Festival artistic director Linda Chesis saw Cooperstown as an ideal location for a music festival. The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival began with three events in 1999, and has since offered the region more than 100 performances, from classical to contemporary, jazz to bluegrass, and cabaret to kids’ concerts.

Ariel Quartet: Celebrating Mothers

Distinguished by its virtuosity, probing musical insight, and impassioned, fiery performances, the Ariel Quartet has garnered critical praise worldwide for more than twenty years. They will present a program of works by Maurice Ravel and Robert Schumann.