Updated: Feb 25, 2018
The Friends of the Plainfield Town Hall Opera House are pleased to announce our first annual concert series: 5 Concerts, one a month, from March to July.
The Friends have become presenter partners with Catamount Arts. CatamounTix helps to advertise our concerts and provide online ticket sales.
Tickets for the 5 concert series as well as individual events will be on sale at the door and through CatamounTix.
Updated: Feb 25, 2018
The fund drive to raise the funds necessary to purchase a grand piano for the
Plainfield Town Hall Opera House is over! Thanks to Naomi Flanders and Echo
Valley Community Arts, I had the pleasure of hearing the piano played by the
fine pianist who accompanied a rousing performance of Cosi Fan Tutte in
grand style last night. Thanks so much to everyone who made the purchase of
the new piano possible.
Thirty-four households responded to the emergency appeal we sent out three
weeks ago, generating enough money to not only purchase the piano but also
some needed accessories.
Many of the folks who contributed did so in honor of Jane Reid Strong, in whose memory the piano is to be dedicated. This included thirteen members of the Strong-Reid clan. The honoree, who was born and raised in Barre, was the mother of six children to whom she transmitted her love of music. (Four of her children play the piano). As a young woman, she aspired to be a concert pianist, memorably performing selections from Bach, Mozart Gluck, Schumann, Chopin, Brahms and Debussy in a solo concert in Barre on her 18th birthday. A concert is being planned for the summer to dedicate the piano in her name.
On behalf of the Friends of the Plainfield Town Hall Opera House, and the greater Plainfield community, thank you once again for your generosity and support!
Sincerely,
Keith Swann
President
Updated: Jan 16, 2019
October, 2001 - Elyse Bellamy of Marshfield, VT, 15, won a national contest to design a music video for Alanis Morissette. Her prize was Alanis playing a small concert at our own Plainfield Town Hall Opera House.