Eastern Music Festival

"Now in its 49th year, the Eastern Music Festival & School is recognized for its prodigious contributions to the field of American music and its commitment to nurturing talented American and international youth through a collaborative learning process. The program brings together a cross-section of America's most sought-after artists with pre-professional students in a five-week schedule of 100 concerts and music-related events. In addition to its classical series, the festival also produces a popular EMFfringe series of alternative programming, featuring everything from Americana to alt country, blues, jazz and gospel. EMFjazz&blues runs each spring and EMF Fringe in the Fall each autumn."—Description by festival