Entries by VYOA Staff

The Paterson Effect – No Powdered Wigs Allowed

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It is difficult to put in words how much fun I’ve had during my amazing first year as the Music Alive Composer-in-Residence with VYOA! I am thrilled that the Vermont Youth Orchestra gave such a wonderful performance of my orchestral work Enlightened City on January 24th at the Flynn Center, but the best part of […]

The Paterson Effect – Did You Say Taser?

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This is my third week in residence with the VYOA, and like everyone else, I am very much looking forward to the announcement of who will be named the Music Director of the Vermont Youth Orchestra Association. These next few years will be an exciting time for VYOA and I am so glad to be […]

The Paterson Effect – LOUD!

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I just finished the second week in residence with the VYOA. So much happened that it is difficult to know where to begin. I continued to get to know the VYOA musicians, taught 3rd and 5th grade music classes at the H. O. Wheeler Integrated Arts Academy and an advanced theory class at Johnson State College, attended […]

The Paterson Effect – VYOA Residency Continues

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This has been a busy and exciting week, my second with VYOA, and my first opportunity to hear the VYO play one of my pieces. This past Sunday I heard them rehearse Enlightened City for the first time. I am amazed at how much progress they made – they’ve only had the music for one week! […]

Knocking It Out Of The Park

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A concert. The focus of all our efforts. So long prepared, so swiftly passed. We, the members of the Vermont Youth Orchestra, just performed our first major concert of the season, and Sally was the star. Sally Bruce, our concertmaster, played the first movement of Saint-Saëns’ third Violin Concerto, and knocked it out of the […]