Island Arts

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.
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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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Bella Voca Band & Dance Party
2024-07-14 18:00 - 20:00 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 and Time: Sunday, July 14, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 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 due to generous sponsors!
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.
Rain or shine. A chair or blanket is suggested.
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Eclectica String Quartet
2024-07-26 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: Friday July 26, 2024, 7 PM, without intermission.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: Free event due generous sponsors.
Registration is requested but not required.
Tables: UPDATE: TABLES ARE SOLD OUT! Reserve a table for seating (free, normally $14 for a 2-top, $20 for a 4-top). Table reservations are available online or at the door, first come-first served, and subject to availability.
This fine Vermont chamber ensemble is dedicated to exploring the boundaries of the string quartet repertoire. The concert will feature music from Baroque to jazz to Nordic folk, and much in between. These soulful lyrical tunes fill 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.
Program link for July 26th event: CLICK HERE
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Jeh Kulu Dance
2024-07-28 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Jeh Kulu Dance & Drum TheaterDate and Time: Sunday, July 28, 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Outside concert with option
to picnic on the green at 5:30 PM, weather permitting.
If weather requires, concert will move inside the barn.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: Free event thanks to a generous grant sponsor.
Registration is requested but not required.
Jeh Kulu Dance and Drum Theater: A traditional West African performance
and educational ensemble bringing the spirit of West African music and
dance to New England since 1993!
They give high energy performances featuring traditional pieces with djembe,
doun doun and krin instruments and dancers.
All performances are interactive and culminate in audience participation.
A chair or blanket is suggested.
Photo credit: Jeh Kulu Dance and Drum Theater
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A Cappella Lollapalooza
2024-08-03 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
A Cappella LollapaloozaDate & Time: Saturday, August 3, 2024; 7PM.
Inside concert.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 U.S. Rte. 2, North Hero
Tickets: $25
Chordination
Three ensembles of different styles will perform unaccompanied at this event. You will enjoy the Green Mountain Chorus, the Chordination barbershop quartet, and –new this season– the VLQ (Very Large Quartet), Offshoots.
The Green Mountain Chorus of men from Vermont and Quebec has sounded the chords of Barbershop harmony together for 77 years. A unique form of a cappella singing, Barbershop employs close four-part harmony. This chorus, directed by the Cerutti brothers, livens it up with a little audience participation.
Chordination is a quartet of talented and well-known singers. Neil Schell sings Lead, Neil & Charlie Cerutti sing Baritone & Tenor respectively, and Karl Naden is the Bass. They deliver tunes from pop, folk, and Broadway traditions arranged in the Barbershop Style. The group recently qualified to compete in the Barbershop Harmony Society’s Northeast District finals competition this coming Fall.
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The Dixie Six
2024-08-11 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
The Dixie SixDate: Sunday August 11, 2024, 6:00 pm; This concert will be held inside the barn due to weather.
Bring your picnic for 5:30pm or just come for the music!
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 U.S. Rte. 2, North Hero
Tickets: $15 online and at the door. Chairs are available.
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. 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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Group Singing Lessons with Sarah Cullins - Full Series
2024-08-12 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | South Hero Congregational Church, 24 South St., South Hero, VT
Date & Time: Mondays 5pm – 6pm
Aug 12, 2024
Aug 19, 2024
Aug 26, 2024
Instructor: Sarah Cullins, soprano
Location: South Hero Congregational Church, 24 South St., South Hero, VT 05486
Tickets: $40 for the set of three classes
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. Different techniques will be taught
at each class. 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 previous seasons, the well-attended classes received rave reviews
from the students.
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Haiduck & Heckendorn
2024-08-17 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, August 17, 2024; 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 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.
Enjoy 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.
Neal Haiduck on clarinet and David Heckendorn on piano are joined by two of Burlington’s finest musicians: J.D. Haenni, accomplished bassist from New Orleans, and Dan Ryan on drums. A special guest is to be announced. (It’s a surprise—you’ll like it!)
The 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. And music by Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein, Johnny Mercer, and others––some well-known, some not-so-well-known.
Haiduck 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.
Pianist 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.
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Vermont Jazz Ensemble
2024-08-18 16:00 - 17:30 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 18, 2024, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. Picnic on the green at 3:30, 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
2024-08-23 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 23, 2024; 7 pm to 8:15 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
Concert Program: Click here for the program
New York City concert pianist Sohyun Ahn returns to Island Arts for the third year with another beautiful program for our community. Her well-attended concerts of the last two summers elicited raves, including “amazing delicacy” and “world class”.
This program showcases Ahn playing solo piano the Ballade No. 4 and Three Nocturnes Op. 15 by Chopin, and Sonata in E flat Major by Haydn.
Local Vermont pianist Eun Hee Park joins Ahn to play the piano 4-hands work Romantiques, Op. 55 by Cécile Chaminade. Watching the interaction of four hands sharing the keyboard is always a special treat. French composer Chaminade was awarded the Légion d’Honneur, a national award of merit, a first ever given to a female compose
Sohyun Ahn has been 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”. “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.”
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Island Arts 40th Anniversary Celebration & Marsh Lights Bluegrass Concert
2024-08-25 16:00 - 17:30 UTC | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Marsh Lights Bluegrass
Island Arts 40th Anniversary Celebration with Food Truck Date and Time: Sunday, August 25, 2024; 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm.
Outside concert with option to picnic on the green at 3:30 pm, weather permitting. If weather requires, concert will move inside the barn.
Lightning Lardy’s Catering food truck will be on premises for BBQ purchases!
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 U.S. Rte. 2, North Hero
Tickets: FREE event thanks to generous sponsors!
Vermont musician Colby Crehan, former vocalist and songwriter for the Bluegrass
Gospel Project and Possum Haw, reunites with Possum Haw bandmates for the new
5-piece acoustic project Marsh Lights.
BYOB. Rain or shine. A chair or blanket is suggested.
Vermont Vocalist of the Year
Vermont Song of the Year
Former members of PossumHaw and The Bluegrass Gospel Project
“The combination of talent, passion, and songwriting in the band is breathtaking.”
– Mary-Nell Bockman, Whallonsburg Grange
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Group Singing Lessons with Sarah Cullins - 3
2024-08-26 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | South Hero Congregational Church, 24 South St., South Hero, VT
Date and Time: Monday Aug 26, 2024; 5 pm to 6 pm
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.
Back by popular demand from previous seasons, the well-attended classes
received rave reviews from the students.
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Alexander String Quartet
2025-06-07 19:00 - 20:45 (America/New_York) | South Hero Congregational Church, 24 South St., South Hero, VT
The Alexander String QuartetDate and Time: Saturday, June 7 2025, 7 PM. ~80 minutes of music, with an intermission. Meet-and-greet with Quartet members post-concert.
Location: Congregational Church of South Hero, 24 South St, South Hero, VT 05486
Tickets: $25 online and at the door, $20 at local outlets. NOTE 6/3: The South Hero, Grand Isle, & North Hero outlets are sold out. Tickets are still available online, and at the door subject to availability.
The Alexander String Quartet stands among the world’s premier ensembles, having performed in the major music capitals of five continents. The quartet has performed at Lincoln Center, the 92nd Street Y, the Metropolitan Museum, Jordan Hall, the Library of Congress, and appeared as guests at universities including Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Lewis & Clark, UCLA, St. Lawrence, and many more. Numerous overseas tours include the U.K., the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, France, Greece, the Republic of Georgia, Argentina, Panamá, and the Philippines. The quartet’s extensive recordings have won international critical acclaim.
This ensemble appears in South Hero on June 7. Experiencing an ensemble such as this up close—to see the sweat on their brows—is truly amazing. It is SO unlike the experience in a big concert hall. Not to be missed! The concert may sell out, so please consider getting your tickets now.
The program includes Haydn String Quartet in G major, Op. 77, No. 1; Tarik O’Regan Gradual; and Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor “Death and the Maiden.” https://asq4.com/

WHAT REVIEWERS HAVE SAID ABOUT THE ALEXANDER STRING QUARTET:
“Dream-come-true performances ….” — THE BOSTON GLOBE
“… as ferociously impressive as a small group of precision fighter pilots going through aerial maneuvers at breakneck speeds.” — LOS ANGELES TIMES
“a special privilege to hear the dynamic Alexander performances… — THE NEW YORK TIMES
“They make music with a remarkable joy in playing.” — NRC HANDELSBLAD (The Netherlands)
“…. terrific of tone, virtuosity and balance. The general quality level, as well as all the particulars of communicative virtuosity, place the Alexander Quartet right up there with the best on today’s international scene.” — SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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"Making Magic with Ken Burns" - Schwab Piano Lecture
2025-06-15 16:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
“Making Magic with Ken Burns” – A Jacqueline Schwab Piano-LectureDate and Time: Sunday, June 15, 2025, 4 PM. Inside concert
Grounds open at 3:30 for optional picnic on the green before the concert, weather permitting. Bring a chair or blanket if desired.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: FREE concert for all to enjoy. Registration requested and appreciated but not required.
Pianist Jacqueline Schwab performs her solo program “Making Magic with Ken Burns.” Heard for many years on numerous Ken Burns’ documentaries, in this concert, she will feature pieces from her Burns soundtrack performances—vintage American folk tunes and standards, spirituals, traditional Celtic tunes and more. She will also share some of her own work celebrating cultural diversity, inspired by her work with Burns.
Schwab will speak about the tunes and Burns’ unusual way of working with music—how he inspires emotive performances and uses music to amplify his messages and shed historical light on today’s world. This will be Jacqueline’s first Island Arts appearance. She spins musical stories out of the many strands in the American quilt, with community music-making at their heart.
Her signature playing has been featured in over a dozen Ken Burns’ documentaries, including his Grammy-winning Civil War, Baseball, Lewis and Clark, Mark Twain, The War, and his recently-released Benjamin Franklin, as well as in other PBS documentaries, such as The Irish in America—The Long Journey Home. She has performed at the White House and on national PBS, accompanied Scottish singer Jean Redpath on A Prairie Home Companion, and appeared on the CBS Late Show with David Letterman. She is well known to the traditional dance world for her groundbreaking playing with the Bare Necessities ensemble. Her recently-released solo album––I Lift My Lamp, Illuminations from Immigrant America––celebrates vintage music from American immigrants. She is a graduate of the New England Conservatory’s Third Stream Department (now Contemporary Music) with a degree in piano improvisation. She lives in the Boston area.
Concert Program: http://www.islandarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Program_Schwab_15-June-2025_v1.1-1.pdf
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Mango Jam Vermont
2025-06-28 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Mango Jam Vermont – Free Family Barn DanceDate and Time: Saturday, June 28, 2025, 6 to 7:30 PM. Outside concert. Grounds open at 5:30. Optional picnic on the green. If weather requires, concert will move inside the barn.

Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: FREE concert for all to enjoy. Registration requested and appreciated but not required.
Free concert for all. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy a summer evening overlooking beautiful Lake Champlain. Boogie on the Bayou – the Zydeco and Cajun sounds of Louisiana! Lots of room to dance and space for kids to move around.
Mango Jam Vermont, a six-piece dance band from Burlington, plays straight-ahead Zydeco as well as New Orleans-inspired funk, Reggae, and Ska. Its infectious beats and great sound will get your feet moving. Band members are Gus Ziesing, accordions, saxophones and vocals; Mimi Ryan, alto saxophone, rubboard, and vocals; Peter Riley, bass and vocals; Dennis Willmott, guitar and vocals; Bill Mullins, guitar; Cannon Labrie on Cajun accordion and vocals; and Michael Bradshaw on drums.
Well-behaved pets on leashes are welcome outside.
Laissez le bon temps rouler!
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Counterpoint Vocal Ensemble
2025-07-11 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rte 2, North Hero, 05474, United States
Counterpoint Vocal EnsembleDate and Time: Friday, July 11, 2025, 7 PM. Inside concert.
Grounds open at 6:30. Optional picnic on the green. Bring a chair or blanket if desired.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: $25 online and at the door, $20 at local outlets.

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A concert of unaccompanied choral music performed by the outstanding Montpelier-based chamber chorus Counterpoint, directed by Nathaniel Lew.
As the success of HBO’s “The Gilded Age” shows, the final decades of the 19th century in America continue to fascinate the public. The age of the robber barons was also the peak of the middle-class parlor piano and vaudeville, and saw a flowering of tragic ballads, naive love lyrics, theater songs, and pictures of city life, as well as the first stirrings of Tin Pan Alley.
The concert is a tour of this repertory, in sparking a cappella arrangements that show off what critics have praised as the Counterpoint ensemble’s “clarity, skill” and “sophisticated musical expressiveness.”
The program ranges from the evergreen songs of Stephen Foster (“Beautiful Dreamer”) to Bowery waltzes (“The Sidewalks of New York”), and from sentimental classics like “Home Sweet Home” to comic numbers such as “You’ll Have to Put a Nightie on Aphrodite.”
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Counterpoint was founded in 2000 by legendary Vermont choral conductor and arranger Robert De Cormier. The ensemble performs throughout Vermont and surrounding regions, and has released seven CDs with Albany Records and five more independently.
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Ken Clark Organ Trio - Soul, Jazz, R&B
2025-07-13 19:00 (America/New_York) | Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rte 2, North Hero, 05474, United States
Ken Clark Organ Trio – Soul, Jazz, R&BDate and Time: Sunday, July 13, 2025, 7 PM. Inside concert.
Optional picnic on the green starting at 6:30. Bring a chair or blanket if desired.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: $25 online and at the door, $20 at local outlets.
Tables: Reserve a table online or at the door at $15 for a 2-top, $25 for a 4-top, and BYOB. Table tickets are only available online or at the door––first come-first served, subject to availability. Tables tickets are not available from local ticket outlets.
The Ken Clark Organ Trio has been performing around New England, the eastern U.S., and internationally for 15 years. This is their first appearance at the Island Arts Summer Festival. “Organist Ken Clark, guitarist Mike Mele, and drummer Steve Chaggaris lean on the beat, (high stepping funk, shuffle boogaloo back beat ballad), build dynamic climaxes sprinkle in jazz solos and deliver the goods. Clark controls the B3 like a master: hip bass lines, sizzling chordal washes, feel-good riffs, funky blues lines and syncopated accents figure in the mix. The groove, the sonic power of the organ and a soulful message are a forceful combination for reaching the people, all the way from the church to the dance floor. Can’t beat the feeling.” ~ Owen Cordle, Jazz Times
“You might be skeptical about listening to a CD without a bass player, but from the opening bars of the first track, school is in session! Organist Ken Clark has a punchy, thick bass tone that rivals Rocco’s, and he grooves like a funky S.O.B. His right hand is pretty happening, too. A must hear for fans of jazzy, funky groove music.” ~ Bass Player Magazine

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Skylark
2025-07-25 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rte 2, North Hero, 05474, United States
SkylarkDate and Time: Friday, July 25, 2025; 7 PM, without intermission.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: $25 online and at the door, $20 at local outlets.
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 local ticket outlets.
SKYLARK is an innovative contemporary string ensemble based in northern Vermont. With decades of professional experience, SKYLARK’s sound and repertoire challenge the boundaries between classical, folk, and modern idioms, creating inspired original works for all audiences. Influenced by the Nordic, Celtic, and American regions, SKYLARK’s music is melody-driven with unique energy, irresistible flair, and undeniable beauty.​
The members of Skylark are Ben Lively on violin & guitar; John Dunlop on cello; Jane Kittredge on violin; and Ana Ruesink on viola.
Ben Lively, violin & guitar, is a violinist, violist, string arranger, and composer. He has worked in a wide range of styles including rock, jazz, tango, and classical music. A versatile musician, Ben is a passionate collaborator equally at home in concert halls and dive bars. Born in England and raised in rural Maine, Ben grew up playing classical violin with the Suzuki method at age five. In high school and at Middlebury College, he began studying jazz and exploring other styles of violin playing, eventually moving to France to study with jazz violin legend Didier Lockwood. Ben spent 15 years working in New York City, much of his time in Broadway pits.
John Dunlop, cello, has been principal cellist with the Vermont Symphony, Burlington Chamber Orchestra, Opera Company of Middlebury, Opera North, Vermont Mozart Festival, Vermont Virtuosi, and Green Mountain Opera Festival. He has performed as soloist with both the VSO and BCO. John is also the cellist with TURNmusic, which features many interesting young composers of our time. He studied under Richard Kapuscinski at Oberlin Conservatory and Bonnie Hampton at the San Francisco Conservatory, and has played in master classes for Yo Yo Ma, Jerry Grossman, Steve Doane, and others. John has also composed and recorded several award-winning film soundtracks for short films, including a documentary on childhood hunger in Vermont, where he called on his skills as a guitarist and bouzouki player in addition to cello. He has played for Bernadette Peters, Lyle Lovett and Phish. John is Vermont’s busiest cellist!
Ana Ruesink, viola, enjoys exploring musical styles and traditions. An active freelance musician, she performs with the Vermont Symphony, Playing for Good, Dartmouth Symphony, and other regional ensembles. She plays English country dance music with her band Impropriety, Irish and Scandinavian tunes with her trio Symphony Reel, and an eclectic mix of old-time and traditional music with the Barker Family String Band (featuring her guitar-playing husband and two daughters). Beyond her musical pursuits, Ana likes to read, hike, and make kefir.
PROGRAM: http://www.islandarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Program-SKYLARK-25-July-2025.pdf
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"Alice in Wonderland," A Very Merry Theatre Youth Camp
2025-08-08 13:30 - 14:30 UTC | Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rte 2, North Hero, 05474, United States
“Alice in Wonderland,” A Very Merry Theatre Youth Camp“Alice in Wonderland” – VMT Musical Youth Performance
Performance Date: Aug 8, 1:30pm
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT
Tickets: Free.
Enjoy a musical production of “Alice in Wonderland” by the Very Merry Theatre Youth Camp inside Island Arts Center’s iconic Homer Knight Barn. The Aug 8 performance is free to the public and is the culmination of a week-long camp held daily Aug 4-8.
The show has lots of fun roles for everyone in this VMT original musical! Alice goes into a dream adventure in Wonderland where she meets many whimsical and magical characters such as the Cheshire Cat, the Queen of Hearts, the Caterpillar, and the Mad Hatter.
The VMT Camp is free to youth thanks to a generous grant from Senator Bernie Sanders.
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Jorge Garcia Herranz, Solo Piano
2025-08-09 19:00 - 20:15 UTC | Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rte 2, North Hero, 05474, United States
Jorge Garcia Herranz, Solo PianoDate: Saturday, August 9, 2025; 7 PM, without an intermission
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: $25 online and at the door, $20 at local outlets.
The program presents works by Beethoven including the Sonata “Pathetique” in C Minor, op. 13; the Sonata “Moonlight” in C Sharp Minor, op. 27; and the Sonata “Waldstein” in C Major, op. 53.
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 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.
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