Founded in 1964, the festival brings students from all over the world to study for six weeks with world-class classical musicians in Brunswick. The festival also includes 20 ticketed concerts and dozens of free shows in the area.
Jupiter String Quartet Joins Bowdoin International Music Festival for Two Free Livestream Concerts
The Bowdoin International Music Festival returns this summer, gathering world-renowned musicians and students for an intensive schedule of chamber music.by Alexa Criscitiello
The Jupiter String Quartet returns to the Bowdoin International Music Festival as a faculty ensemble, performing concerts on July 19 and August 2 in Studzinski Recital Hall. The Bowdoin International Music Festival is set to return to Brunswick this summer, gathering world-renowned musicians and students for an intensive schedule of chamber music study and performance.
Only Festival students will be permitted inside the recital hall for live concerts, due to campus COVID policies. However, concerts will be livestreamed online from Studzinski Hall, free to community members and viewers around the world. Individuals are encouraged to RSVP in advance at www.bowdoinfestival.org/rsvp, and will receive day-of concert
Courtesy of Emily Ha 21
WALL OF SOUND: With the choral singers standing 12 feet apart, the job of Emily Ha 21 as conductor becomes even more challenging, as well as more crucial.
Since the beginning of the spring 2021 semester, Emily Ha ’21 has been pursuing a senior honors project in choral conducting an effort that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, has required far more planning, research and distance between singers than it would have in a more normal semester.
As a music and English double major, Ha has had a multitude of musical involvements at the College, including jobs at the Beckwith Music Library and as a concert usher. One of her most notable commitments and one that has been unable to continue since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic was the Bowdoin Chamber Choir, for which she was both a singer and a choir assistant.