Nico Muhly and Adam Tendler grew up a 30-minute drive apart on Route 14. Muhly, the renowned composer, was born in Randolph and spent his summers in Tunbridge while attending school in Providence, R.I. Tendler, a sought-after pianist, was born in Barre and went to Spaulding High School. Yet they didn't meet and become friends until a decade ago in New York City, where they both live. And it took the Vermont Symphony Orchestra to bring the two men, both 42, back to Vermont for their first... Read this story
