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Feel Every Note

Follow The Music, All Season Long.

Upcoming Performances

Appalachian Spring:
Music from the Mountains

Explore a continuum of American concert music composers who’ve borrowed from traditional folk music styles as inspiration and raw material, from Charles Ives to Aaron Copland and Edgar Meyer.


Event poster for 'Seizer and the Sound of Dreams' with a pink color filter, featuring a moon, a vintage car, and an auditorium interior.

Setzer and the Sound of Dreams

Artistic Director Philip Setzer is our guide through a vivid, varied dreamscape in sound, slipping from a musical curio by Benjamin Franklin (yes, that Benjamin Franklin!) to Samuel Barber’s elegiac Adagio for Strings.


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Unbound: Rising Stars

Experience our Festival Young Artists pushing boundaries in solo performances that bring their individual voices to the forefront. Be part of their journey from conservatory to the concert stage.


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Young Artist Program

The Manchester Music Festival’s Young Artists Program is a five-week, full-scholarship chamber music residency for ages 18–26, or currently enrolled in a conservatory or university music program. Designed as a bridge from conservatory to concert stage, it offers an immersive, performance-focused experience.

Young Artists are fully integrated into Festival life, performing alongsiderenowned guest artists in an intensive schedule of rehearsals, concerts, and events.

Introducing the
Festival Shop

A woman is holding a white tote bag with a blue violin illustration and text that reads 'Vermont Manchester Music Festival.' She is standing indoors near orange walls and wooden chairs with green plants in the background.

Show your support for the Manchester Music Festival all year long. You can now shop online for festival merchandise and souvenirs!

Let Music Be

Your Escape

Dive into any of our series — Summit Masterworks, Discovery Specials, Next Artists — or build a custom lineup with our Create Your Own option, choosing three or more concerts you love.

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