The concert will feature works that reflect all the different ways we have love in our lives; passion, joy, beauty, the stories that love can tell, and love for our family and community. The orchestra will perform Bernstein’s, Selections from West Side Story , Elgar’s, Salut D’amour , and Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture .

The program will also feature works by VT composers, Su Lian Tan, and CPO’s own Matt LaRocca. Su Lian Tan is a much sought after flutist and composer. Tan has been commissioned by groups such as the Grammy-winning Takacs String Quartet, Da Capo Chamber Players, and the Vermont Symphony. Also a dedicated teacher, Tan is Professor of Music at Middlebury College where she continues to be a mentor to talented young musicians. She has given seminars and master-classes at Oberlin College, Boston University, and the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore, to name a few.

CPO Music Director, Matt LaRocca is on the faculty of the University of Vermont and is also the Director of Music-COMP, an organization that teaches composition to students throughout Vermont and facilitates live performances of their music by professional musicians. LaRocca is the Artistic Advisor and Project Conductor for the Vermont Symphony Orchestra and curates their Jukebox concert series. Tickets are available at the door for both performances. Online tickets can be purchased at www.champlainphilharmonic.org for the Saturday performance and at www.townhalltheater.org for the Sunday performance.

Tickets are $15 for General Admission, $10 for Seniors (60+), and $5 for Students. For more information please visit www.champlainphilharmonic.org .

The Champlain Philharmonic (CPO) is back to their regularly scheduled programming and will perform their Fall Concert Series on Saturday, October 22nd at Grace Congregational Church in Rutland at 7:30pm and Sunday, October 23rd at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury at 4:00pm.