The 2023 Bar Harbor Music Festival 57th Season will be held in Bar Harbor, Maine. Presenting a wide variety of music ranging from Mozart to Duke Ellington.

A Glorious Summer of Music of Solo Recitals, Chamber Music, “New Composers”, Opera, String Orchestra, and Jazz Night will delight music lovers.

Schedule:

Sunday, June 25 at 4:00 p.m.

Opening Day

Tea Concert
Kevin Gwinn, Tenor
Cara Chowning, Pianist

Tea Served During Intermission

Location: “La Rochelle,” Bar Harbor Historical Society, 127 West St, Bar Harbor, ME 04609

Friday, June 30 at 7:30 p.m.

Opening Night

Matthew Graybil, Pianist

Location: The 1932 Criterion Theatre, 35 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609

Sunday, July 2 at 7:30 p.m.

Christopher Johnson, Pianist
“Celebrating 150 Years of Sergei Rachmaninoff ”

Location: The 1932 Criterion Theatre, 35 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609

Wednesday, July 5 at 7:30 p.m.

Allison Kiger, Flutist
Kelly Hill, Mezzo-Soprano
Christopher Johnson, Pianist
“Poetry and Drama”

Location: The 1932 Criterion Theatre, 35 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609

Thursday, July 6 at 5:30 p.m.

27th Annual “New Composers” Forum
Camila Agosto, Moderator/Composer

Location: Saint Saviour’s Episcopal Church, 41 Mount Desert Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609

Admission: Free - Voluntary Contribution

Friday, July 7 at 7:30 p.m.

39th Annual “New Composers” Concert
Allison Kiger, Flutist
Music by Skip La Plante (world première), Bonnie McAlvin, and Camila Agosto (world première)
Location: Saint Saviour’s Episcopal Church, 41 Mount Desert Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609

Sunday, July 9 at 7:30 p.m.

“Pops” Concert

Pre-Concert Buffet Dinner at Fogtown Brewery
(next door to Theatre) beginning at 5:45 p.m. (optional)

Location: The 1932 Criterion Theatre, 35 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609

Friday, July 14 at 7:30 p.m.

Bar Harbor Festival Opera Theatre
“Die Fledermaus” by Johann Strauss
Joseph Desota, Director
Cara Chowning, Music Director

Location: The 1932 Criterion Theatre, 35 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609

Saturday, July 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Bar Harbor Festival Piano Quartet
Janey Choi, Violinist
Sarah Adams, Violist
Melissa Westgate, Cellist
Vadim Serebryany, Pianist
Music by Mozart and Brahms

Location: The 1932 Criterion Theatre, 35 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609

Tuesday, July 18 at 7:30 p.m.

J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concert
Allison Kiger, Flutist
Daniel Pyle, Harpsichordist

Location: Saint Saviour’s Episcopal Church, 41 Mount Desert Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609

Friday, July 21 at 7:30 p.m.

Antonio Galera, Pianist
Music by Manuel de Falla and Franz Liszt

Location: The 1932 Criterion Theatre, 35 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609

Sunday, July 23 at 7:30 p.m.

Jazz Night
Wolverine Jazz Band

Pre-Concert Buffet Dinner at Fogtown Brewery
(next door to Theatre) beginning at 5:45 p.m. (optional)

Location: The 1932 Criterion Theatre, 35 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609

Friday, July 28 at 7:30 p.m.

Bar Harbor Festival String Orchestra
Francis Fortier, Conductor
Antonio Galera, Piano Soloist
Music by Beethoven and Tchaikowsky

Location: The 1932 Criterion Theatre, 35 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609

Sunday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m.

Festival Gala
Bar Harbor Festival String Orchestra
Francis Fortier, Conductor
Music by J.S. Bach, Deborah Fortier (world première), Edmund Cionek (world première), and Ernest Bloch

Pre-Concert Buffet Dinner: Fogtown Brewery
(next door to Theatre) beginning at 5:45 p.m. (optional)

Location: The 1932 Criterion Theatre, 35 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609

Tickets & Information:

Tickets on Sale: beginning April 15, 2023
Order tickets online: www.barharbormusicfestival.org
email: [email protected]
 Tickets $30 - Students $15
“Pops”, Jazz & Gala $45
Opera $85 $55 & $40
Season Subscription $400

(Get the best seats in the house and save 15% off single ticket price.)
All Seats Reserved - Sorry, no refunds or exchanges
Pre-Concert Buffet Dinner (optional - includes tax & gratuity) $50
Motorcoach Tours Welcome - Special Group Rates

Bar Harbor Music Festival Young Audience Concerts

The Young Audience Concerts were initiated in 2014 as part of the Bar Harbor Music Festival’s 48th Season of opera, solo recitals, chamber music, New Composers, brass quintet, orchestra, jazz, pops, and tea concerts, with the goal to make this great music-making accessible to children. In these daytime events, Bar Harbor Music Festival musicians interact with their young audiences in a relaxed and informal setting, entertaining and educating them about classical music.

In a lively interchange of performances and hands-on demonstrations geared to children, Young Audience Concerts link community members, tourists, summer residents, children and adults together with each other and with musicians from all over the world, It is natural and befitting for such a great music festival as the Bar Harbor Music Festival to make available the abundant talent that is in town to perform during the summer season.

2023 Young Audience Concerts
July 6, 13, 20, & 21, 10:30 a.m.

at Jesup Memorial Library and The 1932 Criterion Theatre.
- Jesup Memorial Library, 34 Mount Desert Street, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609
- The 1932 Criterion Theatre, 35 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609

Bar Harbor Music Festival at Belfast, 6th Season

Sundays at 4:00 p.m. Belfast Free Library, Gammons Room

July 9, 2023
Christopher Johnson, Pianist

July 16, 2023
Bar Harbor Festival Piano Quartet

July 23, 2023
Allison Kiger, Flutist and
Christopher Johnson, Pianist

July 30, 2023
Antonio Galera, Pianist

Location: Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, Belfast, ME 04915

Tickets & Information: (207) 338-5900 www.belfastmaine.org

Tickets are available at the door the day of the event!

Tickets & Information:

Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce Tel: (207) 338-5900
E-mail: [email protected].
Website: www.belfastmaine.org
Tickets at Door: $20 adults, $10 students

Date:

June 25 - July 30, 2023

Locations:

- Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, Belfast, ME 04915
- Jesup Memorial Library, 34 Mount Desert Street, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609
- The 1932 Criterion Theatre, 35 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609
- Saint Saviour’s Episcopal Church, 41 Mount Desert Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609
- Bar Harbor Historical Society, 127 West St, Bar Harbor, ME 04609

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