Easton Chamber Music Festival

03/05/2026

The 2026 ECMF program is announced!
June 26 Concert:

Oscar Navarro, Juego de Ladrones (Game of Thieves), Suite for Wind Quintet
Alfred Schnittke, Hymnus II for cello and double bass (In Memoriam Stravinsky)
Amy Beach, Piano Quintet, Op.67

June 27 Concert:

Valerie Coleman, Tzigane for Woodwind Quintet
Samuel Barber, Dover Beach, Op.3 for voice and string quartet
​Paul Juon, Piano sextet, Op.22

Please read about our faculty and performers, https://eastonchambermusicfestival.org/faculty.html. Mark your calendars and we look forward to seeing you at the concerts!

03/05/2026

We are so happy to announce our new 2026 faculty member, clarinetist Amy Advocat.

Sought out for her “dazzling” (Boston Globe) performances with “extreme control and beauty” (The Clarinet Journal), Amy Advocat, clarinetist, is an avid performer of new music having performed with Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Alarm Will Sound, Sound Icon, Guerilla Opera, Firebird Ensemble, Callithumpian Consort, Collage New Music, and Dinosaur Annex.

Amy is a founding member of the bass clarinet and marimba duo, Transient Canvas, with whom she has commissioned and premiered hundreds of new works and released three albums to critical acclaim. Transient Canvas regularly tours across the United States and Europe, including featured performances at New Music Gathering (San Francisco/Boston), SoundNOW Festival (Atlanta), Alba Music Festival (Italy), Music on the Edge (Pittsburgh), Outpost Concert Series (Los Angeles), and more. Their debut album, Sift, was released in August 2017 on New Focus Recordings to rave reviews. KLANG New Music called it "one of the more refreshing things I've heard in recent years." Their second album, Wired, was named a top local album of 2018 by The Boston Globe with I Care If You Listen raving “Transient Canvas is a tour de force and this record is a must-add to any new music lover’s library.”

Equally at home with more traditional classical music, Amy Advocat has also performed with Odyssey Opera, Boston Pops, Harrisburg Symphony, Opera Boston, Boston Philharmonic, and the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. She was twice a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center and has participated at the New Hampshire Music Festival, Monadnock Music, Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice (SICPP), New York String Orchestra Seminar, Virginia Arts Festival, Spoleto USA Festival, and the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria.

Amy Advocat is a proud endorsing artist with Conn-Selmer and Henri Selmer Paris Clarinets.

12/30/2025

Dear Friends,

Thank you Karen, Daniel and Julie, Lorraine and Todd, Barbara, Ramona, Susan, Lise and Jon, Inna and Ilya, Lori and Hermann, Rafi, David, Chang Bok, Mark, John and Kelly, Risa, Bob, Fred, Penny, Ed, Geoff, Rob, and Bill for your donations!

This end of the year ECMF fundraiser is a great success. Thank you so much!!

I hope that many of you will choose to be a part of the ECMF community this year.
You can:
1. Join as a participant (as an ensemble or as an individual musician)
2. Attend the ECMF concerts
3. Make a tax-deductible contribution

Please see the link to support the festival at https://gofund.me/af0031b26

You may also place an ad for your business in the ECMF program booklet, and in that case please email me directly.

Please mark your calendar:

The dates: June 26-28 in Easton, MA
The venue: Covenant Congregational Church

Meanwhile, very briefly:

1. Our faculty members are exceptional world-class performers and teachers.
2. Our students come from 20+ cities and towns in Massachusetts as well as from out of state. Last year, our youngest student was 17 and our most mature student was 91!
3. Over 300 people attended our concerts and over 2600 watched the live broadcast last year.

Happy New Year!

Dear ECMF Friends, The festival turns 10 this time around, and, as always in t… Michael Korn needs your support for Where Community and Chamber Music Meet

12/27/2025

Dear Friends,

Thank you Karen, Daniel and Julie, Lorraine and Todd, Barbara, Ramona, Susan, Lise and Jon, Inna and Ilya, Lori and Hermann, Rafi, David, Chang Bok, and Mark for your donations!

I hope that many of you will choose to be a part of the ECMF community this year.
You can:
1. Join as a participant (as an ensemble or as an individual musician)
2. Attend the ECMF concerts
3. Make a tax-deductible contribution

Please see the link to support the festival at https://gofund.me/9499d94a0

You may also place an ad for your business in the ECMF program booklet, and in that case please email me directly.

Please mark your calendar:

The dates: June 26-28 in Easton, MA
The venue: Covenant Congregational Church

Meanwhile, very briefly:

1. Our faculty members are exceptional world-class performers and teachers.
2. Our students come from 20+ cities and towns in Massachusetts as well as from out of state. Last year, our youngest student was 17 and our most mature student was 91!
3. Over 300 people attended our concerts and over 2600 watched the live broadcast last year.

Thank you for your support of the festival and Happy holidays!

Dear ECMF Friends, The festival turns 10 this time around, and, as always in t… Michael Korn needs your support for Where Community and Chamber Music Meet

12/20/2025

Dear Friends,

Thank you Karen, Daniel and Julie, Lorraine and Todd, Barbara, Ramona, and Susan for your donations!

I hope that many of you will choose to be a part of the ECMF community this year.
You can:
1. Join as a participant (as an ensemble or as an individual musician)
2. Attend the ECMF concerts
3. Make a tax-deductible contribution

Please see the link to support the festival at https://gofund.me/9499d94a0

Please mark your calendar:

The dates: June 26-28 in Easton, MA
The venue: Covenant Congregational Church

Meanwhile, very briefly:

1. Our faculty members are exceptional world-class performers and teachers.
2. Our students come from 20+ cities and towns in Massachusetts as well as from out of state. Last year, our youngest student was 17 and our most mature student was 91!
3. Over 300 people attended our concerts and over 2600 watched the live broadcast last year.

Thank you and Happy holidays!
Michael

Dear ECMF Friends, The festival turns 10 this time around, and, as always in t… Michael Korn needs your support for Where Community and Chamber Music Meet

11/15/2025

Happy National Philanthropy Day from the Easton Chamber Music Festival!
Your support matters!!

09/28/2025

Happy National Good Neighbor Day from the Easton Chamber Music Festival!

09/20/2025

Happy National Fried Rice Day from the ECMF!

09/05/2025

Happy National Chianti Day from the Easton Chamber Music Festival!

08/29/2025

Happy Friday and Happy National Sport Sampling Day from the Easton Chamber Music Festival!

08/22/2025

NATIONAL BE AN ANGEL DAY from Easton Chamber Music Festival!