Scenes from a very full stage at our rehearsal tonight for Carmina Burana. Tomorrow night’s (sold out!) season finale features our orchestra, our chorus, a children’s choir, and three incredible guest soloists, all together on the Flynn stage to perform Carl Orff’s epic cantata. The program opens with a piece by acclaimed Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz, and is sure to close out our 2025/26 season in style.
If you missed your chance to get tickets, check out our subscription packages for 26/27 - it’s never too early to save your seat in the hall! Visit vso.org for more information.
Join us on May 9 for our season finale at the Flynn!
This Saturday’s concert, O Fortuna!, features the VSO Chorus performing Carmina Burana alongside a children’s chorus, renowned vocalists Goitsemang Lehobye, Brian Giebler, and Troy Cook, and your Vermont Symphony Orchestra musicians. Led by Music Director Andrew Crust, the performance opens with Kauyumari, a piece by Mexico’s foremost composer, Gabriela Ortiz, and the evening closes out with Carl Orff’s enduring and electrifying masterwork.
Don’t miss out as we end our 2025/26 season in style - get your tickets at vso.org/events or by visiting the link in our bio. See you this weekend!
SECOND SHOW ADDED 🎻 Due to overwhelming demand, Gregory Alan Isakov with Vermont Symphony Orchestra will be back on Tuesday, August 25 at Ben & Jerry's Concerts on The Green at Shelburne Museum.
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May 9’s season finale features Kauyumari, a piece by acclaimed composer Gabriela Ortiz. Described as “one of the most talented composers in the world,” by Gustavo Dudamel, Ortiz is a multiple GRAMMY award winner whose work has been performed by prestigious orchestras worldwide.
Kauyumari, inspired by the spiritual world of the Huichol people of western Mexico, alternates between moments of intensity and introspection, with driving rhythms and shifting textures that create an immersive musical experience. Don’t miss your chance to hear this propulsive work by this celebrated contemporary voice.
Tickets for our season closer at @flynncenter are available at vso.org/events or by visiting the link in our bio. We’ll see you in the concert hall!
A 72 piece orchestra, a 70 voice chorus, a children’s choir, and three internationally acclaimed vocalists will take the Flynn stage in two weeks to perform Carl Orff’s powerful and enduring Carmina Burana. Here, VSO Music Director Andrew Crust shares a little bit about the composition, and what you can expect to hear when you join us on May 9.
Tickets are on sale at vso.org/events or by visiting the link in our bio. We’ll see you soon for this epic season finale!
Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s 2026/27 season is here!
We’re excited to announce our upcoming schedule, brimming with timeless classics, new commissions, holiday favorites, eclectic composers, and above all - artistic excellence. We’ll travel statewide with our Summer Festival Tour, Holiday Pops, Brass Quintet and Counterpoint and Jukebox series – playing everywhere from Vermont’s mountaintops to its brewpubs. In the spring we’ll visit The Paramount Theatre in Rutland and the Essex Experience with our immersive Visualizer Orchestra concerts, and the season closes in May 2027 with The Rite of Spring at The Flynn in Burlington.
Make sure to save the dates on your calendar - visit vso.org/events or the link in our bio for more information. We can’t wait to see you and celebrate our 92nd year!
Last night we kicked off our Jukebox tour with a sold out concert in Rutland. This series, Porch Songs - Americana Roots, features the quartet playing in the round, with the audience seated on all sides for an up close and personal experience. Tonight we’ll hit the stage at @artistreevt in South Pomfret, so make sure you book your seats before they’re all gone!
Visit vso.org/events or the link in our bio to get tickets to our South Pomfret and Barre shows. We hope to see you soon!
📣 Vermont Symphony Orchestra: Principal Horn Auditions
🇺🇸 Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Burlington (Vermont), United States
⏰ Application deadline: May 29, 2026 23:59 (Eastern Time (US & Canada))
⭐ Audition: June 28, 2026
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Come play with us!
The Vermont Symphony Orchestra is holding auditions for our principal horn position in June. The application deadline is May 29 - all information can be found on our website or by visiting the link in our bio.
🎻 Gregory Alan Isakov with Vermont Symphony Orchestra | Monday, August 24 at Ben & Jerry's Concerts on The Green at Shelburne Museum
🎫 On sale Friday at 10
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Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and now calling Colorado home, horticulturist/musician Gregory Alan Isakov has cast an impressive presence on the indie-rock and folk worlds with his six full-length studio albums: That Sea, The Gambler; This Empty Northern Hemisphere; The Weatherman; Gregory Alan Isakov with the Colorado Symphony; Evening Machines (nominated for a Grammy award for Best Folk Album), and Appaloosa Bones. Isakov tours internationally with his band, and has performed with several national symphony orchestras across the United States.
Stop scrolling to hear VSO’s Matt LaRocca share a bit about this month’s Jukebox series - and stick around for a treat at the end.
Tickets for our show in Burlington are sold out, but you can get tickets for the performances in Rutland, South Pomfret, and Barre at vso.org/events or the link in our bio.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!🎻
Spruce Peak Arts presents Music in the Meadow with Vermont Symphony Orchestra at the Trapp Family Lodge Concert Meadow 🎶
📅Sunday, July 5th, at 7:30pm
📍Trapp Family Lodge Concert Meadow in Stowe, VT
🎟️Tickets on sale now at sprucepeakarts.org
To celebrate the United States’ 250th birthday, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra hits the road with Summer Festival Tour: America 250, bringing music to communities across the Green Mountain State. There’s nothing quite like a balmy July evening in the Vermont outdoors, especially when the state’s orchestra performs beloved favorites like Morton Gould’s American Salute (based on “When Johnny Comes Marching Home”), Aaron Copland’s Hoe-Down from Rodeo, a lively selection of music by John Williams and John Philip Sousa, and more.
Music Director Andrew Crust invites you to bring a picnic blanket and relax under sunny skies to enjoy this cherished annual tradition. Each location features the VSO’s Musical Petting Zoo before the performance, where audiences young and old can explore a variety of orchestral instruments
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