2024
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World premiere performances in The Hudson Valley and NYC Featuring Grammy-nominated composers and soloists

What Is The
THE Next Festival?

The Next Festival is a rural residency, a New York performance tour, a groundbreaking cross-disciplinary workshop — and much more.

The festival brings together outstanding early-career string players, composers, dancers, and choreographers from around the world for two weeks each June. Through weeklong residencies in upstate New York and New York City, Festival Fellows immerse themselves in collaboration — working alongside pathbreaking professional artists, performing world premieres, participating in recording sessions, and developing exciting new work.

As part of The Next Festival’s commitment to supporting the artists of tomorrow and ensuring equity and access for ALL, we offer a unique “pay-what-you-can” policy — enabling every artist to attend at a price they can afford.

202310th Anniversary
 Season Highlights

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The new works we commission every year have a life of their own beyond our world premiere performances. @oberlincon just presented a new incarnation of “Winter, 1983” by @jeffscott_composer, which was first commissioned for Next Fest in
Our 2024 Guest Artist @sethparkerwoods will be a soloist in live performances of Rebecca Saunders’ cello concerto Ire at @ps21chatham on June 7 and @kaufmanmusiccenter on June 8. LEARN MORE: next-fest.org "Ire is an astonishing work&mdas
Help us cheer on our 2024 Guest Artist @curtis.stewart_violin, and friends at @experientialorchestra, for this @nytimes feature about their "American Counterpoints" album, lifting up the work of Julia Perry. Julia Perry, who would've turn
Tonight! Next Fest AD @peteraskim participates in "Ex Machina", a visually immersive program of eight world premieres written for piano and two genre-crossing collaborative works. This innovative multidisciplinary event examines the compli
Next Fest establishes ongoing relationships with our Fellows. 2023 EarShot Composer, Michael R. Dudley Jr., will be a 2024 guest artist, composing new works for concerts at @ps21chatham and @kaufmanmusiccenter. Dudley (@mr_dudley.mp3) is a trumpet p
In the category of "things to look forward to"... two-time GRAMMY®-nominated cellist @sethparkerwoods will be our 2024 Featured Guest Artist, participating in concerts at @ps21chatham and @kaufmanmusiccenter. Hailed by The Guardian as
String players, ages 20-30, can still apply to be a Performance Fellow for the 2024 Festival, taking place across NY, June 1-14. APPLY HERE: next-fest.org (ink in bio) LEARN new music in an open air pavilion at @ps21chatham. PERFORM a program of wo
Next Fest seeks an Executive Director. This is a part-time remote position that transitions to full-time in-person during the Summer festival. LEARN MORE: next-fest.org/jobs They'll work in close collaboration with the Artistic Director, handling