The 4rd Annual
Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival
May 29 - June 19 at many locations throughout Amelia Island
All photographs by Wayne Howard

Some of the finest musicians in the world will return to Amelia Island this summer for the fourth annual Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival.

Christopher Rex, Artistic Director of the
Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival.
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This annual celebration of timeless chamber music attracts acclaimed artists and music lovers to what was a sleepy fishing village on an island the size of Manhattan. For three weeks in early summer, music literally spills onto the shady streets of Amelia Island from venues that range from the historic and the sacred to the elegant and the lighthearted.

Performers making their festival debut include pianist Horatio Gutierrez, Professor Peter Schickele (aka P.D.Q. Bach), and the Ritz Chamber players. They will join returning favorites Lynn Harrell, Orli Shaham, the Guarneri String Quartet, the Takacs String Quartet, Robert McDuffie, Hilary Hahn, Mark O'Connor, Rachel Barton Pine, Elmar Oliveira, Valentina Lisitsa, and many others.

The performances at the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival are as exciting as you will hear anywhere in the world. This year's event spans three weeks and includes 29 concerts, 14 venues and over 50 musicians. If you are lucky enough to experience a festival concert, you might remember Plato's words: "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything."

Christopher Rex, Artistic Director of the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival, has been named to the national Chamber Music America Board of Directors in recognition of the significance of the festival. The Southeast Tourism Society has named the festival to their Top 20 Events in June.
The opening event of the 2005 festival is a free concert by the Amelia Pops String Quartet in Central Park at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 29. The closing gala, "Virtuosi di Amelia," will be held on Sunday, June 19, at The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island.

The Beer and G-Strings series at the historic
Palace Saloon is an annual festival favorite.
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For the latest festival information, including ticket availability and prices, please call (904) 261-1779 or check online at www.ameliaislandchambermusic.org.