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
The Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival presents the Christopher Rex Spring Institute. The institute for aspiring musicians is named in memory of the founder and former Artistic and General Director of the Festival, Christopher Rex, who passed away earlier this year. Emerging chamber music quartet students have the opportunity to attend Master Classes with the Dover Quartet, the
The Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival presents Beer & G-Strings – Musical Fireworks, Sunday, May 22nd at 5 p.m. at the Courtyard by Marriott Amelia Island. Beer & G-Strings is dazzling celebration of exciting, virtuosic, and inspiring chamber music featuring members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Georgian Chamber Players, Atlanta Chamber Players, Emory School of Music, Vega String Quartet,
Friday, April 22 at 7:30 PM at The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island The Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival is proud to present the Zukerman Trio on Friday, April 22nd at 7:30 p.m. at The Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island. Click here for additional information and tickets. With a celebrated career spanning five decades, Pinchas Zukerman reigns as one of today’s most sought-after and
The Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival presents bluegrass legends The Gibson Brothers, Saturday, April 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Peck Center Gymnasium, Amelia Island. Click here for additional information and tickets. The Gibson Brothers, Leigh and Eric, are considered bluegrass royalty who debuted on the Grand Ole Opry in 2003. “Ring the Bell” (written by Chet O’Keefe) won
The Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival presents members of the Dover Quartet with Roberto Díaz on Sunday, April 10 at 3:00 p.m. at the Amelia Plantation Chapel, Fernandina Beach. Members of the Dover Quartet return to Amelia Island for the second time this season. This time with the President and CEO of the Curtis Institute of Music, Roberto Díaz.