southern vermont:
making music
BY JOSHUA SHERMAN, MD
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRYCE BOYER
Pop. Classical. Rap. Blues. Hip-Hop.
Musical Theatre. Rock. So much of the music
industry is divided by “labels,” but here in
Southern Vermont we embrace them all—and
more often than not—create hybrids.
Meet some of our Southern Vermont creatives.
Hear their voices in extended interviews at
oldmillroadrecording.com.
Adam Guettel
Adam Guettel is the two-time TONY® Award-winning composer
and lyricist of The Light in the Piazza, which also garnered him a
GRAMMY ® Award nomination. He wrote the music and lyrics for
Floyd Collins, which won the 1996 Lucille Lortel Award for Best
Musical and the Obie Award for Best Music. The grandson of
Richard Rodgers and the son of Mary Rodgers, Adam is a third-
generation Broadway composer.
On Theatre
“I started out as a young pianist. Not a particularly enthusiastic
one. Not a particularly talented one either. When I started singing
professionally (at The Met and at City Opera) and when I started to
TONY® Award-winner Adam Guettel at the keys of the Yamaha C7 in the Live Room at Old Mill
Road Recording
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