Vermont Youth Orchestra with Trey Anastasio and Ernie Stires is a live concert video featuring a performance by the Vermont Youth Orchestra led by conductor Troy Peters along with Phish leader Trey Anastasio and his mentor Ernie Stires. Anastasio studied composition and arranging under Stires while he was a student at Goddard College in Vermont. The concert is divided into four movements featuring compositions written and arranged by Anastasio and Stires.
| Vermont Youth Orchestra with Trey Anastasio & Ernie Stires | |
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| Live album by Trey Anastasio, Vermont Youth Orchestra, Ernie Stires | |
| Released | Summer 2001 |
| Recorded | February 4, 2001, Flynn Theater, Burlington, VT |
| Genre | Classical |
| Length | 55 minutes |
| Producer | Dionysian Productions |
The concert's centerpiece is a performance of the Phish song "Guyute," which also contains elements of another Phish song, "My Friend, My Friend." The previous night's performance of "Guyute" from February 3, 2001, in Troy, New York, was eventually released on the Phish tribute album Sharin' in the Groove.
The concert was only released on VHS videotape and is currently out of print.
Track listing
edit1. Chat Rooms
The Blue Room
The Green Room
The Red Room
Trey Anastasio, guitar
2. Samson Riffs
Samson Riff
Samson Variation
Samson Counterpoint
Trey Anastasio, guitar
Ernie Stires, piano
3. Guyute
The Vermont Youth Orchestra conducted by Troy Peters
4. The Inlaw Josie Wales
Trey Anastasio, guitar
Adriane Post, violin
Jane Kittredge, violin
Anja Jokela, viola
Indigo Ruth-Davis, cello