The National Music Festival Advances The Lives And Careers Of Promising Musicians By Providing Access To World-Class Education And Performance Opportunities.

The Festival, a division of OuterArts Maryland, Inc., combines world-class mentor musicians and gifted pre-professional apprentice musicians for an intense Festival experience the first two weeks of each June. All apprentices receive full scholarships and housing, mostly with host families in private homes. The two groups rehearse and perform side by side in orchestral, chamber, solo recital, choral, and chamber opera repertoire. In two weeks, these musicians present over 30 concerts and dozens of free open rehearsals for music lovers from around the world.

SCHEDULE

Opening Night

7:00PM, Sunday, June 1, 2025

Hotchkiss Recital Hall, Gibson Center for the Arts, Washington College

Monday, June 2, 2025

1:00PM - Conversations with the Soloists (Pass-holders only)

Raimond Cultural Center, Kent Cultural Alliance

7:00PM - Violin Master Class with Orchestra

Sacred Heart Catholic Church

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

12:30PM - Lunchtime Chamber Bites

Unitarian Universalists of the Chester River

7:00PM - Chamber Music I: Sonata Concert

Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

12:30PM - Lunchtime Chamber Bites

Sumner Hall

7:00PM - Chamber Music II

Hotchkiss Recital Hall, Gibson Center for the Arts, Washington College

Thursday, June 5, 2025

12:30PM - Lunchtime Chamber Bites

Raimond Cultural Center, Kent Cultural Alliance

7:00PM - Chamber Music III

Hotchkiss Recital Hall, Gibson Center for the Arts, Washington College

Friday, June 6, 2025

6:00PM - Pre-Concert Talk

Tawes Theatre, Gibson Center for the Arts, Washington College

7:00PM - Festival Symphony Orchestra

Decker Theatre, Gibson Center for the Arts, Washington College

Saturday, June 7, 2025

9:00AM - Chestertown Farmers' Market Music

Fountain Park, Chestertown

2:00PM - Family Concert/Instrumental Petting Zoo

Sumner Hall

3:30PM - Festival Brass Quintet

Heron Point

6:00PM - Pre-Concert Talk

Tawes Theatre, Gibson Center for the Arts, Washington College

7:00PM - Festival Symphony Orchestra

Decker Theatre, Gibson Center for the Arts, Washington College

Monday, June 9, 2025

1:00PM - Conversations with the Soloists (Pass-holders only)

Raimond Cultural Center, Kent Cultural Alliance

7:00PM - PianoMania!

Decker Theatre, Gibson Center for the Arts, Washington College

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

12:30PM - Lunchtime Chamber Bites

Harwood Nature Center, Lawrence Wetlands Preserve, Sultana Education Foundation

7:00PM - Chamber Music IV

Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

12:30PM - Lunchtime Chamber Bites

Heron Point

7:00PM - Potpourri

Sacred Heart Catholic Church

Thursday, June 12, 2025

12:30PM - Lunchtime Piano Bites

Unitarian Universalists of the Chester River

2:00PM - Forest Music

Adkins Arboretum

7:00PM - Chamber Music V: Brass Takts, Festival Brass Ensemble

Decker Theatre, Gibson Center for the Arts, Washington College

Friday, June 13, 2025

3:30PM - Festival Brass Ensemble

Sacred Heart Catholic Church

6:00PM - Pre-Concert Talk

Tawes Theatre, Gibson Center for the Arts, Washington College

7:00PM - Festival Symphony Orchestra

Decker Theatre, Gibson Center for the Arts, Washington College

Saturday, June 14, 2025

9:00AM - Chestertown Farmers' Market Music

Fountain Park, Chestertown

2:00PM - My Harps Will Go On

Hotchkiss Recital Hall, Gibson Center for the Arts, Washington College

3:30PM - Friends of Camilo (Camilo Carrara, virtual host)

Hotchkiss Recital Hall, Gibson Center for the Arts, Washington College

6:00PM - Pre-Concert Talk

Tawes Theatre, Gibson Center for the Arts, Washington College

7:00PM - Festival Symphony Orchestra

Decker Theatre, Gibson Center for the Arts, Washington College

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Festival Date and Time: June 1-14, 2025

Location: Various Venues in Chestertown, MD

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