Find all the latest media releases and press information for the Atlantic Music Festival at our press center.
Our press center at the Atlantic Music Festival is a resource for journalists to find all the latest media releases, press photos, audio recordings, and video recordings of past performances. We are committed to supporting the media's efforts to cover our festival and are happy to provide access to interviews with performers and festival organizers. If you are a member of the press with media inquiries, please contact us at press [at] atlanticmusicfestival.org. We welcome press inquiries and are happy to assist with any questions or requests you may have. Please note that we do not respond to solicitation emails.
For 14 years, the Atlantic Music Festival (AMF) has crafted musical moments that range from intimate to grand, creating experiences that are both shared and profoundly personal. With its dedication to classical music's timeless allure and its embrace of contemporary vibrancy, AMF has stood as a beacon of musical excellence....
Continue readingWATERVILLE, Maine – The Atlantic Music Festival is now accepting applications for its 2023 season, taking place between June 26 and August 06, 2023. This annual celebration of classical and contemporary music offers talented musicians the opportunity to perform on stage and share their art with audiences from across the...
Continue readingWATERVILLE, Maine – The Atlantic Music Festival is pleased to announce its 14th season, taking place from June 26 to August 06, 2023 in Waterville, Maine. Hosted by Colby College, this year's festival will feature a lineup of world-renowned musicians and provide a summer residence to over 200 musicians worldwide. The...
Continue readingMay 15, 2020 — Final Update Dear Friends, We have been closely monitoring the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and its potential impact on our community. Based on guidance provided by the government and our host Colby College, we have decided to postpone our festival season until 2021. Our ability to face challenging...
Continue readingWaterville, Maine - The Atlantic Music Festival returns to Colby College for its eleventh summer, bringing together world-class musicians and rising talent to present groundbreaking world premieres and classical masterworks. From July 5th through 27th a diverse group of composers, instrumentalists, vocalists, and conductors will fill Colby College’s wooded campus...
Continue readingThe annual festival gathers renowned musicians for its 10th year of music and innovation in Waterville, Maine The Atlantic Music Festival returns this summer to Colby College for its 10th season, bringing internationally renowned artists and students to present classical masterpieces alongside groundbreaking new works and world premieres. From now through...
Continue readingAnnual collaborative music festival gathers in Waterville, Maine, for an inspiring summer month of music and innovation Now through July 30th, the Atlantic Music Festival community returns to the Colby College campus for its ninth consecutive season. Internationally recognized artists and rising stars from all over the world have congregated in...
Continue readingMusic festival welcomes listeners back to Waterville, Maine, for an inspiring summer month of music From June 27 to July 24, 2016, the Atlantic Music Festival triumphantly returns to the Colby College campus for its seventh consecutive season. Internationally recognized artists and rising stars from all over the world will congregate...
Continue readingMusic festival welcomes listeners back to Waterville, Maine, for an inspiring summer month of music From July 6 to August 2, 2015, the Atlantic Music Festival triumphantly returns to the Colby College campus for its seventh consecutive season. Internationally recognized artists and rising stars from all over the world will congregate...
Continue readingIn 2012, the Atlantic Music Festival launched the exciting I Am Four Years Old campaign for the next decade and beyond. Established with the goal of extending the festival’s vision of serving the community beyond free concerts, the campaign donated 100% of its concert proceeds to UNICEF’s Achieving Zero campaign...
Continue readingFrom July 7 to August 3, 2014, the Atlantic Music Festival triumphantly returns to the Colby College campus for its sixth consecutive season. Continuing the tradition set forth in past years, internationally recognized artists and rising stars from all over the world will congregate in Waterville, Maine to partake in...
Continue readingFrom July 8 to August 4, 2013, the Atlantic Music Festival triumphantly returns to the Colby College campus for its fifth consecutive season. Continuing the tradition set forth in past years, internationally recognized artists and rising stars from all over the world will congregate in Waterville, Maine to partake in...
Continue readingThree years ago, the Atlantic Music Festival premiered under the banner of a Leonard Bernstein quote. During the 2009 premiere run, musicians explored through orchestral and chamber concert series the ramifications of the quote: “This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly...
Continue readingOne needs no more excuse to visit the idyllic Maine than the news that the Atlantic Music Festival will return this summer to the campus of Colby College from July 11 to August 5. For its exciting third season, the Atlantic Music Festival will once again feature internationally recognized artists as...
Continue readingIt has been quite a season of stellar performances and musical highlights in Waterville. Now the Atlantic Music Festival is poised to begin a final week of outstanding free concerts with a joyful reunion—a return visit by Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson. Audiences at last year's Atlantic Music Festival will...
Continue readingExpect the unexpected at the delightful Atlantic Music Festival. It's another full week of concerts ahead for AMF, in residence on the Colby College campus in Waterville. This is an incredibly eclectic concert series, where a Beethoven piano concerto shares the program with Fratres by Aarvo Part, and a tribute to...
Continue readingColby College in Waterville opens its doors again this summer to one of the most exciting music festivals in the nation. The Atlantic Music Festival returns after an impressive first season in 2009, and once more offers an incredible series of free orchestral and chamber concerts, presented by some of...
Continue readingCreated to bring some of today’s most gifted and exciting musicians together to share a world-class musical experience with their audiences, The Atlantic Music Festival premiered last summer. During its inaugural four-week run in 2009, hundreds of delighted listeners enjoyed a series of orchestral and chamber concerts, presented by both...
Continue readingThey will perform under the baton of the young conducting phenomenon Sarah Hicks. They will be joined by two giants of the contemporary classical music scene, violinist Jaime Laredo and cellist Sharon Robinson. They will offer an electric program of pieces from masters of two musical eras. The 2009 AMF Orchestra...
Continue readingAnd then there were 18 (concerts, that is). The Atlantic Music Festival, enjoying a very successful inaugural year, announces the addition of 3 extra concerts to its already busy performance schedule at Colby College in Waterville. All month long, area audiences have been treated to an exciting series of free concerts--classical...
Continue reading