Can you imagine a better venue for Mozart than Shelburne Farms on the shores of Lake Champlain?

While the Vermont Mozart Festival does travel throughout the Lake Champlain Region and northern Vermont, Shelburne is its principal home. And from Grand Opening to Finale, the most extraordinary Mozart Festival concerts take place at Shelburne Farms. 

This year, the Grand Opening on the lawn at the Inn at Shelburne Farms featured Mozart’s Overture from Don Giovanni, the Prague Symphony, and a Haydn trumpet concerto (E-Flat Major).

The Finale will be held August 8 in the courtyard at the Farm Barn at Shelburne Farms and feature the Overture to The Magic Flute and Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2. Tickets are still available.

Listen closely from either of these Shelburne homes; you might hear music in the air:

MLS # 2904823, Forty Road, Shelburne VT
MLS# 2904469, Ordway Shore Road, Shelburne VT

Shelburne Town Beach is by far the best swimming beach on Lake Champlain. It is one of the few actual sand beaches on the lake. The water is fairly shallow for a great distance and warms up sooner than much of the rest of the lake, so it is a great place for kids and other warm-blooded beings.

Shelburne Town Beach has a wonderful park with picnic tables, outdoor grills, a bath house, swings, small boat and fishing access, and a small basketball court.

Shelburne Town beach has the most panoramic western view I’ve ever seen on Lake Champlain. Sunsets here cannot be beat. But here’s the clincher: you must be a town resident to use the beach! The rest of the lake is pretty cold right now; maybe it’s time to buy Shelburne real estate and get this Vermont summer started properly.

You’ll find many Shelburne listings in the Vermont MLS, but very few are close to this great Lake Champlain beach. Here they are:

386 Forty Road, Shelburne
293 Ordway, Shelburne
230 Hawley Rd, Shelburne
22 Silver Fox Cove, Shelburne (sold)

These figures are based on the sales in the Town of Shelburne for the entire year of 2008.

Good news for 2009, we have already seen an increase in the number of home sales for January and February 2009 compared to last January and February. I hope you find this information helpful and informative.

I’ll be providing this data each quarter in 2009 — so keep an eye on the blog!