The goal of the
Seal Bay Festival is to make American chamber
music an exciting and vibrant experience for
concert audiences, artists, composers,
composition students, and school children in the
storied geographical and cultural setting of
coastal Maine, serving both the year-round and
summer populations, while offering a unique
exposure to contemporary music. The 2026
Festival is on the theme Seeing Sound, with
concerts taking place in art galleries and
museums, with each concert preceded by an
introduction of their works by the composers and
the visual Vinalhaven based artists, Kitty Wales
and Diana Cherbuliez. Resident composers
include: Victoria Bond, Cody Forrest, (Joan
Tower), Daniel Sonenberg, Shrish Korde, Vineet
Shende, and Daniel Strong Godfrey, Performers:
Steven Beck (piano), Cassatt String Quartet.
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The 2026
Participants
Composers
Daniel
Strong Godfrey
Shrish Korde
Vineet Shende
Special Guest
Joan
Tower (Zoom)
Victoria Bond
Cody Forrest
Guest Performer
Steven Beck (piano)
Resident Quartet
Cassatt String Quartet
Festival
Staff
Festival
supervisor: Judy Salantine
Festival Assistant: Anna Parker
Recording Engineer: Peter Weitzner
Festival Site Coordinator: Alexandra
Godfrey
Visual Artist
Kitty
Wales
Diana Cherbuliez
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Daniel S. Godfrey, President
Professor Emeritus of Music, Northeastern
University
Shirish Korde, Vice President
Distinguished Professor of Humanities
College of the Holy Cross
Vineet Shende, Secretary
Professor of composition, Bowdoin college
Muneko Otani, Treasurer
Violin Faculty at Columbia University and
Williams College
1st Violinist of the Cassatt String Quartet
Laura Kaminsky, Artistic Advisor
Professor of Composition, Purchase
College/SUNY
Composer in Residence, American Opera Projects
Amy McDonald, Member-at-Large
Vinalhaven Resident
OFFICERS
Artistic Directors: Daniel S. Godfrey
Program Director, Shirish Korde
Communications Coordinators: Muneko Otani
Grant Coordinators: Muneko Otani
Site Coordinator: Alexandra Godfrey, Amy
McDonald, Vinalhaven
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Dr. Joel Botler, Chief Medical Officer, Maine
Medical Center and
Barbara Bush's Children's Hospital, Portland
Lucia Stancioff, Children's Museum and Theatre
of Maine, Portland
Sharon Huston, Thornton Oaks Retirement Living
Community, Brunswick
Alice Bissell, Partners In Island
Education,Vinalhaven
Bill Trevaskis, Vinalhaven School
Jennifer Wadleigh, Head Librarian, Vinalhaven
Public Library
Alan Crichton, Waterfall Arts, Belfast, Peter
McLaughlin, SPACE Gallery, Portland
Meg Fournier, Colonial Theater, Dreamland,
Belfast
Amber Pelletier, The Highlands Retirement
Community, Topsham
Mark Barbalius, Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce,
Clam Festival
Maine In-State Advisory board:
Michael Lund Ziegler, Portland conservatory of
Music
Nicholas Chrov, Wells Reserve at Laudholm
Rona Hokanson, Vinalhaven ME
Mark Braun, MD, Portland ME
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