Geneva Music Festival

06/11/2026

Thank you for hosting last night's free community performance and helping us share the joy of live music with our community. This community engagement is one of the most gratifying aspects of our festival work!

Audience members enjoyed an early taste of The Pursuit of Happiness, featuring festival artists performing music by Mozart, Schumann, and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw. Our incredible musicians, , , , and , brought this program to life gave an early glimpse into one of this season's most inspiring performances.

Missed it? There's still time to experience the full program this Friday! Join us for The Pursuit of Happiness and celebrate creative possibility.

🎟 Limited tickets are still available at genevamusicfestival.com



Thanks for the great photos!

06/10/2026

Eighth Blackbird has spent over two decades at the forefront of American new music, premiering hundreds of works along the way.

The New York Times has called their performances "ferociously imaginative."

They're live at GMF this week!
Thursday, June 11
7:30 PM
Gearan Center for the Performing Arts

Tickets and info: genevamusicfestival.com

Their GMF appearance offers a chance to hear one of the country's most respected new music ensembles.

06/08/2026

There's truly no better feeling than having a first-time visitor leave delighted!

To the audience member who wrote this: If you're reading this -- you're the reason we do what we do! Thanks so much for being here! 😍

Join us for a concert to see what people are talking about.

We still have tickets available for:
Eighth Blackbird | June 11
Pursuit of Happiness | June 12

Tickets at genevamusicfestival.com

06/05/2026

We enjoyed a beautiful concert of E Pluribus Unum last night featuring , , , , Eliot Heaton, , and James Thompson, in a program that explores music by composers who immigrated to America and helped shape American cultural life.

🍷 Thank you to for pouring your amazing wine. The craft behind the wine in evident in every glass!

🖼 And thank you to for your beautiful exhibition. Come enjoy the beautiful layered colors with a glass of wine in hand.

In case you missed it, the concert is on again tonight, June 5.

🎟 Tickets at genevamusicfestival.com

06/03/2026

Listen in to Summer in Studio E with the Geneva Music Festival on WXXI Classical 91.5 here: https://www.wxxiclassical.org/2026-05-14/geneva-music-festival-artists-in-residence-6-3-12pm

You'll hear the music of Rachmaninoff, Auerbach, Léon, and more with selections from the group's upcoming concert, E Pluribus Unum, June 4 & 5 at 7:30 pm at the Gearan Center for Performing Arts.

Tickets and info at genevamusicfestival.com

The Artists-In-Residence at the Geneva Music Festival explore the music of composers who fled their home countries with excerpts from their upcoming concert, E Pluribus Unum

06/03/2026

Get an early taste of our final Artists-in-Residence performance: The Pursuit of Happiness. This special FREE performance will offer a glimpse of this upcoming program, which celebrates artistic expression and the universal quest for fulfillment, reflecting the American Pursuit of Happiness.

Wednesday, June 10
5:30 PM


No tickets needed.

06/02/2026

Thinking about joining us for a concert this festival season? Come along with us for a first-person look at the experience, from arriving at the venue, to select wine tastings in the lobby, and finally sharing an intimate evening with world-class musicians in the heart of the Finger Lakes. See for yourself why so many people in our community make the Geneva Music Festival part of their summer tradition. Hope to see this season!

06/01/2026

🎥 Meet Mark Olivieri, one of the composers helping shape COLLIDE.

Mark is a composer, he teaches music at Hobart & William Smith Colleges (HWS), and is the Director of HWS Composer’s Sandbox, a summer intensive for emerging composers.

COLLIDE brings together Geneva Music Festival artists, Society for New Music, and Composer’s Sandbox for an evening of bold, contemporary music. This collaboration between today’s composers and GMF performers will create an evening that’s a unique and dynamic concert experience.

It will give you a chance to experience something new in an intimate and accessible setting. You don’t need to know contemporary music to enjoy it!

Come curious and enjoy something unexpected!

COLLIDE
June 6 @ 7:30 PM
Gearan Center for Performing Arts

Tickets at genevamusicfestival.com

06/01/2026

What an amazing, packed-house, highly energetic night we had with over the weekend!

Nights like this, when the house is packed, the physical space between the artist and the audience can feel even smaller, making it a deeply personal, immersive experience. We are so grateful we get to share world-renowned artists like this on our stages right here in Geneva!

As always, our deepest gratitude and thanks to our audiences, partners, and sponsors who make events like this possible!

Our next event this season is just around the corner:

E Pluribus Unum
by GMF Artists-in-Residence
June 4 & 5
7:30 pm at the Gearan Center

Info & tickets at genevamusicfestival.com



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05/31/2026

Community outreach, which includes free concerts and classes, is among the most exciting and important of GMF’s Festival activities. Over the years, many top-tier artists have taken time to share their talents right here in our community. This year, .sound brought their music to over 1,700 children and community members in several elementary and high schools, and the .

These are the moments that remind us why we do what we do, and can't wait to share more!

A huge thank you to our schools for welcoming us, and to our artists for making these educational experiences possible!



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