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Newly Revitalized!
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Composers from the Consortium were featured regularly and are archived on
Kalvos & Damian's New Music Bazaar
which was heard every Saturday from 2:30 to 4:30 pm from 1995-2005 on WGDR-FM 91.1
The Consortium of Vermont Composers was founded in 1988 to get new music out there from in here. Did you know that nearly 250 composers live and work in Vermont, with music ranging from the straightforward song to the electronic edge? Yes, they do! We're the most composer-friendly state in the U.S.! The Consortium occasionally publishes Consorting, a newsletter of musical ideas, jousts, reviews & announcements, and will have a new issue out in the spring of 2005. Becoming a member of the Consortium is inexpensive -- use this form to contact the Consortium. Large sums of money, artistic contributions, lip-slathering commissions and general bewilderment are also welcome. The Consortium of Vermont Composers can be reached for scores, recordings, and music samples.
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The Consortium of Vermont Composers underwent a period of dormancy from 1998-2004. The need for a strong composers organization in Vermont faded when it had fulfilled its initial mission to increase the awareness of Vermont composers among Vermont ensembles. But now it's back! (You can hear what was going on in those quiet years by listening to the award-winning radio/cyber show and website Kalvos & Damian's New Music Bazaar, which from 1995-2005 invited composers everywhere to submit materials for broadcast and to join its hosts for interviews.) |
Vermont Composers MeetThe Vermont Composers met October 28, 2007, at the home of David Gunn in Barre. It was a "Future Directions" meeting, with ideas about possible upcoming events. It was attended by Dennis Bathory-Kitsz, Lydia Busler-Blais, David Gunn, Peter Hamlin, Zeke Hecker, Brian Johnson, Derrick Jordan, Peggy Madden, and Don McLean. At some point, though not real soon now, a summary will be posted along with some pix.
 Bathory-Kitsz |
 Busler-Blais |
 Gunn |
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 Hamlin |
 Hecker |
 Johnson |
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 Jordan |
 Madden |
 McLean |
The Long Roll: Percussion!
Vermont Composers Brian Johnson, David Gunn, Dov Michael Schiller and Dennis Báthory-Kitsz join Michael Manion and Doug Perkins in an all-percussion concert called "The Long Roll," -- named after Michael Manion's feature composition -- and presenting music by Brian, David, Dov and Michael as well as Eric Lyon, Steve Gryc, Michael Gordon and Brady Kynans. $7 entry gets two hours of music including a final improvisation in which other musicians are invited to join in. Already composers Peggy Madden and Michael Arnowitt are signed up! For more info, contact us!
You can download a poster, print or send to friends! There's the one to the left, a slightly bigger one that's cool for letter size, and a jumbo 11x17 poster that prints up nice on any giant size.
 Manion |  Johnson |
 Schiller |  Perkins |
 Gunn |  Bathory-Kitsz |
Set aside the date & place: Sunday, August 12, Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 7pm. Be there! Bring some percussion!
Seventh Vermont Composers Festival
Yes, it's been years, but now it's time! The seventh Festival of New Music by Vermont Composers will take place on the weekend of June 25-26, 2005, in cooperation with Vermont Cultural Heritage Month.
Set aside the dates & places: Saturday, June 25, Trinity Church, Montpelier, 7pm and Sunday, June 26, Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 7pm
Saturday's concert features the gorgeously warm wood-and-brick acoustic environment of the Trinity Church, with electronic/electroacoustic music by Peggy Madden, Margaret Meachem, and Dennis Báthory-Kitsz, and acoustic music by David Gunn played by members of the Vermont Youth Orchestra.
Sunday's concert in the popular venue at the Unitarian Church offers acoustic music by William Mayer and David Fuqua played by Michael Arnowitt, Laura Koplewitz and Lydia Busler-Blais played by Lydia Busler-Blais, Peggy Madden played by Bill Keck, Brian Johnson and Thomas L. Read played by the composers respectively, and a special improv session with John Levin and Charlie Schneeweis of Tweak, Eric Lyon, David Gunn, Dennis Báthory-Kitsz, Brian Johnson, Thomas L. Read, Peggy Madden, and Lydia Busler-Blais.
Saturday
Trinity United Methodist Church, 7pm
Sunday
Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 7pm
*premiere performance
Production and direction of the festival: Dennis Báthory-Kitsz and David Gunn, with assistance by intern Wally Gunn from Australia. For more information please contact us.
More information at VermontVacation.com
The Consortium of Vermont Composers is presently meeting online in the "Vermont Composers" section of the K&D bulletin board.
Previous issues of Consorting Minutes of Meetings Consortium Incorporates
