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Birdfoot Festival’s 2019 season, May 28–June 1 2019, fills venues across the city with a week of beautifully bold and truly intimate world-caliber performances, open rehearsals, free community concerts, and “backstage” experiences…

Birdfoot Festival is thrilled to welcome Patrick Castillo and Geoffrey Hamlyn to its Board of Directors. “It’s incredibly exciting to have Geoffrey and Patrick as part of the Birdfoot team,” says Birdfoot Artistic Director Jenna Sherry. “Both of them bring incredible breadth and depth of experience…

Explore and experience the surprising fun (and sometimes funny) art of classical improvisation on December 2, 2018 in a hands-on workshop led by …

We’re deeply honored that an article featuring the Birdfoot Festival appears in the 2018 Spring issue of Chamber Music America’s quarterly magazine…

Need to unplug, recharge, and refresh? GoNOLA.com’s online Guide to the 2018 Birdfoot Festival has you covered. For the complete….

Ace Hotel New Orleans has generously discounted rates just for 2018 Birdfoot Festival attendees May 28–June 2.

Months of dedication, rehearsing, and intensive coaching paid off for two of Birdfoot’s Young Artist Program chamber ensembles when they won the…

May 21–June 2, New Orleans’ international chamber music festival celebrates its seventh season and the city’s Tricentennial with ten days of “fiery, committed, intensely personal” music-making…

Listen in as SAKURA cellist Michael Kaufman and Birdfoot’s Artistic Director Jenna Sherry, discuss SAKURA’s March 1 and 3, 2018 concerts with WWNO 89.9FM’s…

Classical music lovers finally have their own online guide to the New Orleans classical music scene, one offering more live performances than ever before. From chamber music to orchestral, instrumental to vocal, traditional to experimental, the variety of …