· Catamount Arts
Upstream Classical, in partnership with Catamount Arts, opens their inaugural season Friday, October 23rd, at York Street Meeting House with a concert featuring Scott Pool and EK Duo, at 7pm. Bassoonist Scott Pool, of Corpus Christi, Texas, will perform with EK Duo, a creative project by longtime Clogs bandmates Rachel Elliot, a bassoonist from Lyndonville, and Thomas Kozumplik, a Brooklyn-based percussionist.
Two bassoons and percussion may seem like an unlikely combo, but this unusual collaboration began when EK Duo was touring several years ago throughout Texas and Louisiana. Scott Pool joined EK Duo onstage during a performance at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, where Dr. Pool is a faculty member, and played with such flair and enthusiasm that future collaboration seemed inevitable.
Scott, who is Academy Director of the Talis Music Festival & Academy in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and who has appeared throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia, also has a career goal of performing in all fifty U.S. states. The October 23 concert in Lyndon marks his first time performing in Vermont and will mark #40 in his quest.Join Upright Classical for this dynamic and eclectic program of classical & new music for solo bassoon, two bassoons, and two bassoons plus percussion. Experience passionate music-making seen (and heard) up close at York Street Meeting House, the Northeast Kingdom’s acoustic gem for live music!Upstream Classical is a nonprofit organization based in Lyndon and focused on supporting classical music, new music and community music, along with cross-disciplinary and collaborative arts projects in the Northeast Kingdom and beyond. Their 2026/27 season includes four shows at York Street Meeting House in Lyndon. In addition to Scott Pool & EK Duo, on October 23rd, they will present Japanese Paper Theatre + Acoustic Soundscapes with Tara McGowan & friends, on November 20th; Heiland, featuring violist Elizabeth Reid, on February 6th; and EK Duo with spoken work poet Tom Burnett, on April 10th.
Learn more at upstreamclassical.org or at catamountarts.org.