This year, in its 8th Season, the Valley of the Moon Music Festival presents chamber and vocal music inspired by nature and the elements. Heaven, earth and water are woven through this season’s concerts. From Schubert’s epic “Die Schöne Müllerin,” to Brahms’s “Rain” sonata for violin and piano, to Florence Price’s “Sunset,” audiences will be treated to music inspired by the magic and beauty of the natural world.

To complement this celebration of nature’s majesty, the Festival will launch the Music Alfresco series, where audiences will experience music in select beautiful natural settings in Sonoma County.

In addition, our popular Blattner Lecture Series will feature musical experts such as Harvard Musicologist Kate van Orden, in conversation with a Festival Laureate cellist, and the world renowned conductor Nicholas McGegan offering illuminating insight into this year’s theme and repertoire.

During the last two years, we have been yearning for the outdoors as a safe space to gather with others and reconnect to ourselves. That is why we were moved to select the natural world as this year’s theme. At this summer’s Festival, you will find refuge, renewal and extraordinary inspiration, as we celebrate the gifts of Mother Nature and honor her with some of the finest music she has inspired.