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Concerts
2005-2006 Season

  • July 3, 2005 (Composer, Arranger, & Conductor)
         8:00 p.m. at the Vermont State House in Montpelier, Vermont
    Vermont Youth Orchestra
         Leroy Anderson: Blue Tango
         David Gunn: Urban Renewaltz
         Troy Peters: Between Hills Briefly Green
         Trey Anastasio (orch. Anastasio & Peters): Guyute
         Klaus Badelt: Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl
         Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
         Copland: Variations on a Shaker Melody from Appalachian Spring
         Joplin & Hamlisch: Music from The Sting
         Bilik: American Civil War Fantasy
         Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever

  • July 8, 2005 (Composer)
        8:00 p.m. at the Opera House at Enosburg Falls, Vermont
    Social Band
         Featuring a performance of Troy's Vain World, Adieu for a cappella chorus

  • August 4, 2005 (Composer)
        8:00 p.m. at the Town Hall Theater in Middlebury, Vermont
    Social Band
         Featuring a performance of Troy's Vain World, Adieu for a cappella chorus

  • August 6, 2005 (Composer)
        12:00 p.m. at the Champlain Valley Folk Festival at Kingsland Bay State Park in Ferrisburgh, Vermont
    August 7, 2005 (Composer)
        12:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. at the Champlain Valley Folk Festival at Kingsland Bay State Park in Ferrisburgh, Vermont
    Social Band
         Featuring a performance of Troy's Vain World, Adieu for a cappella chorus

  • August 14, 2005 (Conductor)
         3:00 p.m. at the Elley-Long Music Center in Colchester, Vermont
    Vermont Youth Orchestra
         Closing concert of the Vermont Youth Orchestra Association's Reveille! Music Festival, featuring cello soloist Ruth Heindel
         Wagner: Overture to Rienzi
         Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 (1st mvt.)
         John Williams: Star Wars Medley

  • August 27, 2005 (Composer)
        7:30 p.m. at the Lincoln United Church in Lincoln, Vermont
    Social Band
         Featuring a performance of Troy's Vain World, Adieu for a cappella chorus

  • September 10, 2005 (Composer)
        3:00  p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Brattleboro, Vermont
    Social Band
         Featuring a performance of Troy's Vain World, Adieu for a cappella chorus

  • September 11, 2005 (Conductor)
            3:00 p.m. at Missisquoi Valley Union High School in Swanton, Vermont
    September 18, 2005 (Conductor)
            3:00 p.m. at the Flynn Center in Burlington, Vermont
     Vermont Youth Orchestra
         Trevor Bergeron, horn, & Daniel Hollier Cross, cello
         Rossini: Overture to William Tell
         Gordon Jacob: Horn Concerto (1st mvt.)
         Wagner: Overture to Rienzi
         Micah Hayes: Possibly [Vermont premiere]
         Dohnányi: Concert Piece in D major, Op. 12
         John Williams: Star Wars Medley

  • September 24, 2005 (Conductor)
            7:30 p.m. at the Vergennes Opera House in Vergennes, Vermont
     Vermont Youth Orchestra
         Trevor Bergeron, horn, & Mark Nash, narrator
         Rossini: Overture to William Tell
         Gordon Jacob: Horn Concerto (1st mvt.)
         Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf

  • October 1, 2005 (Composer)
        7:30 p.m. at the Hardwick Town House in Hardwick, Vermont
    Social Band
         Featuring a performance of Troy's Vain World, Adieu for a cappella chorus

  • October 5, 2005 (Conductor)
        all day at     Enosburg Elementary School in Enosburg, Vermont
     Vermont Youth Orchestra
              Day-long school residency
         Rossini: Overture to William Tell
         Wagner: Overture to Rienzi
         John Williams: Star Wars Medley

  • October 12, 2005 (Conductor)
            8:00 p.m. at the Middlebury College Center for the Arts in Middlebury, Vermont
    Middlebury College Orchestra
         Dieuwke Davydov, cello
         Handel: Concerto a due cori No. 1 in B flat major, HWV 332
         Bruch: Kol Nidrei, Op. 47
         Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 "Unfinished"

  • October 15, 2005 (Composer)
        2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Old Meeting House Museum in East DeKalb, New York
    Social Band
         Featuring a performance of Troy's Vain World, Adieu for a cappella chorus

  • October 16, 2005 (Conductor)
            7:30 p.m. at Hosmer Hall at the Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam in Potsdam, New York
    Crane Symphony Orchestra
         Schubert: Overture to Rosamunde, D. 644

  • November 11 and 12, 2005 (Conductor)
        8:00 p.m. at the Middlebury College Center for the Arts in Middlebury, Vermont
    Middlebury College Music Department
         Production of Stephen Sondheim's musical, Company

  • November 12, 2005 (Composer)
        8:00 p.m. at the Unitarian Church in Burlington, Vermont
    Social Band
         Featuring a performance of Troy's Vain World, Adieu for a cappella chorus

  • November 18, 2005 (Conductor)
        8:00 p.m. at Hauppauge High School in Hauppauge, New York
    Suffolk County All-County Orchestra
              Robert Maggio: Boardwalk
         Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11
         Wagner: Overture to The Meistersingers of Nuremburg

  • November 19, 2005 (Composer)
            2:15 p.m. in Snell Theater at the Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam in Potsdam, New York
    Leah Schwartz &     Maria Schwartz
         Featuring the world premiere of Troy's Three Vermont Scenes for a flute, clarinet, and piano

  • November 19, 2005 (Conductor)
        8:00 p.m. at the Middlebury College Center for the Arts in Middlebury, Vermont
    Champlain Philharmonic Orchestra
         Rimsky-Korsakov: Overture to May Night
         Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1
         Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46

  • December 3, 2005 (Conductor)
        8:00 p.m. at the Middlebury College Center for the Arts in Middlebury, Vermont
    Middlebury College Orchestra and Chamber Singers
         Handel: Concerto a due cori No. 1 in B flat major, HWV 332
         Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna

  • December 4, 2005 (Conductor)
        4:00 p.m. at the     Flynn Center in Burlington, Vermont
    Vermont Youth Sinfonia
         Nelhybel: Lincoln Scene
         Beethoven (arr. Hopkins): Finale from Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
         Tchaikovsky: Two Dances from The Nutcracker, Op. 71

  • December 9, 2005 (Composer)
         9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. at the     Flynn Center in Burlington, Vermont
    Vermont Symphony Orchestra
         Featuring performances of Troy's Between Hills Briefly Green

  • December 28, 2005 (Composer)
            7:30 p.m. at the Elley-Long Music Center in Colchester, Vermont
    Leah Schwartz &     Maria Schwartz
         Featuring the Vermont premiere of Troy's Three Vermont Scenes for a flute, clarinet, and piano

  • December 31, 2005 (Conductor)
        1:30 p.m. at the Flynn Center in Burlington, Vermont
    Vermont Youth Orchestra at First Night Burlington
    Lauren Yeiser, bassoon
         Rossini: Overture to William Tell
         Weber: Andante and Hungarian Rondo, Op. 35
         Wagner: Overture to Rienzi
         Benjamin Goldsmith: Suite for Orchestra [world premiere]
         John Williams: Star Wars Medley

  • January 29, 2005 (Conductor)
        3:00 p.m. at the Flynn Center in Burlington, Vermont
    Vermont Youth Orchestra
    Midori, violin
         Hovhaness: Floating World
         Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
         Su Lian Tan: U Be You [world premiere]
         Borodin: "Polovtsian Dances" from Prince Igor

  • February 20, 2005 (Conductor)
        at the Sundome in Yakima, Washington
    Washington All-State Symphony Orchestra
         Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
         Daniel Ott: West [world premiere]
         Chabrier: España

  • March 1, 2006 (Conductor)
        7:30 p.m. at the Vermont State House in Montpelier, Vermont
     Vermont Youth Orchestra
    Tatiana Trono, viola
         Elizondo: Pan de Azucar
         Purcell:  The Gordian Know Untied Suite
         Woodward: Hopes and Dreams
         Telemann: Viola Concerto in G major
         Holst: St. Paul's Suite

  • March 11, 2006 (Conductor)
        in Storrs, Connecticut
    New England Music Festival Orchestra
         Verdi: Overture to Nabucco
         Kodaly: Intermezzo from Hary Janos
         Stravinsky: Berceuse and Finale from The Firebird

  • March 22, 2006 (Conductor)
            7:00 p.m. at the Elley-Long Music Center in Colchester, Vermont
    Green Mountain Mahler Festival
             Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"

  • April 5, 2006 (Conductor)
            8:00 p.m. at the Middlebury College Center for the Arts in Middlebury, Vermont
    Middlebury College Orchestra
         Trey Anastasio (orch. Anastasio & Peters): Guyute
         Bernstein: Overture to West Side Story
         Copland: John Henry
         Moore: Village Music

  • April 8, 2006 (Conductor)
        5:00 p.m. at the Elley-Long Music Center in Colchester, Vermont
    Vermont Youth Sinfonia
         Washburn: St. Lawrence Overture
         Bach (orch. Luck): Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
         Weber: Clarinet Concertino in E flat major, Op. 26
         Khachaturian: Selections from Gayane

  • April 22, 2006 (Composer)
            4:00 p.m. at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois
    Leah Schwartz &     Maria Schwartz
         Featuring the Chicago premiere of Troy's Three Vermont Scenes for a flute, clarinet, and piano

  • April 22, 2006 (Composer)
            8:00 p.m. at the Middlebury College Center for the Arts in Middlebury, Vermont
    Middlebury College Chamber Singers
         Featuring a performance of Troy's Vain World, Adieu for a cappella chorus

  • April 26, 2006 (Composer)
         7:30 p.m. at the McCarthy Arts Center at Saint Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont
    Saint Michael's College Chorale
         Featuring a performance of Troy's "Psalm 150" from Quis ut Deus for chorus and piano

  • May 5, 2006 (Conductor)
        8:00 p.m. at Dibden Auditorium at Johnson State College in Johnson, Vermont
    May 7, 2006     (Conductor)
        3:00 p.m. at the Flynn Center in Burlington, Vermont
    Vermont Youth Orchestra
    Shyla Nelson, soprano, with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra Chorus
         Daron Hagen: Gesture Drawings [world premiere]
         Poulenc: Gloria
         Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition

  • May 6, 2006 (Conductor)
            8:00 p.m. at the Middlebury College Center for the Arts in Middlebury, Vermont
    Middlebury College Orchestra
         Prokofiev:  Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 10
         Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93

  • June 10, 2006 (Conductor)
        8:00 p.m. at the Elley-Long Music Center in Colchester, Vermont
     Vermont Youth Orchestra
    Tatiana Trono, viola
         Ellen Lindquist: Three Excursions
         Telemann: Viola Concerto in G major
         Morton Gold: Elegy for Strings
         Bloch: Concerto Grosso No. 1

  • June 15, 16, 17, and 18, 2006 (Conductor)
        Brandon, Vermont
    Opera Company of Middlebury
         Production of Lennox Berkeley's opera, A Dinner Engagement, Op. 45

  • June 20, 2006 (Conductor)
            7:00 p.m. at the Elley-Long Music Center in Colchester, Vermont
    Green Mountain Mahler Festival
             Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"

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