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.”
IN-HOUSE EVENT: Avaloch Annual Fall Gala
Join us for a celebratory evening, featuring some of the most beloved and respected musicians of the string quartet world! Come join us in a special performance of Mozart and Brahms Quintets and Sextets, featuring violinist Ayano Ninomiya, violists James Dunham and Phil Ying, and cellist Paul Watkins, alongside Avaloch’s Artistic Directors, Jessica Tong and Ashley Bathgate.
To learn more and to buy tickets, CLICK HERE
IN-HOUSE EVENT: Avaloch Annual Gala- BACH AND BRUNCH
Join us for our annual Bach+Brunch VIP concert, featuring a boozy brunch, followed by a Bach-centred performance by this year’s Avaloch distinguished guest musicians!
For more information and for tickets: CLICK HERE
IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch
Join us for a multifaceted evening of music making in our concert barn space! Our Community Concert Series features visiting artists and ensembles of different genres from around the world, who are in residence at Avaloch Farm Music Institute.
Featuring:
Isabel Ong, violinist
Concert at 5PM
Suggested Donation: $10
IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch
Join us for a multifaceted evening of music making in our concert barn space! Our Community Concert Series features visiting artists and ensembles of different genres from around the world, who are in residence at Avaloch Farm Music Institute.
Featuring:
The Archambeau-Dastoor Duo
Concert at 5PM
Suggested Donation: $10
IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch
Join us for a multifaceted evening of music making in our concert barn space! Our Community Concert Series features visiting artists and ensembles of different genres from around the world, who are in residence at Avaloch Farm Music Institute.
Featuring:
Charlotte Tang, fortepianist
Concert at 5PM
Suggested Donation: $10
IN-HOUSE EVENT: Avaloch’s 2026 EAR Ensemble- MOANIN’ FROGS
Join 2026 EAR Artists, The Moanin’ Frogs for an evening of bending genres and uplifting spirits!
The Moanin’ Frogs offer an electrifying approach to chamber music. Conservatory-trained and entertainment-minded, their dynamic and technically precise performances of classical, ragtime, jazz, and pop delight fans across the world. Featuring all six saxophones from soprano to bass, The Moanin’ Frogs are unique on today’s chamber music landscape. First prize winners of the 2018 M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition, their passion, quality, variety, instrumentation, and focus on the audience experience set them apart.
4PM BBQ
5PM Concert: $20
Concert & BBQ Dinner: $40
IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch
Join us for a multifaceted evening of music making in our concert barn space! Our Community Concert Series features visiting artists and ensembles of different genres from around the world, who are in residence at Avaloch Farm Music Institute.
Featuring:
Anthony Ratinov, piano
Cynthia Freivogel, violin & Julia Bengtsson, choreographer
Dustin Dale Gaspard & Tanner Bingaman
Concert at 5PM
Suggested Donation: $10
IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch
Join us for a multifaceted evening of music making in our concert barn space! Our Community Concert Series features visiting artists and ensembles of different genres from around the world, who are in residence at Avaloch Farm Music Institute.
Featuring:
Bergamot Quartet with Dan Trueman
Concert at 5PM
Suggested Donation: $10
IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch
Join us for a multifaceted evening of music making in our concert barn space! Our Community Concert Series features visiting artists and ensembles of different genres from around the world, who are in residence at Avaloch Farm Music Institute.
Featuring:
MoVE (Modern Violin Ensemble)
Concert at 5PM
Suggested Donation: $10
Labor Day BBQ Party!
Enjoy Labor Day weekend at Avaloch with an all you can eat BBQ starting at 4pm! Live Music 5-7pm featuring:
Ambrose Getz & Almog Sharvit and Porterfield Jazz Quartet
IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch
Join us for a multifaceted evening of music making in our concert barn space! Our Community Concert Series features visiting artists and ensembles of different genres from around the world, who are in residence at Avaloch Farm Music Institute.
Featuring:
Tracy Cowart and Sian Ricketts of Alkemie
Concert at 5PM
Suggested Donation: $10
IN-HOUSE EVENT: Scott Kirby, Gabriel Donohue and Friends
Join us for a special event with Scott Kirby and Gabriel Donohue!
Singer, songwriter, guitarist, storyteller, traveler and road warrior are all words that aptly describe Scott Kirby. Finishing songs while driving through the Italian countryside, performing 100 plus live shows throughout the US and Canada, touring Ireland with 50 fans in tow, and recording his tenth album in Nashville, all keep the barnacles off this modern-day troubadour. Visit scottkirby.com for more info.
Irish born Multi Instrumentalist, singer/songwriter Gabriel Donohue is based in Philadelphia. He performs mostly on guitar and piano but also plays many more instruments from bouzouki/mandolin to Irish and exotic percussion. Gabriel performs throughout the USA, solo and along with a cadre of top flight musicians, including three years with the GRAMMY Award winning Chieftains. He has recorded with the Boston Pops, Eileen Ivers, Joanie Madden, James Keane, Sean Quinn, Brian Conway, John Whelan, Karen Mal, Aoife Clancy, Liam Clancy, to name a few.
Concert, Concert+Dinner, and VIP Residential and Commuter Passes available.
6PM Dinner with Musicians
7:30PM Concert
IN-HOUSE EVENT: Evenings at Avaloch
Join us for a multifaceted evening of music making in our concert barn space! Our Community Concert Series features visiting artists and ensembles of different genres from around the world, who are in residence at Avaloch Farm Music Institute.
Featuring:
Concert at 5PM
Suggested Donation: $10
Unsettlement Session Showcase!
The first-ever UNSETTLEMENT SESSION presents a public showcase featuring performances by members of their eclectic, experimental and multifaceted Resident Ensemble and Session Artists. After a week of workshops, performances and presentations, this show will provide a window into our development of a community that values independent, ethical and confrontational art.
Bar opens at 6:30pm
Concert 7:30PM
Suggested Donation $10
AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference-Conference Ensemble Concert
Join the internationally acclaimed musicians of the Composers Conference Ensemble led by our Conference Guest Conductor Tian Hui Ng.
Featuring Four World Premieres by 2025 Composer Fromm Fellows
Program:
Ana Luisa Diaz de Cossio Sanchez: garbled
Sofía Rocha: Dust
Michele Selvaggi: etch from the inside
Jason Zhang: instructions for dreaming
AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference-CMW Concert
Join the Composers Conference’s CMW Artists-in-Residence for an evening of chamber music.
Program:
Mozart- Rondo in A Minor, K. 511
Rohde - F****d up songs and remixes
Mendelssohn - Piano Trio in D Minor, op. 49 no. 1
Jessica Tong, violin || Ashley Bathgate, cello || David Kaplan, piano
AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference-New Music/NewCommunities Initiative
The Composers Conference's New Music/New Communities Initiative(NM/NC) is a project that utilizes the Conference’s role as an arts education organization to inspire and engage young musicians from underserved communities. Through collaborations with local music education organizations in the greater New England area, the Composers Conference provides students with the tools to become composers and creators within a supportive environment, unleashing their personal artistry while fostering enduring creative relationships. The Composers Conference is thrilled to be partnering with the Concord Community Music School for the 2026 season. Join us in celebrating the premieres of our young, promising composers.
This event is FREE.
AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference-Conference Ensemble Concert
Join the internationally acclaimed musicians of the Composers Conference Ensemble led by our Conference Guest Conductor Tian Hui Ng and our 2026 New Music Conductor Fellow Fernando Palomeque.
Program:
Sarah Kirkland Snider: O Sweet and Beloved Mother
Mario Davidovsky: Big Steps
Ernest Chausson: Chanson Perpétuelle
Patricia Alessandrini: Song of Alma
Chris Chandler: and yet
Lucia Dlugoszewski: Selections from Brass Trio
Elizabeth Younan: Shoreditch Grind
AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference-Composer Spotlight
Join the Composers Conference’s 2026 Guest Composer Patricia Alessandrini in an evening of conversation about their work. This conversation is hosted by Artistic Director Kurt Rohde.
This event is FREE.
AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference-Conference Ensemble Concert
Join the internationally acclaimed musicians of the Composers Conference Ensemble led by our Conference Guest Conductor Matilda Hofman.
Featuring Four World Premieres by 2026 Composer Fromm Fellows.
Program:
Jellal Koay: Silver
Geli Li: The Naked Octopus II
Rodrigo Pascale: still, all remains restless
Catherine Phang: if (he) never knows (himself)
AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference-Collaborative New Works Concert
Our 2026 CPI Fromm Fellow Ensemble, Duo Étrange (soprano Vanessa Cromme and cellist Sahara von Hattenberger) will perform the world premieres of collaborative new works written especially for them by the 2026 Fromm Foundation Composer Fellows.
Suggested Donation $10 per person.
AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference-CMW Concert
Each year, in honor of the longtime CMW participant and new music advocate Susan Horvath, the Composers Conference selects a Fromm Fellow Composer from the previous year to write a new piece for a joint ensemble of CMW, CPI, and Conference Ensemble musicians.
Join 2025 Fromm Composer Fellow Cem Güven in conversation about his new work written for the 2026 Conference. The world premiere performance will be conducted by our 2026 New Music Conducting Fellow.
This event is FREE.
AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference-Chamber Music Concert
Join the Composers Conference’s CMW Artists-in-Residence for an evening of chamber music.
Program:
Vasks- Grāmata čellam: Dolcissimo
Beethoven - Sonata for Violin and Piano op. 12 no. 1 in D
Tanguy - Sonata for Violin and Cello
Haydn - Piano Trio in E, Hob XV: 28
David Kaplan, piano || Jessica Tong, violin || Ashley Bathgate, cello
AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference-Conference Ensemble Concert
Join the internationally acclaimed musicians of the Composers Conference Ensemble led by our Conference Guest Conductor Matilda Hofman and our 2026 New Music Conductor Fellow Fernando Palomeque.
Program:
Renaissance Brass Trios by Milan, Binchois, and Weelkes
Dai Fujikura: My letter to the world
Bernard Rands: Music for Shoko - Aubade
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet - II. Adagio
Jeffrey Mumford: undiluted days
Linda Catlin Smith: New Vine
José Manuel Serrano: Ruiseñor en el reflejo
David Sanford: Paul Court Madrigals
AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference-Composer Spotlight
Join the Composers Conference’s 2026 Guest Composer Jeffrey Mumford in an evening of conversation about their work. This conversation is hosted by Artistic Director Kurt Rohde.
This event is FREE.
AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference-Chamber Music Concert
Join the Composers Conference’s CMW Artists-in-Residence and Conference Ensemble members for an evening of chamber music.
Program:
Henryson - Off Pist
Rohde - f#$%ed up songs and remixes
Schubert - Allegro in A Minor, “Lebensstuerme”, D. 947
Thompson (Randall) - Suite for Oboe, Clarinet and Viola
Medtner - Piano Quintet
David Kaplan and Steve Beck, pianos || Marina Kifferstein and Jessica Tong, violins || Leah Asher, viola || Ashley Bathgate and Emily Brausa, cello || Michelle Farah, oboe || Rane Moore, clarinet
AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference-CPI Ensemble Fellows
Our 2026 CPI Fromm Fellow Ensemble is Duo Étrange, soprano Vanessa Cromme and cellist Sahara von Hattenberger, will perform a self-curated program.
Suggested Donation $10 per person.
AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Composers Conference-Chamber Music Concert
Join the Composers Conference’s CMW Artists-in-Residence for an evening of chamber music.
Program:
Prokofiev - Sonata for Two Violins op. 54
Mozart - Kegelstatt Trio K. 498
Martinu - Oboe Quartet
Mendelssohn - Viola Quintet op. 87 no. 2 in B-flat
Rohde - TBA
David Kaplan and Steve Beck, pianos || Marina Kifferstein and Jessica Tong, violins || Leah Asher, viola || Ashley Bathgate and Emily Brausa, cello || Michelle Farah, oboe || Rane Moore, clarinet
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.
4th of July Party!
Join us for a party on the 4th of July to celebrate Independence Day!
We'll have food, lawn games like croquet and cornhole, and an open mic for anyone in the community who wants to share their work.
Food will be served from 5-8, and fireworks will be on display after sundown (~9:30pm)
$25/adult
$10/child
Pay at the door!
AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: VMAC
Vermont Music and Arts Center is a workshop for serious amateur musicians seeking an informal and congenial atmosphere in which to play chamber music – to take a vacation with music.
AVALOCH ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP: Concert with Members of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
Join us for a festival performance, featuring musicians from the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble.
Program TBA
IN-HOUSE EVENT: Avaloch Chamber Music Festival - Day 3
Join us for Avaloch’s second annual Chamber Music Festival!
Pre-Concert Talk and Evening Concert Ticket: $20
Matinee Talk and Performance Ticket: $10
Day Pass (includes all performances, talks and meals for a day: $80
Festival Pass (includes all performances, talks and meals for 3 days): $200
Overnight Stay: $150/night
IN-HOUSE EVENT: Avaloch Chamber Music Festival - Day 2
Join us for Avaloch’s second annual Chamber Music Festival!
Pre-Concert Talk and Evening Concert Ticket: $20
Matinee Talk and Performance Ticket: $10
Day Pass (includes all performances, talks and meals for a day: $80
Festival Pass (includes all performances, talks and meals for 3 days): $200
Overnight Stay: $150/night
IN-HOUSE EVENT: Avaloch Chamber Music Festival - Day 1
Join us for Avaloch’s second annual Chamber Music Festival!
Pre-Concert Talk and Evening Concert Ticket: $20
Matinee Talk and Performance Ticket: $10
Day Pass (includes all performances, talks and meals for a day: $80
Festival Pass (includes all performances, talks and meals for 3 days): $200
Overnight Stay: $150/night