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A Trad School Tune Writing Class with Oliver Scanlon starts on 8/18/20 and continues through 9/15/20 (no class 9/1/20) 7 pm – 8:30pm on Zoom. Minimum enrollment of 5, maximum of 10. Register in advance: $80 payment due by 8/11/20 via PayPal https://paypal.me/YTVermont or mail at YTV, PO Box 163, Fairfax, VT 05454. Pre-payment and […]
The deadline for completing applications and audition requirements for the 2020/2021 Touring Group is approaching: August 15. 24 applications have been received so far. The goal is to have 25 applications and auditions completed by the deadline. If you (or know someone who might be) are interested, now would be a good time to get […]
Very helpful if you can let us know you’re planning on joining us on 8/8/20 9:30am to 10:30am on Zoom (previously scheduled at the Burlington Violin Shop). If yes, please let us know at mark.sustic@gmail.com. If we have fewer than 4 or 5 confirmations, we’ll consider not doing it. This is the final part of […]
Pete Sutherland with Winslow and Malcolm Solomon, Sam Doherty and Gus Barkyoumb did the Friday on Church Street Marketplace on 7/31/20. On 8/7/20 Pete Sutherland will return with Isabella Rottler. Young Tradition Vermont and the Burlington Violin Shop have teamed up for a series of live lunch hour performances by young musicians – sometimes solo, […]
Facebook Live on Tuesday August 11 starting at 7pm. Donation requested at PayPal.me/YTVermont. Info at mark.sustic@gmail.com. ‘Thoughtful and inspired…. the direction roots music is headed.’ – Bruce Molsky. Video sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA-D0mNTcuk Corner House concert
Today (July 31) is the 5th and final day of Trad Camp 2020. Hope you can join us. Mark and Yasi will continue to co-host the online sessions at 10am and 1pm. We continue to learn about doing the sessions on line. Hopefully our obvious lack of experience with the technology doesn’t distract from the […]
Trad Camp begins Monday July 27th and continues through Friday July 31st. This is the first time Trad Camp is being done on line, and we’ve had some challenges setting up what we had envisioned….. hope you can stick with us. Trad Camp will be on FaceBook Live on the Young Tradition Vermont Facebook page […]
Maeve Fairfax and Hadley Stockwell did the Friday on Church Street Marketplace on 7/24/20. Coming up on 7/31/20 is Pete Sutherland with Sam Doherty, Gus Barkyoumb and Isabella Rottler. Young Tradition Vermont and the Burlington Violin Shop have teamed up for a series of live lunch hour performances by young musicians – sometimes solo, sometimes […]
In-person Trad Camp may be cancelled, but we still have fun planned for the week of July 27th! Next week, YTV will release several workshop videos from each of the camp core instructors: Pete Sutherland, Oliver Scanlon, Annika Amstutz, Sam Bartlett, Ada Schenck, and Brian Perkins. Videos will teach some tunes, harmonies, techniques, fun tricks, […]
Young Tradition Vermont continues its Youth Commission program for a second year. The Youth Commision is a group of high school-aged musicians who play and sing in traditional styles. They start rehearsals in September, and will be scheduling performances starting in January and continuing into the summer of 2021, including the annual Young Tradition Festival […]
7/11/20 Young Tradition Youth Commission concert review written by Ava White The 2019/2020 Young Tradition Youth Commission was awarded Romy Munkres last summer. She assembled Ben Munkres, Hadley Stockwell, Fern Tamagini-O’Donnell, and Abigail Sandy (some of whom may be recognizable as performers in previous Young Tradition concerts and the Touring Group) to form a group […]
Brenda Castles is from County Meath in eastern Ireland, a place of rich musical tradition. She learned concertina from Rena Traynor and concertina maestro from Mícheál Ó’Raghallaigh. As both a solo and group competitor, she has earned several All Ireland Fleadh titles as well as having been a finalist in the Young Traditional Musician of […]