Welcome to the
Winter Harbor Music Festival
​and Concert Series

Reservations for all Performances

​Located on the spectacular 'Downeast' tip of the Schoodic Peninsula in the northern section
​of Acadia National Park
Where the pounding surf meets the rockbound coast of Maine!

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Artist Faculty
Deiran Manning (Opera Director; Piano) - Husson University
Deirdre McArdle (Chamber Music: Flute)- former faculty Manhattan School of Music and Bowdoin College
Wolfgang Brendel, Professor of Voice, Indiana University
Celine Mogielnicki (Voice) - Catholic University
Anatole Wieck (Strings) - University of Maine School of Performing Arts

WHMF photo gallery

Our two week-long festival
(August 1st-18th 2025)

​Applications due March 1st!

Offers instrumentalists and singers a unique opportunity to study and perform with artist faculty, as solo, chamber and choral musicians.  

Participants work with internationally acclaimed artists and teachers, in ensemble coaching sessions, master classes and choral-orchestral rehearsals. 

Arrangements can be made for private lessons with faculty members during the festival.

Our mission

The mission of the Winter Harbor Music Festival is to incorporate musicians of all ages and skill levels into performances with professional artists, offering year-round Classical Music concerts and Operas in Downeast Maine.
 
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Special Thanks to...
The Ocean Reef Charitable Foundation
Maine Community Foundation
Bar Harbor Bank and Trust
The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Maine
Harbor Market
Winter Harbor Provisions
Prospect Harbor Soap Company
Associated Chamber Music Players
​Schoodic Arts For All
Star 97.7
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Vicki and Alan Goldstein
Veronica & Gordon Ward
​Ken Gleason
David & Jana Kleiser
Jane Shipman
​Gitka Noyes


 

Guest faculty and performers
​Carol Wincenc, Professor of Flute, The Juilliard School
Edward Auer, Professor of Piano, Indiana University
Jeffrey Swann, Professor of Piano, New York University
Junghwa Moon, Professor of Piano, Roosevelt University
Carlos Botero, Assistant Conductor, Houston Symphony

Please contact us with any questions
email: [email protected]
or call: 917-238-0819