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AMELIA ISLAND CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL PRESENTS: The Emerson String Quartet – Farewell Tour Saturday, January 28th, at 7:30 PM at the Amelia Plantation Chapel   The 22nd season of the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival continues with the Emerson String Quartet – Farewell Tour. For more than four decades, the Emerson String Quartet has maintained its status as one of the world’s

Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival announced today an inspiring schedule of exciting performances for its 22nd season. The Festival begins on January 13th with the Festival’s quartet in residence, the Dover Quartet, and continues with a timely performance on January 17th by the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine. On April 1st, the Festival welcomes Grammy® award-winning pianist Daniil

January 13, 2023: Dover Quartet - The Festival’s Quartet in Residence opens the season with Dover Plays (Amy) Beach at the Beach along with Haydn and Mendelssohn. Named one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years by BBC Music Magazine, the Grammy® nominated Dover Quartet has followed a “practically meteoric” (Strings) trajectory to become one

Pianist William Ransom Appointed Artistic Director of The Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival The President of the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival, Anne Coonrod today announced the appointment of acclaimed pianist William Ransom as Artistic Director of the Festival. Ransom is the founder and Artistic Director of the Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta, the Mary Emerson Professor of

Pictured from l. to r. Eric Sakurai, Festival Executive Director, Anne Coonrod, Festival President, and Eric Schmidt, Community Outreach and Training Lead, WestRock   The Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival is preparing for its 22nd season with what promises to be an exceptional lineup of chamber music and other musical genres starting this winter. The Festival is a not-for-profit organization