by Maria Amador
CRAFTSBURY — On July 15, the Craftsbury Chamber Players ushered in the start of its sixtieth season, a milestone that marks an unlikely yet lasting relationship between a certain kind of music and a certain kind of place.
The group formed in 1966 after a dinner party in New York City. Ann Rylands, a violinist, and her husband Allan Birney, a pianist, were dining with friends, the Gulicks, who summered in Greensboro. The conversation turned to the beauty of the region — a topic one imagines comes up easily and often for those who don’t live in Vermont year-round — and its lack of live classical music in the summers. The idea could have ended there, but instead it grew, gaining the support of other Greensboro residents such as Bill and Cappy Maier, who became longtime supporters of the group, and eventually gained a reputation for hosting the players at their home on days off.
Soon Ms. Rylands and Mr. Birney enlisted her sister, cellist Mary Lou Rylands, and pianist Mary Anthony Cox, who attended the Julliard School with Ann, to play alongside them that first season. During a visit to the Kingdom, the group struggled ….
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