Mark your calendars!
Our 40th Opus concert is scheduled for Monday, April 27th, 2026 at Elley Long Music Center in Colchester, VT!
Join us this winter as young composers are paired with professional composers to create an original piece of music. Selected works will then be premiered live in concert by the musicians of TURNmusic to hundreds of friends, family and community members.
- No experience necessary!
- Open to students in grades 3-12
- Any combination of solo, duet, or chamber ensemble from the instrumentation below:
- Strings: Violin x2, Viola, Cello, Bass
- Winds: Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Oboe, Bassoon, Flute
- Piano
Congratulations to our OPUS 40 Composers:
Sam Acus • Mt Mansfield Union HS
Kirin Biancosino • Middlebury Union HS
Ella Colegrove • Manchester EMS
Finn Cray-Budington • Champlain Valley Union HS
Cooper Cunningham • Mt Mansfield Union HS
Max Demaine • Lake Region Union HS
Rosa Derman • Crossett Brook MS
Linden Dore • Champlain Elementary
Emmy Dubois • Crossett Brook MS
Grayson Eley • Harwood Union HS
Ella Colegrove • Manchester EMS
Finn Cray-Budington • Champlain Valley Union HS
Cooper Cunningham • Mt Mansfield Union HS
Max Demaine • Lake Region Union HS
Rosa Derman • Crossett Brook MS
Linden Dore • Champlain Elementary
Emmy Dubois • Crossett Brook MS
Grayson Eley • Harwood Union HS
Holden Friesel • Essex HS
Jasper LaConte • Manchester EMS
Jasper LaRocca • Crossett Brook MS
Firdaus Mkumbaru • Edmunds Elementary
Louis Napolitan • Burlington HS
Caleb Scherer • North Country Jr HS
René Simakaski • St. Johnsbury Academy
Leland Swift • Twinfield Union HS
Lola Traverse • Champlain Elementary
Julia Wulff • Harwood Union HS
Frida Zaloom/Amelia Waitkus/Hannah Hartnett/Opal Cari-Hare • Champlain Elementary
Opus 40 will take place on Monday, April 27th, 2026 at Elley Long Music Center in Colchester, VT! It is a special day full of student workshops with special guests, rehearsals, interviews, and creative learning.
We are excited to be working with TURNmusic as this year’s performing ensemble, under the direction of Anne Decker.
Learn more at: turnmusic.org
Questions? Contact Stefanie Weigand at: stefanie@music-comp.org
