Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro June 27-August 1, 2009 The New Crossroads of American Music Join us in the beautiful central Piedmont region in North Carolina this summer for one of this country’s top summer music festivals – the Eastern Music Festival! The nationally recognized Eastern Music Festival will produce over 100 events – everything from Grammy-winning classical soloists with symphony orchestra (three resident orchestras to choose from) – to one of America’s most innovative and eclectic schedules of alternative programming, as part of EMFfringe. Principal conductor Gerard Schwarz heads a distinguished list of participating artists. Eastern Music Festival Special Rate During the Festival, we are offering a special rate. So come to town and enjoy several performances. Please call reservations at 336-379-8200 for more! As more and more of the world's top performers come here to work, teach and perform, gifted music students in record numbers from across the U.S. and abroad are vying for a place among the few who will be accepted to study and spend five weeks at Eastern Music Festival. And growing audiences from across the region are loving the great music. So why is Greensboro's Eastern Music Festival fast becoming one of the hottest places to be in this country for young musicians and professional performers?   You can see why on their faces. Everyone is smiling. The world's greatest artists, many of them Grammy winners, are coming to EMF to work and refresh themselves. There is a new chemistry at sold-out performances, and it is intoxicating. And America is listening - performances recorded at EMF are featured regularly on National Public Radio's popular Performance Today program, broadcast on 264 stations nationwide.   We are delighted to be a major sponsor this year. Visit us and discover music in a whole new way at EMF.   Click here for the complete EMF Schedule.