The Savannah Music Festival (SMF) will present a special off-season chamber music concert featuring an artist with Savannah roots. World-renowned cellist Raphael Bell, whose parents are from Savannah, will perform alongside violinist Stefan Jackiw and pianist Andrew Armstrong on January 15, 2026 at 6 p.m. in the exquisitely restored Regina Coeli Hall at The Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist. Tickets are $50 and are available online on the Savannah Music Festival website.

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When Savannah-area elementary school students return from winter break in January, it will be to the tune of great music. Savannah Music Festival’s (SMF) Musical Explorers program will host its concert week January 13-16, 2026. The concert celebrates the conclusion of the Musical Explorers 2025-2026 season which began in July 2025.

Developed in partnership with Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute, Musical Explorers connects elementary students to diverse musical communities. It is a free program and participants build basic music skills as students learn songs from different cultures and reflect on their own communities. After focusing on three musical traditions each semester, in-person concerts allow students to “meet” the professional musicians.

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The lineup for the 2026 Savannah Music Festival (SMF) has been revealed and will return to the Hostess City from Wednesday March 25 to Sunday April 5, 2026. The Festival is now in its 37th year and is described by the Toronto Star as “a magnet for those of us who like to have our listening borders stretched.”

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