The 19th Seal Bay Festival of American Chamber Music

The goal of the Seal Bay Festival is to make American chamber music an exciting and vibrant experience for concert audiences, artists, composers, composition students, and school children in the storied geographical and cultural setting of coastal Maine, serving both the year-round and summer populations, while offering a unique exposure to contemporary music. The 2022 Festival is on the theme Seeing Sound, with concerts taking place in art galleries and museums, with each concert preceded by an introduction of their works by the composers and the visual artist, Diana Cherbulies, Resident composers include: Shrish Korde, Nina Shekhar, Brianna Lawren Ware, Dylan Shneider, Vineet Shende and Daniel Strong Godfrey. Performers: Eliot Fisk, guitar, Cassatt String Quartet, Lily Funahashi, piano, Arthur Baron, trombone and Peter Weitzner, bass.

Schedule:
July 5, 2022
3:30pm: Cassatt String Quartet
Works by Ellington, Mozart, Turina, Piazzolla, Skoryk,and Ungar

Location: 75 State Street Retirement Community, Portland

July 6, 2022
11:00am: Cassatt String Quartet
Works byEllington, Godfrey, Copland and Scrugg

Location: Foreside Harbor Retirement Community, Falmouth

2:00pm: Cassatt String Quartet
Works by Ellington, Godfrey, Copland and Scrugg

Location: The Highlands Retirement Community, Topsham

3:30pm: Cassatt String Quartet
Works by Ellington, Godfrey, Copland and Scrugg

Location: Thornton Oaks Retirement Living Community, Brunswick

July 8, 2022
12:00pm: Cassatt String Quartet and Arthur Baron, trombone
Works byEllington, Schneider, Copland and Skoryk

Location: Waterman’s Community Center, North Haven

July 10, 2022
1:00pm - 4:00pm: Open Rehearsal
Eliot Fisk, andCassatt String Quartet
Works by Ware, Shekhar, Shende, Schneider Xue, Li, and Jorbin-Acosta

Location: Vinalhaven Public Library

7:00pm: Partners In Island Education Concert
Eliot Fisk, Cassatt String Quartet, Peter Weitzner, Bass, Arthur Baron, trombone Works byEllington, Godfrey, Copland, Schneider and Scrugg

Location: Union Church, Vinalhaven

July 11, 2022
12:30pm: Cassatt String Quartet and Lily Funahashi, piano
Recording works by Li, Jorbin-Acosta, Xue,and Jurakhan

6:00pm: Cassatt String Quartet and Lily Funahashi, piano
Works byLi, Jorbin-Acosta, Xue,and Jurakhan

Free Admission (suggested donation $10)

Location: Vinalhaven School, Smith Hokanson Memorial Hall

July 12, 2022
7:00pm: Eliot Fisk, guitar and Cassatt String Quartet
Works by Shende, Ware, Shekhar, Schneider and Godfrey

Free Admission (suggested donation $10)

Location: Vinalhaven School, Smith Hokanson Memorial Hall

July 13, 2022
5:30pm: Cassatt String Quartet
Works by Ware, Shekhar, Schneider, Li, Jorbin-Acosta and Xue

Free Admission

Location: Artist Colloquium at The Colonial Theatre, Belfast

7:00pm: Cassatt String Quartet
Works by Ware, Shekhar, Schneider, Li, Jorbin-Acosta and Xue

Admission: $15

Location: The Colonial Theatre, Belfast

July 14, 2022
7:30pm: Eliot Fisk, guitar and Cassatt String Quartet
Works by Shende, Ware, Shekhar, Schneider and Godfrey

Tickets:
$15 - Advance
$20 - Door
$10. Stu./Snrs
$10 Discount

Location: SPACE, Portland

July 15, 2022
11:00am: Cassatt String Quartet
Works by Mozart, Turina, Copland, Schneider and Bloch

Location: Avista of Brunswick

2:00pm: Cassatt String Quartet
Works by Mozart, Turina, Copland, Schneider and Bloch

Location: The Atrium at the Cedars

July 16, 2022
6:00pm: Cassatt String Quartet
Works by Ellington, Godfrey, Copland, Schneider and Turina

Location: Panagiotu Residence, Kennebunkport

Date: July 5 - 16, 2022

Location:
75 State Street Retirement Community, 75 State St, Portland, ME 04101
Foreside Harbor, 191 Foreside Rd Falmouth, ME 04105
The Highlands, 30 Governors Way Topsham, ME 04086
Thornton Oaks Retirement Community, 25 Thornton Way Brunswick, ME 04011
Waterman's Community Center, 12 Main St North Haven, ME 04853
Union Church of Vinalhaven, 25 E Main St Vinalhaven, ME 04863
Vinalhaven School, 22 Arcola Lane Vinalhaven, ME 04863
Colonial Theatre, 163 High Street Belfast, ME 04915
Balroom at Mechanics Hall, 519 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101
Avista of Brunswick, 89 Admiral Fitch Ave Brunswick, ME 04011
The Atrium at The Cedars, 640 Ocean Avenue Portland, ME 04101

Click here for more information