Contemporary Music
Songs in the Key of Life SATURDAY!
Join us 11/19 @ Burlington’s Arts Riot
8:00 PM DOORS
8:30 PM SHOW
$12 | $15 DAY OF SHOW
ALL AGES
APEX is a 13 piece horn-driven musical experience sure to invigorate your mind, body and soul with an energetic mix of 60’s San Francisco Bay Area funk, rock, fusion, world music and jazz. For this concert, APEX will feature special guest vocalist Lloyd Dugger, in his final VT performance interpreting Stevie Wonder’s “Songs in the Key of Life.”
APEX is an all-star line-up of the best large band musicians Vermont has to offer from the Big Bang Bhangra Brass Band, Renegade Groove, Saturn People’s Sound Collective, Movement of the People, Afinque and many others.
The evening line-up includes:
Dan Liptak – tenor saxophone/soprano saxophone
Evan Crandell – alto sax
Tom Cate – bari sax/bass clarinet
Brian Boyes – trumpet
Matt Avery – trombone
Matt Harpster – guitar
Patrick J. Markley – bass
Ira Friedman – keys
Nicola Cannizzaro – percussion
Andy Gagnon – percussion/vocals
Lloyd Mitchell Dugger III – vocals
Shannon Dugger – vocals
Stefanie Weigand – vocal
TURNmusic this weekend
SPRUCE PEAK SATURDAY!!!
I am so incredibly excited to play this concert and share the stage with so many incredible musicians. Get your tickets here. We’ll be featuring the first set of our favorite instrumental numbers, then will welcome on stage Lloyd Dugger, Shannon Dugger and Sefanie Weigand for Songs in the Key of Life.
APEX @ SPRUCE PEAK in 1 month
I know its a long ways off…I’m really excited about this one. We’ve been working on this show since November, and its going to be an incredible evening!
APEX will be playing at Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center on Saturday February 20th at 7:30 PM. This band features some the best jazz and non-traditional musicians around. We’ll feature:
Evan Crandell – alto saxophone/flute
Tom Cate – bari sax and bass clarinet
Dan Liptak – tenor and soprano saxophones
Brian Boyes – trumpet/flugel horn
Matt Avery – trombone
Matt Harpster – guitar
Pat Markley – bass
Nic Cannizzaro – percussion
Andy Gagnon – percussion
Ira Friedman – keyboards
Lloyd Dugger – vocals
Shannon Dugger – vocals
Stefanie Weigand – vocals
The first half of the concert will be instrumental, we’ll play some of our favorite musical works. The second half will be our arrangement of Stevie Wonder’s “Songs in the Key of Life,” featuring Lloyd Dugger as guest vocalist.
More info here:
Tickets are on sale now! There is a discounted student ticket for folks with kids…
STUDENT PRICE: $8 in advance; $13 after 5pm day of performance (use code APEX)*
There is a limit to the purchase of two student tickets per online transaction. If you wish to purchase tickets for more than two students, please contact our ticket office at802-760-4634
*Discount is valid for children ages 1-18, and college students. Adults attending with a child/student must purchase a regularly priced ticket. Student ID or proof of age required at ticket pick-up. Offer is valid for new purchases only and may not be combined with any other discounts.
TURNmusic this weekend!
Join TURNmusic this weekend, we’ve got two INCREDIBLE concerts planned!
TODAY! Green Mountain Club RT 100 Waterbury. Tickets here.
Tomorrow, Saturday the 17th. ARTS RIOT, Pine St Burlington. Tickets here.
New music in unusual spaces by Colin McCaffrey, JUDD GREENSTEIN, Svante Henryson and others.
A Fleeting Animal opening weekend
I know I’m a day late…opening night was last night. This incredible production is one of the not to miss performances of the year! Opening night was incredible, and intense. What a powerful story told and set so perfectly to the music composed by Eric Nielsen.
You’ll have a few more opportunities to join us:
Saturday, September 12: Elley-Long Music Center, Colchester 7:30 p.m. (TONIGHT!!)
Sunday, September 13: Hardwick Town House 4 p.m.
Friday, September 18: Woodstock Town Hall Theater 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 19: Vergennes Opera House 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 20: Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph 4 p.m.
Consider joining TURNmusic, Erik Nielsen, David Budbill and the incredible cast/chorus. More info at https://www.eriknielsenmusic.com/opera/fleeting-animal-updates/ and at https://www.facebook.com/AFleetingAnimal.
Big Bang at Goddard this SATURDAY!
Join the Big Bang Bhangra Brass Band this Saturday at 8 PM at the Haybarn Theater at Goddard College. This special summer show is NOT TO MISS! More info and tickets here!
TURNmusic season finale this weekend!
Join TURNmusic for the season finale!
Friday May 15 – Arts Riot, Pine St Burlington VT 8 PM Tickets here
Saturday May 16 – Green Mtn Club, RT100 Waterbury Center VT 8 PM Tickets here
Anne Decker – conductor, keyboard
Stefanie Weigand – soprano
Hilary Goldblatt – flutes
Dan Liptak – clarinet, alto saxophone
Mary Rowell – violin, electric guitar
Pemi Paull – violin
Elizabeth Reid – viola
John Dunlop – cello
Evan Premo – bass
J.D. Williams – keyboard
Nicola Cannizzaro – percussion
Dov Michael Schiller – percussion
Paolo Kapunan – turntables
Krista Dy, Terrin Rosen – Visual Art
Ciel Brouille – Mary Kouyoumdjian
Try to Believe – Randall Woolf
Dances of the Yogurt Maker – Erberk Eryilmaz
-8 Dances from Silifke, Turkey-
(2015 Collegiate Composition Prize Winner)
Bookburners – Nicole Lizee
This Will Not Be Televised– Nicole Lizee
Jupiter Moon Menace – Nicole Lizee
In addition, join Erberk Eryilmaz and I for a house concert on SUNDAY MAY 17
Dan Liptak 