In 1984, the Festival presented its first concert on the meadow of the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont, which quickly became, along with Shelburne Farms, one of the Festival's two largest and most popular concert sites. In 1983, the complete Winter Series was recorded by National Public Radio and aired on Performance Today. A series of winter concerts began in 1978, and by 1979 the Festival was firmly established, drawing praise from the New York Times, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, and Montreal Star. Following a successful fundraising campaign, the Festival achieved national recognition when CBS Sunday Morning filmed a week of concerts on location. The Festival was incorporated as a non-profit organization in late 1976 the first full board of directors was assembled in early 1977. The Festival performed more than 3,000 pieces in over 50 locations, including at least 278 of Mozart's 626 works-possibly more than any other festival or concert series in the United States. This format remained mostly unchanged for the rest of the Festival for 37 years, though in 2006 the Festival presented 19 concerts. The following season, the Festival's format was expanded to include 15 concerts and three workshops. In all, ten concerts were held over two weeks. The Shelburne Farms concert marked the first time that the site was opened for a public event. The first season featured all-Mozart performances at the UVM Show Barn, Shelburne Farms, Royall Tyler Theatre, Robert Hull Fleming Museum, St. The Festival was founded in 1974 by Melvin Kaplan, oboist and teacher at Juilliard, in collaboration with conductor William Metcalfe and the University of Vermont. In 2016, Vermont Mozart Festival planned to produce many all-Mozart concert events year-round, including a summer series of outdoor concerts and a three-week summer Fellowship Program for thirty awardees. and programs with its Title Sponsor NBT Bank, the City of South Burlington, and partnerships with community supporters, including Burlington Country Club, South Burlington Rotary Club, and others. In 2010 the original Vermont Mozart Festival disbanded and dissolved however, 2015 violinist Michael Dabroski announced a new Vermont Mozart Festival, Inc. First held in 1974, the festival primarily focuses on the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The Vermont Mozart Festival is a series of indoor and outdoor concerts presented annually at sites throughout the state of Vermont.

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