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Staunton Music Festival
The Staunton Music Festival brings world-class musicians from around the world to Staunton as part of a dynamic classical music festival with a European flair. It is an exhilarating immersion in chamber, vocal, and symphonic music.
The main summer festival runs for ten days in August, but there is also a shorter spring festival in April. Recitals occur throughout the year. Travel + Leisure calls it “Virginia’s World Class Music Festival.”
Staunton Music Festival’s artistic director, Carsten Schmidt, orchestrates an eclectic combination of programs, spanning centuries of exceptional music — from the Middle Ages to commissioned premieres. Music lovers go to concerts for many different reasons. One of those reasons is a chance to hear new interpretations of beloved masterworks; another is to discover unexpected treasures from the past and the present. Audiences won’t find the oft-repeated repertoire, and the festival hosts composers in residence who give lectures and mount new premieres.
Staunton Music Festival takes great pride in presenting works within accurate historical context. All music composed before 1850 is performed on period instruments (original and replica) by professional musicians highly trained in historical traditions of interpretation and style.
Location
214 W. Beverley Street
Staunton, VA 24401
The City of Staunton is in the southern district of the Shenandoah Valley.
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