The Vermont Jazz Center is excited to present a live stream concert with pianist Emmet Cohen, his working trio and special guest guitarist, Mark Whitfield. Emmet Cohen is a young, award-winning pianist (2019 American Pianists Awards, 2020 Cole Porter Fellow,...
Drummer, composer, bandleader, and entrepreneur Jonathan Barber has an ambitious image of his desired future clearly mapped out. He knows from experience the tasks he will need to master in order to create the reality he envisions. Barber knows the...
The pieces included in this performance are from Jeremy Pelt’s new record: "Griot, This is Important." The musical compositions were inspired by conversations with other jazz luminaries, short sections will be interspersed throughout the concert. Pelt’s website states: “It is...
Six extraordinary artists representing a wide variety of piano styles come together to pour their hearts into their performances and communicate their unique ideas in masterclasses. A weekend of concerts and educational opportunities that celebrate the breadth and depth of...
The Vermont Jazz Center is pleased to complete its 2020-21 livestream season with a concert by the highly acclaimed Immanuel Wilkins Quartet on June 5th, 2021. This young group, each of whom is in their early to mid-twenties, has been...
With Special Guest Vocalist Peter Eldridge Part of the free Music Under The Stars Series, a co- production of the Brattleboro Music Center and Retreat Farm. Location: Farmhouse Square at Retreat Farm Date: July 24th, 2021 (Rain date: July 25th,...
Location: VJC Concert Hall (in-person event) and our homepage & Facebook page The Vermont Jazz Center will be hosting an afternoon concert with two extraordinary pianists who will be teaching at the VJC’s Summer Piano Workshop. Zaccai Curtis and...
The Goldings/Bernstein/Steward Organ Trio have been called “one of current jazz’s finest small groups” by JazzTimes magazine and “the longest-lived and most virtuosic organ trio in existence” by SFJazz. Together now for thirty years, they have recorded over a dozen...
Jay Clayton has been key to the successful development of the Vermont Jazz Center’s vocal program. Dearly loved by her students, she combines a deep knowledge of the music with compassion for all. She swings like crazy, engenders the perfect...
Val Jeanty & the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice Featuring afternoon performances by regional high school & college groups Beginning in 2013 the Vermont Jazz Center has presented emerging artists as part of its programming. In 2017 the...
