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Heliand Consort has partnered with Rachael Elliott's Bassoon Project, a sponsored artist at The Field, to assist with our fundraising. Visit the Bassoon Project page at The Field to make a tax-deductible, secure web donation in support of our 2012-2013 season. All sponsors will be acknowledged in concert programs, on the sponsorship board displayed at each concert, and on our website. Additional recognition opportunities are available to business sponsors.
Contact Rachael Elliott for details.
Thanks to our Season Sponsors
We are grateful for your support of our live classical music programs!
Almartin Volvo, Shelburne As The Crow Flies, St. Albans Saint Albans Society for the Performing Arts
The Field is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization serving the New York City performing arts community. Contributions made to The Field and earmarked for Bassoon Project are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. For more information about The Field contact: The Field, 161 Sixth Avenue, 14th Floor, New York NY 10013, (212) 691-6969, fax: (212) 255-2053, www.thefield.org. A copy of The Field’s latest annual report may be obtained, upon request, from The Field or from the Office of the Attorney General, Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
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2011 Raffle Sponsors
Thanks to the businesses across Vermont who sponsored our raffle, which benefited the Vermont Youth Orchestra's School Tour Program:
Bella Boutique in Burlington and Athena's in Montpelier, Boston Post Dairy, Creative Muse Floral Design, The Dressing Room in St. Albans, Elliott family maple,
The Essex Resort & Spa, Fairfield Inn in Williston, Jay Peak, Jeff's Restaurant in St. Albans, On the Rise Bakery in Richmond, St. Albans Bowling Center,
Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival, Vermont Stage Company, Vermont Youth Orchestra Association
Bella Boutique in Burlington and Athena's in Montpelier, Boston Post Dairy, Creative Muse Floral Design, The Dressing Room in St. Albans, Elliott family maple,
The Essex Resort & Spa, Fairfield Inn in Williston, Jay Peak, Jeff's Restaurant in St. Albans, On the Rise Bakery in Richmond, St. Albans Bowling Center,
Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival, Vermont Stage Company, Vermont Youth Orchestra Association
RECENT NEWS:
APRIL 17, 2012
Heliand Consort performed at The Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Burlington on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, as part of the free Tuesday 12-1 Lunchtime Series, presented by Cathedral Arts. Our woodwind trio packed an hour full of entertaining chamber music of Telemann, Haydn, Beethoven, Arnold and Holst. Thanks to Elaine Greenfield, Martin Poppe and Cathedral Arts for hosting this concert.
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Our "Cafes and Schools" program was a delight! Thanks to Christina Kelsh and Dave Grippo for hosting us in your schools, and to On the Rise Bakery in Richmond and Village Wine and Coffee in Shelburne for two great shows. We heard from lots of folks who enjoyed hearing classical music in a low-key, comfortable setting, and we will be back with more in the coming season.
JANUARY 23, 2012
Happy New Year to all! It may be chilly out there, but Heliand Consort offers a warm program of woodwind trios for schools in South Burlington and Westford as a part of our outreach program. We'll perform music by Malcolm Arnold, Ludwig van Beethoven, Benjamin Britten, and others. In addition, we'll present two classical chamber music sets this week:
• Tuesday, Jan. 24 from 3-5 pm at Village Wine and Coffee in Shelburne
• Thursday, Jan. 26 from 8-10 pm at On the Rise Bakery in Richmond
Heliand Consort performed at The Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Burlington on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, as part of the free Tuesday 12-1 Lunchtime Series, presented by Cathedral Arts. Our woodwind trio packed an hour full of entertaining chamber music of Telemann, Haydn, Beethoven, Arnold and Holst. Thanks to Elaine Greenfield, Martin Poppe and Cathedral Arts for hosting this concert.
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Our "Cafes and Schools" program was a delight! Thanks to Christina Kelsh and Dave Grippo for hosting us in your schools, and to On the Rise Bakery in Richmond and Village Wine and Coffee in Shelburne for two great shows. We heard from lots of folks who enjoyed hearing classical music in a low-key, comfortable setting, and we will be back with more in the coming season.
JANUARY 23, 2012
Happy New Year to all! It may be chilly out there, but Heliand Consort offers a warm program of woodwind trios for schools in South Burlington and Westford as a part of our outreach program. We'll perform music by Malcolm Arnold, Ludwig van Beethoven, Benjamin Britten, and others. In addition, we'll present two classical chamber music sets this week:
• Tuesday, Jan. 24 from 3-5 pm at Village Wine and Coffee in Shelburne
• Thursday, Jan. 26 from 8-10 pm at On the Rise Bakery in Richmond
NEWS ARCHIVE:
OCTOBER 12, 2011
Heliand Consort’s fifth season opens with a potpourri of 20th century French music for woodwinds and piano by Debussy, Ravel and members of ‘Les Six.’ The program includes solo piano music by Maurice Ravel from Miroirs, trio d’anches (reed trios) by Jacques Ibert and Darius Milhaud, and the beloved Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano by Francis Poulenc. Ahh, the perfumes of Paris! We perform two shows this weekend in our home state of Vermont and then take the show to North Carolina for concerts at UNC School for the Arts and Duke University.
AUGUST 15, 2011
Our 2011-2012 season offers you a variety of programs and a range of quintessential classical chamber music. We'll perform music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Benjamin Britten, Claude Debussy, Don Jamison, Wolfgang Mozart, Padma Newsome, Christian Potter, Francis Poulenc, Maurice Ravel, Florent Schmitt, Ludwig Thuille, and others. Our fifth season begins on October 14 and runs through May 26. Join us for an enthralling musical journey!
> View the complete 2011-2012 season here
JUNE 13-18, 2011
Our Summer Light Music tour of Vermont brings our woodwind quartet to historic and off-the-beaten path venues across northern Vermont. We perform a light set of classical favorites by Britten, Carter, Françaix and Jacob, plus the world premiere of What Pan Was Doing by Vermont composer, Don Jamison, for woodwind quartet/doubling voices. Why no piano, you ask? We were able to play in some more unusual areas of the state, including an off-the-grid church in East Calais and theater in Sheffield, both of which are serviced by outhouses! We also performed in the Historic Huntington Library, the gorgeous Grace Church in Sheldon (see John LeBlanc's beautiful photos we've posted on Facebook), Radio Bean in Burlington, and the Unitarian Church in Jericho.
APRIL 18, 2011
Heliand Consort is now on Facebook at facebook.com/heliandconsortvt
Join our friends and spread the word to your community about our upcoming shows!
MARCH 15, 2011
Heliand Trio announces the formation of Heliand Consort, our expanded chamber music ensemble. Inspired by the early music term consort--a small ensemble of like instruments--we will maintain our core of woodwinds & piano and approach future programming with flexibility and breadth as we collaborate with more performers and composers in seasons to come. Currently, the Consort is preparing its first tour of music for woodwind quartet and voices (sung by quartet members). We welcome oboist Katie Oprea and flutist Berta Frank and look forward to sharing some exceptional music from American, French and British composers this June.
OCTOBER 1, 2010
Heliand Trio performs at Middlebury College on Friday, October 1st, sponsored by the Middlebury College Department of Music. The program explores the cross-currents of folk, popular and dance music within mid 20th century French and Brazilian music, including that of Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc, Villa-Lobos and others.
Famous for their use of folk music & dance rhythms, Brazilian classical composers such as Villa-Lobos and Mignone also kept an eye/ear on their European counterparts, including Boulanger, Milhaud, Debussy, Satie and Stravinsky. Meanwhile, in Paris, harmonies from the Far East, American jazz and folk music from South of the Border were all the rage in the mid 20th century. It was an era of unprecedented fecundity of influences and worldliness in music, which continues to this day.
Heliand Trio's program includes period pieces as well as contemporary selections by Cuban composer, Paquito D'Rivera, and American composer, Bill Douglas, who continue in the tradition of mixing folk and pop elements into modern classical composition.
Heliand Consort’s fifth season opens with a potpourri of 20th century French music for woodwinds and piano by Debussy, Ravel and members of ‘Les Six.’ The program includes solo piano music by Maurice Ravel from Miroirs, trio d’anches (reed trios) by Jacques Ibert and Darius Milhaud, and the beloved Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano by Francis Poulenc. Ahh, the perfumes of Paris! We perform two shows this weekend in our home state of Vermont and then take the show to North Carolina for concerts at UNC School for the Arts and Duke University.
AUGUST 15, 2011
Our 2011-2012 season offers you a variety of programs and a range of quintessential classical chamber music. We'll perform music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Benjamin Britten, Claude Debussy, Don Jamison, Wolfgang Mozart, Padma Newsome, Christian Potter, Francis Poulenc, Maurice Ravel, Florent Schmitt, Ludwig Thuille, and others. Our fifth season begins on October 14 and runs through May 26. Join us for an enthralling musical journey!
> View the complete 2011-2012 season here
JUNE 13-18, 2011
Our Summer Light Music tour of Vermont brings our woodwind quartet to historic and off-the-beaten path venues across northern Vermont. We perform a light set of classical favorites by Britten, Carter, Françaix and Jacob, plus the world premiere of What Pan Was Doing by Vermont composer, Don Jamison, for woodwind quartet/doubling voices. Why no piano, you ask? We were able to play in some more unusual areas of the state, including an off-the-grid church in East Calais and theater in Sheffield, both of which are serviced by outhouses! We also performed in the Historic Huntington Library, the gorgeous Grace Church in Sheldon (see John LeBlanc's beautiful photos we've posted on Facebook), Radio Bean in Burlington, and the Unitarian Church in Jericho.
APRIL 18, 2011
Heliand Consort is now on Facebook at facebook.com/heliandconsortvt
Join our friends and spread the word to your community about our upcoming shows!
MARCH 15, 2011
Heliand Trio announces the formation of Heliand Consort, our expanded chamber music ensemble. Inspired by the early music term consort--a small ensemble of like instruments--we will maintain our core of woodwinds & piano and approach future programming with flexibility and breadth as we collaborate with more performers and composers in seasons to come. Currently, the Consort is preparing its first tour of music for woodwind quartet and voices (sung by quartet members). We welcome oboist Katie Oprea and flutist Berta Frank and look forward to sharing some exceptional music from American, French and British composers this June.
OCTOBER 1, 2010
Heliand Trio performs at Middlebury College on Friday, October 1st, sponsored by the Middlebury College Department of Music. The program explores the cross-currents of folk, popular and dance music within mid 20th century French and Brazilian music, including that of Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc, Villa-Lobos and others.
Famous for their use of folk music & dance rhythms, Brazilian classical composers such as Villa-Lobos and Mignone also kept an eye/ear on their European counterparts, including Boulanger, Milhaud, Debussy, Satie and Stravinsky. Meanwhile, in Paris, harmonies from the Far East, American jazz and folk music from South of the Border were all the rage in the mid 20th century. It was an era of unprecedented fecundity of influences and worldliness in music, which continues to this day.
Heliand Trio's program includes period pieces as well as contemporary selections by Cuban composer, Paquito D'Rivera, and American composer, Bill Douglas, who continue in the tradition of mixing folk and pop elements into modern classical composition.
WHO'S WHO IN HELIAND CONSORT
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Berta Frank, flute
directs the Vermont Youth Orchestra Association's chamber music program and has a private flute studio at her home in Jericho. In addition to music, Berta enjoys arts and crafts, including wool felting, and also offers summer mystery drama and film camps for youth. Affiliate artist: Johnson State College
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Heliand Consort's biography may be found on the Media page >