Missouri Chamber Music Festival 2026:  Hope is the Thing with Music

June 10 - June 21

Season 16: Hope is the Thing With Music celebrates the deep connection between poetry and music, where lyric and line intertwine. Featuring works by Judith Weir and Augusta Read Thomas, this season illuminates the rhythmic beauty of Emily Dickinson’s poetry, exploring themes of nature, immortality, inner life, and the enduring power of words. In Weir’s Musicians Wrestle Everywhere, an urban landscape transforms Dickinson’s 19th-century reflections into a strikingly modern experience. The season’s commitment to expanding artistic voices continues with the commission of a new work by David Werfelman, further amplifying diverse perspectives in chamber music.