- Mt. Desert Festival of Chamber Music — The Mt. Desert Festival of Chamber Music, now in its 55th season, is one the longest running festivals in the state of Maine. In 1963, it pioneered in bringing back the first public concerts on Mt. Desert Island since the halcyon pre-World War I days. Concerts are held in Northeast Harbor at the historic Neighborhood House, which in its earliest days hosted the likes of Caruso, Paderewski, and Fritz Kreisler. Todd Crow became music director of the festival in 1996, taking over from founder Matthew Raimondi, who as first violinist of the famed Composers String Quartet directed the concerts for the first 33 years. [Added: Mar-23-2011]
- Vassar College - Department of Music — Founded in 1861, Vassar College is a highly selective, residential, coeducational liberal arts college. Consistently ranked among the top liberal arts colleges in the country, Vassar is renowned for pioneering achievements in education, for its long history of curricular innovation, and for the beauty of its campus. As one of the college's first departments, the Department of Music, formed in 1865, offers an extensive program encompassing opportunities for majors and non-majors to explore performance, composition, history, and theory in depth. [Added: Mar-23-2011]