Lou Kosma, Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra, travels tens of thousands of miles every year from his job playing double base with the New York Metropolitan Opera orchestra to lead our community orchestra. “Music is for everyone” comments Lou, and his ideas for a “family” concert reflect this passion.

This will be evident at the Barre Opera House starting at 3:30 PM on Sunday, March 28, 2010. Lou has arranged for Cecilia Brauer from the Met to demonstrate and play the glass armonica, invented by Ben Franklin; for high school student Tim Woos to conduct the VP orchestra in a performance of his own composition; for the Green Mountain Youth Orchestra conducted by its music director Robert Blais, to showcase Vermont’s teen talent; to feature as percussionists in a rendition of Leopold Mozart’s Toy Symphony, local elementary school students with homemade bangers, blowers and plunkers; and to involve Norwich University students with choral conductor Larry Porter, as well as the audience in a rousing rendition of Peter Tchaikovsky’s Finale from the 1812 Overture. And if that isn’t enough, Lou has arranged for the Ellis Music Company to have a wide array of musical instruments available after the performance for youngster to enjoy as a hands on experience.

If ever a concert is to bring together for a joyful musical experience grandparents, their children and their children’s children, this Lou Kosma masterpiece is a prime contender.