Events at Avaloch

We are so very grateful for the chance to spend the week here without the distraction of everyday life to make some music together. How inspiring it has been to heart meet the other artists, experience magic at every meal, and explore the beautiful property. This place is incredibly important in the music community- we are so grateful it exists.
— Rasa String Quartet

AVALOCH EVENT:  Fall Foliage Retreat
Oct
17
to Oct 20

AVALOCH EVENT: Fall Foliage Retreat

The Avaloch x CMW Fall Foliage Retreat is joint event between the Chamber Music Workshop of the Composers Conference and Avaloch Farm Music Institute, to provide an opportunity for several days of social, informal chamber music sightreading over the course of a weekend. The goal is to help recharge the soul and rekindle the joy of music making together.

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Blackman, Murray, Russo: Once Upon a Prairie
Oct
12

Blackman, Murray, Russo: Once Upon a Prairie

Blackman, Murray, Russo comes to Avaloch Farm Music Institute to perform their latest project, “Once Upon a Prairie” , a multimedia exploration of the loss and renewal of the American grasslands told through projected images and a musical fusion of Americana and jazz.

Doors at 7PM

Show at 7:30PM

Outdoor seating is available depending on the weather || Suggested Donation: $10

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OneBeat in Concert
Oct
4

OneBeat in Concert

Join the OneBeat Fellows for a live performance at the Avaloch Concert Barn.

OneBeat is the leading multinational music exchange of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) that uses the power of creative collaboration as a gateway to civic discourse and cross-cultural understanding.

This concert will feature 25 OneBeat fellows (representing 20 different countries in total) who will be in residence for two weeks at Avaloch. Guest artists for the OneBeat 14 residency include renowned multi-instrumentalist and instrument builder Mark Stewart, composer and saxophonist Matthew Evan Taylor, and composer and producer Emily Wells, each of whom will lead fellows in creative exercises and masterclasses leading up to their performance and subsequent tour.

Join us on Friday October 4th, 2024 @ 7pm for this free event!

Outdoor seating is available depending on the weather || Suggested Donation: $10

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IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch
Sep
13

IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch

Join us for a multifaceted evening of music making in our concert barn space! Our summer Community Concert Series features visiting artists and ensembles of different genres from around the world, who are in residence at Avaloch Farm Music Institute.

Artists Include:

Hinterlands

Ariel Mo (piano) & KJ Mcdonald

Tanjo & Crow

Outdoor seating is available depending on the weather || Suggested Donation: $10

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IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch
Sep
6

IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch

Join us for a multifaceted evening of music making in our concert barn space! Our summer Community Concert Series features visiting artists and ensembles of different genres from around the world, who are in residence at Avaloch Farm Music Institute.

Artists Include:

Ayano Ninomiya (violin)

Rasa String Quartet

Sophie Delphis (voice) & Ari Livne (piano)

Outdoor seating is available depending on the weather || Suggested Donation: $10

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IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch
Aug
30

IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch

Join us for a multifaceted evening of music making in our concert barn space! Our summer Community Concert Series features visiting artists and ensembles of different genres from around the world, who are in residence at Avaloch Farm Music Institute.

Artists Include:

Trio Oko

saajtak

Balourdet Quartet

Trio Ondata (piano trio)

Outdoor seating is available depending on the weather || Suggested Donation: $10

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IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch
Aug
23

IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch

Join us for a multifaceted evening of music making in our concert barn space! Our summer Community Concert Series features visiting artists and ensembles of different genres from around the world, who are in residence at Avaloch Farm Music Institute.

Artists Include:

Sibyl (vocal duo)

Talla Rouge (viola duo)

Zoe Martin-Doike (viola) & Futaba Niekawa (piano)

PLOrk Sideband (Princeton Laptop Orchestra)

Outdoor seating is available depending on the weather || Suggested Donation: $10

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IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch
Aug
16

IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch

Join us for a multifaceted evening of music making in our concert barn space! Our summer Community Concert Series features visiting artists and ensembles of different genres from around the world, who are in residence at Avaloch Farm Music Institute.

Artists Include:

Neha

The Westerlies

Fourth Wall Ensemble

Outdoor seating is available depending on the weather || Suggested Donation: $10

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SPECIAL EVENT: Northeast Chamber Music Seminar
Aug
6
to Aug 11

SPECIAL EVENT: Northeast Chamber Music Seminar

The Northeast Chamber Music Seminar, formerly the Lake Placid Chamber Music Seminar, offers adult string players and pianists of all levels the opportunity to play, study and perform great chamber music literature on the beautiful campus of Avaloch Farm Music Institute in Boscawen, NH.

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AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference Gala
Aug
4

AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference Gala

The Composers Conference celebrates eighty years of exceptional musicking with a full day celebration August 4, 2024! This event brings alive the Conference’s mission to nurture the creation, performance, and appreciation of music. New works created for our anniversary will be premiered by the Conference Ensemble, conducted by MD Vimbayi Kaziboni. Additional new works will be performed by our Chamber Music Workshop Participants, plus performances of new music created by young musicians through our New Music/New Communities Initiative. The day closes with an elegant dinner on the campus of the Avaloch Farm Music Institute; Space for the dinner is limited and reservations are required.

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AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference-Fromm Composers Fellow and New Music/New Communities Premieres
Aug
3

AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference-Fromm Composers Fellow and New Music/New Communities Premieres

The Composers Conference presents a series of premieres by Fromm Composer Fellows alongside carefully curated chamber works, featuring internationally acclaimed musicians from the Conference Ensemble led by Music Director Vimbayi Kaziboni.

Additionally, local young students from the New Music/New Communities mentorship program will have their new works premiered by Conference Ensemble members at this special concert, starting at 7PM.

Visit https://www.composersconference.org/ for more information.

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AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference-Fromm Composers Fellow Premieres
Jul
31

AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference-Fromm Composers Fellow Premieres

The Composers Conference presents a series of premieres by Fromm Composer Fellows alongside carefully curated chamber works, featuring internationally acclaimed musicians from the Conference Ensemble led by Music Director Vimbayi Kaziboni.

Visit https://www.composersconference.org/ for more information.

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AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference-Fromm Composers Fellow Premieres
Jul
27

AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference-Fromm Composers Fellow Premieres

Join members of the Conference Ensemble, CPI ensemble-in-residence, CMW participants and the Conference Conducting Fellow as they premiere a new chamber work by 2023 Fromm Fellow, Zygmund de Somogyi. A short interactive lecture presentation by the composer will precede the performance.

Visit https://www.composersconference.org/ for more information.

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AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Susan Horvath CMW Commission Premiere
Jul
26

AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Susan Horvath CMW Commission Premiere

Join members of the Conference Ensemble, CPI ensemble-in-residence, CMW participants and the Conference Conducting Fellow as they premiere a new chamber work by 2023 Fromm Fellow, Zygmund de Somogyi. A short interactive lecture presentation by the composer will precede the performance.

Source: https://www.composersconference.org/

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AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference-Fromm Composers Fellow Premieres
Jul
24

AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference-Fromm Composers Fellow Premieres

The Composers Conference presents a series of premieres by Fromm Composer Fellows alongside carefully curated chamber works, featuring internationally acclaimed musicians from the Conference Ensemble led by Music Director Vimbayi Kaziboni.

Visit https://www.composersconference.org/ for more information.

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AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: The Hop - This Is America: Part IV featuring Artist Johnny Gandelsman and a Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth commission ‘Flamenco Suite’
Jul
21

AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: The Hop - This Is America: Part IV featuring Artist Johnny Gandelsman and a Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth commission ‘Flamenco Suite’

This is America comes as a response to the turbulent year of 2020 and celebrates America's rich cultural tapestry as seen through the perspectives of contemporary US-based composers.

Over the course of a year-long residency at the Hop, violinist and former member of Silkroad Ensemble Johnny Gandelsman performs the entire anthology for the first time and expands the project with four new Hop-commissioned pieces. Flamenco Suite composer Gonzalo Grau will be in attendance to shed light on his new work.

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AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference
Jul
14
to Aug 3

AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference

The Composers Conference is a summer program that embraces collaborative music creation by musicians at the beginning of their careers, those that are well-established, and those for whom music is an important part of their lives.

Public concerts are offered multiple times a week during the festival. Click here to find out more.

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IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch
Jul
12

IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch

Join us for a multifaceted evening of music making in our concert barn space! Our summer Community Concert Series features visiting artists and ensembles of different genres from around the world, who are in residence at Avaloch Farm Music Institute.

Artists Include:

Vinola Trio

Bright Moon

Sxip Shirey, Coco Karol & Friends

Outdoor seating is available depending on the weather || Suggested Donation: $10

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IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch
Jul
5

IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch

Join us for a multifaceted evening of music making in our concert barn space! Our summer Community Concert Series features visiting artists and ensembles of different genres from around the world, who are in residence at Avaloch Farm Music Institute.

Artists Include:

Abeo Quartet

Rakish

Outdoor seating is available depending on the weather || Suggested Donation: $10

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IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch
Jun
28

IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch

Join us for a multifaceted evening of music making in our concert barn space! Our summer Community Concert Series features visiting artists and ensembles of different genres from around the world, who are in residence at Avaloch Farm Music Institute.

Artists Include:

Arun Ramamurthy & Trina Basu's Nakshatra

Stier-Hartman Duo (pianos)

The Moanin’ Frogs

Hannah De Priest (voice) & Shelby Yamin (violin)

Outdoor seating is available depending on the weather || Suggested Donation: $10

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AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Conducting Workshop with Members of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
Jun
17
to Jun 23

AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Conducting Workshop with Members of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble

Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble comes to Avaloch to provide an intense retreat designed for musicians seeking to improve their relationship with music through score study, interpretation, creative linking with other art forms, rehearsal planning and technique, leadership, and physical gesture. All interested musicians are all welcome to apply regardless of their principal instrument, voice type, or professional focus. More information about the application process is available here.

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IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch
Jun
14

IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch

Join us for a multifaceted evening of music making in our concert barn space! Our summer Community Concert Series features visiting artists and ensembles of different genres from around the world, who are in residence at Avaloch Farm Music Institute.

Artists Include:

Ashley Bathgate(cello)

Yunwen Chen (cello) & Elias Dagher (piano)

JEK Trio (jazz)

Outdoor seating is available depending on the weather || Suggested Donation: $10

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