Help us start our fifth season of concerts with a bang and a belly laugh. They’re called  “the most laughable band in show business” and they’re coming to Mount Vernon Music! (Check out  their website at http://www.austinlizards.com.) Includes Silent Auction and Gala reception courtesy of the Key Club of Mt. Vernon. Get your tickets early for this one.

Schoenberg’s Transfigured Night – a powerful musical story of regret, forgiveness, and love, together with the touching Quartet in E-flat by Fanny Mendelssohn.

In collaboration with the Franklin County Arts Alliance, MVM will display examples of visual art created concurrently with the music of this program.

Special introductory lecture by founding board member Pete Jutras, Ph.D.

Mark Miller, Kristin Jutras, violins; Ute Miller, Susan Dubois, violas; Jolyon Pegis, Donna Davis, cellos

This concert is a repeat performance of the program on September 12.

This concert is a repeat performance of the program on September 12.

In fifteen years since their first concert in the Mt. Vernon area, Mark and Ute Miller have been happily growing roots in this corner of Texas. Fresh off their newest recording, they will present masterpieces by Mozart and jazz violin genius Benny Brydern.

Mark Miller, violin and Ute Miller, viola

Around the world people this year are celebrating the 200^th anniversary of the birthday of Romantic-era genius Robert Schumann. Exactly five years after the first ever concert of Mount Vernon Music we pay tribute both to him and his brilliant wife Clara, herself a famous pianist and composer, with three outstanding works of chamber music.

Mark Miller and Ania Bard, violins; Ute Miller, viola; Carol Harlos, cello; Steven Harlos, piano            

This concert is a repeat performance of the program on November 27.

Music makes a story come to life. Children, bring your parents and your imagination, and let the music take you on an adventure!

Paul Unger, double bass; with narration

Classical guitarist Andrew Daniel has toured extensively throughout the United States and Europe. He has appeared in numerous festivals, including Music in the Mountains, the Rome Opera and the Valencia Chamber Orchestra.

Andrew Daniel, guitar; Debbie Ragsdale, flute; Mark Miller, violin           

Back by popular demand! Singing and playing traditional mariachi instruments – violin, trumpet, guitarrón, guitar and vihuela, these performers excite and delight with music of Texas’ rich cultural heritage.