Take a Musical Vacation
20 08

56th Annual Season

Vermont Music and Arts Center is a workshop for serious amateur musicians who would like to play chamber music in an informal and congenial atmosphere - to "take a vacation with music."   Please take a trip around our website to learn more about us.

VMAC differs from most workshops in that our coaches usually play with us rather than listening and teaching from the outside. Instead of being assigned groups for three or four piece of music, we choose our own repertoire and form our own ensembles, which may include one of the coaches at our invitation. Playing with the coaches - being coached from within the group - inspires us, and we learn from their example. See the Background and new Daily Schedule pages for a more complete description of the program.

At home we may not have the right combination of good players for larger works or unusual instrumentation, but VMAC provides winds, singers, strings, pianos, harpsichord, and an extensive music library. It gives us the opportunity to revisit works we have studied in other workshops, and to introduce other musicians to our lesser-known favorites. Most participants play with a great many others and encounter a wealth of new pieces as well as the old favorites.

Concert programs from 2005 through 2007 are now posted (Archive of Concerts), with photos where available. Performing is entirely voluntary - like every other activity at VMAC.

The library catalog listing has been updated to include additions made through April 2008. Thanks to Alan the Daily Schedule page and many others have been updated with photos from 2007.

See the Staff page for an announcement of Anita Gordon's resignation, and brief information about the three pianists for 2008. Their more complete biographies are also posted.

The application form for 2008 is available now.

We have a bulletin board (not a chat room) on Yahoo Groups: Click to join the vmac discussion group

E-mail your questions about the program to VMACinfo@charter.net.

Last updated: April 12, 2008, with new addition to the libary.

If you have any questions or comments about this website, email webmaster@vermontmusicandarts.org