Read & Listen

The Aspen Music Festival and School creates several exciting publications including Program Books, Newsletters, and the news insert "Festival Focus."

The Program Book is released weekly throughout the summer Festival, and contains concert information, performer bios, and fascinating information about your favorite works and composers, compiled by the AMFS Artistic team.

The Aspen Times includes our Festival Focus news insert in its Monday edition throughout AMFS's summer Festival. Festival Focus features interviews with AMFS's performers, students, and artist-faculty, and offers readers an inside look at the Festival's upcoming events.

The AMFS creates curated Spotify playlists that allows you to enjoy the music no matter where you are!

Recorded live last August during the 2025 Festival season, the album features pianist Yanfeng (Tony) Bai, and includes works by Handel, Stravinsky, Saint-Saëns, and more. Aubree spent many summers as a student at the AMFS, and even won the prestigious Dorthy DeLay Fellowship Competition back in 2017!

This full recital recording from Aspen's acoustically pristine Harris Concert Hall captures a compelling young artist at a pivotal moment, reflecting the AMFS's commitment not only to world-class performance but to mentoring and launching the careers of tomorrow’s leading musicians.

The Aspen Music Festival and School presents a vibrant portrait of today’s compositional voices in a new album highlighting the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble and recorded during the 2025 Festival.

Featuring works by Sarah Gibson, Lotta Wennäkoski, Samuel Adams, and Christopher Stark, the selections reflect Aspen’s commitment to expanding the boundaries of the classical repertoire. The album includes two AMFS co-commissions and world premieres—Adams’ First Work and Stark’s Prehistoric Songs and Dances That Never Existed—alongside Gibson’s Soak Stain and Wennäkoski’s Hele.

Captured live in Aspen's Harris Concert Hall, this album offers a rare opportunity to experience bold contemporary works that are seldom recorded, embodying the Festival’s dedication to fostering new music and amplifying the voices shaping the future of classical music.