Back by popular demand, one of the world’s foremost pianists and historians of vintage American popular music, Adam Swanson is a six-time winner of the World Champion Old-Time Piano Player Contest.

Join us for our semester's-end Chamber Music Recital featuring our spring ensembles.

For over 60 years, Bay Chamber has awarded prizes to recognize, encourage, and reward young Maine music students who are serious in their study and performance of music. Join us for an inspiring evening of performances by our 2025 Young Stars of Maine prizewinners. FREE!

Falu is a Grammy Award® winning, internationally renowned artist who seamlessly blends modern stylings with her classically trained voice. She has collaborated with artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Wyclef Jean, and Ricky Martin.

Falu introduces children to the wonders of South Asian music. A Grammy Award® winner and internationally renowned artist, Falu is known for her ability to blend modern style with Indian classical and folk music. The concert celebrates the ways in which music can express differences and connections across cultures.

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.

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!

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

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 chamber music ensembles!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.