The culmination of a week of music-making, dialogue, and a shared journey toward enlightenment, our Season Finale brings together many of the extraordinary artists who have shaped Screen Door Festival 2025.

Fresh from their acclaimed Distinguished Debut recital at Carnegie Hall, Blake Pouliot and Henry Kramer bring a bold and emotionally charged program to Hammer Hall.

Our final morning brings the series to a joyful close, celebrating Mozart’s lifelong connection to the keyboard, the instrument with which he first astonished Europe and the one he always returned to.

The Westerlies’ bold sound has always defied category and expectation. With warmth, precision, and a sense of adventure, the New York based brass quartet performs original works and inventive arrangements that span genres and traditions.

The Portland-based, GRAMMY-nominated chamber orchestra Palaver Strings has distinguished itself with its spirit of curiosity and eagerness to collaborate across musical genres and traditions. Dancing Home explores themes of heritage, belonging, displacement, and resilience anchored by the rhythms of dance.

This concert explores expressive contour in three distinct musical languages, from Handel’s eloquence to Bacewicz’s intensity to Mendelssohn’s fire.

his session continues the exploration of Mozart’s chamber music. The Oboe Quartet in F Major, written for virtuoso oboist Friedrich Ramm, is a witty dialogue between winds and strings.

In this acclaimed collaboration, South African vocalist Vuyo Sotashe and pianist/composer Chris Pattishall come together for an intimate and soulful evening of music.

In This Short Life is diverse, soulful, and deeply personal celebration of American sound through art song. Drawing inspiration from folk, cinematic music, gospel, jazz, and musical theater, the program incorporates the poetry of Harlem Renaissance poet Anne Spencer, Maya Angelou, Emily Dickinson, and folk texts.

This Well-Being Concert is created in partnership with Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute. Find musical mindfulness and self-care in this Well-Being Concert with husband-and-wife piano duo, Michael and Jessica Shin who are joined by the inventive chamber musician, oboist James Austin Smith.

Midway through our Mozart in the Morning series, we turn to one of the most intimate and illuminating forms in the Classical repertoire: the string quartet.

Back at Screen Door Festival by popular demand, Australian guitarist Rupert Boyd, and American cellist Laura Metcalf perform a repertoire ranging from Bach to Beyoncé. Both acclaimed soloists, Rupert has been described as "truly evocative" by The Washington Post, and Laura has been called "brilliant" by Gramophone.ard.

The Balourdet Quartet bring their “absolute musical perfection.” (The Boston Musical Intelligencer) to this gorgeous program. Acclaimed for their technical precision and emotional depth, they offer the fresh artistic perspectives that earned the ensemble the Avery Fisher Career Grant, as well as Chamber Music America’s prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award.

Join us on the Green with The Westerlies, a boundary-breaking brass quartet known for their richly blended sound and adventurous programming.

Join us for the second morning of our five-part journey into the world of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, where insight and performance come together.

Our grand opening concert features many performers appearing throughout the week, including Balourdet Quartet, oboist James Austin Smith, violinist Blake Pouliot, Boyd Meets Girl, pianists Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner, Rachel Breen, and piano duo Jessica Chow Shinn and Michael Shinn, baritone Jesse Blumberg, mezzo soprano Devony Smith, jazz vocalist Vuyo Sotashe, pianist Chris Pattishall, as well as our esteemed resident ensemble, Palaver Strings.

This free pre-performance talk features two composers whose original works will be played at Screen Door. Matthew Rickett, whose Songs for Judith will be featured in the closing concert, and Thomas Cabaniss, whose Tiny Bits of Outrageous Love (excerpts) will be a part of the Well-Being Concert, will discuss the pieces along with their lives and overall work.

We’re delighted to open our Camden Village Green program this year with a FREE lunchtime performance by the Bay Chamber Jazz Ensemble featuring faculty, friends and students from Bay Chamber Music School.

Following a decade of our beloved Bach for Breakfast series, we are delighted to introduce a new chapter in our morning tradition: Mozart in the Morning, a nuanced exploration of the Classical era’s brightest light.

A FREE outdoor jazz performance in downtown Camden on the Village Green presented by the Creative Ensemble Collective, an ensemble of artists from around the world.

Part storytelling, part live music, The Nightingale’s Encores is a narrated concert experience built on Bay Chamber co-founder Thomas Wolf’s previous sold-out performances.

Described as an artist of “probing intellect and open-hearted vision” by The New York Times, pianist Conrad Tao offers his unique perspective on Rachmaninoff, creating a direct line to the music of Billy Strayhorn, Harold Arlen, and Stephen Sondheim.

This program celebrates grace in many forms: poised, playful, cosmic, heartfelt. Beethoven’s conversational piece written for two near-sighted friends is filled with wit and rhythmic quirks.

A FREE concert featuring our 2025 Envision Chamber Music Workshop chamber music ensembles!

Pianist Conrad Tao, the 2024 winner of our Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award hailed as shaping the future of classical music, brings his singular artistry to this collaboration with Lun Li, an acclaimed violinist known for her thought-provoking concert experiences, and Nicolee Kuester, a dynamic performer and advocate for the expressive range of the horn.

A FREE concert featuring our 2025 Envision Chamber Music Workshop faculty.

Much-loved Bay Chamber regulars Arlen Hlusko and Brianna Fischler perform solo and duo cello and viola repertoire in this bustling and inviting café on Elm Street – FREE!

Acclaimed as an “outstanding ensemble” by The New York Times, the Verona Quartet has established itself among the most distinguished ensembles on the international chamber music scene.

Acclaimed as an “outstanding ensemble” by The New York Times, the Verona Quartet has established itself among the most distinguished ensembles on the international chamber music scene.

Acclaimed as an “outstanding ensemble” by The New York Times, the Verona Quartet has established itself among the most distinguished ensembles on the international chamber music scene.