Quill and Foyle’s Hasty Composure (world premiere)

No Strings Marionette Company and music by Paul Perley

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Doors 6:30 pm – Performance 7:00pm

Tickets $15-30 Sliding

This new and original all ages show, sponsored in part by a creation grant from The Vermont Arts Council, pairs No Strings Marionette Company with composer and conductor Paul Perley. The marionettes, scenery, and musical compositions specially created to tell the tale of twins Quill and Foyle as they set out to find their life’s purpose. Along the way their motives blur as they question what it means to give other beings and ecosystems the rights humans claim for ourselves. Musicians include cello (Melissa Perley), piano (Michiko Oishi), bass (Eben Bodach-Turner), and percussion – cajon, brushed cymbals (Keith Gibson).

Quill and Foyle’s Hasty Composure (world premiere)

No Strings Marionette Company and music by Paul Perley

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Doors 2:30pm – Performance 3:00pm

Tickets $15-30 Sliding

This new and original all ages show, sponsored in part by a creation grant from The Vermont Arts Council, pairs No Strings Marionette Company with composer and conductor Paul Perley. The marionettes, scenery, and musical compositions specially created to tell the tale of twins Quill and Foyle as they set out to find their life’s purpose. Along the way their motives blur as they question what it means to give other beings and ecosystems the rights humans claim for ourselves. Musicians include cello (Melissa Perley), piano (Michiko Oishi), bass (Eben Bodach-Turner), and percussion – cajon,brushed cymbals (Keith Gibson).

Outer Sounds ft. Jessica Pavone String Ensemble+
Liew Niyomkarn (curated by Greg Davis of Autumn Records)
Friday, May 17, 2024
Doors 7pm / Music 7:30pm,  Tickets  $15-30 Sliding

The Outer Sounds concert series will explore the worlds & intersections of electronic, experimental, avant-garde, improvised, ambient, drone, minimalist, free jazz, modern composition, psychedelic music and more. All concerts are intended to be accessible and open to anyone, regardless of knowledge or experience. We hope the music will encourage discussion, inquiry & feedback. Come with open ears, minds & hearts and listen to the Outer Sounds.

Matthew Evan Taylor + Zosha Warpeha
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Doors 7pm / Music 7:30pm, $15-30 Sliding
Join vocalist and Hardanger d’amore player Zosha Warpeha for an evening of intimate and meditative music in anticipation of her forthcoming album silver dawn. Matthew Evan Taylor will open the night and then join Zosha for a duet performance.

Parker Shper Trio with Morgan Moore & Tommy Crane
Friday, April 19, 2024 
Doors 7pm / Music 7:30pm   
Tickets $15-30 Sliding

Pianist / Keyboardist / Composer Parker Shper, originally from Central VT, has been based mostly in the Montreal area since he began studies in Jazz Piano Performance at McGill University in the mid-late 2000s. His steady input into the creative music scene in Montreal, the northeast USA, and overseas, has had him touring, recording writing with The Barr Brothers, Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire) Heart & Breath Ensemble, Leif Vollebekk, Craig Finn (The Holdsteady), and Anais Mitchell (The Brightness) to name just a few.

Recently, Parker has been focused on somewhat of a return to his Classical and Jazz Piano roots and is honored to be debuting several new pieces for a trio at The Phoenix on March 21. In addition to his consummate and unique pianistic abilities, Parker has developed a vocabulary of programmed Synths and EFX systems, adding an ambient electro-acoustic element to his original compositions.

Outer Sounds ft. Caroline Davis & Wendy Eisenberg + Matt Sargeant & Dani Dobkin (curated by Greg Davis of Autumn Records)

Tickets, $15-30 Sliding

Monday, April 15, 2024, Doors 7pm / Music 7:30pm

The Outer Sounds concert series will explore the worlds & intersections of electronic, experimental, avant-garde, improvised, ambient, drone, minimalist, free jazz, modern composition, psychedelic music and more. All concerts are intended to be accessible and open to anyone, regardless of knowledge or experience. We hope the music will encourage discussion, inquiry & feedback. Come with open ears, minds & hearts and listen to the Outer Sounds.

The Adam Tendler Residency presented by TURNmusic in partnership with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra

Sunday, April 14, 2024    Doors 3:30pm / Music 4:00pm  $25-40 Sliding

Pianist Adam Tendler performs an intimate recital of works by Vermont born Nico Muhly. Adam Tendler is a recipient of the Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists, the Yvar Mikhashoff Prize, and "currently the hottest pianist on the American contemporary classical scene" (Minneapolis Star Tribune), a "remarkable and insightful musician" (LA Times), and a "relentlessly adventurous pianist" (Washington Post) "joyfully rocking out at his keyboard" (New York Times).

One of the most celebrated and active composers of our time, Muhly has been commissioned by the Vermont Symphony Orchestra to compose a new piano concerto to be premiered by Tendler and the VSO on May 4 at the Flynn in Burlington. The programs on April 11th and 14th at The Phoenix, in collaboration with Vermont’s new music collective TURNmusic, include pieces specifically written for Tendler and some other surprises! This recital explores firsthand the powerful works of Nico Muhly, interpreted by Adam Tendler, the composer’s friend, colleague, and dedicatee of his newest concerto.

The Adam Tendler Residency presented by TURNmusic in partnership with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra

Thursday, April 11, 2024  Doors 7pm / Music 7:30pm

$25-40 Sliding

Pianist Adam Tendler performs an intimate recital of works by Vermont born Nico Muhly. Adam Tendler is a recipient of the Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists, the Yvar Mikhashoff Prize, and "currently the hottest pianist on the American contemporary classical scene" (Minneapolis Star Tribune), a "remarkable and insightful musician" (LA Times), and a "relentlessly adventurous pianist" (Washington Post) "joyfully rocking out at his keyboard" (New York Times).

One of the most celebrated and active composers of our time, Muhly has been commissioned by the Vermont Symphony Orchestra to compose a new piano concerto to be premiered by Tendler and the VSO on May 4 at the Flynn in Burlington. The programs on April 11th and 14th at The Phoenix, in collaboration with Vermont’s new music collective TURNmusic, include pieces specifically written for Tendler and some other surprises! This recital explores firsthand the powerful works of Nico Muhly, interpreted by Adam Tendler, the composer’s friend, colleague, and dedicatee of his newest concerto.