Eastern Shore
Chamber Music Festival
Fairhope, AL | Point Clear, AL | Gulf Shores, AL
Videography by Benjamin Rollings
Thanks for an amazing summer festival in 2026!
Season Five Concert Dates 26/27:
Fall Concerts: November 13-15, 2026
Concerts in November will feature Sahada Buckley, violin and Dr. Robert Holm, piano
Dates and Locations to be announced soon!
Winter Concerts: January 28-31, 2027
Concerts in January will feature Sahada Buckley, violin, Trace Johnson, cello Amalia Rinehart, piano and more!
Concerts will be at the Fairhope Yacht Club, Fairhope Chocolate, St. Paul’s Magnolia Spring and more!
2027 Summer Festival Concerts
May 28-30, June 4-6, June 11-13
Another three amazing weeks of chamber music in Baldwin County!
Eastern Shore Chamber Music Festival
Fairhope, Alabama
ESCMF artists perform live, mesmerizing classical chamber concerts all along the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay free of charge to our audiences. ESCMF concerts pair contemporary chamber music with masterworks from the chamber repertoire.
ESCMF Artistic Directors
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Sahada Buckley is a violinist and cross-disciplinary artist from Fairhope, Alabama. She is a graduate of the University of Georgia with degrees in Music Theory and Violin Performance and is currently earning her Master's degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying with Pro Arte Quartet first-violinist, David Perry. At UW-Madison, Sahada is a member of the graduate string quartet, the Marvin Rabin String Quartet. In 2018, she performed as a soloist with the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra after winning the 2018 UGASO Concerto Competition and, in 2019, she through-hiked the entire Appalachian Trail with a violin on her backpack. Sahada has attended festivals such as Meadowmount School of Music, Tanglewood BUTI, Montecito Music Festival, and Green Mountain Music Festival. In Madison, Sahada plays with multiple small ensembles exploring the possibilities of experimental improvisation. Two of her albums have been featured on Bandcamp Daily’s ‘Best Experimental Albums’ List. Sahada spends her free time walking her dog, painting and attending concerts.
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Trace Johnson is a cellist known for his rich cello tone and effortless musicality. He has performed as a chamber musician, soloist, and orchestral musician in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Canada, China, and the United States. He has held cello positions with the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Sarasota Orchestra, Sarasota Opera, and Miami City Ballet. Johnson has also appeared with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Present Music, Florentine Opera, Candlelight Concerts, Madison New Music Festival, LunART, Arthaus Orchestra, and Artosphere Festival Orchestra. In 2025, PARMA/Albany Records released Johnson's debut album, Works for Cello, which featured a premiere cello work, Limbic Notes, by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Melinda Wagner. Johnson received his DMA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is currently an adjunct faculty member at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. He is also the Artistic Director at the Eastern Shore Chamber Music Festival in Fairhope, AL, where he is a regular performer and presenter.
