CALENDAR of events
2026
January 6, 2026 from 7-8 pm
Strum Club • Acoustic Music Gathering
York Street Meeting House
Lyndon, VT
Free community event sponsored by Catamount Arts
January 26-30, 2026 • Residency at Lyndon Institute
EK Duo leads improvisation clinics with the LI Jazz Ensemble
January 30-February 1, 2026 • Little Shop of Horrors
Lyndon Institute Performing Arts
Friday, January 30th at 7 pm
Saturday, January 31st at 7 pm
Sunday, February 1st at 2 pm
Lyndon Institute Auditorium
Lyndon Center, VT
info >
February 3, 2026 from 7-8 pm
Strum Club • Acoustic Music Gathering
York Street Meeting House
Lyndon, VT
Free community event sponsored by Catamount Arts
March 1, 2026 from 1-2:30 pm
NEK Double Reeds Open Rehearsal
St. Johnsbury House
1207 Main St
St. Johnsbury, VT
March 3, 2026 from 7-8 pm
Strum Club • Acoustic Music Gathering
York Street Meeting House
Lyndon, VT
Free community event sponsored by Catamount Arts
March 22, 2026 from 7:30 PM
Andrea Clearfield’s 39th Interdisciplinary SZALON
Live Salon Concert & simulcast on Zoom
Philadelphia, PA
with Tom Burnett, spoken word and keys
program & performers >
ekduo.com
April 8, 2026 from 7-8 pm
Strum Club • Acoustic Music Gathering
York Street Meeting House
Lyndon, VT
Free community event sponsored by Catamount Arts
May 13, 2026 from 7-8 pm
Strum Club • Acoustic Music Gathering
York Street Meeting House
Lyndon, VT
Free community event sponsored by Catamount Arts
May 31, 2026 • VSO Montpelier Pride Concert
with Katie Oprea, oboe; Rachael Elliott, bassoon; Alison Cerutti, piano
Christ Episcopal Church
64 State St
Montpelier, VT
> more info at VSO
June 8-14, 2026 • NewBassoon Institute
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
newbassoon.org
Monday 6/8 at 7 pm • Opening Concert Faculty Recital
World Premieres of bassoon quartets by the 2026 NewBassoon Commissioning Prize winner, Aliayta Foon-Dancoes, and Honorable Mention Recipient, Edmund Song
Tuesday 6/9 at 2 pm • NewBassoon Performance Competition Finals
Wednesday 6/10 at 5 pm • Arboretum on the Boone Greenway**
Brad Balliett’s “Arboretum” performed live by 13 bassoonists spread out along the scenic Boone Greenway
**rain location is the atrium of the Belk Library at App State
Friday 6/12 at 3 pm • Roundtable with App State Composition Faculty: Roger Zare, Andy Hannon, and Nick Cline
Sunday, 6/14 at 12 pm • Closing Concert Faculty & Fellows
2026 NewBassoon Performance Competition Winners and the 2026 NewBassoon Institute performing Rzewski’s “Les Moutons de Panurge”
newbassoon.org
June 26-28, 2026 • Easton Chamber Music Festival
Easton, Massachusetts
eastonchambermusicfestival.org
July 10-12, 2026 • Colin McQuillan, Thomas Kozumplik & Rachael Elliott
Summer Tour of Vermont
Classical & new music for piano, steel drum and bassoon
Friday, July 10 at 7:30 pm - Peacham Congregational Church
Saturday, July 11 at 7:30 pm - Phoenix Gallery in Waterbury
Presented in partnership with TURNmusic
Sunday, July 12 at 3 pm - Barton United Church
September 18, 2026 at 7:30 pm • Vermont Symphony Orchestra
VSO’s season opening concert featuring music of powerful women: Charity, Sylvia & Cleopatra
Flynn Center
153 Main St
Burlington, VT
tickets & info >
September 25, 2026 • Cricket Blue
Sweet Animal Album Release Show with Lily Talmers
First Unitarian Universalist Church
152 Pearl St
Burlington, VT 05401
tickets & info >
October 6, 2026 at 5:30 pm
Strum Club • Acoustic Music Gathering
York Street Meeting House
Lyndon, VT
5:30 - community potluck
6:30 - music begins
Free community event sponsored by Catamount Arts
October 23, 2026 at 7 pm • Upstream Classical Presents
Scott Pool + EK Duo perform music for 2 bassoons and percussion
York Street Meeting House
Lyndon, VT
in partnership with Catamount Arts
October 24, 2026 at 5 pm • Upstream Classical Presents
Scott Pool + EK Duo perform music for 2 bassoons and percussion
Unitarian Church of Montpelier
130 Main St
Montpelier, VT
October 31, 2026 at 3 pm • Vermont Symphony Orchestra
VSO at the Flynn: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Flynn Center
153 Main St
Burlington, VT
tickets & info >
November 3, 2026 at 5:30 pm
Strum Club • Acoustic Music Gathering
York Street Meeting House
Lyndon, VT
5:30 - community potluck
6:30 - music begins
Free community event sponsored by Catamount Arts
November 14, 2026 at 7 pm • Upstream Classical Presents
Storyteller Tara McGowan and the Art of Japanese Paper Theatre
York Street Meeting House
Lyndon, VT
in partnership with Catamount Arts
December 1, 2026 at 5:30 pm
Strum Club • Acoustic Music Gathering
York Street Meeting House
Lyndon, VT
5:30 - community potluck
6:30 - music begins
Free community event sponsored by Catamount Arts
December 4, 2026 at 7:30 pm • Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Holiday Pops with conductor Andrew Crust & the VSO Chorus
Paramount Theatre
30 Center St
Rutland, VT
tickets & info >
December 5, 2026 at 7:30 pm • Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Holiday Pops with conductor Andrew Crust & the VSO Chorus
Barre Opera House
6 North Main St
Barre, VT
tickets & info >
December 6, 2026 at 3 pm • Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Holiday Pops with conductor Andrew Crust & the VSO Chorus
Flynn Center
153 Main St
Burlington, VT
tickets & info >
2025
August 24, 2025 • Heliand feat. Mary Rowell and Thomas Kozumplik
City Hall Park
Burlington, VT
Sponsored by BCA
September 7, 2025 • EK Duo feat. Katie Oprea, oboe and Matthew Elliott, guitar/voice
York Street Meeting House
Lyndon, VT
presented by Catamount Arts
October 7, 2025 @ 7-8 pm
STRUM CLUB // Acoustic Music Gathering
First Tuesdays, October 7 — March 3
York Street Meeting House
Lyndon, VT
FREE community event sponsored by Catamount Arts
October 10-12, 2025
EK Duo residency at Artfarm Recording
Accord, NY
sponsored by EK Arts
November 4, 2025 @ 7-8 pm
STRUM CLUB // Acoustic Music Gathering
First Tuesdays, October 7 — March 3
York Street Meeting House
Lyndon, VT
FREE community event sponsored by Catamount Arts
November 16, 2025 • Rachael Elliott and TwoToesTiger
Barton United Church at 3 PM
15 S Glover St, Barton, VT
presented by EK Arts
reception with the artists to follow
December 6, 2025 • EK Duo with Tom Burnett
MSFS Records Open Studio
Brooklyn, NY
ekduo.com
For earlier performances, or for a complete performance résumé, please contact Rachael.