ANot f o t eFes lDir r
I am a music lover, conductor, educator, and collaborator My support and celebration of music creators began in college when I founded my first new music ensemble with Dennis DeSantis named Collegium Novum. I founded TURNmusic in 2014 with an inaugural performance at the Green Mountain Club visitor center Since then, I’ve blended my musical interests and love of all styles to bring new music and artists to our community, including Adam Tendler, Michael Chorney, Claire Dickson, Jessica Pavone and Matthew Evan Taylor
As a conductor, I’ve worked with the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra, Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Vermont Youth Orchestra, Middlebury Opera Company, Vermont Opera Theater, Amato Opera Company of New York City, and served as the Assistant Conductor of the Pioneer Valley Symphony.
I direct music programs and love working with students at U-32 Middle and High School in East Montpelier. I live in Waterbury Center, Vermont with my husband Bucky (Tim Buckingham) and our two daughters.
You can find me during the festival playing spoons with Mary Rowell and flute with Hilary Goldblatt. Please say hello. ENJOY THE FESTIVAL!!!
Anne Decker, Director, TURNmusic
Music in the Alley ft. Lovecraft
Friday, July 19
6-9pm
Lovecraft features the original works of its membership as well as fresh takes on classic tunes. The quintet of performers, composers, and educators fuses classic jazz traditions with contemporary approaches, exploring the musical realm between order and chaos.
Brian Boyes (he/him) - Trumpet
Evan Crandell (he/him) - Saxophone
Tom Cleary (he/him) - Keys
Kyle Saulnier (he/him) - Bass
Andy Gagnon (he/him) - Drums
Willverine
Friday, July 19
Late Set at The Phoenix 9-11pm
Willverine, the stage name of Vermont-based producer, educator, and multi-instrumentalist Will Andrews, is a lot of things.
At times Willverine is a one-man band performing dynamic, loop-based grooves At other times Willverine is a platform for group improvisation with some of Vermont’s finest musicians. Whatever the vibe or configuration, the music is always a little weird, deeply heartfelt, and truly one-of-a-kind
Relying on the combination of washed out trumpet, dusty synths, and live-looped percussion, Willverine creates innovative sets of “music mostly made up” throughout the Green Mountain State.
A Willverine set is bound to make you feel something unexpected. Come see for yourself!
Jane Boxall (she/her)
Saturday, July 20 10:00am
Solo percussion music, plus collaboration with Rose Chancler (piano)
Jane Boxall is an adventurous percussionist, working across diverse musical genres as a soloist, collaborator and session player She has performed in concert halls, art galleries, cafes, castles, kindergartens, hospitals, universities, forests and festivals from Cyprus to San Francisco, India to Quebec, and Manhattan to France. She is dedicated to new music, specializing in contemporary art music on marimba and vibes, and rock and hiphop drumkit for original artists. Born in England and raised in Scotland, Jane completed her BA and MA in Contemporary Music at the University of York (UK), and her Doctorate in Percussion Performance at the University of Illinois.
“Killer technique and inspired musicality” ~ Drum! magazine
“She is pure fire” ~ Virago magazine
“Jane’s rhythmic sensibility is innovative and refreshing, which solidifies her as one of the most mindful and intuitive players in my book.” Gregory Douglass
“Jane brings absolute technical mastery to everything she does. What makes her exceptional is that she brings absolute presence, heart and feel too.” Michael Chorney
janeboxall.com
Jo Bled (he/they/any)
Saturday, July 20
10:30am
Solo percussion
"Making an Affray (for gong, driftwood & bells)"
A give-and-take dance between metal and wood. Materials found in nature and forged from the ancient mystical art of pouring, hammering, smoothing & tuning. Sounds both grating & meditative- to the terror of ordinary people
Pure cathartic cosmic emotional expression. Queer Gamelan space rock yazz explosion
Altered, mutated or destroyed. Jo Bled is the percussion/electronics project of Burlington, VT composer/improviser JB Ledoux. Formed in 2018, Jo Bled seeks to create gratingly meditative trance inducing sound & industrial soundscapes. Almost music, the obsessed waves produce some divine stars
https://jbledoux.wordpress.com/current-projects/
Matt LaRocca (he/him)
Saturday, July 20 11:00am
Matt LaRocca is a composer, performer and educator living in Burlington, VT He is the Creative Chair and Special Projects Conductor of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, teaches theory and composition at the University of Vermont and is the music director of the Champlain Philharmonic Orchestra He is the former director of Music-COMP, an organization that teaches composition to hundreds of students throughout Vermont and the United States.
Matt's music has been commissioned by the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, the New Jersey Youth Symphony and more. He also works as an arranger for rock bands and has created orchestral arrangements for artists such as Guster (his work can be heard on their OMAGAH! album), Kat Wright, Francesca Blanchard, William Lee Ellis and more. In addition to composing, Matt is an active performer on both the guitar and viola. He is a member of Freeway Clyde, an 8-piece electric improvisation experience.
https://www.mattlarocca.com/
Katie Semro (she/her)
Saturday, July 20
12:00pm
Audio art
Ebb & Flow is an audio art performance by Katie Semro in which she intertwines the flow of energy in our daily lives and in nature Using fragments of story, sound, music, movement, and audience participation, Semro manipulates the perpetual flow of the natural world alongside the currents of human emotion
Katie Semro is a composer, performer, and educator. Her experimental electronic EP, Gone, uses music, spoken word, and field recordings to capture the many emotions that swirl around our intangible losses. She has performed her Ebb & Flow piece at Nova Arts in Keene, NH and at The Phoenix in Waterbury, VT In 2023 she won third prize in the 60 Second Radio competition She created audioscapes for the exhibit What We Make of This World at the Fountain Street Gallery in Boston in April 2023. Her audio art installation Trust me, I’m a Doctor was exhibited at Sound Scene Fest 2022 at the Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D C She has produced, edited, sound designed, and scored several audio documentaries, and her work has appeared on 41 radio stations across the country. She also creates music for podcasts and videos
Semro loves teaching people of all ages how to make music with Ableton Live. She is a composer mentor for Music-COMP, and she runs an online group called Women with Live to create positive experiences for women with music technology.
Elizabeth Reid (she/her)
Saturday, July 20
12:30PM
Elizabeth Reid is a Canadian-American violist and composer known for her heartfelt and captivating performances, which "delight with old-world and otherworldly charm" (That Canadian Magazine). Her compositions seamlessly blend Renaissance, Baroque, classical, and contemporary sensibilities, characterized by expressive phrasing and a distinctive, resonant tone. Elizabeth's curiosity drives her to study spectral music in Finland, compose with electronics that pair with her viola, and play music in real-time with colleagues on Jamulus in North America and Europe She embraces the difficult, constantly pushing the boundaries of her art.
Elizabeth’s set for viola and electronics at the Phoenix will juxtapose her compositions with the music of her 21st-century contemporaries.
Recent Review for Conjuring: Viola Music of David Jaeger (2023): "The remainder of the listen belongs to Reid, and it showcases the intricate string manipulation of the diverse 'Six Miniatures For Unaccompanied Viola,' while 'Favour' exits with a quivering, sometimes haunting display of string acrobatics that are as stunning as they are captivating " – Take Effect Review, September 2023
https://elizabethreidviolist com/home
Mary Rowell (she/her)
Saturday, July 20
1:30PM
Mary Rowell is considered by critics to be one of the most interesting and exciting performers on the contemporary scene today, the innovative violinist Mary Rowell can not be classified Known for her work with the Grammy Award® winning Tango Project, the indie band The Silos and pop icon Joe Jackson, she has carved an indelible place in the contemporary classical music world with the post-classical quartet ETHEL of which she co-founded Mary has performed, recorded and premiered countless scores of today’s composers as soloist and chamber musician. She has appeared as violin and electric violin soloist with the National Symphony, Houston Symphony, New York Chamber Orchestra, and Warsaw Philharmonic, among others and has stunned the dance world with her brilliant solo electric violin performances of Richard Einhorn’s Maxwell’s Demon Mary is an ensemble member of the Tribeca New Music Festival specializing in the “Avante-Pop” and is half of the experimental Americana duo BRIM with composer/ performer Eve Beglarian. A graduate of the Juilliard School, she is currently the concertmaster of both the Radio City Music Hall Orchestra and the Broadway hit show Newsies
Hilary Goldblatt (she/her)
Saturday, July 20
2:00 pm
Flute/alto flute/piano duos focused on harmony with the natural world:
“Deep Blue” by Ian Clarke is inspired by the ocean and whale song Jazz and contemporary flute performer Geoff Warren wrote a suite of rhythmic and fun duos entitled “Wild Berries” which we will treat you to a few of. Valerie Coleman’s reflective “Anthem for Peace” for 2 flutes and Elizabeth Brown’s “Trillium” will also be featured
Hilary Goldblatt is the Orchestra Director and Flute Ensemble coach at Bainbridge-Guilford High School Prior to starting her new position in NY, Hilary taught instrumental music in the Montpelier, Vermont public schools for 16 years. Hilary earned a Master’s in Flute Performance from the University of Michigan School of Music in Ann Arbor, where she studied with Amy Porter As an undergraduate, she performed with the Yale Symphony Orchestra in venues ranging from Carnegie Hall to Korea. Hilary has performed at summer music festivals including Banff, Bowdoin, Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, Vermont Mozart Festival Orchestra, and Vermont Symphony Orchestra Additionally, Hilary held the position of principal flute in the orchestra of the Opera Company of Middlebury for several years. Jim Lowe of the Times-Argus wrote of her playing: "Principal flutist Hilary Goldblatt was responsible for some beautifully and expressively played extended solos (10/3/21)." She can also be heard playing at the "intersections of creative big band music, postmodern rock + outer space" on flute and alto flute with Brian Boyes' 22-person Saturn People's Sound Collective, which released its live studio album in 2022. Hilary loves playing the works of contemporary composers with the musicians of TURNmusic in Vermont, celebrating their 10th season in 2024 Hilary is particularly proud that she has encouraged many of her students to become music composers and creators and is overjoyed that they continue to pursue it outside of class! She and her husband live in Oneonta with their two young sons They are all avid skiers who love exploring the mountains together
“Get Up With It”
Ras Burnett-Tenor Sax & Flute
Emily Lanxner-Steel Pans
Keith Gibson-Drums
Saturday, July 20
2:45-3:30pm
We are a Vermont based Jazz-Calypso-Funk unit, hailing from different places and joining together to spread joyful jazz rhythms.
Toussaint St. Negritude (he/him)
Saturday, July 20
3:45-4:20pm
As a soloist, performing my own original works, I present a tonal collaboration of compositions of both poetry and clarinets, multiply featuring the soprano, bass, and contra alto clarinets
Stefanie Weigand (she/her)
Saturday, July 20 4:30pm
A vocalist and pianist from central Vermont, Stefanie will perform Daniel Felsenfeld’s “The Law Falls Silent” three songs for unaccompanied soprano, which includes I. The New Colossus (text by Emma Lazarus), II. These Are The Times (text by Thomas Paine), and III A Nation’s Strength (text by William Ralph Emerson).
Her vocals can be heard in a variety of settings and styles, including her work with the Saturn People’s Sound Collective.
Learn more about her work here: https://linktr ee/stefanie802
To close the program, Stefanie will play original works for solo piano by local student composers. These students wrote with feedback from a professional composer through Music-COMP’s mentoring program
is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization dedicated to providing experiences in music composition for young composers through online mentoring, live performances, free composition resources, and professional development for teachers.
For more information on how to support the next generation of composers, visit: wwwmusic-comp org
Callum Robecheck (he/him) curates our TURNyouth ‘Open Stage’
Additional performers TBA
Saturday, July 20 5:00-7:00 pm
Callum Robechek a Composer, Multi-instrumentalist, Vocalist, and Music Producer, with festival acceptances and awards ranging from composition to a handful of different instruments He plays in jazz combos, classical orchestras, gig bands, and sings in choir.
He will be attending NYU Steinhardt next year to study Composition in New York City
Through Open Stage, we provide our youngest artists the chance to share their work - music compositions, poetry, prose, and artwork - with their peers
Opportunities to present work to their peers are fundamental to the development of the young creator. Youth are also given the opportunity to curate and run production for these events We are giving real life performance experience in a public music venue.
Our Festival Artwork by Natasha Bogar
Natasha Bogar is our artist for this year’s festival artwork You can see this work on our poster, which features a depiction of Music in the Alley with the Phoenix Rising mural and attendees dancing to the sound experience Fine art prints are available at The Phoenix or on the artist’s website TURNmusic is auctioning a limited edition run of signed and numbered matted prints on 11*14 inch watercolor paper through the Silent Auction.
About the Artist: “I spend a lot of time in the woods skiing and hiking. I often find scenes I wish to recreate in paint when adventuring outdoors I enjoy chasing the seasonal light of Vermont in oils and watercolors Plein air painting (French for open air) is how I create my watercolors I find spontaneity by painting what my eye directly sees. When traveling I bring my paints to record the landscapes Oil painting is my studio medium of choice The intensity of the pigments and the fluidity of the paint lends itself to dramatic effects I create my designs from studies, color theory, and imagination. My studio is located at Bolton Valley, visitors are welcome by appointment Private or group lessons are available upon request in painting, stained glass, and screen printing. I welcome painting commissions.” - Natasha Bogar
Accessibility statement
It is our mission to make our venue and programming as accessible and inclusive as possible. At TURNmusic we are committed to ensuring the best possible experience for all artists, audience members and other visitors to our space. We welcome customers and artists with disabilities and are pleased to assist you in your visit. Our website features Userway to assist in content accessibility and to let us know where we need to focus our attention to bring our website to compliance. Please see below for all access information at our venue.
Physical access. Accessing the gallery involves climbing up two steps and walking on the paved sidewalk of a paved street. A ramp can be provided on request. The venue is single story. We have a bathroom on site on the first floor, however it is not ADA compliant.
Personal assistants. If you require a personal assistant or caregiver with you, we will be happy to offer them a complimentary ticket. To arrange this, simply add a complimentary caregiver ticket to your basket when booking online.
Assistance dogs. We welcome assistance and guide dogs at The Phoenix and are happy for them to accompany you in any of our spaces at the venue and can join you in the gallery for events. Please notify us if you will be bringing a dog to a performance so we can alert the artists.
Programs. If an artist is supplying a program for their performance, copies printed in a large, easy to read font are available upon request. Please notify us 48hrs in advance if you require an accessible program at turnmusicvt@gmail.com.
Feedback. We welcome any feedback on your visit to TURNmusic, allowing us to continuously improve the experience of all visitors. Get in touch if you’d like to chat with us: turnmusicvt@gmail.com
Inclusivity Statement
TURNmusic aims to be inclusive to all participants of TURNmusic events, live and online, to ensure a welcoming, safe, and respectful environment by reflecting the diverse interests of our audience and artists. We are committed to providing an inclusive environment for all, regardless of gender, age, gender identity, race, health status, national origin, relationship status, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and religion.
