Folks who think the arts haven’t become an integral fiber in the tapestry of rural Vermont weren’t at the Plainfield Town Hall Opera House last Sunday. Bass Eric Kroncke, pianist Mary Jane Austin and dancer-choreographer Christine Harris presented “La belle vie,” a program of French and Russian art song with dance.
This high-end performance would be considered topnotch in any city, and all three performers are Vermont residents.
More unusual was the concert’s location and venue. Plainfield, with its population of 1,243 (2010), hasn’t been considered an arts center since Goddard College went low-residency in 2002 (and even before that). But the arts proved irrepressible.