Founded in 1964, the Bowdoin International Music Festival incorporates a music school, three artists' concert series, three more concert series, and the Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music during its six-week residency at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. More than two hundred and fifty highly talented young performers of graduate, college, and high school levels further their artistic development through a concentrated program of instrumental study and composition with the festival's outstanding artist faculty, composed of many of the world's most renowned teachers and performers. Through its concert presentations, the festival brings performers of international stature and a rich variety of musical programming to thousands of residents and summer visitors.

The following is a short (10 minutes) documentary about the Festival:

The Bowdoin International Music Festival was featured in the November 2001 issue of Strad Magazine. Click here for the complete article.

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