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Our 2021 Summer Season has ended but remember, our digital concert hall is always open. Visit the Festival's YouTube channel to view a selection of past performances anytime.
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Study at the Festival

Advanced instrumentalists and composers study and play alongside acclaimed Festival artists. Learn more about our summer programs. 

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Emerson String Quartet violist Lawrence Dutton coaching at Norfolk
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Concerts Anytime

Our 2021 Summer Season may have ended but remember, our digital concert hall is always open. Visit the Festival's YouTube channel to view a selection of past performances anytime.

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Thalea, Austin Smith
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Musical Bridges

A multiyear project in which the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival commissions new works that place classical chamber music within a broader musical and cultural context.

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Musical Bridges Project
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Norfolk Waterfall
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Norfolk Commission
Musical Bridges
Composer and violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) to lead conversations on the role of art in society.
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Norfolk in the News
Soprano Brandie Sutton
Norfolk

Brandie Sutton on music as her retreat, her refuge, her release

Soprano Brandie Sutton may have come to professional voice training late in life — she started serious voice lessons in college — but the Huntsville, Alabama, native is making up for lost time.
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Daniel Bernard Roumain
Norfolk

Daniel Bernard Roumain on using music to effect change

For some, music is first and foremost entertainment. For composer/violinist/educator Daniel Bernard Roumain, aka DBR, music is certainly that but it’s also a vehicle for change—necessary change.
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Callisto Quartet
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Callisto Quartet named YSM’s fellowship quartet-in-residence

The Callisto Quartet has been named the Yale School of Music’s incoming fellowship quartet-in-residence, succeeding the Omer Quartet. The Callisto Quartet will begin its yearlong residency in fall 2021.
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