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SALT BAY CHAMBERFEST 2026 FESTIVAL
Music Unearthed
August All-Access Pass: $200
Four Festival Concerts in Damariscotta: August 4, 7, 11, 14
Damariscotta Season Subscription $165
Single Concert Tickets:
$45 General Admission / $30 First-time attendee / Students free
Includes admission to four evening concerts and pre-concert lectures at Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta
Festival Concert in Rockland: August 5
Festival Concert in Orono: August 12
Single Tickets: $35 General Admission / Students free
Special Event with Violinist Jennifer Koh: August 16
Single Tickets: $45 General Admission / Students free
Festival Concert 1
Found
August 4, 2026
Tuesday at 7:30 pm
Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, ME
Pre-concert lecture at 6:30 pm
August 5, 2026
Wednesday at 7:00 pm
Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockland, ME
MOZART: Horn Quintet
GINA GILLE: Pale Blue Dot
BRUCKNER: String Quintet
David Byrd-Marrow, horn
Aaron Boyd, violin
Susie Park, violin
Maiya Papach, viola
Natalie Loughran, viola
Wilhelmina Smith, cello
Festival Concert 2
Earth & Sky
August 7, 2026
Friday at 7:30 pm
Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, ME
Pre-concert lecture at 6:30 pm
HAYDN: Allegro from String Quartet Op. 64, No. 5, “The Lark”
HAWK HENRIES: Earth and Sky • Song for the Birds • Song for the Earth
MESSIAEN: “Abîme des oiseaux”
BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet
Hawk Henries, Eastern Woodlands flute
Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet
Susie Park, violin
Aaron Boyd, violin
Maiya Papach, viola
Wilhelmina Smith, cello
Festival Concert 3
Created
August 11, 2026
Tuesday at 7:30 pm
Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, ME
Pre-concert lecture at 6:30 pm
August 12, 2026
Wednesday at 7:00 pm
Minsky Recital Hall at the University of Maine in Orono, ME
All works by ANDY AKIHO:
Portal
“Pillar III” from Seven Pillars
“Pillar V” from Seven Pillars
Karakurenai (“Crimson”)
Aka (“Red”)
Go
Locken
Pentalateral I (world premiere)
Sandbox Percussion
Andy Akiho, steel pan
Festival Concert 4
Uprooted
August 14, 2026
Friday at 7:30 pm
Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, ME
Pre-concert lecture at 6:30 pm
SMETANA: String Quartet No. 1, “From My Life”
MARAIS: Les Voix Humaines
ASHOT: “Sari Sirun Yar”
ANATOLIAN TRAD. Eghin Havasi
KAREN OUZOUNIAN: Songs of the Sap (No. 3: world premiere)
SATYAN: Mardigi Yerke
LEMBIT BEECHER: Green Line
LEMBIT BEECHER: Music for the Passing of Days No. 8
Sean Lee, violin
Gabriela Díaz, violin
Maiya Papach, viola
Karen Ouzounian, cello
Shawn Conley, bass
Issam Rafea, oud
Lembit Beecher, electronics
July Benefit Concert
Sean Lee
Benefit Concert with Sean Lee
July 12, 2026
Sunday at 5:00 pm
Wanderwood in Nobleboro, ME
$175
Join us for our annual benefit concert featuring virtuoso violinist Sean Lee performing solo works by Ysaÿe and Paganini. The 30-minute performance will be paired with hors d’oeuvres, oysters, and wine in Wanderwood’s picturesque barn. Proceeds benefit SBC’s many programs.
Jennifer Koh
Special Event with Violinist Jennifer Koh
Jennifer Koh Bach Marathon - with coffee & donuts
August 16, 2026
Sunday at 2:00 pm
Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, ME
$45
Join us for this tour de force event when Grammy winner and SBC favorite Jennifer Koh performs all of J.S. Bach’s complete works for solo violin in one afternoon.
Coffee and donuts will be provided during two intermissions.
BACH: Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin
FREE Community Events
Wabanaki & SBC Collaboration
August 6, 2026
Thursday at 12:00 pm
Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness Cultural Center in Bangor, ME
with Hawk Henries and Lauren Stevens
This event is open to the public free of charge.
SBC @ the Gardens 1
Birdsong with Birds
August 8, 2026
Saturday at 4:00 pm
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, ME
This event is open to the public free of charge.
SBC @ the Gardens 2
Heartbeat of Nature
August 9, 2026
Sunday at 4:00 pm
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, ME
This event is open to the public free of charge.
Music on the River with Aaron Boyd, violin
August 9, 2026
Sunday at 4:00 pm
39 Glidden Street in Newcastle, ME (Home of Adrianne Zahner & Kyle Burchesky)
This event is open to the public free of charge.
Harvesting the Sounds of Nature
August 10, 2026
Monday at 2:00 pm
Keyes Woods Preserve in Bristol, ME
A Maine listening adventure with naturalist Sarah Gladu and cellist Wilhelmina Smith.
This event is open to the public free of charge.
Lecture/Demo with Andy Akiho, steel pan
August 11, 2026
Tuesday at 3:00 pm
Skidompha Public Library in Damariscotta, ME
This event is open to the public free of charge.
Wilhelmina Smith, photo by Juergen Frank
Lecture/Demo with Karen Ouzounian, cello
August 12, 2026
Wednesday at 1:00 pm
Rutherford Library in South Bristol, ME
This event is open to the public free of charge.
Kids & Family Concert
August 13, 2026
Thursday at 3:00 pm
Central Lincoln County YMCA in Damariscotta, ME
This event is open to the public free of charge.
Violin Masterclass with Sean Lee
August 15, 2026
Saturday at 1:00 pm
Skidompha Public Library in Damariscotta, ME
This event is open to the public free of charge.
SBC @ Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens 3
Old Music in a New World
August 15, 2026
Saturday at 4:00 pm
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, ME
This event is open to the public free of charge.