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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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.

06/14/2026

We introduce New Music Workshop composer Rory Bricca with “6 QUESTIONS.”

Is there a particular composer that inspires you? Would you share why?

“Viet Cuong is a major inspiration to me. I admire his playfulness and sense of humor in combining found sounds or extended techniques with more traditional/tonal influences. Also, having grown up playing in wind ensembles throughout middle school, high school, and college, I appreciate how he has brought out the band world’s sometimes underappreciated enthusiasm for original, contemporary textures.”

Complete interview at https://norfolkmusic.org/2026/06/13/6-questions-rory-bricca/

06/08/2026

Norfolk has an outstanding group of young professional, composers, instrumentalists, and singers studying and performing at the Festival this summer. We're going to begin introducing you to a few of them with “6 QUESTIONS.”

We start with cellist Emil Olejnik. Emil is returning for a second summer and will be performing in Benjamin Britten's Phantasy for String Quintet on Friday, July 10.⁠

Norfolk: When not playing music, what are you up to?

Emil: Cooking for friends and family has always been my favourite way of spending time outside of a practice room or a concert hall. I love experimenting with different cuisines and finding ways to surprise my own taste buds. In many ways I feel like cooking and music making are similar activities. Both bring people together and encourage generosity and spontaneity.

View all 6 QUESTIONS : https://norfolkmusic.org/2026/06/06/6-questions-emil-olejnik/

06/02/2026

Congratulations to violinist-violist Miranda Werner (Norfolk ’23, ’24) on winning a section viola position with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra! A gratuate of the Yale School of Music (YSM), she studied in the vioin studio of Soovin Kim and the viola studio of Ettore Causa.

“During my first two years as a violinist, Professor Kim challenged me to think deeply about my artistic choices, and as a result I was able to develop a musical personality that felt both meaningful and genuine,” says Miranda. “Later, Professor Causa taught me to embrace the complex sound world of the viola, and encouraged me to believe in my goals as an artist. The strength of the support system of teachers, colleagues, and friends I was able to create here at YSM has allowed me to adopt a calm, decidedly joyful musical mindset, invaluable to my growth as a performer and artist.”

06/01/2026

We're Here!

With the beginning of the concert season just around the corner, the Festival office has completed the annual migration from its winter location in New Haven to its summer home in Norfolk. Our summer staff hasn’t arrived yet, but we are up and running at Battell House.

If you would like to stop by and purchase tickets in person, or just say hello, for now we'll be open Monday through Friday from 10 am to 5 pm. Of course tickets are still available by phone ( 860.542.3000 ) and online at https://norfolkmusic.org/calendar/.

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.

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20 Litchfield Road
Norfolk, CT
06058

Telephone

+18605423000

Website

http://norfolkmusic.org/

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