BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Stowe Performing Arts - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Stowe Performing Arts X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.stoweperformingarts.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Stowe Performing Arts REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20240101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250528T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250528T130000 DTSTAMP:20260430T003159 CREATED:20250502T144524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250502T144858Z UID:11046-1748433600-1748437200@www.stoweperformingarts.com SUMMARY:Opera Company of Middlebury DESCRIPTION:Noon Music In May\nOpera Company of Middlebury\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 28\, 2025\nAll Noon Music in May concerts are held from noon to 1 p.m.\, in Stowe Community Church. \nAdmission is free. Donations are gratefully accepted. \nLocation\nStowe Community Church137 Main StreetStowe\, Vermont \n \n Directions\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Puccini and His Contemporaries\nEarly-career professionals from the Opera Company of Middlebury (OCM) present a program of Puccini and his verismo contemporaries\, such as Respighi and Leoncavallo as a precursor to OCM’s June productions of Puccini’s operas\, La Bohème and Gianni Schicchi. The singers of the Youth Artist Program hail from around the country as well as China\, Denmark and Colombia – truly the stars of tomorrow! \nSingers Amanda Cabán\, Melina Jaharis and Orlando Montalvo Avalo will be joined by Hayley Abramowitz\, Andrew Boisvert\, Héctor Camacho-Salazar\, Lifan Deng\, Hayley Fox\, Gregory Gropper and Johannes Linneballe\, accompanied by pianist and Young Artist Program Artistic Director Alejandro Roca. \n \n \n \n \n \n Hayley Abramowitz is based in Washington\, DC. Recent roles include the Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte\, Loudoun Lyric Opera)\, Frasquita (Carmen\, Opera Western Reserve)\, and Carrie Pipperidge (Carousel\, Pensacola Opera). They have also performed in scenes as Adina (L’elisir d’amore)\, Manon (Manon)\, Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor)\, Giulietta (I Capuleti e i Montecchi)\, and Norina (Don Pasquale). Hayley holds degrees from Indiana University (MM ‘20\, PD ‘21) and the University of Maryland (BM ‘18). hayleyabramowitz.com \nAndrew Boisvert\, Bass\, has been hailed as “thundering” (San Diego Story) with a “deep warmth” (The Rutland Herald). Performance highlights in 2025 include singing as the Bass Soloist in the Verdi Requiem with the Schenectady-Saratoga Symphony Orchestra as well as joining Sarasota Opera to cover Bartolo in Il barbiere di Siviglia and covering Bartolo again in Le nozze di Figaro. Upcoming performances include making his Finger Lakes Opera debut as Sparafucile in Rigoletto. andrewboisvertbass.com \nMezzo soprano Amanda Cabán is an accomplished performer based in Chicago\, IL\, known for her rich color and expressive voice. Some of her notable roles are Candela (El Amor Brujo)\, Ma Moss (The Tenderland)\, Old Lady (Candide)\, Meg (Falstaff)\, Carmen (Carmen)\, Dorabella (Così fan tutte)\, and Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro). Cabán has also appeared as the soloist for works such as: the Ellingboe Requiem\, Saint-Saëns’ Christmas Oratorio\, Vivaldi’s Gloria\, Handel’s Messiah\, and the Mozart Requiem. Cabán maintains a private studio out of Chicago\, IL\, and serves on the board for the Chicago chapter of NATS. amandacaban.com \nHéctor Camacho-Salazar\, tenor\, is a graduate student from Bogotá\, Colombia pursuing a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Vocal Performance and Literature at the University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign. Recently\, Héctor performed the roles of Ali Hakim (Oklahoma!)\, The Time Traveler (Black Square)\, Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi)\, and Burrs (The Wild Party). At the University of Illinois\, he has performed in many productions in both opera and musical theatre\, earning him several merit-based awards. \nChinese baritone Lifan Deng holds a Master of Music in Voice and Opera from Northwestern University and dual Bachelor’s degrees in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Music from Case Western Reserve University. His 2024-2025 season includes Masetto in Don Giovanni and Fiorello in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Madison Opera\, and Papagano in The Magic Flute with Opera For The Young. Mr. Deng is excited to join the Opera Company of Middlebury this summer. lifandeng.com \nHayley Fox is a soprano marking waves in new and classic repertoire alike. Sung roles include Lauretta in OCM’s Gianni Schicchi\, Elle (La Voix Humaine\, CCPA\, ‘25)\, Colette (Le devin du village\, CCPA\, ‘24)\, Micaëla (Carmen\, CCPA\, ‘24)\, Mrs. Hayes (Susannah\, Wolf Trap\, ‘22) and Sagredo/Marie/Eos (Galieo/Galilei\, CCM ‘22). Recent covers include Mimí (La Bohème\, OCM\, 2025)\, Cendrillon (Cendrillon\, Cedar Rapids Opera ‘25). hayleyfoxmaloney.com \nGregory Gropper is an American baritone\, based in NYC. A graduate of University of Michigan BM\, and Manhattan School of Music MM\, Gregory played the title role in Der Kaiser von Atlantis at MSM in ’24 as well as the title role in Gianni Schicchi at Berlin Opera Academy summer ’24. When he’s not singing or learning music\, you can find him on the basketball court. \nHeralded by Opera News for their “lush” voice\, Melina Jaharis is a Greek-American with a “rich\, dark\, resonant” mezzo soprano. This season includes world premieres\, Beyond the Horizon and Tin Angel with Teatro Grattacielo\, as well as Marcellina. Additionally\, Melina will be joining Heartbeat Opera as the Page & Slave and Herodias cover. Previous companies and roles include Carmen\, Madre di Butterfly (Sarasota Opera)\, Maddalena /Countess Ceprano (Wolf Trap)\, Donna Elvira\, Santuzza\, Amneris\, Ortrud and Azucena. melinajaharis.com \nTenor Orlando Montalvo Avalo is elated to return to OCM! His diverse performance background spans opera\, musical theater\, and oratorio. Recent highlights include performing the role of Spoletta in Tosca with New Orleans Opera and a Messiah performance with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. Last season at OCM\, he portrayed Dormont in La Scala di Seta and a Peasant in La Fille du Regiment. He holds vocal performance degrees from LSU and Rhode Island College. \nJohannes Linneballe \nOpera coach and conductor Alejandro Roca’s (Artistic Director\, OCM Young Artist Program) recent engagements Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro at Liceu Conservatory in Barcelona\, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville and Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi\, and debuts with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra\, Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Cláudio Santoro National Theater in Brazil. Roca has collaborated with renowned conductors Rinaldo Alessandrini\, Gustavo Dudamel\, Andrés Orozco-Estrada and Daniella Candillari and has appeared in recital with numerous vocalists around the world. Roca has served as a conductor and pianist at the Opera of Colombia and his repertoire includes more than 75 fully prepared operas and zarzuelas. Roca serves as Lecturer in Music/Opera Coach at the Yale School of Music and has recently been appointed Artistic Director of the Opera Company of Middlebury Young Artist Program. He previously served as director of the Opera Workshop at Central University\, in Bogotá\, Music director at Scuola Italia and Opera Viva summer programs and has served as Director of the Cartagena International Music Festival’s academic program. URL:https://www.stoweperformingarts.com/concerts/opera-company-of-middlebury/ LOCATION:Stowe Community Church\, 137 Main St.\, Stowe\, VT\, 05672\, United States CATEGORIES:Noon Music in May ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.stoweperformingarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/opera-company-of-middlebury.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250521T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250521T130000 DTSTAMP:20260430T003159 CREATED:20250502T143339Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250502T143350Z UID:11042-1747828800-1747832400@www.stoweperformingarts.com SUMMARY:Diana Fanning DESCRIPTION:Noon Music In May\nDiana Fanning\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 21\, 2025\nAll Noon Music in May concerts are held from noon to 1 p.m.\, in Stowe Community Church. \nAdmission is free. Donations are gratefully accepted. \nLocation\nStowe Community Church\n137 Main Street\nStowe\, Vermont\n \n Directions\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Diana Fanning\nDiana Fanninghas toured extensively as a solo performer and chamber musician throughout the U.S. and in England\, France\, Austria\, Switzerland\, Holland\, the Czech Republic\, Canada and Germany. In recent years she has performed at the Schloss Leopoldskron (“Sound of Music” castle) in Salzburg\, and in Prague at the invitation of the International Dvorak Society. \nAfter a solo recital in Munich\, a critic wrote that “Diana Fanning stunned her listeners with the rich spectrum of subtle colors and tonal nuances she revealed. Her recital seized the audience with a veritable deep magic.” Ms. Fanning has performed on numerous occasions as a concerto soloist with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. She was featured as soloist in a performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in the debut concert of the Champlain Philharmonic Orchestra and was invited back for performances of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Vermont Public Television featured her in a program of works by Scarlatti\, Ravel and Chopin. Radio audiences hear her frequently over Vermont Public Radio\, and she was interviewed on Radio Prague. She also performed live on “Morning Pro Musica” (WGBH-FM) Boston and on WNYC\, New York City. \nAs a chamber musician\, Ms. Fanning has been a guest artist with the Takacs\, the Schumann\, the Jupiter and the Alexander String Quartets\, and with ensembles from Point Counterpoint Music Camp\, which she owned and directed for ten years with her husband Emory Fanning. As a member of the Davydov-Fanning Duo with the outstanding cellist Dieuwke Davydov\, she has performed widely in the U.S.\, completed eight concert tours of Europe\, and recorded for Radio Netherlands. \nMs. Fanning’s CD of works by Janáček\, Chopin and Debussy received enthusiastic reviews in England and the U.S. She also released a recording of live concert performances with Dieuwke Davydov. Her principal teacher was Ruth Geiger of New York City; she also studied with Marcelle Heuclin at the Paris Conservatory. She is an Affiliate Artist at Middlebury College in Vermont. URL:https://www.stoweperformingarts.com/concerts/diana-fanning/ LOCATION:Stowe Community Church\, 137 Main St.\, Stowe\, VT\, 05672\, United States CATEGORIES:Noon Music in May ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.stoweperformingarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/diana-fanning.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250514T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250514T130000 DTSTAMP:20260430T003159 CREATED:20250502T142213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250502T142815Z UID:11031-1747224000-1747227600@www.stoweperformingarts.com SUMMARY:Katherine Winterstein + Sarah Bob DESCRIPTION:Noon Music In May\nKatherine Winterstein + Sarah Bob \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 14\, 2025\nAll Noon Music in May concerts are held from noon to 1 p.m.\, in Stowe Community Church. \nAdmission is free. Donations are gratefully accepted. \nLocation\nStowe Community Church\n137 Main Street\nStowe\, Vermont\n \n Directions\n \n \n \n \n \n This program is a super fun smorgasbord of works by Bach\, Messiaen\, and the incredible Ruth Crawford Seeger\, with short (and beautiful) works by living American composers Jennifer Higdon and Abigail Reisman. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Katherine Winterstein\nKatherine Winterstein is the concertmaster of the Vermont Symphony\, the associate concertmaster of the Rhode Island Philharmonic\, and she is co-concertmaster of the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra. In recent seasons she has performed as concertmaster of the Toledo Symphony\, Palm Beach Opera\, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project\, and also performs regularly with the Handel and Haydn Society\, Boston Baroque\, and A Far Cry. She was a member of the Hartt String Quartet\, the Providence-based Aurea Ensemble\, and the summer of 2024 was her 23rd with the Craftsbury Chamber Players of Vermont. She has also performed with Boston-based Chameleon Arts Ensemble\, Radius Ensemble\, and Dinosaur Annex\, as well as with members of the Lydian and Ciompi String Quartets\, at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum\, the Chamber Music Society of the Carolinas\, and as faculty at Point Counterpoint. She has appeared as soloist with several orchestras including the the Vermont Symphony\, the Wintergreen Festival Orchestra\, the Charlottesville Symphony\, the Champlain Philharmonic\, and the Boston Virtuosi. She served on the performance faculty of Middlebury College in Vermont from 2002-2015\, joined the faculty of the Hartt School of Music in September of 2011\, and began teaching at Brown University in September of 2015. Ms. Winterstein lives in Boston with her son\, Gus.Ms. Winterstein plays on a 1779 J.B. Guadagnini violin\, on generous loan to her from Mr. William P. Herbst of Montpelier\, VT. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sarah Bob\nPianist Sarah Bob\, hailed as “sumptuous and eloquent” (Boston Globe) and that “dynamic player…superstar” (National Sawdust)\, is a soloist and chamber musician noted for her charismatic performances\, colorful playing and diverse programming. The goal\, her strong suit\, is to introduce music in a loving\, inclusive\, and intoxicating way. \nSarah is founding director of New Gallery Concert Series\, a combination of new music and new visual art along with their creators\, and Nasty Cooperative\, dialogue driven artistic events created to build community and raise funds for organizations in need. Her accolades include top prizewinner of Holland’s International Gaudeamus Competition\, New England Conservatory’s Outstanding Alumni Award\, and instant world-wide acclaim for her most recent solo album …nobody move…. She is an original and active member of Radius Ensemble and Primary Duo\, maintains a private studio\, and is on faculty at Longy School of Music of Bard College. More information: www.sarahbob.net. URL:https://www.stoweperformingarts.com/concerts/katherine-winterstein-sarah-bob/ LOCATION:Stowe Community Church\, 137 Main St.\, Stowe\, VT\, 05672\, United States CATEGORIES:Noon Music in May ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.stoweperformingarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/katherine-sarah.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250507T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250507T130000 DTSTAMP:20260430T003159 CREATED:20250502T141432Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250502T171632Z UID:11025-1746619200-1746622800@www.stoweperformingarts.com SUMMARY:Euclid Quartet DESCRIPTION:Noon Music In May\nEuclid Quartet\n \nWe are delighted to be welcoming the acclaimed Euclid Quartet\, who will perform two masterworks from the string quartet repertoire:\nFelix Mendelssohn’s Four Pieces for String Quartet\, Op. 81 (1809-1847)\, andLudwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 8 in E minor\, Op. 59\, No. 2 (“Razumovsky”) (1770-1827) \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 7\, 2025\nAll Noon Music in May concerts are held from noon to 1 p.m.\, in Stowe Community Church. \nAdmission is free. Donations are gratefully accepted. \nLocation\nStowe Community Church\n137 Main Street\nStowe\, Vermont\n \n Directions\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n View Program Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Euclid Quartet\nResident String Quartet\, Indiana University South BendBiography 2024-2025 Season \nJameson Cooper\, violin Luis Enrique Vargas\, violaAviva Hakanoglu\, violinJustin Goldsmith\, cello \nNow in its 27th season\, the EUCLID QUARTET enjoys one of the most highly regarded reputations of any chamber ensemble of its generation\, with its members’ constituting a multinational mix representing three continents: violinist Jameson Cooper (Great Britain)\, violinist Aviva Hakanoglu (United States)\, violist Luis Enrique Vargas (Venezuela)\, cellist Justin Goldsmith (United States). Captivating audiences and critics ranging from Carnegie Hall to school classrooms to radio and television broadcasts\, the quartet consistently performs to enthusiastic acclaim throughout the country. \nFormed in Ohio in 1998\, the Euclid Quartet takes its name from famed Euclid Avenue in Cleveland\, home to a wealth of renowned artistic and cultural institutions. Within three years\, the ensemble was awarded the String Quartet Fellowship of the Aspen Music Festival\, where it was invited to return for the subsequent summer’s concert season. The quartet was also invited to study with the Emerson String Quartet at the Carnegie Hall Professional Training Workshop. \nThe Euclid Quartet’s career includes significant global recognition as the first American string quartet to be awarded a top prize at the prestigious Osaka International Chamber Music Competition. Prior to its Japanese laurels\, the quartet also won awards in numerous United States competitions\, including the Hugo Kauder International Competition for String Quartets\, The Carmel Chamber Music Competition and the Chamber Music Yellow Springs Competition. In 2009\, the Euclid Quartet was awarded the esteemed “American Masterpieces” grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. \nThe Euclid is a frequent guest ensemble at American and Canadian music festivals\, among them those of Aspen\, Great Lakes\, Kent/Blossom\, Mostly Modern and Orford\, while expanded programs have included collaborations with internationally renowned artists\, including Adrian Daurov\, James Dunham\, Gregory Fulkerson\, Warren Jones\, Paul Katz\, Joseph Silverstein and Alexander Toradze. \nIn 2007\, the Euclid Quartet was appointed to the prestigious string quartet residency at Indiana University South Bend\, where its members teach private lessons and coach chamber music. Passionately devoted to presenting the highest quality chamber music to young audiences\, these seasoned teaching artists have performed for thousands of students and young adults\, in part\, through support from the National Endowment for the Arts and collaborations with Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Association. \nActive in the recording studio\, the Euclid Quartet issued a pair of CDs\, comprising the six string quartets of Béla Bartók on Artek Recordings. The American Record Guide raved about these discs\, “rarely has a group found such meaning and vision.” Their debut CD\, on Centaur records\, features the first four quartets of Hugo Kauder\, a refugee from Nazi-occupied Austria who fled to the United States in the 1940s; he defied the atonal trend of his generation with his uniquely harmonic\, contrapuntal style. On Afinat Records is “American Quartets: Antonín Dvorák & Wynton Marsalis\,” including of Dvorák’s String Quartet #12 (“American”) and Marsalis’ At the Octoroon Balls – String Quartet #1. In 2024\, Afinat released two CDs: “Breve\,” a collection of beloved miniatures\, comprised of Alvarez\, Bolcom\, Gershwin\, Mozart\, Piazzolla\, Puccini\, Schubert\, Shostakovich\, Turina\, Webern and Wolf\, and a pairing of the Grieg and Debussy string quartets in g minor. \n \n View Program Details URL:https://www.stoweperformingarts.com/concerts/euclid-quartet/ LOCATION:Stowe Community Church\, 137 Main St.\, Stowe\, VT\, 05672\, United States CATEGORIES:Noon Music in May ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.stoweperformingarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/euclid-quartet.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR