Below you will find a list of events for the 2026 Season of the Sewanee Summer Music Festival.
Clicking on the concert title will show you the repertoire for each concert or event
All concerts are free of charge but we will thankfully take donations in the lobby if you wish to make any.
All Concerts are in Central Time Zone (US)
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June 14th (7:30p) - Faculty Artist Series 1
Guerry Stage, live-streamed
Passacaille for Wind Quintet Barthe
Brokenvention Alyssa Morris
Viola Duo Coletti
Kitchen Garden for Clarinet and Harp Paul Reade
- II. Spring
- V. Summer
Brass Quintet #3 Ewald
INTERMISSION
Piano Quintet Schumann
June 19th (7:30p) - Faculty Chamber Series 2
Guerry Stage, live-streamed
Quintet in D Major JC Bach
Serenata in vano Nielson
Cafe Music Schoenfield
Intermission
Piano Trio op 11 Fanny Mendelssohn
June 20th (7:30p) - Cumberland Orchestra Concert 1
Guerry Stage, live-streamed
Jherrard Hardeman, conductor
4th Symphony Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
June 21st (3:30p) - Sewanee Symphony Concert 1
Guerry Auditorium, live-streamed
Sameer Patel, conductor
Symphony no. 5 Prokofiev
June 23rd (4:00p) - OperaFest Aria Showcase
Free Event
St. Luke’s Chapel
OperaFest Aria Concert program TBD
June 23rd (7:00p) - Student Chamber Runout Concert
Free Event
Cowan Center for the Arts – 301 Montgomery St, Cowan, TN 37318
June 25th (4:00p) - OperaFest Aria Showcase
Free Event
St. Luke’s Chapel
OperaFest Aria Concert program TBD
June 26th (7:30p) - Faculty Artist Series 3
Guerry Stage, live-streamed
Memento Mori Emily Koh
Mari-Liis Pakk, violin; Tim Pearson, bass; Ji Hye Jung, W Lee Vinson, Joshua Zepeda, Aaryn Axila, Jack Ekstrad, percussion
Two Songs, op. 100 Amy Beach
I. A Mirage
II. Stella Viatoris
Sarah Davis, soprano; Lin He, violin; Natasha Farny, cello; Elena Kholodova, piano
Soldier’s Tale Stravinsky
I. Marche du Soldat
II. Le violon du Soldat
III. Petit Concert
IV. Tango-Valse-Rag
V. LA Danse du Diable
Andrii Isakov, violin; Cecilia Kang, clarinet; Megan Gale, piano
Intermission
String Quartet op 127 Beethoven
I. Maestoso – Allegro
II. Adagio, ma non troppo e molte cantabile
III. Scherzando vivace
IV. Allegro
Anna Reider & Lin He, violin; Sheldon Person, viola; Meghan Berindean, cello
June 27th (2:00p) - Student Chamber Concerts
Free Event
Guerry Stage, St. Luke’s Chapel, Art Gallery
June 27th (5:00p) - OperaFest Concert
Free Event
Angel Park, Sewanee Village
June 27th (7:30p) - Cumberland Orchestra Concert 2
Guerry Stage, live-streamed
Click here for livestreamJherrard Hardeman, conductor
The Poet and The Peasant Overture Franz von Suppe
The Magic Flute Overture W.A. Mozart
The Montgomery Variations Margaret BondsJune 28th (3:30p) - Sewanee Symphony Concert 2
Guerry Stage, live streamed Click here for Livestream
Tamara Dworetz, Conductor
World Premiere Piece Jorge Variego
Concerto winner 3 (TBD)
Intermission
Symphonie Fantastique Berlioz
June 30th (4:00p) - OperaFest Aria Showcase
Free Event
St. Luke’s Chapel
OperaFest Aria Concert program TBD
July 2nd (4:00p) - OperaFest Aria Showcase
Free Event
St. Luke’s Chapel
OperaFest Aria Concert Program TBD
July 2nd (7:30p) - Jacqueline Avent Concerto Showcase
Guerry Stage, live-streamed
Jherrard Hardeman, conductor
Ethan Morrell – Beneath a Greater Sky (Student Composer premier)
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
II. Andante
Arden Walker, piano
Lowell Liebermann – Concerto for Flute & Orchestra, Op. 39
I. Moderato
Xinyi Ma, flute
Lars-Erik Larsson – Trombone Concertino, Op. 45, No. 7
II. Aria: Andante sostenuto
Kristen Engelhardt, trombone
Bohuslav Martinů – Oboe Concerto
I. Moderato
Genevieve Britten, oboe
Georges Bizet – Farandole from L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2
July 3rd (7:30p) - Faculty Artists Series 4
Guerry Stage, ticketed, live-streamed
4 Sketches Plog
Vocal comp winner # 2 – TBD
- Amy Beach 2 Songs for Soprano, violin, cello & piano, op. 100
- Brahms 2 songs for Mezzo, viola & piano, op. 91
- Corigliano Three songs for tenor and flute
- Ravel Chansons madecasse for baritone, flute, cello and piano
Turtles all the Way Down for Marimba and Cello
Intermission
Piano Quintet Korngold
July 4th (7:00p) - Cumberland Orchestra Concert 3 (Patriotic)
Guerry Stage, live-streamed
Mario Torres, conductor
Liberty Fanfare John Williams
Victory at Sea Richard Rodgers, arr. Bennett
The Stars and Stripes Forever John Philip Sousa
Armed Forces Salute Arr. Bob Lowden
1812 Overture, Op. 49 Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyJuly 5th (3:30p) - Sewanee Symphony Concert 3
Guerry Stage, live-streamed
Miriam Burns, conductor
Russian Easter Overture Rimsky-Korsakov
Concerto Winner 2 (TBD)
Death & Transfiguration Strauss
July 8th (7:30p) - Opera Scenes
Free Event
Guerry Stage
OperaFest (theme TBD)
July 9th (7:30p) - Chamber Intensive Showcase Part 1
Guerry Stage, ticketed, live-streamed (Link Here)
Concert of advanced student chamber groups.
Progam TBD
July 10th (7:30p) - Chamber Intensive Showcase Part 2
Guerry Stage, ticketed, live-streamed (Link Here)
Concert of advanced student chamber groups.
Progam TBD
July 11th (2:00p) - Student Chamber Concerts
Free Event
Guerry Stage, St. Luke’s Chapel, Art Gallery
July 11th (7:30p) - Faculty Artist Series 5
Guerry Stage, live-streamed (Link Here)
A.B.O.P Trio Shanyse Strickland
Create Le bonne chanson, op 61, no 3 Faure
Tzigane for woodwind quintet Valerie Coleman
Nocturne for bassoon and Harp Allan Blank
Intermission
Octet Mendelssohn
July 11th (10:05p) - Festival Brass Concert
July 12th (2:30p) - Cumberland Orchestra Concert 4
The John G. Bratton Concert
This concert is presented to honor the memory and legacy of a true friend of Sewanee, John G. Bratton, C’51
All Saints’ Chapel, live-streamed (Link Here)
Jherrard Hardeman, conductor
Loco-Motion Stella Sung
Concerto Comp Winner 1 (TBD)
The Planets: Mars, Venus, and Jupiter Gustav HolstJuly 12th (3:30p) - Sewanee Symphony Concert 4
The Martha McCrory Concert
All Saints’ Chapel, live-streamed (Link Here)
Pierre Vallet, conductor
Symphony no.9 Beethoven