Saturday Evenings – Eastern Music Festival

EASTERN MUSIC FESTIVAL PRESENTS GRAND SEASON FINALE CONCERT WITH RENOWNED GUEST PIANIST AWADAGIN PRATT ON JULY 29

As the 62nd year of the 5-week festival ends, the Eastern Music Festival looks forward to featuring extraordinary pianist and long-time friend of EMF Awadagin Pratt as a special guest performer for the season finale concert. This spectacular musical performance will take place on Saturday, July 29, at 8:00 PM in the iconic Dana Auditorium, […]

EASTERN MUSIC FESTIVAL PRESENTS AN UNFORGETTABLE EVENING OF MASTERPIECES FEATURING 28-YEAR-OLD RENOWNED PIANIST DREW PETERSEN AND A WORLD PREMIERE PIECE ON JULY 22

The Eastern Music Festival (EMF) delights in presenting a captivating concert on July 22 at 8:00 PM, taking place in the esteemed Dana Auditorium on the Guilford College campus. This extraordinary musical event will showcase the talents of guest artist pianist Drew Petersen playing music by Ravel, and a world premiere by Paul Frucht featuring […]

JULY 15 AT EASTERN MUSIC FESTIVAL FEATURING THE “MIGHTY 5’s”

Eastern Music Festival (EMF), Greensboro’s nationally recognized classical music festival and summer educational program presented on the campus of Guilford College, hosts a performance dedicated to the fifth symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven and Gustav Mahler on Saturday, July 15 at 8:00 PM in Dana Auditorium at Guilford College. Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 and […]

EMF ALUMNI, 2022 ROSEN-SCHAFFEL COMPETITION WINNER, AND 2022 UNCSA GRADUATE WINFRED FELTON TO PERFORM VIVALDI BASSOON CONCERTO WITH THE EASTERN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA ON JULY 8

Eastern Music Festival (EMF), Greensboro’s nationally recognized classical music festival and summer educational program, delights in the opportunity to bring EMF alumni, 2022 Rosen-Schaffel Competition winner, and 2022 UNCSA Alumni Winfred Felton to EMF to perform on Saturday July 8 with the Eastern Festival Orchestra. About Winfred and his performance interviewed and written by EMF […]

William Wolfram: Harmonizing Eastern Music Festival with Unparalleled Brilliance

By: Catharine Yoder, EMF Media and Communications Intern Within the colorful history of the Eastern Music Festival (EMF), a celebrated platform for nurturing young talent and showcasing artistic brilliance, one name resonates with exceptional virtuosity: concert pianist and piano faculty member William “Bill” Wolfram. As a distinguished artist and a cherished figure within the festival’s […]

EASTERN MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 28-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN PIANIST DREW PETERSEN TO DEBUT WITH EASTERN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA ON JULY 22, 2023