Upcoming events.
Tenative Schedule for August 2026!
Tuesday, August 4th - arrival
Wednesday, August 5th - opening sessions, brown bag lunch concert, evening movie/documentary
Thursday, August 6th - afternoon group coaching for piano students and evening concert
Friday, August 7th - afternoon group coaching for piano students, evening concert with Pianist in Residence, Alexa Stier
Saturday, August 8th - morning workshops, afternoon community piano recital
Sunday, August 9th - afternoon matinee concert with Trio Gaya (piano trio with Alexa Stier)
Departure on Sunday or Monday
From the Camera to the Keys Project and Course Kickoff Event!
Join teaching artist Juan Sebastián Avendaño as he shares creative ways to connect photography and with music composition.
Pianist in Residence Concert: Daniel Inamorato
Brazilian-American professor Daniel Inamorato is a pioneer Queer artist and avant-garde researcher, working most often in the intersections of keyboard performance, Japanese Butoh Dance and political Art.
Tom Cleary Jazz Piano
Join Tom Clearly and friends for this special performance demonstrating the versatility of jazz piano. The performance will feature jazz trio, solo piano, piano/bass duo pieces, and jazz trio pieces with bass, voice, and piano. Tom will be joined by bassist Jeremy Hill and vocalist Amber deLaurentis.
The Pianist’s Guide to the Universe, Concert and Presentation
THE PIANIST’S GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE, In this whimsical marriage of astronomy and music, composer Martha Hill Duncan and astrophysicist Dr. Martin Duncan combine their talents to celebrate the beauty of the night sky and the magic of music. This presentation will feature awe-inspiring slides, cosmic commentary and several solo piano works from the Duncan’s graded 4 volume astronomical piano series, The Pianist’s Guide to the Universe: 1. Stories of Stars, 2. Sailing on the Solar Wind, Vol. 3 Dark and Volume 4 Spirals in the Sky.
Jazz Jam with Ira Friedman Trio
Pianist/composer, Ira Friedman is known for his merging of jazz and rhythms from around the world. The Ira Friedman Trio will be hosting the jam session. Robinson Morse will be on bass and Keith Gibson on drums. Click here to read more about Ira.
Any instrumentation is welcome to participate in this jazz jam! Free for performers and by donation for community members/listeners.
Festival for Creative Pianists in Vermont!
Join us for a five-day celebration of creativity at the piano in Montpelier, VT!
Participants will have the opportunity to perform their repertoire and compositions for a panel of teaching artists for feedback, and engage in workshops and intensives, concerts and recitals, and special activities (all open to the public). World-renowned teaching artists will include Wynn-Anne Rossi, Martha Hill Duncan, Brendan Jacklin, Ayumi Okada, and more. The Saturday night headline concert will feature the festival’s new Pianist in Residence, Daniel Inamorato! Click here to learn more and enroll today!
Inspired by Nature
Join five composers from the Abundant Silence roster as they share performance recordings and insights into their creative work and process. The theme for this event is Inspired by Nature, named after Nathan Halls’s learning activity in our online community. Following the presentation of each piece, the five composers will engage in a discussion about the vast ways nature can used as inspiration in music composition, and answer your questions about the creative process!
Composers and pieces will include:
Nathan Hall, “The Garden, The Sea”
Martha Hill Duncan, “Spirals”
Mari Kotskyy, “Snowfall”
Julian Fueyo, “Zafiro”
Alexander Liebermann, “Placozoa”
Telling a A Story Through Music
This is a Pay What You Can event, with the option to receive a free ticket. You will receive a receipt in your email after securing your ticket via the button above. The Zoom link will be sent 30-60 minutes prior to the scheduled event.
Join five composers from the Abundant Silence roster as they share performance recordings and insights into their creative work and process. The theme for this event is Telling a Story Through Music, named after Ayumi Okada’s learning activity in our online community. Following the presentation of each piece, the five composers will engage in a discussion about the use of narrative in music composition, both with words and without, and answer your questions about the creative process!
Composers and pieces will include:
Ayumi Okada, “Light Princess Suite”
Aaryn S. Ricucci-Hill, “Forest Rituals”
Wynn-Anne Rossi, “Grief”
Brady Wolff, “The Moments Just Before”
Che Bufford, “The Lunatic”
