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A celebration of music making by each other, for each other.

May 18 & 19, 2024 | Free and open to the whole community!

a piano student in a zoom recital
dancing on the green
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Welcome to Sing & Play Festival!

Every spring since 2018, Sing & Play Festival had brought our community together to celebrate making music by and for each other. Sharing music with family, friends, and neighbors is an essential part of the learning experience for members of ensembles and everyone enrolled in weekly lessons and classes. Sing & Play Festival expands on this spirit of sharing and invites all music makers in our community, with public participatory events like busking, jam sessions, a family sing-a-long, and more. We invite everyone to be part of the celebration, whether singing, playing, or enjoying the music in the audience!

Thank you to this year’s festival sponsor, Aloha Foundation, for supporting this free community event!

While you’re here, browse the menu on the left to check out the photos and stories from previous years.

A few ways to participate in this year’s festival:

  • Volunteer to help make this free community event possible! Volunteers help with things like setting up and greeting audiences. You’ll have lots of fun while earning a t-shirt and our undying gratitude!
  • Sign up for a busking slot! Anyone who’s brave enough to perform on the street can have a turn in our Busker’s Tent, set up outside Lucky’s Coffee Garage.
  • Bring your instrument, voice, or dance moves for one of our participatory jam sessions: jazz, traditional tunes, or family songs.
  • Attend a performance and support performers as an enthusiastic audience member.

Saturday, May 18

Family Activities

10 am - 3 pm
Colburn Park

Try out arts & crafts led by RePlay Arts and an instrument petting zoo while enjoying the music! We'll also have t-shirts, stickers, and other fun festival gear available by donation.

Student Recitals

9 am - 4:30 pm
First Congregational Church & UVMC

9 am Piano 10:15 Sinfonia & Cello Ensembles 11:15 Studio Recital 1 11:30 Studio Recital 2 12:30 Studio Recital 3 12:30 Guitar Studio Recital 1:45 Voice Studio Recital 3:00 Adult Studio Recital 4:00 Studio Recital 4

Busking

10 am - 2 pm
Lucky's Coffee Garage

Sign up for a slot

Music Together Family Jam

12 pm
Colburn Park

Sing, dance, and play along to Music Together favorites in this open class designed for children ages birth-5 years and their caregivers.

Traditional Music & Dancing

1:30-3 pm
Colburn Park

Listen, dance, or play along to traditional tunes!

a big gong

Harmony Park Sing-and-Play-Along

3-3:30 pm
Harmony Park, Lebanon Pedestrian Mall

The gongs and bells of Lebanon's Harmony Park will be our accompaniment for this sing-along. All are welcome to join in the singers, join the percussion ensemble that plays chords, or just listen!

Interplay Jazz Jam

3:30-5 pm
Colburn Park

Musicians are welcome to join in a jam led by Interplay Jazz & Arts.

Children's Chorus Concert

3:45 pm
First Congregational Church

Community Chorus Concert

5 pm
First Congregational Church, Sanctuary

May 19