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The 23rd Seal Bay Festival of American Chamber Music July 25 - August 5, 2026, Festival Concerts July 28 - August 5, 2026, Composer Institute September 13 - 15, 2026, Outreach Concerts
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS July 31 1-4pm Recording Sessions Emerging Composers Vinalhaven school, Smith Hokanson Memorial Hall *Record by Cassatt String Quartet and Steven Beck* *Works by Zaki Andoh, Xinrui Zhang, Qiming Liu, Joshua Amir, Hayden Byrne* August 1 1-3pm Open Rehearsal Vinalhaven Library 6 Carver St, Vinalhaven Cassatt String Quartet *Works by La Pont, Zaki Andoh, Xinrui Zhang, Qiming Liu, Joshua Amir* 7pm Seal Bay Festival Concert Partners in Island Education Cassatt String Quartet, Steven Beck (piano) *Works by Copland, Unger, Price, Beach and Bond* August 2 7pm Seal Bay Festival Concert Vinalhaven School, Smith Hokanson Memorial Hall Steven Beck (piano), Cassatt String Quartet *Works by Bond, Tower, Forest, Sonenberg, Korde and Hayden Byrne* August 3 2:30pm Avita of Brunswick 89 Admiral Fitch Ave, Brunswick Cassatt String Quartet *Works by* *Mozart, Unger, Price and Gershwin* August 4 7pm Seal Bay Festival Concert The Colonial Theater 163 High St, Belfast Mari Kimura (violin) and Cassatt String Quartet *Works by Tower, Shaw, Zaki Andoh, Xinrui Zhang, Qiming Liu, Joshua Amir* August 5 7pm Seal Bay Festival Concert Portland Conservatory of Music 28 Neal St, Portland, ME 04102 Steven Beck and Cassatt String Quartet *Works by Korde, Forrest, Bond, Tower and Sonenberg* September 13 2pm 75 State Street Retirement Community 75 State Street, Portland Cassatt String Quartet *Works by Mozart, Unger, Price, Shaw and Gershwin* 4pm Stroudwater Lodge 116 Landing Rd, Westbrook ME Cassatt String Quartet *Works by Mozart, Unger, Price , Shaw and Gershwin* September 14 2:30pm Thornton Oaks Retirement Living Community 25 Thornton Way, Brunswick Cassatt String Quartet *Works by Mozart, Unger, Price, Shaw and Gershwin* 4:15pm The Highlands Retirement Community 30 Governnor's Way, Topsham Cassatt String Quartet *Works by Mozart, Unger, Price, and Gershwin* September 15 2pm Atrium at the Cedars 640 Ocean Ave, Portland Cassatt String Quartet *Works by Mozart, Unger, Price and Gershwin*







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