The National Music Festival

The National Music Festival advances the lives and careers of promising musicians by providing access to world-class education and performance opportunities.

Great Music Performed by Tomorrow’s Experts!

All National Music Festival apprentices attend tuition free. For two weeks each June, these musicians live and work together, presenting over 35 concerts — ranging from solo recitals to large symphony orchestra performances with chorus — and 200 free open rehearsals for music lovers from all over the world.

Concert Schedules 

Saturday, June 10, 2023

9:00am, Chestertown Farmers’ Market Music, free, Fountain Park

Music for Brass

2:00pm, Family Concert, free, Tawes Theatre

Music for Percussion

4:00pm, NMF Brass Quintet, free, Venue TBA

6:00pm, Pre-concert Talk, included with concert ticket, Tawes Theatre

Companion Piece. Philip Rosenberg explicator

7:00pm, Festival Symphony Orchestra, Richard Rosenberg, conductor. $25, Decker Theatre

Méhul, Overture to, La Chasse du Jeune Henri (Simon Charette  conductor)

Stravinsky, Apollon Musagète (Asieh Mahyar  conductor)

Beethoven, Symphony No. 7 in A 

Festival Dates: June 4-17, 2023

Locations: Various venues in Chestertown

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