The Winter Harbor Music Festival brings year-round Classical Music concerts, community opera, chamber music, and artist-faculty collaborations to the spectacular Downeast tip of the Schoodic Peninsula.
If you’ve ever sat in Hammond Hall and felt the hall come alive — with Rossini, Mozart, Strauss, chamber music, outreach concerts, and the joy of making music together — you already know how special this place is.
Your support helps us continue this work.
If you’ve ever sat in Hammond Hall and felt the hall come alive — with Rossini, Mozart, Strauss, chamber music, outreach concerts, and the joy of making music together — you already know how special this place is.
Your support helps us continue this work.
Mailing Address
PO Box 510
Winter Harbor, ME 04693
PO Box 510
Winter Harbor, ME 04693
Why Your Gift Matters
The mission of the Winter Harbor Music Festival is simple: to bring musicians of all ages and levels together with professional artists, offering high-quality performances and meaningful musical experiences to the Downeast Maine community.
Your donation directly supports:
Whether you attend one concert each summer or follow us all year long, your support keeps music vibrant in Downeast Maine.
Your donation directly supports:
- Community Opera productions
- Chamber concerts and festival events
- Scholarships for young and emerging musicians
- The Downeast Chamber Orchestra
- Year-round concerts, including our First Friday Series and holiday performances
- Outreach and artist engagement in local businesses and educational venues
- Artist Faculty who mentor, coach, rehearse, and perform alongside participants
Whether you attend one concert each summer or follow us all year long, your support keeps music vibrant in Downeast Maine.
Our 2025–2026 Fundraising Goal: $80,000
This season, we are working toward a $80,000 fundraising goal.
Every contribution brings us closer to this goal and helps sustain the musical heartbeat of the Schoodic Peninsula.
- $30,000 to support programming, scholarships, outreach concerts, housing for musicians from around the world, rehearsal resources, and the increasing expenses of operating a year-round music festival in Downeast Maine.
- $50,000 to support production costs, set building, and other essential building projects in the future.
Every contribution brings us closer to this goal and helps sustain the musical heartbeat of the Schoodic Peninsula.
Special Donor Offer
As a thank-you to our supporters, donors contributing $200 or more may purchase a Full Season Ticket for $150 — a $100 savings off the regular price.
Season Tickets include access to all festival events throughout the year.
Season Tickets include access to all festival events throughout the year.
Where Your Gift Goes
$25 – $50
Supports sheet music, program books, and printing
$100 – $250
Helps cover rehearsal space, orchestra musicians, and outreach events
$500 – $1,000
Supports opera production costs, guest artists, and community programming
$1,000+
Provides a partial scholarship for an emerging musician to attend the Summer Festival
$2,500+
Provides a full scholarship for an emerging musician to attend the Summer Festival
$5,000+
Major sponsorship for an opera production or season-long programming
Supports sheet music, program books, and printing
$100 – $250
Helps cover rehearsal space, orchestra musicians, and outreach events
$500 – $1,000
Supports opera production costs, guest artists, and community programming
$1,000+
Provides a partial scholarship for an emerging musician to attend the Summer Festival
$2,500+
Provides a full scholarship for an emerging musician to attend the Summer Festival
$5,000+
Major sponsorship for an opera production or season-long programming
Help Keep Music Thriving in Downeast Maine
If the Winter Harbor Music Festival has inspired you, moved you, or brought you into the community at Hammond Hall, please consider making a tax-deductible donation today.
Your generosity ensures that live music continues to flourish right here on the Schoodic Peninsula — where the pounding surf meets the rockbound coast of Maine.
Signed,
Your generosity ensures that live music continues to flourish right here on the Schoodic Peninsula — where the pounding surf meets the rockbound coast of Maine.
Signed,
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Deirdre McArdle, Founder & Artistic Director
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Deiran Manning, Executive Director
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Joshua Gurwitz, Administrative Director
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