June 15 - August 25, 2024
Celebrating 122 years of exceptional artistry
Join us in 2024 for nine weeks of magnificent chamber music with our outstanding Kneisel Hall faculty, guest artists, and the ever-exceptional Young Artists.
All programs are subject to change.
Festival Concerts
June 28 – August 25, 2024
Weekly Concerts on Fridays at 7:30 pm; Sundays at 4:00 pm
Weekly Open Rehearsals on Fridays at 9:30 am-12:30 pm
AVAILABLE SPRING 2024 – Tickets will be available for $40/Hall and $30/Porch, reserved seating, and $10 Lawn, unreserved. Students 18 and under are free.
- PROGRAM ONE: June 28 and June 30
- PROGRAM TWO: July 5 and July 7
- PROGRAM THREE: July 12 and July 14
- PROGRAM FOUR: July 19 and July 21
- PROGRAM FIVE: July 26 and July 28
- PROGRAM SIX: August 3* and August 4
- PROGRAM SEVEN: August 9 and August 11
- PROGRAM EIGHT: August 16 and August 18
- PROGRAM NINE: August 23 and 25
All concerts take place at 137 Pleasant St., Blue Hill, ME 04614
*Take note! Due to Blue Hill Troupe’s event, the first performance of Program Six takes place on a Saturday evening.
Composers Now
James Lee III, Composer-in-Residence
Guest Artists
- Jerry Grossman, cello
- Barbara Mallow, cello
- Catalyst String Quartet
*indicates/includes Kneisel Hall alumni
Faculty Artists
Session I (June 23–July 21)
David Bowlin
Laurie Smukler
Axel Strauss
Brian Hong
Gwen Krosnick
Jane Coop
Gilles Vonsattel
Session II (July 21–August 11)
David Bowlin
Ron Copes
Laurie Smukler
Molly Carr
Raman Ramakrishnan
Qing Jiang
Robert McDonald
More Events this Season!
Gregory C. Carrol Young Artists Concerts
10 spectacular student performances to choose from! Come hear what repertoire our students have prepared during their intense chamber music immersion on the coast of Maine.
AVAILABLE SPRING 2024: Free tickets available, general admission seating, donations welcome.
Session I
- July 13, Saturday 7:30 p.m.
- July 15, Monday 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
- July 16, Tuesday 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Session II
- August 7, Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
- August 8, Thursday 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
- August 10, Saturday 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Master Classes
Master Faculty coaching students in open classes give our audiences a glimpse of how the magic happens on stage. All master classes take place at 7:30 p.m.
AVAILABLE SPRING 2024: Free tickets available, general admission seating, donations welcome.
- July 3, Wednesday,
Qing Jiang - July 8, Monday,
Joel Krosnick - July 10, Wednesday,
Ezequiel Viñao - July 29, Monday,
Natasha Brofsky - July 31, Wednesday,
Robert McDonald - August 5, Monday,
Katherine Murdock
Open Rehearsals
Listen and watch the faculty at work during these open dress rehearsals. All open rehearsals take place on Fridays @ 9:30 a.m.
AVAILABLE SPRING 2024: Tickets available for $20, general admission seating, or $10 Lawn, unreserved. Students 18 and under are free.
- June 28 – Program One
- July 5 – Program Two
- July 12 – Program Three
- July 19 – Program Four
- July 26 – Program Five
- August 3* – Program Six
- August 9 – Program Seven
- August 16 – Program Eight
- August 23 – Program Nine
Kneisel Hall Children's Concerts
Interactive educational concerts for children and their families. All performances take place on Friday at 2 p.m. at Blue Hill Public Library.
AVAILABLE SPRING 2023: Free tickets available, general admission seating, donations welcome.
July 7July 14July 28August 4August 11
Kneisel Hall On Tour
The Young Artists take their performances on the road to area communities. All performances take place at 7 p.m. at various locations.
AVAILABLE SPRING 2023: Free tickets available, general admission seating, donations welcome.
- Thursday, July 20 –
Burnt Cove Church Community Center, Stonington - Monday, July 24 –
All Souls Congregational Church, Bangor - Tuesday, July 25 –
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Southwest Harbor - Wednesday, July 26 –
Beth Eden Chapel, Brooklin
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Our 2024 season is underwritten by the following supporters
Don Aibel, Lucy & Buddy Allen, Anonymous, Anonymous, Bitsy & Denny Bacon, First National Bank, A. Becton & Philip Levendusky, John Bullard, The Cluett Family, Jim & Mary Crawford, Deborah & Donald Christian, Noel Butcher Hanley, Howard & Dana Harrison, Nancy Hoppin, Richard Hutton & John Cogswell, Jeff & Shelley Kehl, Joy Kleeman, Alan Kornberg & Harold Koda, Susan & Chris Pappas, Charlotte Podolsky, Thurmond Smithgall, Susan Richardson, The Thurston Famil, Robert Thurston, Patrick Wilmerding, Eve Wolinsky
Supporters of the Kneisel Hall Free Ticket Program
Walter & Karen Dickes and Merle B. Grindle Agency
