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Celebrating 64 Years of Inspired Music Making!

June 28 – August 2, 2025

Personalities Shine Through the Music (concert review)

five EMF young musicians in group photo

Five outstanding young instrumentalists and nine talented conductors presented themselves in front of their peers as the winners of the Eastern Music Festival’s annual Concerto Competition, open to all students enrolled in the five-week festival on the campus of Guilford College.

Eleven Young Pianists Shine in Eastern Music Festival Recital (concert review)

two young female pianists playing one piano

The Eastern Music Festival has a lot to recommend itself: a stellar orchestra made up of professional players from across the United States (the musicians also play in chamber music concerts), a couple hundred students eager to immerse themselves in the five-week intensive education and performance program, and dozens of concerts, all on the bucolic Guilford College campus.