Norfolk Chamber Music Festival / Yale Summer School of Music

Name: Norfolk Chamber Music Festival / Yale Summer School of Music
Address: 20 Litchfield Road, Norfolk, CT, 06058, US
Telephone: +18605423000
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Norfolk Chamber Music Festival / Yale Summer School of Music

Stellar concerts June-August. norfolkmusic.org Patrons are welcome to come early and enjoy a brookside picnic and enjoy the grounds.

Join us at the Music Shed on the historic Battell Stoeckel Estate for a season of spectacular chamber music featuring world-class artists and ensembles. A quintessential New England town, Norfolk is a weekend destination surrounded by the unspoiled beauty of northwest Connecticut’s farms, lush forests and rolling hills. While in the area, you can stay in quaint bed and breakfasts, indulge in gourm

et dining, or go out for some of the best antiquing in New England. If the charming villages, country lanes and covered bridges of Litchfield County aren’t enough, the Berkshire Hills are only a step away. New York City and Boston are an easy 100 miles.

05/24/2026

Join us at the Festival this summer for outstanding concerts performed by acclaimed artists and ensembles including the Horszowski Trio, and the Brentano, Shanghai, and Ying Quartets. Concerts July and August at the Music Shed, Norfolk, CT.

Horszowski Trio, August 7
https://norfolkmusic.org/concert-8-7-26/

Brentano Quartet
July 11 https://norfolkmusic.org/concert-7-11-26/
July 18 https://norfolkmusic.org/concert-7-18-26/

Shanghai Quartet, July 24
https://norfolkmusic.org/concert-7-24-26/

Ying Quartet, August 14
https://norfolkmusic.org/concert-8-14-26/

05/17/2026

Internationally recognized as one of the greatest violinists performing today, we’re thrilled Augustin Hadelich will make his Music Shed debut this summer on July 25.

Buy your tickets now for the opportunity to hear this extraordinary musician in a virtuosic solo violin performance featuring an impressive range of works, from a timeless partita by J.S. Bach to music by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson that blends blues traditions with classical forms.

This performance is part of the Festival’s annual fundraising gala. Event proceeds go directly to support scholarships for the Norfolk Fellows.

Join us for the concert only, or for all of the Gala events. Information and tickets at https://norfolkmusic.org/concert-7-25-26/

05/15/2026

Piano recital this Sunday! If you're in the Norfolk, CT area on Sunday, head over to the The Norfolk Library for a 4PM concert by Festival alum Po-Wei Ger. He's presenting a free piano recital of works by G. F. Handel, Nikolai Kapustin, Claude Debussy, and Robert Schumann. ⁠
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For more information contact the Norfolk Library at norfolklibrary.org.

05/11/2026

Congratulations to ZaRiah (NCMF ’25), the 2026 Fischoff Competition’s Grand Prize Winners!

Founded in 1973 by Joseph E. Fischoff and fellow members of the South Bend Chamber Music Society, the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition is the largest and longest running chamber music competition in the US.

Mark your calendars! You’ll have a chance to hear ZaRiah — Benjamin Smith (flute), Jamison Hillian (oboe), Katelyn Poetker (clarinet), AJ Neubert (bassoon), Oved Rico (horn) — with Festival Director and pianist Melvin Chen perform at 4PM on Saturday, May 30 at the Litchfield Community Center, in the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra's Young Artist Chamber Concert series.

05/10/2026

Subscribe to receive discounts and special benefits. With only three concerts, you can be a subscriber!⁠
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Subscribers receive:⁠
Best available seating; Discounted ticket prices; Flexible ticket exchange privilege; Discounts on additional single tickets. Choose from a Friday Series or Saturday Series, or build your own concert package with a Pick-5 or Pick-3 Series.⁠
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View the season: https://norfolkmusic.org/calendar/
Subscription information: https://norfolkmusic.org/calendar/

05/05/2026

The Festival is thrilled to embark on a new collaboration with BODE, the American fashion brand that created SZA’s beautiful gown for the Met Gala! Stay tuned for more details about this exciting partnership with Bode and composer Nahre Sol.

04/28/2026

Join us at the Festival his summer for outstanding concerts in one of the most beautiful areas of Connecticut.

View the season and purchase tickets at https://norfolkmusic.org

02/20/2026

It's time for Winter Weekend in Norfolk!⁠ On Saturday and Sunday, join the town-wide celebration of music, art, and nature. We hope you'll stop by for two free concerts featuring Festival Alumni and Yale School of Music students. ⁠
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New Horizon Brass Quintet⁠
Saturday, Feb. 21 | 11 am | Norfolk Library⁠
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Po-Wei Ger, piano⁠
Sunday, Feb. 22 | 3 pm | Norfolk Library

complete Winter WIN information: https://weekendinnorfolk.org/

01/17/2026

It may be the middle of winter, but this Sunday, January 18 at 4 PM, you'll have an opportunity to think summer thoughts as 2025 alumni ZaRiah and Festival Director and pianist Melvin Chen appear in a chamber performance hosted by the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra in Litchfield, CT.⁠
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The award-winning ZaRiah will present a program featuring: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: They Will Not Lend Me a Child; Carl Nielsen: Wind Quintet, Op. 43; Valerie Coleman: Tzigane; and Francis Poulenc: Sextet with pianist Melvin Chen.⁠
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For more information and to purchase tickets visit Waterbury Symphony at https://www.waterburysymphony.org/post/wso-s-young-artist-chamber-concert-presents-quintet-zariah-yale-s-melvin-chen

01/13/2026

SUMMER ARTS INTERNSHIPS!! The Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Yale School of Music’s summer program in the hills of Norfolk, CT, is on the lookout for the next generation of arts leaders!⁠

Receive on-the-job experience running the oldest classical music festival in the US.⁠⁠

Includes: stipend, housing & meals⁠
⁠Dates: June 14, 2026 through August 23, 2026.

Visit https://music.yale.edu/summer-internships for information.

12/22/2025

Whitehouse at the Ellen Battell Stoeckel Estate, home of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. Painted by Eve Dunn, Ellen Battell Stoeckel Trust staff.

Address

20 Litchfield Road
Norfolk, CT
06058

Telephone

+18605423000

Website

http://norfolkmusic.org/

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