Manchester Community Library
138 Cemetary Ave., Manchester, VT

Manchester Music Festival’s Discovery programs bring knowledge and insight to the music on our stages through informal talks, demonstrations, interviews, book signings and other events in the community. 

Composer Perry Goldstein will talk about his collaboration with author Richard Powers, “Birding by Ear.” The work is a setting of six poems by Powers and will be performed July 31 as part of the Manchester Music Festival’s Thursday Nights Mainstage Series. 

Powers and Goldstein will be joined by violinist Philip Setzer, cellist Paul Watkins, pianist Gilles Vonsattel, and baritone Randall Scarlata to provide musical illustrations of the themes the composer and author explore. 

Presented in association with the Manchester Community Library and Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning, this event is free of charge (advance reservations required).