subject for your easy
There are paperbacks, hard-covers, and some beautiful books to display. The subjects are varied and include Fiction, My
History, Travel, Cooking, Psychology, True Stories, Biographies, and more. Browse at your leisure in the airy space that is the Island Arts Center barn.
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Yang Bao and Kenneth Renshaw
2023-06-22 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Yang Bao & Kenneth Renshaw, Piano & ViolinDate and Time: Thursday, June 22, 2023; 7-8:30 PM with intermission.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: Free event. Registration is suggested.
Come enjoy a concert of piano favorites with Yang Bao, accompanied by renowned violinist Kenneth Renshaw. All are welcome to join us at this concert in celebration of the life of Bob Foley, long time Island Arts supporter. The program will include some of Bob Foley’s favorites by Beethoven, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, and Schubert.
Yang Bao’s association with Island Arts began back in 2014 while he was still an undergraduate piano student at the New England Conservatory of Music. He continued to appear with Island Arts for six seasons.
It is thanks to Bob Foley and his wife Priscilla Rose, who recruited Yang Bao and underwrote those early concerts, that classical music is now a popular feature of Island Arts’ annual events calendar. The Priscilla Rose Talent Scholarship was created by Bob Foley in his wife’s name. He provided an endowment so this scholarship could continue as a valuable resource for Grand Isle youth to study in the arts.
Yang Bao is now a cross-disciplinary artist, composer, and pianist based in
New York, classically trained in piano performance at The Juilliard School and New England Conservatory of Music. He frequently performs at prestigious venues including Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Lincoln Center in New York, Jordan Hall in Boston, and Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing. His recent concerts include the Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 with China Philharmonic Orchestra in their Spring 2022 Concert Season.
Bao’s multi-media works create an experiential “synthesis of the arts” that is precise in texture while hypnotizing in motion. Inspired by classical music and post-human minimalism, his sensory-based “physical music” condenses complex emotions into poetic fables. Further enhanced by film and installation, Bao’s works materialize the intangible music into ever-morphing sonic monuments. https://www.yangbaostudio.com/
Kenneth Renshaw gained international attention in 2012 after winning First Prize at the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition. He has performed as soloist with major orchestras including the Belgian National Orchestra, the China Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, and in recitals at venues such as the Louvre Museum and the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad. He has collaborated with pianist Leon Fleisher, violinists Itzhak Perlman and Pamela Frank, and violist Kim Kashkashian, among others. He also enjoys pre-60s jazz and plays with a West Coast band, The Hot Clams.
Passionate about teaching, Renshaw is Teaching Assistant to Perlman and Li Lin at The Juilliard School. His private students have won prizes and been admitted to major conservatories including Juilliard and New England Conservatory. Renshaw holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Juilliard. https://www.kennethrenshawviolin.com/
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Bluegrass Jam Session
2023-07-02 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Corner Junction Bluegrass Jam SessionDate and Time: Sunday, July 2, 2023; 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Outside, weather permitting; otherwise, concert will move inside the barn.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: Free event. Registration is suggested.
Join Willy Dallas and members of the Corner Junction Bluegrass Band for a series of fun and informative jamming sessions, including some fast-paced bluegrass music. The sessions are open to all ages and skill levels. Come and join in. Stay as long as you like. Bring an instrument, your voice, or a homemade drum. Try out your improvisational skills. Or just listen.
Corner Junction was created by five guys with a true passion for bluegrass music: Neal Brown on bass, Allen Gratton on mandolin, George Seymour on banjo, Willy Dallas on fiddle, and Ernie Minetti on guitar. These band members previously played in bands such as Hidden Drive Band, Possum Livin, New Cross Country, Steel Rail, and Bluegrass Revisited. Since coming together in 2021, the band has shared its unique take on bluegrass with live performances all across Vermont.
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Mango Jam Vermont
2023-07-02 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Mango Jam: Free Family Barn Dance!Mango Jam: Free Family Barn Dance!Date and Time: July 2, 2023, 6:30 to 8:30 PM.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: Free event. Registration is suggested.
Outside concert with the option to picnic on the green at 5:30, weather permitting; otherwise, concert will move inside the barn.
All are welcome to join us at this event in celebration of the life of Dwayne Cormier, native of Southern Louisiana, a wonderful member of our Island’s community and a good friend to Island Arts for many years. Among Dwayne’s recent gifts to Island Arts, we can count the stage lighting that he and his crew installed last season.
Mango Jam is a six-piece Burlington-based dance band playing straight-ahead Zydeco as well as New Orleans inspired funk, Reggae and Ska.
Band members are Gus Ziesing, accordions, saxophones and vocals, Mimi Ryan, alto saxophone and vocals, Peter Riley, bass and vocals, Dennis Willmott, guitar and vocals, Bill Mullins, guitar and vocals, and Michael Bradshaw on drums.

Full of energy and happy vibes, this band will have you up and dancing in no time in Dwayne’s memory!
Laissez le bon temps rouler!

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Lake Sorbet Poetry & Guitar
2023-07-08 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Lake Sorbet Poetry & Guitar with Friends
Date & Time: Saturday, July 8, 2023; 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: $25 online and at the door, $20 in advance at local outlets.
Cleanse your creative palate as artists, poetry and music converge at the Homer Knight barn! Come join Sorbet, poet Kathy Fisher and singer-songwriter Juliana Just Costa, and Special Guests, including pianist Peter Wetzler and flautist Zoe Just, for a transporting, eclectic and uplifting evening of words and music.
“Sorbet cleanses the taste palate in between different courses of meals, so that you can clearly distinguish the taste of different food with a brand-new freshness.”
Blending elements of poetry, song, and spoken word, Lake Sorbet’s one-of-a-kind performance art promises to deliver a medley of words and music, in various iterations. As Montreal-based duo Sorbet and special guests, the artists will weave together an evocative tapestry of sound, as they offer original poems, woven with found sound and improv music, alternating with select pieces, original and covers. Hear the artists voices, solo or in duets, accompanied by the instrument of the moment – be it acoustic guitar, piano, flute, or beatbox – or some combination. Be surprised!
Kathy Fisher is a multidisciplinary artist, performance poet and documentarian, for over 30 years she has worked as a storyteller researcher and oral historian. She has performed across North America, in Mexico and France. A keen collaborator, she regularly performs spoken word and song with a roster of musicians. Her video-poem wabi-sabi, produced in collaboration with film maker Louise Abbott, is available on Vimeo. See: https://vimeo.com/471188512. Kathy will captivate you with stories from Isle La Motte and poems grounded in this Lake Champlain landscape, through Montreal and Alberta.
With her sweet, smooth vocals and acoustic guitar, Juliana Just Costa will take you on a sonic journey as she draws from pop, soul and Latin rhythms in English, French, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. Her time living in Mexico and her Brazilian background infuse her music with colorful Latin flavor. A versatile and dynamic vocalist, Juliana describes her sound as a mix of folk and Jazz, with hip-hop and blues influence.
Together, they mix it all up. The audience will be treated to special guests Kingston, NY-based pianist and composer Peter Wetzler who will offer an original, unconventional and spellbinding performance on a gorgeous grand piano. Peter Wetzler has worked as a composer of music for dance, theater television and film, and multimedia. While devoting his life to uncovering the exquisite relationship of sound and movement, Peter’s passion has also been to the power of music to transform society and heal. Flautist and singer Zoe Just, is Juliana’s mother and will accompany her.
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A Cappella Lollapalooza
2023-07-09 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
A Cappella LollapaloozaDate: Sunday July 9, 2023; 6:30 PM. Outside concert with option to picnic on the green at 5:30, weather permitting; otherwise, concert will move inside the barn.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: $25
Chordination
Three ensembles of different styles will perform at this event. The Root 7 ensemble appears with the Green Mountain Chorus and the Chordination barbershop quartet.
Root 7 is a contemporary mixed a cappella group that features voices and vocal percussion. Their energetic renditions include songs by Pink, James Bay, Rusted Root, Lauren Daigle, Jason Mraz, and more.
The Green Mountain Chorus of men from Vermont and Quebec have sounded the chords of Barbershop harmony together for over 70 years. A unique form of a cappella singing, Barbershop employs close four-part harmony. This chorus livens it up with a little comedy and audience participation—to the delight of audiences of all ages.
The Chordination quartet of unaccompanied singers delivers tunes from pop, folk, and Broadway traditions, arranged in the Barbershop Style.
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Fun Hip Hop/Jazz class for ages 6 and up!
2023-07-15 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Isle LaMotte Veterans Rec Park , School ST., School ST, Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463
Fun Hip Hop/Jazz class for ages 6
and up!Date and Time: Saturday, July 15; 10am-11am
Location: Isle LaMotte Veterans Rec Park – School St
Rain Location: Elementary School; 534 School Street, Isle La Motte
Tickets: FREE
Please come join Miss Liza, Owner of Dance In The Isle, who will be offering a fun family dance class for all. Class will start with a fun warm up and stretch followed by learning some popular moves often seen in the dance world. Miss Liza will then teach an upbeat combo to some popular and age-appropriate music! This will be a great event for the individual or whole family:) Adults must accompany their child.
Dare to Love, Dare to Dream. Dare to Dance.
This free event is brought to you through a collaboration of Island Arts and the Isle LaMotte Rec Department. Donations appreciated to benefit Island Arts.
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Bella Voca Band & Dance Party
2023-07-15 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Bella Voca Band & Dance PartyDate and Time: Saturday, July 15, 2023; 6:30 PM. Outside concert with option to picnic on the green at 5:30, weather permitting; otherwise, concert will move inside the barn.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 U.S. Rte. 2, North Hero
Tickets: FREE event. Registration is suggested.
A vocal powerhouse band of six musicians with three vocalists. Tracy DeCoste, Brigid Bushey, Dan Rochester, Eric McCaughan, Dale Derusha, and Mike Trudo deliver great music from all genres. Dance your heart out! Bella Voca plays a great variety of music to please all, with songs from the Beatles, Adele, Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, Dua Lipa, just to name a few. The popular six-piece band performs in upstate NY and Vermont.
The awards to the winners of Island Arts’ second Sylvia Barry Art Contest for Youth will be handed out during the intermission.
Rain or shine. A chair or blanket is suggested.
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Citizens Concert Band
2023-07-19 18:30 - 20:00 (Asia/Dubai) | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Citizens Concert BandDate: Wednesday July 19, 2023; 6:30 PM. Outside concert with option to picnic on the green at 5:30, weather permitting; otherwise, concert will move inside the barn.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: $10 online and at the door.
The ever-popular Citizens Concert Band returns to the Islands, with a singer featured. Long a favorite of Island Arts’ audiences, Citizens Concert Band offers a mix of toe-tapping music that includes traditional band favorites, jazzy numbers, and show and pop tunes cleverly adapted for its mix of musicians. A community band based in St. Albans, its 30 to 40 musicians range from high school age through adults.
The Band has a long history. Founded in 1946 under the American Legion umbrella by soldiers returning home from World War II, it has been going strong ever since. A single conductor, Edric Loomis, led the band from 1946 when he was 28 years old until his retirement after the 2001 season. Today, the Band is directed by Jeremy Berger. https://citizensconcertband.org/
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Haiduck & Heckendorn
2023-07-22 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Haiduck & Heckendorn Sing & Play the Great American SongbookDate and Time: Saturday, July 22, 2023; 7 PM to ~9 PM, with an intermission.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Concert tickets: $25.
Table Reservation: $14 / $20
Reserve a table for an additional $14 to the ticket price for a 2-top or $20 for a 4-top. BYOB. Order tables online or at the door, first come-first served. Tables are not available from local ticket outlets.
Enjoy an informal cabaret-style evening with a fine jazz trio of clarinet, grand piano, and double bass! Relax at your own table while Haiduck & Heckendorn perform all-time favorite music from the Great American Songbook.
The program opens with Neal Haiduck improvising on “If I Were a Bell” from “Guys and Dolls”. He is joined by David Heckendorn singing and playing Cole Porter’s “Night and Day.” Did you attend Island Arts Severance Jazz Trio concert last summer? You saw Haiduck bring down the house as guest clarinetist!
The program continues with tunes by Rogers and Hammerstein, George Gershwin, Johnny Mandel, Cy Coleman, Jerome Kern, Leonard Bernstein, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, and Burt Bacharach. And of course, the unofficial anthem of Vermont, “Moonlight in Vermont,” is given special treatment by these master musicians.
Haiduck & Heckendorn have performed and recorded together for many years in the New York City area. Clarinetist 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.
Pianist Heckendorn was the orchestrator for “Mr. Holland’s Opus.” His compositions have been performed in venues including St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Birdland in New York City, as well as in Europe and East Europe. He lives in Ulster County, New York.
Haiduck & Heckendorn are joined by Art DeQuasie, who is an accomplished jazz and classical bassist and the long-time Director of Operations for the Vermont Youth Orchestra.
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Metalwerx Tuba Euphonium Quartet
2023-07-23 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Metalwerx Tuba Euphonium QuartetDate and Time: Sunday, July 23, 2023; 6:30 PM. Inside concert with option to picnic outside on the green at 5:30, weather permitting.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: $25
Table Reservation: $14 / $20
Enjoy the performance at your own private cabaret-style table.
Reserve a table for an additional $14 to the ticket price for a 2-top or $20 for a 4-top. BYOB. Order tables online or at the door, first come-first served. Tables are not available from local ticket outlets.
Prepare to be amazed! MetalWerx is a unique local quartet consisting of two euphoniums—played by Dale Long of South Burlington and Jenna Schultz of Winooski, and two tubas—played by Tim Foley of Burlington and Yutaka Kono of Shelburne.
The 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.
MetalWerx 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.
The 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.
Come hear the remarkable range of sounds and the wide array of musical styles presented by MetalWerx. It is a sound like no other!
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Eclectica String Quartet
2023-07-29 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Eclectica String QuartetDate and Time: Saturday, July 29, 2023; 7 PM, without intermission.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: $25
Tables: $14 2-top or $20 4-top
Reserve a table for seating at $14 for a 2-top, $20 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 local ticket outlets.
This fine Vermont chamber ensemble is dedicated to exploring the boundaries of the string quartet repertoire. The concert will feature music of the Danish String Quartet. This is soulful lyrical music inspired by folk elements, arranged beautifully for classical string quartet. These pieces flow smoothly from one to the other, in a concert of approximately one hour of music, without intermission.
The members of Eclectica String Quartet are Sofia Hirsch, Laura Markowitz, Ana Ruesink, and John Dunlop. You can hear them playing with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra and moonlighting with other groups such as JukeBox, Turn Music and Cricket Blue. In the summertime, they take to the streets with their music, and perform at house (and barn) concerts.
Saturday Evening Program: Eclectica
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Green Mountain Brass Band
2023-07-30 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Green Mountain Brass BandDate and Time: Sunday, July 30, 2023; 6:30 PM. Outside concert with option to picnic on the green at 5:30, weather permitting; otherwise, concert will move inside the barn.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: $25
25+ brass and percussion musicians who perform at various locations around Vermont will be here in the Islands for your listening pleasure. The band plays many types of music including marches, show tunes, novelties, classics, and it often features soloists.
A chair or blanket is suggested.
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Cerutti-Reid Duo
2023-08-11 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Cerutti-Reid Duo: A chamber concert
of piano & violaDate and Time: Friday, August 11, 2023; 7 PM, without an intermission.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: $25
Tables: $14 2-top or $20 4-top
Reserve a table for seating at $14 for a 2-top, $20 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 local ticket outlets.
The Cerutti-Reid Duo appears in its first performance at the Island Arts Center. On this summer evening chamber concert, you will hear Brahms’ F major Sonata, Canadian-American composer David Jaeger’s Tristan and Isolde Sonata, and the “Long Parting” by Vermont composer Carol Wood.
As the Cerutti-Reid Duo over the last eighteen years, pianist Alison Bruce Cerutti and violist Elizabeth Reid have performed in Vermont at the Barre Opera House, Brandon Music, Norwich University, and Vermont Public Radio. They have also appeared in Canada numerous times. Alison and Elizabeth are founding members of the celebrated Vermont chamber groups, the Northern Third Piano Quartet, and Arioso.
For more information about the duo, please visit https://elizabethreidviolist.com/cerutti-reid-duo.
THIS EVENING’S PROGRAM: Cerutti & Reid
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Our Island Voices
2023-08-13 19:00 - 20:15 UTC | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Our Island Voices -Free Community Event!Date: Sunday, August 13, 2023; 7PM- 8:15PM with intermission; inside performance.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: Free event. Registration is suggested.

OUR ISLAND VOICES:
A Free Evening of Show Tunes and Sinatra Hits songs in honor of Doug Tudhope

All are welcome to join us at this free concert offered in celebration of the life of Doug and BillieTudhope, long-time friends and supporters of Island Arts. Two local ensembles will perform: the duo of Tudhope’s grandchildren, Sarah and Peter Bowley, and the “Champlain Voices”, the South Hero-based vocal quartet of Gina Fearn, Linda Libby, Carl Frenning, and Chuck Hill.

Sarah and Peter will be singing the songs their grandparents loved. This includes showtunes, Sinatra hits, and more! Their grandparents’ appreciation for music lives on through them and inspires them to share these timeless classics with you today.

Doug Tudhope was a well-known educator and business owner throughout Vermont. In 2014, Doug became chair of Island Arts capital fundraising for the newly gifted Island Arts Center and was very effective in his position, encouraging the county people to support and invest in their community county Arts center gem. He was awarded the title of honorary director and was proud to be part of Island Arts. We miss his presence and guidance

Join us this Sunday, August 13 at 7:00PM
inside the Red Barn at the Island Arts Center 1127 US-2 for our Singing Island Voices Evening of show tunes and Sinatra Hit Songs, a celebration in memory and honor of Doug Tudhope. A Free Event thanks to the support of the Shearer/Tudhope families.

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Jorge Garcia Herranz, Pianist
2023-08-18 19:00 - 20:15 UTC | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Jorge Garcia Herranz, PianistDate: Friday, August 18, 2023; 7 PM, without an intermission.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: $25
The program will feature a work by Granados and other works to be announced.
Spanish-born pianist Jorge Garcia Herranz began his musical studies in Madrid, where he learned to love Spanish composers such as Albéniz, Granados, and Falla whose music he regularly includes in his concerts. For the last fifteen years, he has worked on various tango projects and recently released a CD featuring Astor Piazzolla’s music.
Herranz’ solo performance repertoire includes Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart, and Schubert among others. He also improvises and draws on diverse musical genres to accompany silent movies. In addition to his solo concerts, his experience as an accompanist at the Conservatoire Darius Milhaud in Paris, France, makes him a frequent partner in chamber music performances.
He has appeared with Island Arts for many seasons, to the delight of both local and more distant audiences. We are delighted to welcome Jorge Garcia Herranz back to the Islands once again.
BUY TICKETPhoto courtesy of Maison Heinrich Heine.
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Vermont Jazz Ensemble
2023-08-20 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Vermont Jazz EnsembleDate: Sunday August 20, 2023; 6:30 PM. Picnic on the green at 5:30, weather permitting; otherwise, concert will move inside the barn.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: $25
Vermont’s premier big-band swing/dance group. Swingin’ for over 40 years! Their appearance is always a popular event in the hot venues across Vermont such as Nectar’s in Burlington, The Stone Barn in Brattleboro, and the Zenbarn in Waterbury. Now appearing right here for you in the Islands.
Photo courtesy of The Vermont Jazz Ensemble
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Sohyun Ahn, Piano Solo & 4 Hands
2023-08-25 19:00 - 20:15 (America/New_York) | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Sohyun Ahn, Piano Solo & 4-HandsDate and Time: Friday, August 25, 2023; 7 PM. No intermission.
Location: Island Arts Center red barn, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: $25.00 online or at the door.
New York City concert pianist Sohyun Ahn returns to Island Arts with a beautiful program for our community. Her well-attended concert last season elicited raves, including “outstanding”, “amazing delicacy”, and “world class”.
The program showcases Sohyun Ahn playing solo piano works–the Beethoven “Moonlight Sonata“, Six Pieces for Piano by Brahms , and the Valses nobles et sentimentales by Maurice Ravel which blend Impressionist and Modernist themes.
Local Vermont pianist Eun Hee Park will join Ahn to play the piano 4-hands Dolly Suite by French composer Gabriel Fauré. It’s always a special treat to hear and watch the interaction of four hands sharing the keyboard.
Described as “an absolute master” by the New York Concert Review, and an “amazing pianist” by the Classical New Jersey Society, our Vermont audience raved last year: “Absolutely superb”. “I was enthralled”. “Their fingers danced on the keyboard”, “Such a different experience from the big city hall where you are miles from the performer”.
Ahn is not to be missed. From the liner notes for Ahn’s Bach Goldberg Variations: “Her playing exhibits a crystalline clarity, insightful nuance, and dynamic breadth.” From Piano Music Magazine, Korea: “Such a gifted virtuoso, wonderful performing the emotional storm … with the perfectly balanced elegance.” https://www.facebook.com/sohyunthepianist/
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Bluegrass Jam Session
2023-08-27 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Bluegrass Jam SessionDate and Time: Sunday, August 27, 2023; 2 – 4 PM inside the barn.
Join us at 4:00 PM for an outdoors concert with the Corner Junction Bluegrass Band!
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: Free event. Registration is suggested.
Join Willy Dallas and members of the Corner Junction Bluegrass Band for a series of fun and informative jamming sessions, including some fast-paced bluegrass music. The sessions are open to all ages and skill levels. Come and join in. Stay as long as you like. Bring an instrument, your voice, or a homemade drum. Try out your improvisational skills. Or just listen.
Corner Junction was created by five guys with a true passion for bluegrass music: Neal Brown on bass, Allen Gratton on mandolin, George Seymour on banjo, Willy Dallas on fiddle, and Ernie Minetti on guitar. These band members previously played in bands such as Hidden Drive Band, Possum Livin, New Cross Country, Steel Rail, and Bluegrass Revisited. Since coming together in 2021, the band has shared its unique take on bluegrass with live performances all across Vermont.
A chair is suggested.
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Book Sale 2024
2024-06-22 11:00 - 15:00 UTC | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Book SaleDate & Time: Saturday & Sunday June 22-23, 2024; 11 AM – 3 PMLocation: Island Arts Center (barn), 1127 U.S. Rte. 2, North HeroTickets: Free admission. Books by donation.
The book sale will feature more than 3,000 books to cater to every taste. All books are organized by subject for your easy discovery. There are paperbacks, hard-covers, and some beautiful books to display. The subjects are varied and include Fiction, Mysteries, History, Travel, Cooking, Psychology, True Stories, Biographies, and more. Browse at your leisure in the airy space that is the Island Arts Center barn.
On Sunday from 12-2:00, a special treat will be entertainment from Evan Alsop, who is a singer songwriter from the Lake Champlain Islands of Vermont. He released his debut EP titled “Little Barn Songs” in 2018. Currently he is finishing up his first full length album to be released in 2023. Evan’s songs contain time worn journeys of faith, fortitude, strife, wonder and always love sheltered between the notes.

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Book Sale 2024
2024-06-23 11:00 - 15:00 UTC | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Book SaleDate & Time: Saturday & Sunday June 22-23, 2024; 11 AM – 3 PM
Location: Island Arts Center (barn), 1127 U.S. Rte. 2, North Hero
Tickets: Free admission. Books by donation.
The book sale will feature more than 3,000 books to cater to every taste. All books are organized by subject for your easy discovery. There are paperbacks, hard-covers, and some beautiful books to display. The subjects are varied and include Fiction, Mysteries, History, Travel, Cooking, Psychology, True Stories, Biographies, and more. Browse at your leisure in the airy space that is the Island Arts Center barn.
On Sunday from 12-2:00, a special treat will be entertainment from Evan Alsop, who is a singer songwriter from the Lake Champlain Islands of Vermont. He released his debut EP titled “Little Barn Songs” in 2018. Currently he is finishing up his first full length album to be released in 2023. Evan’s songs contain time worn journeys of faith, fortitude, strife, wonder and always love sheltered between the notes.

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