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The 22nd Seal Bay Festival of American Chamber Music

July 30-August 6, 2025: Festival Concerts and Composer Institute September 25-29, 2025: Outreach Concerts



SCHEDULE OF EVENTS


July 30

7:30pm
Lecture
Composer
Mari Kimura
Godfrey Residence: 171 Coombs Neck Rd



August 1

1-3pm
Recording Sessions
Emerging Composers
Vinalhaven school, Smith Hokanson Recital Hall
Works by Ian Chung, Julianna Stratton



August 2

1-3pm
Open Rehearsal
Vinalhaven Library
6 Carver St, Vinalhaven
 Cassatt String Quartet
Works by Ian Chung, Julianna Stratton, Joan Tower

7pm
Seal Bay Festival Concert
Partners in Island Education
Vinalhaven School
  Dominique Eade (Jazz Vocal), Cassatt String Quartet, and Peter Weitzner (Bass) 
Works by Tower, Godfrey, Mari Kimura and Velazquez




August 3

7pm
Seal Bay Festival Concert
Vinalhaven school, Smith Hokanson Recital Hall
Bixby Kennedy (clarinet), Cassatt String Quartet, Doris Stevenson (piano) and George Lopez (piano)
Works by Tower, Godfrey, Shende, Mari Kimura and Velazquez




August 5

7pm
Seal Bay Festival Concert
Colonial Theatre
153 High st, Belfast

Bixby Kennedy and Cassatt String Quartet
Works by Shende, Tower, Kimura, Ian Chung (world premiere), and Julianna Stratton (world premiere)




August 6

7:30pm
Seal Bay Festival Concert
Portland Conservatory of Music
28 Neal St. Portland

Bixby Kennedy, member of the Cassatt String Quartet, Doris Stevenson (piano) and George Lopez (piano)
Works by Shende, Godfrey, Tower, and Velazquez




OUTREACH CONCERTS


September 25

1pm
75 State Street Retirement Community
75 State Street, Portland

Cassatt String Quartet
Works by Beethoven, Godfrey, Bond, and Ellington

3:15pm
Atrium at the Cedars
640 Ocean Ave, Portland

Cassatt String Quartet
Works by Beethoven, Godfrey, Bond, and Ellington



September 26

1:30pm
Thornton Oaks Retirement Living Community
25 Thornton Way, Brunswick

Cassatt String Quartet
Works by Beethoven, Godfrey, Bond, and Ellington

3:30pm
The Highlands Retirement Community
30 Governnor's Way, Topsham

Cassatt String Quartet
Works by Beethoven, Bond, and Ellington



September 27

11am
Avita of Brunswick
89 Admiral Fitch Ave, Brunswick

Cassatt String Quartet
Works by Beethoven, Godfrey, Bond, and Ellington



September 28

11am
In at Village Square
123 School st Gorham

Cassatt String Quartett, Peter Weitzner, Bass
Works by Beethoven, Godfrey, Bond, and Ellington



September 29

3pm
Wells Reserve at Laudholm
342 Laudholm Farm Rd, Wells

Dominique Eade (Jazz Vocal), Cassatt String Quartet, Peter Weitzner, Bass
Works by  Godfrey, Korde, Shende, and Ellington






The Seal Bay Festival P.O. Box 824, Vinalhaven, Maine 04863