Take a Musical Vacation
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59th 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 pieces 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 2011 are now posted (Archive of Concerts), with photos where available. Performing is entirely voluntary - like every other activity at VMAC.

The library catalog listing was been updated to include additions made through November 2011. New items are also listed on the library page. The application form for 2012 is available now. A copy of the November 2011, Notes, Vol. 26 No. 1, is now available on the site. So are the November 2009; February, June, and November 2010; and February 2011 and June 2011 issues.

For some time we have had a bulletin board (not a chat room) on Yahoo Groups, but few have used it. We now also have a group on Facebook. In Facebook, search for "VMAC" and it will pop up. Click to join the vmac discussion group

Contact us at VMACinfo@vermontmusicandarts.org with any questions about the program.

Last updated: June, 2011

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