The Poetry of David Budbill Set to Music

Past event
Jun 17, 2022, 7:30 to 9 PM

Subject: Concerts: The Poetry of David Budbill Set to Music
Event Dates: 6/17/2022 7:30 pm to 7:30 pm 6/18/2022

Scrag Mountain Music and The Literary Estate of David Budbill

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Sutras for a Suffering World: The Poetry of David Budbill Set to Music

Wed., June 15 @ 7 pm Panel Discussion @ Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier + Livestream
Fri., June 17 @ 7:30 pm Concert @ First Congregational Church, Burlington
Sat., June 18 @ 7:30 pm Concert @ Bethany Church, Montpelier + Livestream

"Come as you are. Pay what you can."
Join us in-person (masks required) or virtually.

The words of celebrated Vermont poet David Budbill take center stage in this special program featuring David's long-time collaborator and jazz legend William Parker (composer / double bass / multi-instrumentalist), Scrag Mountain Music co-Artistic Directors Mary Bonhag (soprano) and Evan Premo (composer / double bass), and a multi-genre band of musicians from around the country performing music by Parker, Premo, and Erik Nielsen--including Parker's "Sutras Ensemble," a group of seven musicians/vocalists who are traveling to VT from New York City just for these concerts. Together these artists offer a sonically diverse program that weaves together David's iconic poetry.

For details and tickets: scragmountainmusic.org/sutras

The Los Angeles Daily News wrote: "David Budbill writes with rare honesty, affection and grace—and with language so precise and descriptive you will know immediately you're soul-deep in something extraordinary."

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