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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

General & Artistic Director - Christopher Rex

Emma Mills Bledsoe, President Barbara Alleva Gant Irene Sanchez, Vice President Sharon Lennon Sue Braddock, Secretary Tom Pippin Kathleen Minder, Treasurer Vicki Whittemore Hugh Williams

Executive Director Emeritus - Dr. Joseph Marasco Staff Executive Director - Eric Sakurai Office Manager - Donna Hinton

About the AICMF

The Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival is nationally recognized as one of the foremost music events of its kind. The Festival is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

All venues for Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival in-person concerts are handicap accessible. 1

PROGRAM June 3, 2021

THE DOVER QUARTET Joel Link, Bryan Lee, violin Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, Camden Shaw, with , bass

Quartet in G major, Op. 106 Antonín Dvořák Allegro moderato (1841 - 1904) Adagio ma non troppo Molto vivace Finale: andante sostenuto. Allegro con fuoco

Arietta for bass and string quartet Chris Rogerson (b. 1988)

Quintet for Strings Edgar Meyer Part 1 (b. 1960) Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

*Program Subject to Change* 2 ABOUT THE ARTISTS

The Dover Quartet Joel Link, violin Joel Link is a violinist with the Dover Quartet, “…the Dover Quartet players have it the Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence at the Curtis Institute of Music. Mr. Link is an in them to become the next Guarneri String active soloist and chamber musician; and has Quartet – they’re that good.” been a top prize winner of numerous competitions ~ The Tribune including the Johansen International Competition in Washington, D.C. and the Yehudi Menuhin Hailed as “the next Guarneri Quartet” International Violin Competition in England, for (Chicago Tribune) and “the young American which he was featured in The Strad magazine. string quartet of the moment,” (New Yorker), the Mr. Link has appeared on numerous radio shows, Dover Quartet catapulted to international stardom including NPR’s From the Top. in 2013, following a stunning sweep of all prizes at Mr. Link joined the faculty of the Curtis the Banff Competition and has since become one Institute of Music in 2020. He also teaches at of the most in-demand ensembles in the world. ’s Bienen School of Music. In addition to its faculty role as the inaugural Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence at the Bryan Lee, violin Curtis Institute of Music, the Dover Quartet holds Bryan Lee is a violinist with the Dover Quartet, residencies with the Kennedy Center, Bienen the Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence at School of Music at Northwestern University, the Curtis Institute of Music. Mr. Lee has performed Artosphere, and the Amelia Island Chamber as a soloist with the Philadelphia and Music Festival. Among the group’s honors are the Delaware, Lansdowne, and Temple University the Avery Fisher Career Grant, Chamber Music symphony , among others. He was America’s Cleveland Quartet Award, and Lincoln awarded the bronze medal at the 2005 Stulberg Center’s Hunt Family Award. The Dover Quartet International String Competition and won second has won grand and first prizes at the Fischoff prize at the 2004 Kingsville Young Performers Chamber Music Competition and fourth prize at Competition. He has been featured on NPR’s From the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet the Top and has attended Ravinia’s Steans Music Competition.. Institute, La Jolla Music Society’s Summerfest, Music from Angel Fire, Encore School for Strings, 3 ABOUT THE ARTISTS (continued) Sarasota Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, and the Perlman Music Program. Mr. Lee joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in 2020. He also teaches at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music. Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt is the violist of the

Dover Quartet, the Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble Photo: Jim McGuire in Residence at the Curtis Institute of Music. Ms. Pajaro-van de Stadt has appeared as a soloist with Edgar Meyer the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jacksonville In demand as both a performer and a composer, Symphony, and the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra; solo classical bassist, Edgar Meyer has formed a and has performed in recitals and chamber music role in the music world unlike any other. Hailed concerts throughout the , Latin by The New Yorker as “…the most remarkable America, and Europe, including an acclaimed 2011 virtuoso in the relatively un-chronicled history debut recital at London’s Wigmore Hall. of his instrument”, Mr. Meyer’s unparalleled With the Dover Quartet she won first prize and technique and musicianship in combination with his every special award at the Banff International String gift for composition have brought him to the fore, Quartet Competition in 2013, and the gold medal where he is appreciated by a vast, varied audience. and grand prize in the Fischoff National Chamber His uniqueness in the field was recognized by a Music Competition in 2010. Her numerous MacArthur Award in 2002. awards also include first prize at the Lionel Tertis As a solo classical bassist, Mr. Meyer can International Viola Competition, and top prizes at be heard on a concerto with the St. Paul the Tokyo International Viola Competition and the Chamber Orchestra conducted by Hugh Wolff Sphinx Competition. featuring Bottesini’s Gran Duo with , Meyer’s own Double Concerto for Bass and Cello Camden Shaw, cello with Yo-Yo Ma, Bottesini’s Bass Concerto No. 2, Camden Shaw is the cellist of the Dover Quartet, and Meyer’s own Concerto in D for Bass. He has the Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence also recorded an album featuring three of Bach’s at the Curtis Institute of Music. He has appeared Unaccompanied Suites for Cello. In 2006, he with the ensemble in performances all over the released a self-titled solo recording on which he world to great acclaim. Mr. Shaw has collaborated wrote and recorded all of the music, incorporating in chamber music with such renowned artists as , , , dobro, , gamba, and Daniel Hope, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, and the . In 2007, recognizing his wide-ranging late Leon Fleischer, and maintains an active career recording achievements, Sony/BMG released a as a soloist. Highlights from recent seasons include compilation of The Best of Edgar Meyer. In 2011 a performance of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, Op. Mr. Meyer joined cellist Yo-Yo Ma, mandolinist 56 with the Artosphere Festival Orchestra, where , and fiddler for the Sony Shaw also holds the principal chair; and the release Masterworks recording “” of his solo album by Unipheye Music, which was which was awarded the 2012 Grammy® Award for met with critical praise. Best Folk Album. 4 PROGRAM NOTES

Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904) String Quartet in G major, Op. 106

The Czech composer Antonín Dvořák was born on September 8, 1841. Described as a “rustic, a county boy from Bohemia who was apprenticed to a butcher. He was born of peasant stock and his music has a strong peasant strain.” “God, love, motherland” was his motto and this composer became the idol of Prague. The Europeans could not wait for his next composition. Hans von Bülow, German conductor, pianist and composer called him “next to Brahms the most God- gifted composer of the present day and went on to describe himself as a “genius who looks like a tinker.” Harold Schonberg’s The Lives of Great Composers describes Dvořák as a “musician and nothing but a musician. Dvořák “My own duty as a teacher...is not so was not widely read and indeed, barely more much to interpret Beethoven, Wagner, than literate. In later life he would sporadically or other masters of the past, but to try to ‘improve’ himself by reading a primer give what encouragement I can to the of some sort, but those efforts never went very young musicians of America. I...hope far. The only passion he had outside of music was trains.” Dvořák once said: “I’d give all that just as this nation has already sur- my symphonies if I could have invented the passed so many others in marvelous in- locomotive.” ventions and feats in engineering and He studied at the Organ School in Prague commerce, and has made an honorable and earned a living by performing in a small place for itself in literature in one short strolling band. He also served as principal viola century, so it must assert itself in the in the orchestra of the Provisional Theatre. art of music...to bring about this result, Those years he said were filled with “hard we must trust the very youthful enthu- study, occasional composing, much revision, a siasm and patriotism of this country.” great deal of thinking, and very little eating.” ~ Antonín Dvořák He fell in love with and was rejected by Josefína Cermáková, one of his pupils. Later in 1873 he would marry her younger sister, Anna. 5 PROGRAM NOTES (continued)

In 1874 Dvořák submitted 2 symphonies, The Allegro moderato, the first movement, several overtures and a song cycle to a begins with upward leaping intervals of a sixth competition sponsored by the Habsburg followed by descending triplets. Ascending Empire that awarded financial support to octave leaps marked peasante (heavily and talented, needy composers. Most fortunate for ponderous) and double forte (very loud) are him, Johannes Brahms had reluctantly agreed followed by descending scale-like passages. to serve on the competition’s jury. Recognizing The four instruments then engage in a lively Dvořák’s talent, the older composer was said to dialogue. The Adagio states the theme in E-flat have been “visibly overcome” by the “mastery minor and also in E-flat major. Author Melvin and talent” of the young Czech composer. Not Berger called the Adagio “one of the most only did Dvořák win first prize, but he and perfectly realized and touching movements in Brahms began a life-long friendship. In order Dvořák’s chamber music.” The third movement to facilitate the timely publication of Dvořák’s in B minor is indeed a scherzo with two trios, submissions to Simrock, Brahms’ publisher, although it is not labeled as such. The softer Brahms became Dvořák’s copy editor and second trio is reminiscent of a gently rocking proofreader while Dvořák was touring Czech folk song. The finale set in G major has a America. return of the first movement’s leaping intervals The trip to America was at the invitation of and triplet figures. It ultimately builds and races Mrs. Jeannette Thurber. She was instrumental to an exciting conclusion. in founding the National Conservatory of Music in New York and asked Dvořák to become its director. He arrived in New York in September 1892 and stayed for three years teaching, composing and conducting. He truly missed his native Bohemia and returned to Prague with his family in 1895. His String Quartet in G Major, Op. 106 was written from November 11 to December 9, 1895. Its premier was on October 9, 1896 in Prague by the Bohemian Quartet. Filled with Czech flavor both his Opus 105 and 106 String Quartets celebrate his return home. 6 PROGRAM NOTES (continued)

Chris Rogerson (b. 1988) Arietta for bass and string quartet Written for Edgar Meyer and the Dover Quartet 2021 Chris Rogerson was born in Amherst, New Chris, a close friend of the Dover York. He began playing the piano at age two Quartet, has written several pieces for them. and the cello at age eight. He has studied at the He describes Arietta, a five minute piece, as Curtis Institute of Music, Yale School of Music “a short, simple piece bookended by large and Princeton University with , cadenzas for the double bass. In the work, I , Martin Bresnick and Steve combine elements of American folk music and Mackey. In 2016 he joined the Musical Studies Baroque ornamentation. Whenever I compose Faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music in a work, I try to tailor it to the performers as Philadelphia. The New York Times praised much as possible. I (along with many others) his music for its “virtuosic exuberance” and am in love with the wonderful lyricism that “haunting beauty.” He has composed chamber Edgar and the Dovers are able to produce, and and orchestral works as well as works for solo, this piece is really about that.” soloist and orchestra and vocal works. ~ Emma Mills Bledsoe 2021 Edgar Meyer (b. 1960) Quintet for Strings The opening movement of the Quintet is The third movement wanders around a cross between a theme and variations and looking for a melody which is eventually found variations on a ground bass. It opens with an by the first violin about two-thirds of the way AABA theme of approximately 40 seconds, through. This melody ends in the movement’s followed by twelve “variations” and a reprisal only proper cadence, which is followed by the of the theme. There is not always strict four upper strings taking the opening figure character differentiation between variations, through all twelve keys and ending up where but sometimes instead there is more of a it started. transformation over the course of a couple of The fourth movement involves a good bit them. The tempo is constant, and the speeding of left hand finger wiggling for all. The triplets up and slowing down is achieved by metric are essentially measured trills, conceived as modulation in such a way that each variation is an energetic gesture. The opening melody ids supposed to be exactly the same duration. derived, and along with the following The second movement is earthy and used section where the viola, cello and bass enter, is ornamental quarter tones in the four higher syncopated against a strict 4/4. strings to sometimes create a bluesy effect. The This quintet was written for and premiered cello starts with the main riff followed by a by the Emerson Quartet and myself in 1995 “trio” and the 1st violin recaps the cello melody. and recorded in 1998. 7

MISSION STATEMENT The Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival’s threefold mission is to: 1. Present the world’s greatest musical artists in chamber music concerts of classical and alternative genres for diverse audiences; 2. Offer music education to concert attendees, students, and aspiring young musicians; and 3. Promote local businesses and tourism by attracting music lovers from Nassau County, Northeast Florida and beyond.

Thank you for your continued support! Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today: www.aicmf.com 1405 Park Avenue, Suite 101 - Fernandina Beach, FL 32034 8 SPONSORS & CONTRIBUTORS

This list represents contributions and pledges for the 2018/2019 Festival made from the start of the 2018 fiscal year on August 1, 2018, until November 13, 2020. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. If we have omitted or incorrectly listed a name, we sincerely apologize and ask that you notify us at 904-261-1779 or send an email to [email protected] for corrections. Corporate Sponsors Amelia Island Tourist Development Council Rayonier Advanced Materials Foundation Arts and Culture Nassau Rayonier, Inc. First Federal Bank Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island Florida Public Utilities State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Keyboard Connection- Jack Melvin Florida Arts Council National Endowment for the Arts WestRock Omni Amelia Island Resort WJCT Public Broadcasting

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Patricia Clegg Jack and Sandy Halsey – The Halsey Family Barbara Alleva Gant and Donald R. Gant Foundation Dr. Rebecca Stafford

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Gold Nautilus Sponsors ($2,500 - $ 4,999) Silver Nautilus Sponsors (continued) Bob and Robin Bolan Cynthia and William Merman Richard and Jeanne Conner Linda Merritt Paul and Ann Glendon Wayne and Jean Middleton Dan Groth and Frances Peters Don and Mary Miech Phil and Claudia Koerner Reinhold and Jennifer Preik Bob and Jane Lindberg Michael and Irene Sanchez Jack and Diane Lord John Stancin and Margaret Bellucci Peter and Jackie Martin Richard and Helen Tufaro Donald McCurry and Suzanne Keith Jonathan Wade Michel and Heidja Kruse Kevin and Lisa Webber Christopher Rex and Dr. Martha Wilkins Hugh and Ann Williams Bud and Elizabeth Tanis, in memory of Maxine Tanis Cynthia Zarsky Tom and Vicki Whittemore Crystal Nautilus Sponsors Richard Williams and Carole Thoele-Williams ($500 - $ 999) Leewood Woodel Sonja Foster Allen Mike and Kathy Baxter Silver Nautilus Sponsors Richard Beaty ($1,000 - $ 2,499) David and Betty Berkman Dr. Scot and Alexandra Ackerman-The Ackerman David and Laurie Bowers Cancer Center Michael and Charlotte Bowling Cathy Adams Sarah Hill Buck Cary and Karen Blair Richard Burroughs lll and Nancy Bartness Francesco and Amanda Borghese Richard and Patricia Campana William and Sheila Braddock Barbara Cardile Peter and Merrilee Chamberlain Bill and Jane Casper Henry and Carolyn Conway Russell and Margaret Dancy Jack and Margaret Cooper Dr. George and Jean De Tarnowsky James Daubel Walter and Gracia Drew Bill and Anne Gower John and Sandra Fulton Andrea and Corky Hoffman John and Kate Giffi Joanna Kennard Janet D. Goldstein Dr. Howard S. and Carol A. Kirshner McDiarmid Gravely Robert Lacey III William and Melissa Hendrickson Steve and Jo-Ann Leimberg Howard Haims and Carole Cooper-Haims Dr. Joe Marasco Corky and Andrea Hoffman Donald and Sally McCarron Dr. Robert Joyce and Rebecca Joyce 10 SPONSORS & CONTRIBUTORS (continued)

Crystal Nautilus Sponsors (continued) Friends of the Festival (continued) Adam Kaufman and Dee Torre Kaufman Ktimene and Michael Axetell Mark and Donna Kaufman David and Robyn Barrie Stephen and Susan Kaye David and Gloria Beeman Dr. Walter Keenan Thomas and Connie Black Beverly and Allen Kezbom Joanne Blalock Anthony and Peggy Kolasa Jerry Blancett Ken and Victoria Lanier Emma Mills Bledsoe Vincent Martorano Joyanne Bloom Don and Mary Meich Sarah Borns Dr. Frank and Janet Milliken Charlotte and Mike Bowling David and Kathy Miller Sonya Brabston Kathleen Minder and Stephen Gessner Mary Brannon Judy Raggi Moore Ann and Larry Burns Judy and David Ogden Brenda Carr Anne and Ralph Oman Paul Clark Charles and Janet Plosser John Cotner Fred Ragsdale and Jennifer Salisbury Kathy Davidson Steve and Nancy Rieck Don and Cathy DeCesare Blaine and Linda Rieke Sylvia Derrick Sam Schwartz Kathleen Devlin Ed and Vicki Segraves Bo and Diane Duffy Dr. and Mrs. Gino Segre Ronald Eash and Mary Rood Carol C. Todd Sarah Edwards Theodora Vanderzalm Barry and Margie Efron Andrew and Diane Watson Jess and Sharon Elliott Klaus & Barb Wenger Emily Farmer Wilby and Catherine Whitt Virginia Feazell Chip and Nancy Wood Robert and Ann Freeman Carlton and Barbara Zacheis Brad and Leanna Gallagher Friends of the Festival Linda and Michael Gard ($100 - $499) Beth-Ann Gentile Hugh and Kathy Aberman Fred and Patricia Gieg Susan Alexander Catherine and Jerry Gindele Andrea Alvarado Ann and Wendell Godbee Virginia Ardia Daniel Gold Berta Isabel Arias Louis and Susan Goldman Lindsay and Katherine Arthur Jose Gonzales and Ana Diaz Edward Avra Diana Gould 11 SPONSORS & CONTRIBUTORS (continued)

Friends of the Festival (continued) Friends of the Festival (continued) Raymond Halsey Timothy Miller Gordon and Rosemary Hart Moi and Cheryl Monroe Robert and Janet Hartig Louise Mozena Hugh and Patricia Hayden Elizabeth and Peter Munson Horst and Irmgard Hehmann Susan Nelson Stephen and Paula Heuser Steve and Michelle Nielson Phyllis Hockett Maureen Nussman Paul Hoffman Tom Orr Barbara Hornick-Lockard Jeff Packer and Jane Sandhaus Packer John and Gayle Howard Len and Lynne Pelletier Peter and Ruth Igoe Marvin and Lynette Perlis Scott and Nancy Inboden Carolyn Phanstiel Linda Janca-Braatz and David Braatz Nancy Phillips Susan and Anthony Jarzyna Stewart Pikula Lorraine and Neil Johnson Judith and Charles Pillans Thomas and Loraine King Michael and Shelden Pisani Ronald and Janet Kolar Charles and Janet Plosser Anthony and Peggy Kolasa Cathy and Robert Randall Linda Kurtz Robert and Elaine Reisner David Lakari Andre Rudzinski Bronson and Paula Lamb Dr. and Mrs. Wilbur C. Rust Kris Landers Paul Salter Robert and Karen Lavine Marie Santry James and Elizabeth Layman Karl and Margaret Schneider Lisa Lee Richard Seaman Remberto Leiseca Scott Secrest Thomas Logan Lee Sessions, Jr. Gary and Janice Long Buddy and Susan Sinor Arnold Kapiloff and Susan Stein Jonathan Slaughter Dr. Alan and Joellen Marks — In honor of Dr. and Clayton Smith Mrs. Robert Joyce Clint Smith Lynne and Khrys McCardle Lloyd and Marie Smith Richard McCormick Peter Smith Tim McNamara, K.D.. and Judy Whitaker Sarah Snell – In honor of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Thomas Timothy and Kathleen Meredith Emmy Lou Sorum Anna and Hays Mershon George and Shirley Spaniel Dave and Kathy Miller Ed and Judy Stanley James Miller Kenneth Stanley 12 SPONSORS & CONTRIBUTORS (continued) VOLUNTEERS

Friends of the Festival (continued) Susan Alexander Karen Lotz Sheryl Starling Barbara Alleva Gant Sylvia Madiol Zora Stevens Joan Averett Kyril and Susan Magg Mimi Stewart Alonzo and Judy Batson Peter and Jackie Martin Robert and Rose Stubbs Mike and Kathy Baxter Gail McCamy George and Nancy Sutherland Bill and Susie Birdsong Don and Sally McCarron Bryan and Karen Tabler Beverly Blake Jeannine McKeown Lian K. Tan Emma Mills Bledsoe Kathleen Minder Nancy Cohen Tarbis – In memory of Louise Andy Bogart Bruce and Jackie Modahl Margaret Laterveer Jon and Marilyn Bosworth Eileen Shannon Ira John and Julia Taylor Sam and Barbara Boyd Ruthellen Muhlberg Sue Braddock Pat Murray Dawn Theodore Charlene and Mitch Bratton Ellen Myers Robert and Mireille Threlkel Elizabeth Cantwell Jeanette Nichols Amy Tompkins Peter Carter Judy Ogden Louis and Joyce Tonti Jeanne Conner David Olson Diana Ray Tope Linda Cooley Jackie Piersanti Chris Walker Ken and Carol Copithorne Stewart Pikula Linda Weltner Stan Cottle Dorothy Robb Tom and Constance Wiggins Kathleen Devlin Bob and Janet Ross Linda Wilkinson Jim Ekstrom and Rosalind Eric and Gail Sakurai Cowie Irene Sanchez Lawrence Williams and Mary Jane Johnson Mark and Susan Foutz Tapha Sears Bibi and Jos Wolke ​Jacqui Galbreath Frances Shea. Dora Yelk ​Anne Taylor Hensley Susan Sinor Pam Helton Ed and Judy Stanley Festival Supporters Dot Houk Kay Stephens (up to $99) Peter and Ruth Igoe Karen Sutton Rosalyn M. Abramson – In honor of Lois Gosa, Linda Janca ​ Rosemary Syczygiel retired member of the Jacksonville Symphony Marsha Joyner Bryan and Karen Tabler Anna Armstrong Mark & Donna Paz Kaufman John Coogan Lou and Joyce Tonti Rosalind Cowie Russ and Judy Kahoe Jerry & Mary Lynn Torchia Kristy Gang Stan and Claudia Kavan Steven Traver Thomas Harper Joy Kemp Betty Waas Tom Hilton Nick and Lis Krawiecki Lisa Webber Peter Howell Rob and Amy Laidlaw Jack and Karen Weber Faye Jackson Yvette Janssen and Martin Ainbinder Robert and Karen Lavine Norman & Marilyn Wesley James and Anne Kirk Linda Lay Catherine West, John Lipkin Allen & Sharon Lennon grant writer Kerwin Mayers Chris London ​Tom and Vicki Whittemore Elton O’Byrne Donna Lott Steve Zebrasky Barbara Roberts 13 SPECIAL THANKS

Amelia Park Neighborhood Association Steve Leimberg, photography Art on Centre Tom Linley, marketing and publicity Dickie Anderson, The Porch Kurt Marasco, IT consultant Ktimene Axetell, Young Patrons core group Jack Melvin, Keyboard Connection Jennifer Bauer, Young Patrons core group Omni Amelia Island Plantation Emma Mills Bledsoe, Strings Program piano teacher Walt Petersen, photography Caroline Blochlinger, website developer Lynne Radcliff, master class support Bob’s Steak House, C-Note prize Penny Reid, Mouth of Amelia Bob Bolan, governance consultant Jeff Ringhofer, graphic design Dick Cinquina, marketing and publicity Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island Club 14 Fitness, 3-month membership C-Note prize Sue Sinor, grant writer Concours d’Elegance, car show tickets C-Note prize Summer House Realty, James and Jenny Schaffer, Susan Dodge, Royal Amelia Dance Academy owners Foy Maloy, Fernandina Beach News Leader Lauren Templeton, Young Patrons core group & Lea Gallardo, photography Instagram Pam Green, Facebook Shelby Trevor, Strings Program violin teacher Anne Taylor Hensley, low country boil C-Note prize UPS Store, Fernandina Beach Will Howery, luthier services The Violin Shop, instrument appraisal services Roslyn Hume, photography Catherine West, grant writer Stewart and Eileen Shannon Ira, Vicki Whittemore, ticket sales management sunset cruise C-Note prize Trang Wiest, Young Patrons core group Bill Ivins, graphic design William Wiest, Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island Phil Kelly, Amelia Islander Magazine Chip and Nancy Wood, original paintings C-Note prize

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We thank the many organizations & individuals for their hospitality in housing the Festival’s guest artists.

Omni Amelia Island Resort Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island Victor & Linda Bilanchone Emma Mills Bledsoe Sue Braddock Jim & Jane Flynn Barbara Alleva Gant and Donald R. Gant Lou and Susan Goldman Anne Taylor Hensley Bill Hensley Steve & Jackie Kennard Christopher Rex & Dr. Martha Wilkins 14

A heartfelt THANK YOU to all of our Sponsors, Contributors, Volunteers, Partners and Patrons. Without you the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival could not exist.

Spring Institute Concerts by emerging chamber music quartets in Master Classes with the Dover String Quartet and Christopher Rex, artistic director of Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival – June 1 through June 5, 2021. The primary purpose of the Spring Institute is to be a premier training and mentoring program which provides performance opportunities. For the 20th season the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival features the following talented artists. Jennings String Quartet from the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings Meraki String Quartet from

Concert Schedule:

June 5 at 5 PM – tickets: $10 at the County Courthouse, Centre Street

*Times and venues are subject to change. Please go to www.aicmf.com for more information.