Rehearsal and Performance Venues

Rehearsals and performances are held in Greenwall Auditorium of the VAPA building at Bennington College, and rehearsals are for full orchestra unless otherwise noted. Location or time may be need to be changed based on unanticipated conflicts with the College's activities, so please check this site or our Facebook page regularly.

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© Copyright 2011 Paul Guillotte

Note that the annual fund-raising dinner will follow the May 13 performance. Orchestra members pay a reduced fee and it is a great to end the season, so mark your calendars to relax over good food afterwards.

Email the webmaster for copies of rehearsal schedules from 2009-10 season through the fall of 2011.

Rehearsals Winter/Spring 2012

 
  • Winter Concert, Sunday February 12 2012 at 4:00 PM
  • Program: Concerto Grosso Opus 3 No 2 (all movements) by Handel, Concerto for Bassoon and String Orchestra by H. Villa-Lobos, Jerry Lanoue soloist, and Beethoven Symphony No 2 Opus 36 in D Major
  • Instrumentation: Beethoven Symphony No. 2 - 2 flutes, 2 clarinets in A, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets in D and E, horns in D, tympani and strings
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  • Sunday January 22, 6:00pm - 8:45pm
  • Sunday January 29, 6:00pm - 8:45pm, Snacks violins
  • Sunday February 5, 6:00pm - 8:45pm, Snacks viola, cello, bass, percussion
  • Saturday February 11, 6:00- 9:00pm, Snacks winds and brass
  • Sunday February 12: 2:00pm sound check, Concert at 4:00pm
 
  • Youth Concert, Sunday March 18 at 4:00 PM
  • Program: Young Composer Project, compositions for orchestra by Bennington College students Dmitri Glickman, Atticus Lazenby, Kimberly Nucci and Emma Piazza, Ten Short Pieces for String Orchestra by Louis Calabro, with the Green Mountain Youth Orchestra, Double Concerto for Two Trumpets by Vivaldi, soloists Sue Green and Tom Neeson and Pastoral Fantasy Opus 26 for Flute and Orchestra by Franz Doppler, Holly Mutascio soloist
  • Instrumentation: Doppler - 1 flute, 2 oboes, 1 bassoon, 2 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombones, tuba, tympani and strings
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  • Sunday February 26, 6:00pm - 8:45pm, Snacks 1st violins, cello, bass
  • Sunday March 4, 6:00pm - 8:45pm, Snacks 2nd violins, violas
  • Sunday March 11, 6:00pm - 8:45pm, Snacks brass
  • Saturday March 17, 6:00pm - 8:45pm, Snacks winds, percussion
  • Sunday March 18: 2:00pm sound check, Concert at 4:00pm
 
  • Spring Concert, Sunday May 13 2012 at 4:00 PM
  • Program: Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano in C Major Opus 56 by Beethoven, soloists Michael Finckel cello, Andrea Schultz violin and piano TBA, Symphony No 1 in C Minor Opus 68 by Brahms, and Commissioned work for orchestra by Nick Brooke
  • Instrumentation: Beethoven Triple - 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, tympani and strings; Brahms No. 1 - 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets. 2 bassoons, contra bassoon, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tympani and strings
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  • Sunday March 25, 6:00pm - 8:45pm, Snacks 1st violins, cellos, bass
  • Sunday April 1, 6:00pm - 8:45pm, Snacks 2nd violins, violas
  • Sunday April 15, 6:00pm - 8:45pm, Snacks winds, brass, percussion
  • Sunday April 22, 6:00pm - 8:45pm, Snacks 1st violins, cellos, bass
  • Sunday April 29, 6:00pm - 8:45pm, Snacks 2nd violins, violas
  • Sunday May 6, 6:00pm - 8:45pm, Snacks winds, brass, percussion
  • Saturday May 12, 6:00pm - 8:45pm, Snacks everyone
  • Sunday May 13: 2:00pm sound check, Concert at 4:00pm
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  • The annual fund-raising dinner will follow the concert.