Welcome to The New Harmony Music Festival and School

Once again, musicians, students, families and friends gather for a full week of engaging music education and performances unlike anything found elsewhere! Erasing boundaries between classical, jazz, world, and traditional music, everyone gets to experience this fusion of styles and perspectives in intimate settings around the community of New Harmony, Indiana. Join us once, and you will keep coming back for more!

Festival Week is an exciting time to visit New Harmony! Something is going on every day, including our ever-popular lunchtime Pop-Up Concerts, and a variety of activities each evening, culminating in a weekend packed with live radio broadcasts of our featured concerts and a special morning concert with grand piano set in The Roofless Church.

Check Our Facebook Page for current updates and pop-up concert locations

Wednesday, July 7

12 Noon-12:40PM CDT: Pop-up Concert #1
Location: The Contemporary Gallery, 506 Main, St., New Harmony, IN, 47631
Artists: Christopher Layer, Randy Tracy, Sue Logan
Featured music: Scottish and Irish Music on Irish Flute, Pipes, Fiddle, Oboe & English Horn

6:00-9:00PM CDT: Public welcome Party & Open Folk Jam Session
Location: Sara’s Harmony Way, 500 Church St. New Harmony, IN, 47631
Hosts/Artists: Christopher Layer, Randy Tracy, plus local musicians and singers from the region.

Thursday, July 8

12 Noon-12:40PM CDT: Pop-up Concert #2
Location: The Workingmen’s Institute Library, 407 Tavern St, New Harmony, IN 47631
Artists: Martha Waldvogel and friends
Featured music: Celtic music, classical harp music.

7:00-8:45PM CDT:  Festival Documentary Film & Q&A “Harmonista-Finding Festival” (2013)
Location: Workingmen’s Institute Library, 407 Tavern St, New Harmony, IN, 47631
Artists/Panel Host: Christopher Layer and friends.

Friday, July 9

12 Noon-12:40PM CDT: Pop-up Concert #3
Location: The Cathedral Labyrinth, 301 North St., New Harmony, IN, 47631
Artists: Alan Snow & Randy Tracy
Featured music: Violin/Fiddle solos and duos, Bach, Scottish music, some surprises.

7:00-8:30PM CDT: Outdoor Piano & Instrumental Concert #1
Location: The Philip Johnson Roofless Church, 420 North St., New Harmony, IN, 47631
Artists: Kaufman, Kostraba, Benjamin Waldvogel, Layer, Tracy, Logan, Martha Waldvogel
Featured music: Debussy-Syrinx(Kaufman), The Shores Of Lock Gowna(Layer/Waldvovel), Gershwin-Preludes(Kostraba), Benjamin Waldvogel Set, more…

Saturday, July 10

9:00am-10:30 CDT: Outdoor Piano & Instrumental Concert #2 Location: The Philip Johnson Roofless Church, 420 North St., New Harmony, IN, 47631
Artists: Kaufman, Kostraba, Benjamin Waldvogel, Layer, Tracy, (Poss M. Waldvogel)
Featured music: Celtic music, Classical music, New Orleans music, etc…

2pm-2:40pm CDT: Pop-up Concert #4
Location: Black Lodge Coffee Roasters, 610 Church St., New Harmony, IN, 47631
Artists: Mindy Kaufman (Flutist & solo Piccolo, NY Philharmonic) Christopher Layer, Sue Logan
Featured music: Silver and wooden flute throw-down plus oboe!

7:00-8:30PM CDT: Outdoor Instrumental Concert
Location: The Philip Johnson Roofless Church, 420 North St. New Harmony, IN, 47631
Artists: Kaufman, Layer, Logan, Snow, Tracy, M. Waldvogel
Featured music: Aaron Copland, P.E. Chedeville, Handel, Claire De La Lune, Mouret, Fauré, Ibert, etc…

Sunday, July 10

12 Noon-12:40PM CDT: Closing Pop-up Concert
Location: TBA
Artists:Christopher Layer and friends
Featured music: TBA

The New Harmony Music Festival and School embraces both classical and traditional “musics”: a place where musicians, students, and music appreciators could immerse themselves in an environment free from the strictures of “label”, “style” or “category” and explore the common threads and roots of acoustic music from these two traditions. –Chris Layer, Founder

The New Harmony Music Festival and School presents concerts throughout the year, to sell-out audiences. We welcome you to read about our past performance and share your memories in the comments section.