Topics at the first meeting of the newly elected Windham Southeast School District board ranged from organizational items such as electing officers to approving the first budget of the merged school district. The meeting on May 22 at Academy School, one day after voters in Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, and Putney elected the first merged board for the new school district, formed in accordance of Act 46. Emily Murphy Kaur (Brattleboro), Timothy Morris (Putney), and Kristina Naylor (Dummerston) will serve one-year...
It's really impossible to write about the passing of my mentor and dear friend, trumpeter Howard “Dr. Bebop” Brofsky, and to reflect on his legacy as president emeritus of the Vermont Jazz Center without looking through the lens of his life accomplishments. Those of us who knew Howard are still processing the news of his peaceful death at the age of 86 on Oct. 17. Since his passing, many individuals have come forward to express how he changed their lives...
Saxophonist/vocalist/composer Camille Thurman will appear in the “Emerging Artist Series” with the Darrell Green Trio at the Vermont Jazz Center on Saturday, Nov. 4, at 8 p.m. Called a “rising star” by Downbeat magazine and a “first class saxophonist that blows the proverbial roof off the place” by All About Jazz, Camille Thurman will be accompanied by her touring ensemble, the Darrell Green Trio, which includes Darrell Green, drums; David Bryant, piano; Rashaan Carter, bass. Thurman is a modern player...
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