What better way to morph from work to leisure than with the perfectly paired combination of music and wine? In partnership with our friends at 868 Estate Vineyards, this evening will awaken your senses with delicious food, gorgeous wine and exhilarating music.

ACMF Founder and Artistic Director Katie Tertell and 868 Co-Founder Nancy Deliso have worked together to excellently pair sound to taste and will guide you through the evening with their passion for wine and love of live music.

Take advantage of our Wine&Music Pass for just $175 and attend all three of our popular Wine&Music events. Concerts take place on August, 5, 10 and 11.

Bringing music straight into the heart of the community is the foundation of ACMF’s mission. Our new Porch Concert Series features both ACMF and local musicians collaborating and performing around Harpers Ferry, at businesses, landmarks and community hotspots.

ACMF musicians head to Epigram Coffee in Historic Harpers Ferry to perform a selection of music by the Danish String Quartet - the perfect way to blend classical music with the feelings of nature and heritage. 

Bringing music straight into the heart of the community is the foundation of ACMF’s mission. Our new Porch Concert Series features both ACMF and local musicians collaborating and performing around Harpers Ferry, at businesses, landmarks and community hotspots.

Come and experience the musical process each day at 2:00 PM on August 3-6! ACMF camp participants will perform prepared solo works for some of our world-class coaches. 

Free and open to the public! Come experience the talent and promise of the next generation! Our ACMF camp participants will present a relaxed concert after a week of coaching and instruction from our ACMF artists.

In partnership with the National Park Service, we celebrate America250 through the music of two American icons, Don Redman and George Gershwin. Our ACMF festival musicians collaborate with the Howard Burns Quartet for a fusion of jazz and strings, in the historic setting of Storer College Green, Harpers Ferry.

This is a free concert and will last approximately 50-75 minutes. Please reserve your space by securing a ticket.

You’ll be treated to solo works of Bach and  composers inspired by him throughout the centuries, performed by our dazzling ACMF 2026 musicians.  With coffee and a sweet treat from our friends at Bolivar Bread Bakery and Epigram Coffee, this one-hour program is the perfect way to start off a summery Saturday morning with a spring in your step and a unique opportunity to hear the solo artistry of the collaborators you’ll enjoy throughout the festival.

This concert is part of the Coffee Concert Pass - buy tickets to all three Coffee Concerts for just $80.

5:00–7:00 PM Pre-Concert Dinner (purchase separately)

7:00PM–7:30PM Pre-Concert Talk with Dr. Jordan Burke

7:30PM Art & Music Concert Begins

Art & Music features masterpieces that have been chosen for their evocative imagery, and will include the world premiere of our 2026 commissioned composer, Liliya Ugay. This 70-minute program will be amplified by powerfully curated artwork displayed on the big screen, expertly selected by Dr. Jordan Burke. Join our Pre-Concert Talk to hear Jordan’s insights exploring the visual selections and their connection to the music, and more about the compositional process with our 2026 commissioned composer, Lilya Ugay.

To enhance your evening, choose a special prix-fixe, three-course dinner at Bistro 112, available exclusively for ACMF patrons before the show. 

You asked for more Bach- we listened! We are delighted to return to St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in the heart of historic Shepherdstown. Enjoy coffee with a sweet treat from Bolivar Bread Bakery, and be swept away in the beauty of this splendid rendition of Bach’s groundbreaking Goldberg Variations.

This concert is part of the Coffee Concert Pass - buy tickets to all three Coffee Concerts for just $80.

ACMF is delighted to return to Shenandoah Conservatory’s Goodson Chapel in a joint concert with conservatory faculty, Garrick Zoeter (clarinet) and Geoffrey Pilkington (horn).

This lush and dynamic program explores the way composers from the past two centuries have expanded and evolved traditional groupings of instruments to create magical, groundbreaking sound-worlds. 

This event will last approximately 90-120 minutes.

From Jail to Juilliard and Beyond tells the compelling true-life autobiographical story of a young man in prison, consumed by anger—until a cast-off guitar changes everything.

Take advantage of our Wine&Music Pass for just $175 and attend all three of our popular Wine&Music events. Concerts take place on August, 5, 10 and 11.

Experience the transformational magic of delicious food and wine with beautiful music in a unique and elegant historic space! ACMF is delighted to partner with Flor & Galleano and Walsh Family Wine for an evening that will thrill all of your senses. What better way to morph into the hustle and bustle of a Tuesday into a leisurely evening than with the perfectly paired combination of music, wine and food?

ACMF Founder and Artistic Director Katie Tertell pairs sound to taste, and guides you through the evening with her passion for wine and food and love for music. 

Take advantage of our Wine&Music Pass for just $175 and attend all three of our popular Wine&Music events. Concerts take place on August, 5, 10 and 11.

Bringing music straight into the heart of the community is the foundation of ACMF’s mission. Our new Porch Concert Series features both ACMF and local musicians collaborating and performing around Harpers Ferry, at businesses, landmarks and community hotspots.

Experience metamorphosis through music at the beloved Barns of Rose Hill. The program features the US Premiere of Natalie Klouda's Alma Rosé, Max Richter's cinematic On the Nature of Daylight, and the returning Vaughan-Williams Piano Quintet. The evening culminates with Schubert's Death and the Maiden — a masterpiece exploring the ultimate metamorphosis of the human spirit — performed in Gustav Mahler's celebrated expanded arrangement for string ensemble.

At the heart of our festival theme is Richard Strauss's Metamorphosen — a profound meditation on reflection and rebirth. The program opens with Kenji Bunch's The Still Small Voice before moving into Strauss's powerful work. The second half features Mahler's luminous Adagietto from his 5th Symphony, arranged for string quintet by ACMF artist Suliman Tekalli, followed by Schubert's Death and the Maiden in Mahler's own arrangement for string ensemble — a moving and unforgettable close to an extraordinary evening.

Start your Saturday at the historic Shepherdstown Train Station for a fun, lively and moving hour of musical conversation. Our ever-popular 'Duo Delights' program showcases the chemistry and virtuosity of ACMF artists in a series of stripped-back, engaging performances. Whether it's the interplay of two violins or the deep resonance of cello and bass, this concert with coffee and a sweet treat from our friends at Bolivar Bread Bakery and Epigram Coffee offers a relaxed, 'up-close' look at the evolution of sound in its purest form.

This concert is part of the Coffee Concert Pass - buy tickets to all three Coffee Concerts for just $80.

If you want to experience the breadth of the 2026 festival in one enchanting evening, this concert is for you. At the charming Camp Hill-Wesley Church, we bring together the season’s most powerful moments: from the second performance of Liliya Ugay’s commissioned work to the sweeping grandeur of the Brahms Sextet and Strauss’s Metamorphosen. It is a celebration of the 'Metamorphosis' theme, showcasing our artists and the music that has defined our summer.

We close our 2026 season with a kaleidoscopic celebration at the historic and beloved Zion Episcopal Church in Charles Town. This 75 minute finale brings together our entire string artist roster for a program that spans centuries and styles—from the grace of Mozart to the modern brilliance of Bacewicz and the premiere of Alex Weiser’s Airs of Awe and Wonder, featuring Sam Suggs, bass. Join us as we reflect on two weeks of change, connection, and exhilarating music, ending on a high note with selections from our ACMF festival tradition: Selections from Danish String Quartet’s “Woodworks” and “Last Leaf” albums.