Yellow Barn

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Through its summer festival, Music Haul appearances, and ongoing Artist Residencies and Music From Yellow Barn performances, each year Yellow Barn welcomes over 100 musicians from around the world, and reaches countless audiences across the nation.

08/07/2026

Polishing up Bruckner’s Symphony No.7 before tonight! 🌙

It’s the final weekend of our 2026 Summer Festival!! We still have tickets available tonight and Saturday night at 7:30 PM, don’t miss your last chance to hear our wonderful summer musicians 🎻🌟🎹

Tickets available at yellowbarn.org

07/30/2026

Tonight in the Big Barn, concertgoers will hear Haydn’s String Quartet in C Major, Op. 54 No. 2, played on period instruments with gut strings! 🎻

07/30/2026

70 years after the publication of Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl”,
Yellow Barn’s Bill Sharp brings it to the Big Barn on Friday night. Hear the poem in its entirety, on a program that also includes Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate’s “Thunder Song” for solo timpani and Terry Riley’s string quartet “Cadenza on the Night Plane”. A few seats are still available! Online at yellowbarn.org

07/25/2026

Dispatch from this morning’s dress rehearsal for James Wood’s “Déploration sur la mort de Gérard Grisey” (2000), which you can hear TONIGHT in the Big Barn at 7:30 PM!

07/18/2026

During tonight’s pre-concert Patio Noise discussion at 6:45 PM, hear from violinist Matthew Truscott about period playing at Yellow Barn (and then hear him play Bach’s Violin Sonata in C Minor with Yun Janice Lu on keyboard in the Big Barn at 7:30)! 🎻🎻🎻

07/17/2026

TONIGHT at 7:30 PM, hear Claude Vivier’s “Paramirabo”, alongside works by Dvořák, Janáček, and more at the Big Barn! 🎼

Ticket info at yellowbarn.org

11/01/2025

APPLICATIONS NOW ONLINE at yellowbarn.org

YELLOW BARN FESTIVAL: July 5-August 9, 2026 (for individuals and pre-formed ensembles)

YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAM: June 14 - July 3, 2026 (for performers and composers ages 13-20)

Application Deadlines for Individuals:

January 4—Live auditions Europe & UK
January 11—Live auditions US & Canada
January 11—Video auditions
January 11—Young Artists Program Composer applications
March 1—Results announced

Application Deadlines for Ensembles (Yellow Barn Festival Only):

December 12—Deadline for applying and submitting videos for a live audition
December 19—Results of round one announced
Round Two:
January-February—Live auditions for invited ensembles
March 1—Results of live auditions announced

LIVE AUDITION SCHEDULE
Europe & UK
Berlin—January 7
Basel —January 11
London—January 13

US & Canada
New York City—January 16-17, 19-20, 22
New Haven—January 21 (Yale School of Music students only)
San Francisco—February 1
Los Angeles—February 2
Houston—February 3
Chicago—February 4
Boston—February 5-6
Montreal—February 7

For more information:
Melody Lin, Director of Admissions
[email protected] or 802-387-3108

2026 YELLOW BARN FESTIVAL FACULTY

Violin:
Curtis Macomber
Anthony Marwood
Matthew Truscott
Donald Weilerstein
Ying Xue

Viola:
Jonathan Brown
Krzysztof Chorzelski
Kim Kashkashian*
Pauline Sachse

Cello:
Natasha Brofsky
Luise Buchberger
Jean-Michel Fonteneau
Laurence Lesser*
Julia Lichten
John Myerscough

Double Bass:
Sam Suggs

Piano:
Alasdair Beatson
Gilbert Kalish
Seth Knopp
Vivian Hornik Weilerstein

Harp:
Charles Overton

Winds:
Daniel Bates, oboe
Alan Kay, clarinet
Stephen Stirling, French horn

Percussion:
Eduardo Leandro

Accordion:
James Crabb

Voice:
William Sharp
Lucy Shelton

Composition:
Stephen Coxe
Helena Tulve, Composer in Residence

Bodywork:
Alison Mott
Sarah West

*guest faculty

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49 Main Street
Putney, VT
05346

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 6pm

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