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Two local orchestras celebrate music and fight mental health stigma

The Vermont Symphony Orchestra will close out its season on May 10th with a collaborative performance with Me2, the world's only classical music organization created for people with mental illnesses and those who support them.

The VSO's music director Andrew Crust and Me2's co-founder and executive director Caroline Whiddon and the ways in which they rely on music and the camaraderie of an orchestra in their own lives. And Burlington-based music therapist Pat Lambdin of Universal Sound Music Therapy tells us about supporting his patients by listening to and playing music in a non-competitive, non-judgemental space.

Note: The Vermont Symphony Orchestra is a ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý business sponsor.

Broadcast live on Thursday, May 1, 2025, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Mikaela Lefrak is the host and senior producer of Vermont Edition. Her stories have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Marketplace, The World and Here & Now. A seasoned local reporter, Mikaela has won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and a Public Media Journalists Association award for her work.