GreenSpring International Academy of Music

06/16/2026

The best musicians know how to listen. 🎻🎼

GreenSpring's Richmond Summer Chamber Music Institute welcomes all instruments for a week of playing together. Learn to connect with fellow musicians and create something none of you could make alone.

🗓️ Dates: July 13-17, 2026
📍 Location: Richmond, VA
👥 Ages 8-18
🎼 All instruments welcome

06/14/2026

Summer is here, and so is your harp adventure. 🪉☀️

Next week, GreenSpring's Maryland Summer Harp Institute brings young harpists to Frederick, MD. Performance opportunities, masterclasses, workshops, ensembles, and one-on-one lessons with distinguished faculty, plus all the fun of a summer camp! Boarding available for students 12 and up.

Apply today.

🗓️ Dates: June 22-26, 2026
📍 Location: Frederick, MD
👥 Ages 8-18
🛏️ Boarding: 12+ by June 1

06/12/2026

Summer Lesson Registration Now Open!. 🎹🎻

GreenSpring is enrolling at our two Richmond locations. We teach piano, voice, guitar, harp, strings, woodwinds, and more. Our caring teachers meet you where you are and help you grow.

Everyone is welcome, ages 4 to adult.

📍 Two Richmond locations
🎼 All instruments and voice
👥 Ages 4 to adult

06/11/2026

Emerging artists, this one is for you. 🎼🌟

GreenSpring Music Festival Academy Fellows registration is open. Spend eight days working alongside world-class master artists through mentorship, performances, and career-building workshops in Frederick, Maryland.

GreenSpring- Where Musicians Grow

🗓️ Dates: August 8-15, 2026
📍 Location: Frederick, MD
📝 Registration: Now open

06/06/2026

Whether you’re in Richmond, VA, or Frederick, MD, we’ve got a great concert opportunity for you this weekend!

Today — Saturday, June 6, at 3:00 PM in Richmond: The American Youth Harp Ensemble presents Classical Jam!, our favorite annual concert that fuses classical, Celtic, Latin, jazz, movie & showtunes, video game music, and even rock ’n’ roll! St. John’s UCC, 503 Stuart Circle, RVA 23220. Tickets at the door: $20 adults, $10 students & seniors.

Tomorrow — Sunday, June 7, at 3:00 PM in Frederick: The incredible Anna Smith, harpist & organist, returns by popular demand with “The King and Queen of Instruments.” The hour-long concert is FREE, with a reception after to meet the artist. St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Thurmont, MD 21788.

Bring friends — join us for music and fun!

06/02/2026

Maryland Friends,

FREE CONCERT!

Back by Popular Demand! The brilliant young harpist and organist, Anna Smith, will be returning to the GreenSpring Concert Series this Sunday, June 7th, at 3:00 pm for The King and Queen of Instruments. Enjoy a FREE concert featuring Anna's luminous harp playing and organ artistry, followed by a lovely reception. Bring your family, friends, and coworkers!

St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Utica, 10621 Old Frederick Road, Thurmont, MD 21788.

With only four concerts left before the end of the 2025-2026 season, we thank the Maryland State Arts Council, the Frederick Arts Council, the Community Foundation of Frederick County, the TRIPP award from the Tourism Council of Frederick County, and all our supporters for making GreenSpring's programming in Frederick County and our free concert series possible this year!

Can't wait for this concert!

05/26/2026

We had a fantastic time participating in the Fan Arts Stroll again this year! Many thanks to Rachel and Brian of EVERGIB for graciously hosting us on their porch and for being tremendous promoters of all we do at GreenSpring in service to our community. A heartfelt thank you also goes to our talented students for their beautiful music, along with their families and teachers for supporting their performances. We are also incredibly grateful for the enthusiastic response from all those who stopped to listen and enjoy! Your smiles made our day!

05/22/2026

We are deeply grateful for a $2,500 grant from the Richmond Kiwanis Foundation to support our outreach programming- Sound Experiences and the Harp Therapy Outreach Program. Both of these programs offer weekly, tuition-free music education to youth in partnership with the Boys and Girls Clubs, ShineForth (formerly United Methodist Family Services), and the Resources for Independent Living Center (a transitioning facility for youth with disabilities). Since our outreach programs began over 30 years ago, we have provided 1000s of youth, regardless of their financial means or disability, with high-quality musical education and experiences that give them the tools to succeed in music and in life. On behalf of all the young people we serve- THANK YOU, Richmond Kiwanis Foundation, for your support!

05/18/2026

FREE CONCERT! GreenSpring Concert Series is proud to present Colin Davin, renowned virtuoso Classical Guitarist, this Saturday, May 23, 2026, at 3:00 PM at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 10621 Old Frederick Road, Thurmont, Maryland 21788. This free concert is a perfect opportunity to experience an hour of world-class live music, so please invite family, friends, and neighbors! The concert will be followed by a reception and an opportunity to meet the artist.
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Colin Davin’s solo concert program will tell distinct musical stories through a diverse repertoire unlimited by time, place, or style. Colin’s eclectic musical personality shines through in these performances, from exciting, soulful music from Spain and Latin America to explorations of profound music by J.S. Bach, the masters of modern classical music, and much more.

Colin has been critically acclaimed as “a player with a virtuoso’s technique, a deeply expressive musicianship, and a probing imagination” (American Record Guide) who “has the distinct ability to wring the depths of expressiveness from all that he plays” (Classical Guitar Magazine) as an artist of “precision, musical intelligence and passion.” (Cleveland Classical) In addition to performing in the most celebrated concert halls around the globe, Colin has even appeared on The Tonight Show with David Letterman!

You won't want to miss this amazing concert!

Guitarist Colin Davin performs his arrangement of the Gigue from J.S. Bach's 6th Cello Suite (BWV 1012) in the workshop of celebrated luthier Joshia de Jonge...

05/11/2026

Guest artist Abigail Kent is coming to Frederick. 🪉✨

A week that young harpists dream about. GreenSpring's Maryland Summer Harp Institute combines intensive study, student performance opportunities and free concerts including the opening concert with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Harpist, Abigail Kent, and friendships that last a lifetime. Boarding available for students 12 and older.

Your summer starts here.

🗓️ Dates: June 22-26, 2026 plus an optional two day concert tour June 27-28!
📍 Location: Frederick, MD
👥 Ages 8-18