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Karme Choling 40th Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, September 11th, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Reception Area
Tickets: Free for all Catamount Supporters
Website Link: http://www.karmecholing.org
Catamount Arts congratulates Karme Choling on their 40th anniversary which will be celebrated from 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 11, at the Karme Choling meditation center, 369 Patneaude Lane in Barnet.
The all-day celebration will feature tours of the buildings and grounds, including Karme Choling's 20 year old magnificent organic garden. Visitors will also enjoy demonstrations of some of Karme Choling's practices like Kyudo (a form of zen archery) and Ikebana (Japanese flower arranging). There will also be an opportunity for guiden meditation in the morning and in the afternoon. Karme Choling is also convening a panel of some of its neighbors in Barnet to talk about their experiences of having the meditation center in the neighborhood over the years. Deb King, owner of the Barnet Village Store and author Reeve Lindbergh will join that panel, along with several other residents. Karma Choling will also offer a picnic lunch on the lawn with live music and a reception with wine and hors d'ouvres to end the day.

Catamount Blue Grass Jam
Saturday, September 11th, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Cabaret Room
Tickets: Free - Donations Welcome
Website Link: http://www.catamountarts.org
Join the Bayley-Hazen Boys and Friends as they host the first ever Catamount Blue Grass Jam. Bluegrass fans from all over the Northeast Kingdom will be gathering to share an evening of music and fun in Catamount's Cabaret.
All area bluegrass musicians in invited to bring their instruments and join in the jam. But even if you don't play an instrument, you are still invited to come listen to some of the livliest entertainment anywhere. It is hoped that the Catamount Bluegrass Jam will become a regular part of the local music scene. Come help make this first ever jam a success.

4th Annual Burke Mountain Music Festival
Saturday, September 18th, 3:00pm
Burke Mountain Ski Area
Tickets: $15 Advance (plus $2 service fee), $20 Day of show, Kids 5 & under are FREE!
Website Link: http://skiburke.com/main/?p=938
Bluegrass at Burke Mountain
The 4th Annual Burke Mountain Music Festival will be held Saturday, September 18th, and this year, it’s coming to you Vermont Bluegrass style! Vermont based bluegrass bands Big Spike, Gordon Stone Band, Banjo Dan & the Midnite Plowboys, and Hot Flannel are all slated to perform for the music festival. Staged directly behind the Sherburne Base Lodge, the amphitheater-style grass seating on the mountain’s lower slopes boast spectacular views of the Northeast Kingdom and the Willoughby Gap. Gates to the festival will open at 3pm with Montpelier based Hot Flannel opening the show at 3:30pm. Order of appearances: (times are approximate) 3:30PM-Hot Flannel 5pm-Banjo Dan and the Midnite Plowboys 6:30PM-Gordon Stone 8pm-Big Spike

7 Solos - A Musical Journey Through Vermont
Saturday, September 18th, 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Theater Two
Tickets: By Donation
Website Link: http://www.waynehankin.com
7 Solos is a very special event that features an hour long film of seven separate segments that together make up a musical journey through Vermont. The film, which was produced by Wayne Hankin, will be accompanied by Mr. Hankin in a live concert where he performs on hornpipe, ocarina, bagpipe, recorder, jaws' harp, double pipes and bone flute.
Wayne Hanken is a leading artist of pre classical wind instruments dating before 1750. He has over a 25 year career performed 4000 concerts, played every major city in the United States, Canada and has presented countless performances world wide. His professional career started in Europe performing early music and theater. There, he received his first commissions as a composer and began his relationship as Meredith Monk's music director. Resettling in New York, he performed for 15 years, then toured with Cirque de Soleil over the next five years. He has also appeared with the Houston Grand Opera, played with leading jazz figures such as Lionel Hampton and Herbie Hancock, recorded several albums of pop music and appeared on screen and on TV.

Phedre
Thursday, September 23rd, 7:00 p.m. with an encore at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 25
Theater Two
Tickets: $23 - Public / $21 Members / $10 Students
Website Link: http://www.ntlive.com
Catamount Arts is proud to present this screening of PHEDRE by the National Theatre of London. An encore presentation is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 25.
The National Theatre of London will return for a second season of live plays, beginning with this return presentation of PHEDRE starring Helen Mirran, which was performed in season one to more than 150,000 people on 320 screens in 22 countries. Other plays scheduled for this upcoming season include A DISAPPEARING NUMBER on October 14, HAMLET on December 9, FELA! on January 13, KING LEAR on February 3, FRANKENSTEIN on March 17 and THE CHERRY ORCHARD on June 30.

Momix
Saturday, September 25th, 7:30pm
Lyndon Institute Auditorium
Tickets: Public - $43, $36, $28 / Catamount Members - $39, $33, $26
Website Link: http://www.catamountarts.org/kcpmomix.php
Kingdom County Presents: Dance, theater, acrobatics, illusion, and spectacle.
Momix transports audiences from their everyday lives to a fantasy world through its trademark use of magical lighting and imagery. Momix has thrilled fans in more than 22 countries and has been featured on stage, screen and television. The company’s artistic director, Moses Pendleton, was raised in the Northeast Kingdom, graduated from Lyndon Institute, and co-founded the sensational Pilobolus dance company. In an endless search for another gravity, Pendleton combines athletic dance, riveting music, outrageous costumes, inventive props and pure talent to create an entertaining multimedia experience. To see this show in the intimate 600-seat theater at LI—is a rare treat. “Cirque du Soleil meets Pilobolus.” -- Village Voice; “Mind-blowing” – Washington Post; “Ingenious” -- Times of London; “A feast for the eyes.” -- New York Times. Presented by Kingdom County Productions in association with Catamount Arts. Sponsors include VPR and Bill & Pam Eddy. Reserved seats at Catamount Arts – 802-748-2600 (1pm to 6pm, Monday-Saturday) or www.catamountarts.org.

Queen City Radio Hour
Saturday, October 2nd, 7:30pm
St. Johnsbury School Auditorium
Tickets: Reserved seats: $22, $17 (Members $20, $15)
Website Link: http://www.catamountarts.org/kcpqcrh.php
Kingdom County Presents: Comedy and Music –Live on Stage!
Your exclusive source for Slender Pickens' Rural Dating & Mating Service, Congressman Rivets' Fireside Apologies, The Only Vermont Gubernatorial Debate to Include the Word “Giblet,” plus much more… The all-original Queen City Radio Hour (QCRH) debuted at last summer’s Samuel de Chaplain 400 festival—featuring Vermont-flavored comedy and world-class music for later broadcast over Vermont Public Radio. QCRH has drawn from a mix of writing and acting talent including Tom Bodette (NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me), Abby Paige (Windy Acres, Judevine), Rusty Dewees (The Logger), Gary Farmer (Smoke Signals), Tantoo Cadinal (Where the Rivers Flow North), Munson Hicks (August: Osage County) and others. Expect anyone and anything—just for laughs! Directed and produced by Jay Craven. Head writer: Sascha Stanton-Craven (Windy Acres, The Onion). With special musical guest, award-winning Scottish singer Emily Smith. “As far as I’m concerned she can walk on water” -- Mike Harding, BBC Radio. Sample QCRH broadcast: http://www.vpr.net/episode/46587/. Produced by Kingdom County Productions in association with Catamount Arts. Sponsors include: VPR, St. Johnsbury School, Burlington City Arts and Marlboro College. Reserved seats at Catamount Arts – 802-748-2600 (1pm to 6pm, Monday-Saturday) or www.catamountarts.org.

DAS RHEINGOLD - Met: Live in HD
Saturday, October 9th, 1:00 p.m.
Theater One
Tickets: Public - $23 / Catamount Members - $21 / Students - $16
Website Link: http://www.metoperafamily.org
The Met: Live in HD series presents Wagner's opera "Das Rheingold." Encore presentation at 1:00 pm Saturday, October 16
Two unparalleled artists join forces to create a groundbreaking new Ring for the Met: Maestro James Levine and director Robert Lepage. The cycle launches with Das Rheingold, the prologue to Wagner’s epic drama. “The Ring is not just a story or a series of operas, it’s a cosmos,” says Lepage, who brings cutting-edge technology and his own visionary imagination to the world’s greatest theatrical journey. Bryn Terfel sings the leading role of Wotan for the first time with the company, heading an extraordinary cast. James Levine; Wendy Bryn Harmer, Stephanie Blythe, Patricia Bardon, Richard Croft, Gerhard Siegel, Bryn Terfel, Eric Owens, Franz-Josef Selig, Hans-Peter König

Death of a Salesman
Sunday, October 10th, 7:00 p.m.
Fuller Hall
Tickets: Public - $42, $36, $28 / Catamount Members - $39, $33, $25 / Students - $20
Website Link: http://www.catamountarts.org/kcpdoas.php
Kingdom County Productions presents Christopher Lloyd live on stage in a performance produced by the Weston Playhouse of Vermont
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Drama. "The greatest American play.” – David Mamet Willy Loman, a working man seeking greatness, finds himself at the end of his rope.

A Disappearing Number
Thursday, October 14th, 7:00 p.m.
Theater Two
Tickets: $23 - Public / $21 Members / $10 Students
Website Link: http://www.catamountarts.org
Catamount Arts is proud to present this live National Theatre of London production of A DISAPPEARING NUMBER at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, October 14. An encore screening will also be presented at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 17.
A DISAPPEARING NUMBER is just one of six live presentations this season by The National Theatre of London. Other productions in the series will include HAMLET on Thursday, December 9, FELA on Thursday, January 13, KING LEAR on Thursday, February 3, FRANKENSTEIN on Thursday, March 17 and THE CHERRY ORCHARD on Thursday, June 30.

Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra
Saturday, October 16th, 7:30 p.m.
Fuller Hall
Tickets: $15 Per Person
Website Link: http://www.catamountarts.org
Jon Borowicz, emeritus professor of music at Norwich University, had a dream of bringing together local musicians to perform classical symphonic works. His dream was fulfilled in December 1959, when the Vermont Philharmonic played its first public concert, Handel's Messiah in Plumley Armory in Northfield, Vermont. During the next 30 years, the orchestra performed in a wide variety of settings throughout Vermont. The orchestra found a permanent home in the Barre Opera House when it was reopened in 1993. Professor Borowicz held the baton for nearly 20 years. In 1977, New Zealand native Brian Webb became the orchestra's conductor for the next two decades, stepping down in 1997 to pursue other interests. Dan Bruce served as Interim Music Director during the orchestra's two-year search for a new conductor. The Fall of 1999, Louis A. Kosma stepped up to the podium as Music Director of the Vermont Philharmonic and proudly brought Vermont's oldest community orchestra into the 21st Century. Perhaps the Philharmonic's proudest achievement has been in its support of music in Vermont schools. Many opportunities are offered to students to perform with the orchestra. The Philharmonic annually awards, through audition, a scholarship to an outstanding Vermont high school student of music, who is then the featured soloist in a regular concert. Many scholarship winners have gone on to study music in college and graduate school. Today, the Philharmonic's member-musicians, some 60 strong and from all walks of life, are committed to the orchestra's two-fold mission of sharing their love of music with audiences of all ages, and encouraging young musicians to dedicate themselves to their musical education so that some might become professional musicians of tomorrow.
Lou Kosma received his degree in music education with applied double bass from Temple University. During the summers of 1967 and 1968, he was a fellowship student at Tanglewood. After teaching for the School District of Philadelphia, he moved to New Jersey and taught in Belleville. From 1976 to 1989, he served as the orchestra and musical show conductor at Holy Family Academy in Bayonne. Mr. Kosma is presently a member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He teaches privately and is an adjunct double bass instructor at New Jersey City University. While freelancing from 1976 to 1986, other affiliations included principal bassist for the American Ballet Theatre, Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, and acting principal for the New Jersey Symphony. He was also a member of the Chautauqua Symphony for 17 years. Lou continues to play radio and television jingles and industrials. He has organized and participated in chamber music concerts and recordings with Music Amici and Alborada Latina. Further, he had donated many services for the Chautauqua Hebrew Congregation and the 1987, 1990, and 1993 "Music For Life" concerts at Carnegie Hall to benefit AIDS research. In March of 2002, the Virtu Foundation honored Lou by naming its first double bass scholarship in his name. Lou is Music Director and conductor of the Junior Orchestra of the Youth Orchestras of Essex County and has guest conducted several district, regional and all-state festival concerts in New Jersey, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, North Dakota and Vermont. Since 1995 he has conducted the adult and intermediate orchestras for the New Jersey Summer String Conference at Rowan University and served as Director of the Adult Division of that conference. He guest conducted the Vermont Philharmonic in 1996 and 1999, and was named Music Director of that orchestra in May of 1999. Lou was appointed Music Director and Conductor of the Thurnauer Symphony Orchestra in Tenafly, New Jersey, in May of 2003. In July of 2004 he conducted of the Festival Orchestra at Stokes Forest Music Camp and Festival in Sussex County, NJ. Lou resides in Teaneck, New Jersey.

BORIS GODUNOV - Met: Live in HD
Saturday, October 23rd, 12:00 noon
Theater One
Tickets: Public - $23 / Catamount Members - $21 / Students - $16
Website Link: http://www.metoperafamily.org
The Met: Live in HD series presents Mussorgsky's opera BORIS GODUNOV. Encore presentation at 12:00 noon p.m. Saturday, October 30.
René Pape takes on one of the greatest bass roles in a production by renowned theater and opera director Peter Stein, in his Met debut. Valery Gergiev conducts Mussorgsky’s epic spectacle that captures the suffering and ambition of a nation. “Boris Godunov is a masterpiece,” Stein says. “The challenge is to transmit the enormous emotional depth of the whole thing. Boris is the czar, but he is expressing a problem we all have: the consequences of human actions.” Aleksandrs Antonenko, Vladimir Ognovenko, and Ekaterina Semenchuk lead the huge cast. Valery Gergiev; Ekaterina Semenchuk, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Oleg Balashov, Evgeny Nikitin, René Pape, Mikhail Petrenko, Vladimir Ognovenko

Constitution Brass Quintet
Wednesday, October 27th, 10:30 am & 1:00 pm
Fuller Hall
Tickets: $4.00
Website Link: http://www.catamountarts.org
This season’s program series will kick-off with one of Vermont’s most entertaining musical ensembles. Since 1983, the Constitution Brass Quintet has been performing for schools all over New England.
Their extensive repertoire spans over four centuries of music composition, from the 16th century to the present, literally “Renaissance to ragtime and beyond.” Students will be presented with a wide range of musical periods and styles. The concert will also feature historical and musical commentary, humorous anecdotes, and members of the quintet performing in the midst of the audience. Even the youngest students will find the music and instruments new and exciting, while the older students will be inspired to try music lessons for themselves after listening to these amazing role models for the performing arts.

Johannes String Quartet
Saturday, November 6th, 7:30 p.m.
South Congregational Church
Tickets: General Public - $16 / Seniors - $13.00 / Students - $6.00 / Special Rate - $6.00
Website Link: http://www.nekclassicalseries.org
The Northeast Kingdom Classical Series is proud to present the Johannes String Quartet. Soovin Kim cut his musical teeth in Burlington, went on to be the first American in 24 years to win the great Paganini Competition, and formed this ensemble at Vermont's Marlboro Festival with musicians of the same caliber. We are thrilled to open the season with the Johannes.
"A pretty terrific new string quartet has been born, and a long life is anticipated." – The Los Angeles Times

DON PASQUALE - Met: Live in HD
Saturday, November 13th, 1:00 p.m.
Theater One
Tickets: Public - $23 / Catamount Members - $21 / Students - $16
Website Link: http://www.metoperafamily.org
The Met: Live in HD series presents Donizetti's opera DON PASQUALE. Encore presentation at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, November 27.
Anna Netrebko revives her sensational turn in this sophisticated bel canto comedy, opposite Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien, and John Del Carlo in the title role. Music Director James Levine conducts. When Otto Schenk’s production premiered in 2006, the New York Times called it “brilliant” and “wonderful.” James Levine; Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien, John Del Carlo

Peter Rowan with Special Guest Sierra Hull
Friday, November 19th, 7:30 p.m.
St. Johnsbury School Auditorium
Tickets: Public - $29, $25 / Catamount Members - $26, $23 / Students - $15
Website Link: http://www.catamountarts.org/kcppr.php
Kingdom County Productions presents an evening of sizzling bluegrass with one of music's legends.
Grammy winner and musical legend Peter Rowan toured with Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys—and he’s collaborated with Jerry Garcia, Vassar Clements, Earth Opera, David Grisman, Tony Rice, and Steve Earle. Rowan’s band includes Keith Little (banjo), Paul Knight (bass), and Jody Stecher (mandolin). Phenomenal 18 year-old rising star and bluegrass mandolin ace, Sierra Hull, has lit up the stage with Alison Krauss, Ricky Skaggs, Mountain Heart, Sam Bush. Don’t miss her! “I adore her!” – Alison Krauss “HULLACIOUS!!!” – Sam Bush

National Marionette Theatre
Wednesday, December 1st, 10:00 am & 1:00 pm
Fuller Hall
Tickets: $4.00
Website Link: htp://www.catamountarts.org
The National Marionette Theatre is one of the oldest continually running marionette theaters in the United States. This award-wining troupe has been entertaining audiences around the world for over forty years. Noted for its amazing manipulation technique and imaginative fully staged productions, the National Marionette Theatre was the first American company to receive the prestigious UNIMA award for excellence in puppetry.
The “Sleeping Beauty” princess Aurora has been asleep for almost 100 years when Prince Steffon learns of her sad story. He resolves to find the sleeping princess and rescue her from the evil fairy Belladonna. Told from the prince’s point of view, this production combines beautifully crafted marionettes with the timeless music from Tchaikovsky’s ballet.

Hamlet
Thursday, December 9th, 7:00 p.m.
Theater Two
Tickets: $23 - Public / $21 Members / $10 Students
Website Link: http://www.catamountarts.org
Catamount Arts is proud to present the National Theatre of London production of HAMLET at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, December 9. An encore screening will be presented at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 12.
HAMLET is one of six productions this season by The National Theatre of London. Remaining productions in this season's series include FELA on Thursday, January 13, KING LEAR on Thursday, February 3, FRANKENSTEIN on Thursday, March17, and THE CHERRY ORCHARD on Thursday, June 30.

DON CARLO - Met: Live in HD
Saturday, December 11th, 1:2:30 p.m.
Theater One
Tickets: Public - $23 / Catamount Members - $21 / Students - $16
Website Link: http://www.metoperafamily.org
The Met: Live in HD series presents Verdi's opera DON CARLO. Encore presentation at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, December 18.
Director Nicholas Hytner makes his Met debut with this new production of Verdi’s profound, beautiful, and most ambitious opera. Roberto Alagna leads the cast, and Ferruccio Furlanetto, Marina Poplavskaya, Anna Smirnova, and Simon Keenlyside also star. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, back after his triumphant debut leading Carmen, conducts. “I think Don Carlo is the quintessential Verdi opera,” Hytner says. “Right through this opera there is, on the one hand, an implacable expression of impending doom and, on the other hand, a succession of the most gloriously open-throated arias, the most fantastically determined music.” Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Marina Poplavskaya, Anna Smirnova, Roberto Alagna, Simon Keenlyside, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Eric Halfvarson

The Boston's Children's Chorus
Saturday, December 18th, 7:00 p.m.
North Church
Tickets: Public - $18 / Catamount Members - $16 - Students - $10
Website Link: http://www.catamountarts.org/kcpbcc.php
Kingdom County Productions presents a very special Holiday Season Concert. The St. Johnsbury Academy Hilltones will be the special guests.
The Boston Globe has called the Boston Children's Chorus "A vision of artistic excellence and social diversity fulfilled." This special holiday concert is one of their rare appearances in Northern New England.

King Lear
Monday, January 3rd, 7:00 p.m.
Theater Two
Tickets: $23 - Public / $21 Members / $10 Students
Website Link: http://www.catamountarts.org
Catamount Arts is proud to present this National Theatre of London production of KING LEAR at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, February 3. There will also be an encore screening of the production at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 5.
KING LEAR is one of six productions being presented live this season by The National Theatre of London. Remaining productions in this years's schedule include FRANKENSTEIN on Thursday, March 17 and THE CHERRY ORCHARD on Thursday, June 30.

LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST - Met: Live in HD
Saturday, January 8th, 1:00 p.m.
Theater One
Tickets: Public - $23 / Catamount Members - $21 / Students - $16
Website Link: http://www.metoperafamily.org
The Met: Live in HD series presents Puccini's opera LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST. Encore presentation at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, January 15
Puccini’s wild-west opera had its world premiere in 1910 at the Met. Now, on the occasion of its centennial, all-American diva Deborah Voigt sings the title role of the “girl of the golden west,” starring opposite Marcello Giordani. Nicola Luisotti conducts. Nicola Luisotti; Deborah Voigt, Marcello Giordani, Lucio Gallo

Street Beat
Sunday, January 9th, 10:30 pm & 1:00 pm
Fuller Hall
Tickets: $4.00
Website Link: htp://www.catamountarts.org
Inspired by the success of “Stomp,” Street Beat presents a show that is a kinetic, maximum energy explosion of urban rhythm and dance, utilizing junk, household items and found objects for drums and percussion and featuring the pinnacle of modern “street” choreography.
This dynamic duo, who comes from Los Angeles, California, and will be making their first appearance ever in Vermont, will teach, uplift and inspire students of all backgrounds to incorporate music playing into their daily lives. The pair of gifted performers integrate drumming as a creative learning tool that addresses life skills and enhances the mind, body and spirit. Student participation will be an integral part of all aspects of this unique performance. Students will rave about this show for months to come.

Fela
Thursday, January 13th, 7:00 p.m.
Theater Two
Tickets: $23 - Public / $21 Members / $10 Students
Website Link: http://www.catamountarts.org
Catamount Arts is proud to present the National Theatre of London production of FELA at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 13. There will also be an encore screening of the presentation at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 22.
FELA is one of six live productions in this season of plays from The National Theatre of London. Remaining productions in this year's series include KING LEAR on Thursday, February 3, FRANKENSTEIN on Thursday, March 17, and THE CHERRY ORCHARD on Thursday, June 30.

Bettye La Vette
Saturday, January 15th, 7:30 pm
Fuller Hall
Tickets: Public - $34, $29, $24 / Catamount Members - $31, $26, $22 - Students - $18
Website Link: http://www.catamountarts.org/kcpbettye.php
Kingdom County Productions presents one of the blue's greatest performers lie in concert with special guest the Jennifer Heartswick Band.
Soul pioneer Bettye LaVette has toured with Otis Redding, Ben E. King, and James Brown—and electrified audiences at Obama’s Inaugural concert and the Carnegie Hall tribute to The Who. Northeast Kingdom native Jennifer Hartswick thrills audiences as vocalist and trumpeter, equally at home singing soul, funk, pop and R&B, and jazz.

Repast Baroque Ensemble
Sunday, January 16th, 4:00 p.m.
South Congregational Church
Tickets: General - $16.00 / Seniors - $13.00 / Students - $6.00 / Special Rate - $6.00
Website Link: http://www.nekclassicalseries.org
The Northeast Kingdom Classical Series is proud to present the Repast Baroque Ensemble. In last season's survey, many asked for Baroque music, so here it is! A collaboration of three period-instrument virtuosi, Repast will be joined by soprano Nell Snaidas for a concert with a theme -- mythology in French cantatas and instrumental music. Something different, and sure to delight.
"A graceful, energetic ensemble." – The New York Times

Piecework: When We Were French
Saturday, January 29th,
St. Johnsbury School Auditorium
Tickets: Public - $20, $16 - Catamount Members - $19, $16 - Students - $10
Website Link: http://www.catamountarts.org/kcppiecework.php
Kingdom County Productions presents an evening of theater written, directed and performed by Vermonters.
Ten Dramatic Portraits of Franco-American Vermonters Written and Performed by Abby Paige (Windy Acres, Judevine) Directed by Koby Rogers Hall. Produced by Jay Craven. “Humorous, gripping, and touching. Don’t miss it!” -- David Budbill “Poetic and powerful.” -- Seven Days

Sandglass Theater
Saturday, February 5th, 7:30 p.m.
St. Johnsbury School Auditorium
Tickets: Public - $22 - / - Catamount Members - $20 - / - Students - $12
Website Link: http://www.catamountarts.org/kcppiecework.php
Kingdom County Productions presents an evening of family friendly entertainment with the Sandglass Theater production of ALL WEATHER BALLADS (A LOVE STORY)
A world-class puppet theater portrays North Country stages of life, stuck in the mud, lost in the aroma of harvest fruit, ice-fishing on the frozen lake… Seasting will be limited to 150 patrons.

NIXON IN CHINA - Met: Live in HD
Saturday, February 12th, 1:00 p.m.
Theater One
Tickets: Public - $23 / Catamount Members - $21 / Students - $16
Website Link: http://www.metoperafamily.org
The Met: Live in HD series presents Adam's opera NIXON IN CHINA. Encore presentation at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, February 19.
“All of my operas have dealt on deep psychological levels with our American mythology,” says composer John Adams, who conducts the Met premiere of his most famous opera. “The meeting of Nixon and Mao is a mythological moment in world history, particularly American history.” Acclaimed director and longtime Adams collaborator Peter Sellars makes his Met debut with this groundbreaking 1987 work, an exploration of the human truths beyond the headlines surrounding President Nixon’s 1972 encounter with Communist China. Baritone James Maddalena stars in the title role. John Adams; Kathleen Kim, Janis Kelly, Robert Brubaker, Russell Braun, James Maddalena, Richard Paul Fink

Romeo and Juliet - The Acting Company
Wednesday, February 16th, 10:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Fuller Hall
Tickets: Public - $32, $27, $22 / Catamount Members - $29, $24, $20 / Students - $12
Website Link: http://www.catamountarts.org/kcpromeo.php
Kingdom County Productions presnts one of Shakespear's best known plays by one of America's best known acting groups.
“In Shakespeare the big scenes stir your blood, yet it’s the small moments that can steal your heart. That’s never more apparent than in the balcony scene of The Acting Company/Guthrie Theater production of “Romeo and Juliet.” – New York Times Actors who have performed under the Acting Company banner include Kevin Kline, Keith David, Patti Lupone, David Ogden Stiers, Jeffrey Wright, J.T. Walsh, and Meryl Streep.

Adaskin Trio & Sally Pinkas
Saturday, February 19th, 7:30 p.m.
South Congregational Church
Tickets: General - $16.00 / Seniors - $13.00 / Students - $6.00 / Special Rate - $6.00
Website Link: http://www.nekclassicalseries.org
The Northeast Kingdom Classical Series is proud to present the Adaskin Trio and pianist Sally Pinkas. Ms. Pinkas and the Adaskin have appeared separately on the Series and now come together as a piano quartet -- a first for us. Superb musicians all, as a quartet they have established themselves as powerful interpreters of the masterpieces of the piano quartet literature.
"The musicians love what they're doing. You will, too." – Fanfare Magazine

IPHIGENIE EN TAURIDE - Met: Live in HD
Saturday, February 26th, 1:00 p.m.
Theater One
Tickets: Public - $23 / Catamount Members - $21 / Students - $16
Website Link: http://www.metoperafamily.org
The Met: Live in HD series presents Gluck's opera IPHIGENIE EN TAURIDE. Encore presentation at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, March 5.
Susan Graham and Plácido Domingo reprise their starring roles in Gluck’s nuanced and elegant interpretation of this primal Greek myth. Tenor Paul Groves also returns to Stephen Wadsworth’s insightful production, first seen in 2007. Patrick Summers conducts. Patrick Summers; Susan Graham, Plácido Domingo, Paul Groves, Gordon Hawkins

Marjan Kiepura
Sunday, March 6th, 4:00 p.m.
South Congregational Church
Tickets: All tickets $10.00
Website Link: http://www.nekclassicalseries.org
The Northeast Kingdom Classical Series is proud to present Marjan Kiepura. We are excited to present an extra offering this season in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederic Chopin. Join us for a special lecture and musical performance with renowned Chopin authority and interpreter, Marjan Kiepura. This program will present aspects of Chopin's life and music, illustrated with mazurkas, waltzes, and polonaises.
"Heart-stopping moments veiled by a surface directness...a strong, individual and lasting impression." – Pianist Magazine

The Russian National Ballet - Swan Lake
Saturday, March 12th, 7:00 p.m.
Lyndon Institute Auditorium
Tickets: Public - 449, $44, $39 / Catamount Members - $45, $40, $36 - Students - $30
Website Link: http://www.catamountarts.org/kcprussian.php
Kingdom County Productions presents the world renowned Russian National Ballet in the beloved SWAN LAKE live on stage.
50 Dancers on Stage! Directed by legendary Bolshoi principal dancer, Elena Radchenko.

Frankenstein
Thursday, March 17th, 7:00 p.m.
Theater Two
Tickets: $23 Public / $21 Members / $10 Students
Website Link: http://www.catamountarts.org
Catamount Arts is proud to present this live screening National Theatre of London production of Mary Shelly's FRANKENSTEIN. There will also be an encore screening at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 20.
FRANKENSTEIN is one of six live productions this season from The National Theatre of London. One play also remains in this year's series. THE CHERRY ORCHARD will be presented live at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, June 30.

Elizabeth Cook
Friday, March 18th, 7:30 p.m.
St. Johnsbury School Auditorium
Tickets: Public - $28, $24 / Catamount Members - $24, $21 / Students - $16
Website Link: http://www.catamountarts.org/kcpelizcook.php
Kingdom County Productions presents an evening of country music with one of the regulars of The Grand Ole Opry.
“Fuses country tradition and modern assertiveness so tightly you can't pull them apart.” – Washington Post Often compared to Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, and Emmylou Harris, Elizabeth Cook has an unforgettable style of her own—and a new morning show on Sirius/XM’s Outlaw Country.

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR - Met: Live in HD
Saturday, March 19th, 1:00 p.m.
Theater One
Tickets: Public - $23 / Catamount Members - $21 / Students - $16
Website Link: http://www.metoperafamily.org
The Met: Live in HD series presents Donizetti's opera LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Encore presentation at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, March 26.
Natalie Dessay triumphed as the fragile heroine of Donizetti’s masterpiece on Opening Night of the 2007–08 season in Mary Zimmerman’s hit production. Now she returns to the role of the innocent young woman driven to madness, opposite Joseph Calleja, who sings her lover Edgardo. Patrick Summers; Natalie Dessay, Joseph Calleja, Ludovic Tézier, Kwangchul Youn

The Varshavski-Shapiro Piano Duo
Saturday, April 2nd, 7:30 p.m.
South Congregational Church
Tickets: General - $16.00 / Seniors - $13.00 / Students - $6.00 / Special Rate - $6.00
Website Link: http://www.nekclassicalseries.org
The Northeast Kingdom Classical Series is proud to present The Varshavski-shapiro Piano Duo. Ukrainian-born Stanislava Varshavski and Russian-born Diana Shapiro met at school in Jerusalem in 1998 and, as a piano four-hands duo, have gone on to be gold medal winners at numerous international competitions. Now residing in the United States, their prize-winning playing will be demonstrated with music of Schubert, Rachmaninoff, Mendelssohn, and Stravinsky.
"[A] really extra-class ensemble." – Vest (Tel Aviv)

35th Parallel
Wednesday, April 6th, 10:30 am & 1:00 pm
Fuller Hall
Tickets: $4.00
Website Link: http://www.catamountarts.org
Described by Showcase Magazine as “One of New England’s most innovative ensembles,” 35th Parallel will take students on a memorable one-hour music festival around the globe. Multi-instrumentalists Mac Ritchey and Gabe Halberg weave a sonic spell, winding a musical trail through the Middle East, North India, North Africa and the Mediterranean.
Students of all grade levels will be fascinated by the group’s unusual sound, blending a host of globally diverse instruments with the subtle use of modern electronics. 35th Parallel performs new renditions of traditional pieces as well as their own compositions. They will discuss with students the diversity of musical instruments and their varied cultural influences. This program will enhance your students’ multicultural curriculum and provide a springboard for discussion.

LE COMTE ORY - Met: Live in HD
Saturday, April 9th, 1:00 p.m.
Theater One
Tickets: Public - $23 / Catamount Members - $21 / Students - $16
Website Link: http://www.metoperafamily.org
The Met: Live in HD series presents Rossini's opera LE COMTE ORY. Encore presentation at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, April 16
Rossini’s vocally dazzling comedy stars bel canto sensation Juan Diego Flórez in the title role of this Met premiere production. He vies with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, in the trouser role of Isolier, for the love of the lonely Countess Adèle, sung by soprano Diana Damrau. Bartlett Sher, director of the Met’s hit productions of The Barber of Seville and The Tales of Hoffmann, describes the world of the opera as, “a place where love is dangerous. People get hurt. That can be very funny and very painful. Rossini captures both—with the most beautiful love music Rossini ever wrote.” Maurizio Benini; Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Susanne Resmark, Juan Diego Flórez, Stéphane Degout, Michele Pertusi

Second City Comedy Troupe
Saturday, April 16th, 7:30 p.m.
Alexander Twilight Theater
Tickets: General Admission - $25 / Wings $21
Website Link: http://www.catamountarts.org/kcpsecondcity.php
Kingdom County Productions in conjunction with Lyndon State College presents America's #1 sketch comedy troupe.
Second City alumni include John Belushi, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, Tina Fey, Chris Farley, Amy Poehler, Mike Myers, Steve Carell, Steven Colbert, many others.

CAPRICCIO - Met: Live in HD
Saturday, April 23rd, 1:00 p.m.
Theater One
Tickets: Public - $23 / Catamount Members - $21 / Students - $16
Website Link: http://www.metoperafamily.org
The Met: Live in HD series presents Strauss' opera CAPRICCIO. Encore presentation at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, April 24.
On Opening Night of the 2008–09 season, Renée Fleming dazzled audiences when she sang the final scene of Strauss’s wise and worldly meditation on art and life. Now she performs the entire work, in which the composer explores the essence of opera itself. Joseph Kaiser and Sarah Connolly also star, and Andrew Davis conducts. Andrew Davis; Renée Fleming, Sarah Connolly, Joseph Kaiser, Russell Braun, Morten Frank Larsen, Peter Rose

IL TROVATORE - Met: Live in HD
Saturday, April 30th, 1:00 p.m.
Theater One
Tickets: Public - $23 / Catamount Members - $21 / Students - $16
Website Link: http://www.metoperafamily.org
The Met: Live in HD series presents Verdi's opera IL TROVATORE. Encore presentation at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, May 7.
David McVicar’s stirring production of Verdi’s intense drama premiered in the 2008–09 season. James Levine leads this revival, starring four extraordinary singers—Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky—in what might be the composer’s most melodically rich score. James Levine; Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, Dmitri Hvorostovsky

DIE WALKURE - Met: Live in HD
Saturday, May 14th, 12:00 noon
Theater One
Tickets: Public - $23 / Catamount Members - $21 / Students - $16
Website Link: http://www.metoperafamily.org
The Met: Live in HD series presents Wagner's opera DIE WALKURE. Encore presentation at 12:00 noon Saturday, May 21.
A stellar cast comes together for this second installment of Robert Lepage’s new production of the Ring cycle, conducted by James Levine. Bryn Terfel is Wotan, lord of the Gods. Deborah Voigt adds the part of Brünnhilde to her extensive Wagnerian repertoire at the Met. Jonas Kaufmann and Eva-Maria Westbroek star as the twins, Siegmund and Sieglinde, and Stephanie Blythe is Fricka. James Levine; Deborah Voigt, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Stephanie Blythe, Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel, Hans-Peter König

The Cherry Orchard
Thursday, June 30th, 7:00 p.m.
Theater Two
Tickets: $23 - Public / $21 Members / $10 Students
Website Link: http://www.catamountarts.org
Catamount Arts is proud to present this live National Theatre of London production of THE CHERRY ORCHARD at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, june 30. There will also be an encore screening at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 2.
THE CHERRY ORCHARD is the sixth and last production in this season's of award winning plays from The National Theatre of London. Please check back on the Catamount website for information on the new third season of presentations which will begin in the Fall of 2011.

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