# Event Details - **Event Name**: Cultural Resilience: Musical Performance and Talk by Brendan Taaffe of The Bucolics Project - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 25 Jun, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Join us Thursdays in June for a series of conversations and presentations with local luminaries. During each week we will feature a different expert -- a gardener, a filmmaker, a poet, and a musician -- to show us their work and share stories of their craft in the North Barn. June 25 | Cultural Resilience Musical Performance and Talk by Brendan Taaffe of The Bucolics Project Brendan Taaffe is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist who lives outside of Brattleboro, Vermont. His most recent work, The Bucolics Project, is a long-time collaboration with Kentucky poet Maurice Manning. The project is a collection of songs based on the poems in Manning’s 2007 collection, Bucolics, a conversation between a field hand and a divine being known only as Boss. Each song references an archival field recording from the Appalachian Sound Archives at Berea College, where Brendan was awarded a research fellowship in 2017. The bulk of Brendan’s choral compositions can be heard on four albums with The Bright Wings Chorus, recorded between 2011 and 2018. As a song leader, Brendan has taught with Village Harmony for the past 20 years and has worked extensively with community choirs in the UK. He holds a masters degree in performance from the Irish World Music Centre at the University of Limerick, Ireland and has spent extensive time studying music in Zimbabwe (mbira and song traditions) and southern France (song traditions). An active crankie artist, Brendan has been directing The Vermont Crankie Festival in Brattleboro for the past 10 years. He also works in schools as an artist-in-residence teaching children how to contra dance. Food by RVQ Smokehouse. Thank you to Vermont Humanities for their support of this series! - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/brattleboro/cultural-resilience-musical-performance-and-talk-by-brendan-taaffe-of-the-bucolics-project/200029970957555 - **Event Categories**: art, live-music, music, literary-art, entertainment, festivals, kids, kentucky-derby - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 3 ## Ticket Details ## Event venue details - **city**: Brattleboro - **state**: VT - **country**: United States - **location**: 45 Farmhouse Square, Brattleboro, VT, United States, Vermont 05301 - **lat**: 42.863 - **long**: -72.56771 - **full address**: 45 Farmhouse Square, Brattleboro, VT, United States, Vermont 05301 ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Cultural Resilience: Musical Performance and Talk by Brendan Taaffe of The Bucolics Project - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/cf9a9bbe8804953dad91d7082852cf4a9641fe7f841cc56d14966c7a87310e1e-rimg-w1200-h721-dcfef07c-gmir?v=1776842634 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Cultural Resilience: Musical Performance and Talk by Brendan Taaffe of The Bucolics Project being held? - **A:** Cultural Resilience: Musical Performance and Talk by Brendan Taaffe of The Bucolics Project takes place on Thu, 25 Jun, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 25 Jun, 2026 at 06:00 pm at 45 Farmhouse Square, Brattleboro, VT, United States, Vermont 05301. - **Q**: Who is organizing Cultural Resilience: Musical Performance and Talk by Brendan Taaffe of The Bucolics Project? - **A:** Cultural Resilience: Musical Performance and Talk by Brendan Taaffe of The Bucolics Project is organized by Retreat Farm. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Cultural Resilience: Musical Performance and Talk by Brendan Taaffe of The Bucolics Project is ideal for music lovers, fans of all genres, and anyone who wants to celebrate the power of music - from intimate gigs and live sessions to festivals and cultural performances. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Brattleboro, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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