Sad news today for Vermont's arts community: The Vermont Mozart Festival is closing its doors next month.Every summer for 37 years, the VMF featured world-class performances in beautiful and historic locations around the state. But in spite of the great public support for the festival, ticket sales have steadily declined. Two seasons of rain during difficult economic times made the situation worse. And while fundraising has been strong, it wasn't able to make up the difference. You can read the full press release here.
VPR Classical's Cheryl Willoughby had Artistic Director Gil Shohat on her program back in July. You can listen to that conversation here. (Picture above is of Mr. Shohat performing on VPR Classical last year).
How could ticket sales be declining? I went to several concerts, and they were all FULL!!! Will we see a complete report? Didn't Hydro Quebec contribute substantially? And Ben & Jerry's? Shame, We've been going since we were married in 1991!
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