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2025 SEASON

SCHEDULE

Cherish legendary masterworks and discover new works through the joyous spirit and the dedication to excellence of the LGMF community.

 

June 8-19, 2025

Stay tuned for updates!

Maximize your Lake George Music Festival experience with a Full Season Pass, pick and choose with a 3-Day Pass, and upgrade with a VIP Parking Pass!

We are pleased to once again present our summer concerts at the Carriage House at Fort William Henry. Click to learn more about this historic venue.

MON, JUN 2

VICTORIAN TEA

TIME & LOCATION

3:00PM – 5:00PM

The Carriage House, 48 Canada Street, Lake George, NY

Join us as we recapture the romance of the days of Lake George’s Gilded Age, and enjoy a gathering that is both elegant and fun! Our Victorian Tea Party will have an emphasis on presentation, conversation, and music. Sponsored by the Lake George Music Festival Guild.

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LEAD SPONSOR

$500

HONORARY COMMITTEE

$100

STANDARD ADMISSION

$55

SUPPORT LGMF

"COMPOSER'S INSTITUTE" BENEFIT CONCERT

MARCH 29TH, 6:00PM
GREENWICH HOUSE MUSIC SCHOOL, 46 BARROW STREET, NEW YORK, NY

Join us for a special benefit concert in support of our Composer's Institute. 

Proceeds will help us maintain a scholarship fund for Composers Institute participants, ensuring we remain competitive as one of the top young composer training programs in the country. Your ticket purchase or donation is essential in making our festival as accessible, equitable and inclusive as possible. The Lake George Music Festival has always centered new music in its programming and mission, and the presence of the Composers Institute reinforces, invigorates and enhances this central pillar of the festival. 

The performance will feature 3 of our outstanding composer alumni. The Rhythm Method, our resident quartet since the Institute’s founding, will be performing works by Che Buford, Justine Leichtling, and Murphy Severtson - all pieces written for and originally premiered at LGMF! 

Ticket prices include the performance, a talk by Institute director Alyssa Weinberg, and testimonials from young artists who have flourished thanks to the program’s mentorship, scholarships, and resources. The event will be fully catered with delicious food and fine wine. Only 70 tickets will be sold, so please don't delay in your purchase!

  • Reflecting on the first 5 years of the Composers Institute, I am truly blown away by the growth of the program, strength of community we’ve developed, and the groundbreaking new works that have been brought to life. Since our first season in 2020, we have now welcomed a total of 50 young composers from top conservatories around the country - everywhere from Juilliard, Curtis, and Peabody to USC, Northwestern and Michigan - to join our Lake George family and support their journey as emerging and essential voices in our field. Year after year I am blown away by the warmth, openness, curiosity, and generosity of the cohort, and find myself humbled and inspired by the originality and inventiveness of the work being created by these astonishing young composers.

     

    I am thrilled to be able to feature 3 of our outstanding alumni at this event. The Rhythm Method, our resident quartet since the Institute’s founding, will be performing works by Che Buford, Justine Leichtling, and Murphy Severtson - all pieces written for and originally premiered at LGMF! 

    Your ticket helps us maintain a scholarship fund for Composers Institute participants, ensuring we remain competitive as one of the top young composer training programs in the country, and essential to our ability to make our festival as accessible, equitable and inclusive as possible. The Lake George Music Festival has always centered new music in its programming and mission, and the presence of the Composers Institute reinforces, invigorates and enhances this central pillar of the festival. 

    I invite you to purchase a ticket or make a donation; directly supporting the next generation of young voices and ensuring that the Composers Institute remains a thriving program within the LGMF community! 

    -Alyssa Weinberg, Director, Composer's Institute 

    ABOUT THE INSTITUTE

    The Composers Institute at the Lake George Music Festival brings together some of the most promising young composers from across the country for a week of study and creative exchange. Under the mentorship of composer and Director Alyssa Weinberg, students attend seminars, masterclass and private lessons, while being able to participate in the vibrant musical and social life of the Lake George Music Festival. 

     

    Each year our composers write new string quartets to be workshopped and premiered by faculty ensemble-in-residence The Rhythm Method, hailed as “fierce, fearless, and virtuosic” and “unapologetically stylistically omnivorous and versatile.” We’ve welcomed some of the most sought after composers in the field to be in residence at the Institute, providing masterclasses and mentorship to our students and sharing their music with the festival community. Recent guests have included David Ludwig, Jessie Montgomery, Juri Seo, and Nina C. Young, and in 2025 we’ll be joined by Amy Beth Kirsten and Donnacha Dennehy.

GOLD EVENT SPONSOR

$500

HONORARY COMMITTEE

$250

STANDARD ADMISSION

$129

SUPPORT LGMF

OPEN REHEARSALS

FREE EVENTS

Get to see firsthand and up close how our musicians rehearse and prepare for concerts.

CARRIAGE HOUSE
LAKE GEORGE PUBLIC LIBRARY
COURTHOUSE MUSEUM

JUN 9 - 10, time TBA

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WED, JUN 11

OPENING RECEPTION & PERFORMANCE

TIME & LOCATION

7:00PM – 9:00PM

The Carriage House, 48 Canada Street, Lake George, NY

Repertoire will highlight new compositions and traditional masterworks performed by the festival’s diverse roster of established professionals and emerging artists.

 

Program: Gustav Holst, St. Paul Suite, Op.29 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Octet in E flat Major, Op.103 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 31 in D Major, “Paris”, K 297/300a. Roger Kalia conducts.

 

Tickets: $20 online in advance or at the door.

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MASTERCLASS SERIES

FREE EVENTS

TIME & LOCATION

The Carriage House, 48 Canada Street, Lake George, NY

Master classes are dedicated, public teaching sessions designed to broaden knowledge and share experience between a subject expert and students. The masterclass format works exceptionally well in the field of music, because it enables students to refine certain elements of their craft under the guidance of seasoned artists, be it interpreting a particular piece or honing a specific technique. Join LGMF guest artists and staff throughout the festival for this exciting educational series. All LGMF Master classes are held at the Carriage House unless otherwise noted.

AUG 13, 2:00PM – 3:00PM with Marc Webster, LGMF Recording Engineer

AUG 15, 2:00PM – 4:00PM with Solomiya Ivakhiv, Violin

AUG 16, 2:00PM – 4:00PM with Ji Hye Jung, Percussion

AUG 17, 2:00PM – 4:00PM with Scott Hartman, Trombone

AUG 20, 2:00PM – 4:00PM with Henry Kramer, Piano

AUG 21, 2:00PM – 4:30PM with Roger Kalia, Conducting

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