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The 20th Seal Bay Festival
of American Chamber Music
Seeing Sound
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 2023 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 artist, Master Printmaker, Chis Clark, Resident composers include: Zhou Long, Chen Yi, Anthony De Ritis, Shrish Korde, Vineet Shende, Daniel Strong Godfrey and Laura Jorbin-Acosta. Performers: Cassatt String Quartet, Guowei Wang (Erhu), Laura Jorbin -Acosta,(soprano)  and Peter Weitzner (bass).


The 2023 Participants

Composers

Chen Yi

Zhou Long

Anthony De Ritis

Vineet Shende

Shrish Korde

Daniel Strong Godfrey

 

Guest performer (Erhu) 

Guowei Wang

 

Resident Quartet

Cassatt String Quartet


Vocalist
Laura Jorbin-Acosta


Bassist/Recording
Peter Weitzner


Visual Artist, Master Printmaker
Chris Clarke

Composer Institute Coordinator
Laura Jorbin-Acosta

Seal Bay Festival Administrative Assistant
Anna Parker


BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Daniel S. Godfrey, President
Professor and Chair in the Music Department
at Northeastern University's College of Arts, Media and Design

Shirish Korde, Vice President
Distinguished Professor of Humanities, Department of Music
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
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
Monte Selby, Vinalhaven School
Scott Candage, Head Librarian, Vinalhaven Public Library
Alan Crichton, Waterfall Arts, Belfast
Peter McLaughlin, SPACE Gallery, Portland
Amber Pelletier, The Highlands Retirement Community, Topsham
Mark Barbalius, Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce, Clam Festival


Maine In-State Advisory board:

Alan Crichton, President and Founding Director of Waterfall Arts Center, Belfast
Rona Hokanson, Vinalhaven ME
Mark Braun, MD, Portland ME

 

 

The Seal Bay Festival—P.O. Box 824, Vinalhaven, Maine 04863