Play Every Town Vermont: 252 Community Concerts for a Cooler Climate

08/26/2026

"Grant that I may remain steadfast, and drive away the tyranny that wounds my heart."

Wise words from the Dutch national anthem, which David played at Concert 102 in Holland (VT). Find more videos on the writeup page: www.playeverytown.com/concerts/HOLLAND.php

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_3RBp6HZ4M

at Mead Hill Farm, Holland Vermont, August 2026. Concert no. 102 of...

08/24/2026

A sample of "Solace" by the King of Ragtime, Scott Joplin. The audience for Concert 102 in Holland packed a barn at Mead Hill Farm, unlike the 1973 "Mac's Party" which brought as many as 30,000 rock n' roll fans to the town!

Find more videos in the writeup: http://www.playeverytown.com/concerts/HOLLAND.php

08/22/2026

Today is the fourth anniversary of Concert No. 10 in BERLIN, where Hungarian composer Bela Bartok spent his first summer in the U.S. For David's 2022 concert, David and UVM Professor Emerita Sylvia Parker performed Prof. Parker's new arrangements of Bartok's two-piano "Mikrokosmos" pieces for 4-hands.

Videos in the full writeup! http://www.playeverytown.com/concerts/BERLIN.php

08/20/2026

Goededag! Read all about David's recent visit to Holland (Vermont) on August 8th. Here's a preview of James P. Johnson's "Jungle Drums," which David performed along with some John Philip Sousa, Chopin, and -- of course -- the Dutch National Anthem.

http://www.playeverytown.com/concerts/HOLLAND.php

08/18/2026

In late August 2022, Play Every Town had just hit double digits with concerts no. 10 in Berlin and no. 11 in Westmore. By 2024, David was playing concert no. 64 in Brandon!

08/05/2026

SUNDAY, AUGUST 9 -- Concert 103 will be in Charleston with local guests: rising high school senior Annabelle Jensen and singer-songwriter Mark Bechtold. Naturally, the "Charleston" by James P. Johnson and Eubie Blake's "Charleston Rag" will be on the program.

Admission is free, with voluntary donations benefiting the Echo Lake Protective Association.

08/03/2026

SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 -- Holland, here we come! Concert 102 will feature Mozart's quirky Gigue K.574 (written the year that Holland, VT was chartered), Chopin's Nocturne op. 55 no. 1 (composed the year that Hollander and health pioneer Lucy Hall was born), and a 4-hand rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner with local Mark Violette. And the Dutch national anthem, for obvious reasons.

As always, admission is free. Any voluntary donations benefit NEK Organizing.

07/25/2026

The past week of July marked the anniversary for five Play Every Town shows! Did you attend the performances in Woodbury, Wolcott, Monkton, Warren, or Rutland?

Audio clip is David playing the Charleston Rag in the medieval-style chapel which served as Wolcott's concert venue. Read the full writeup online: www.playeverytown.com/concerts/WOLCOTT.php

07/15/2026

Play Every Town comes to WILMINGTON this Saturday! Violinist Bekka Eöwind joins David for works by pioneering Black composers Florence Price and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. The program also includes Haydn, Debussy, Beethoven, and of course Scarlatti (Sonata no. 101 for the 101st concert).

07/15/2026

Throwback to the 2022 concert in Strafford, back in the single digits of Play Every Town (concert no. 8). Strafford was home to Senator Justin Morrill, peace activist William Sloane Coffin, and, more recently, Grammy-award nominated singer-songwriter Noah Kahan. None of them were available to perform onstage with David, but we remember their contributions anyway.

Read the full writeup online: http://playeverytown.com/concerts/STRAFFORD.php