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Composer and violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) to lead conversations on the role of art in society.
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Summer 2021: Looking forward.

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

Remember... Our digital concert hall is always open so you may stream past performances anytime. Watch here or visit the Festival's YouTube channel.

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Dashon Burton and Benjamin Hochman at the Music Shed
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Conversations

Take a listen to conversations between Festival Director Melvin Chen and music historian Paul Berry.

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Norfolk in the News
Paul Watkins
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Cellist Paul Watkins on joining the acclaimed Emerson String Quartet

Watkins grew up in a house filled with music. His father was an amateur violist while his mother, a school teacher, loved to sing. “Dad wanted me to learn violin so he could have more of a regular string quartet,” Watkins says. It was not to be.
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Thalea String Quartet
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Thalea String Quartet receives fellowship

The University of Maryland has awarded its 2020 Graduate String Quartet Fellowship to the Thalea String Quartet (NCMF '19)
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composer DanielBernard Roumain, DBR
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Norfolk expands partnership with Daniel Bernard Roumain

Violinist and composer to lead conversations on the role of art and race
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