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A traveling artist comes home for the weekend

While big things did not seem far from Sarah Wallis’ reach when she was playing the open mics I hosted at Sidelines just a few years back, I hardly expect to get a phone call out of the blue from her agent this past Monday.

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St. Patrick’s Day weekend has something for everyone

They say everyone is a little bit Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, and during the next week there will be a range of activities for everyone. Events include Irish band Trinity at McGrath’s Irish Pub on Route 4 in Killington, a St. Patrick’s Day dinner at the Tinmouth Community Church. In Bellows Falls, Stone Church Arts is hosting “St. Patrick’s Fiddle Frenzy,” and for some more truly authentic Irish music, Celtic Crossroads will perform in the Chandler Music Hall in Randolph.

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Did you hear the Broadway music at Grace Church?

Music from famous Broadway plays and movies — from “Jesus Christ Superstar” to “Evita” to “Phantom of the Opera” — will be performed by local soloists and a children’s choir, including some out-of-town professionals at the Grace Church Friday, March 6.

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Local Spin: Can’t miss music this weekend

Green Mountain Music District V concert happening at Mount St. Joseph Academy Friday at 7 p.m., Aaron Audet and Adam Falco at Center Street Saloon, Duane Carlton at Jax in Killington and Charlie B’s in Stowe; aron Chesley’s band, Clayton Sabine & The Blackout Lottery at the Weathervane Music Hall in Brattleboro.

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Taiko Group to open renovated auditorium

CHESTER — Drums will mark the beat change when the Burlington Taiko Group gives the inaugural public performance at the recently renovated auditorium at Green Mountain Union High School at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

“We’re pretty excited to have the first show in the new auditorium,” said Sara Colgan, a volunteer with the Green Mountain Festival Series, which is now in its 24th season of bringing arts events to the Chester area.

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VSO on the cutting edge

By JIM LOWE Times Argus Staff
When David Ludwig became the Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s first-ever composer-in-residence five years ago, Music Director Jaime Laredo, one of the world’s foremost violinists, and his wife, cellist Sharon Robinson, made one thing clear to him.
“Jaime and Sharon wanted a double concerto,” Ludwig explained. “They have commissioned several of them and [...]

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Local Spin: Music a la Arts Hop and weekend gigs

This Friday, January 9, the Art Hop offers you more opportunities to hop around town and check out local musicians in local businesses. Saturday Kris and Peter Cady will perform as “Woodchucks Uncoupled,” at the Ball and Chain Cafe in Brandon.

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Hip-hop veteran Slick Rick makes his Killington debut

This Saturday, January 10, Slick Rick will be back on stage when he nears the top of the Killington Road at the nightlife institution The Wobbly Barn, debuting his old-school tracks under his own, old, and famous title — Ricky Walters aka “Slick Rick,” of late 1980s hip-hop fame.

The high-altitude welcoming of Slick Rick is set to be just as glamorous as the blinged-out chains and eye patch the artist is known for and the performance signifies a push by some local business owners to get more diverse musical genres on the hill for all different kinds of people to enjoy.

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Local Spin: Jose Feliciano, Aaron Audet, Duane Carleton and Carnival Hill

All George wants for Christmas is a fog machine. He’s giving you a round up great music this holiday week.

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