Mark Twain-inspired  Southern Sunday Brunch with Bill Barclay

MISSIONChelsea Music Festival celebrates great music by convening world-leading musicians and artists in the performing, culinary, and visual arts for an international audience. The Festival invites artists, composers, and performers to collaborate in pursuit of a new perspectives in artistic expression.ABOUTInspired by its Chelsea roots, the Festival reflects the creativity of one of New York City's most dynamic neighborhoods. Programs span musical genres ranging from classical to contemporary to jazz with a special emphasis on Festival commissions by composers whose works are not in the traditional western canon. On the digital programming front, the Festival hosts an online library of recordings so music enthusiasts, artists, and students alike can explore unique interpretations of classical, jazz, and contemporary works via high-quality videos of world-class performances and dialogues available for years to come.Since 2010, the Chelsea Music Festival has established itself as a critically-acclaimed, accessible and interactive gateway to chamber music in non-traditional concert spaces such as art galleries, public squares, schools, and churches. Artists hail from around the world to partake in nearly two weeks of programming complete with concerts, lectures, exhibitions, family events, and free outreach performances. In 2020, the Chelsea Music Festival inaugurated its Online Encores and Online Originals digital video series on YouTube; Online Encores presents highlights from Festival archives and past concerts while Online Originals presents new and never-before-seen performances and recordings.We are proud to give emerging voices, particularly those of women and people of color, a stage and are working to build an audience and intimate community to support a new generation of musicians, composers, and artists.

Chelsea Music Festival

Sunday Brunch inspired by Mark Twain; learn about the making of “Copland & Twain” w/writer Bill Barclay & Festival Artistic Directors

CW Bistro at City Winery

2026 Every Story Counts | June 20-27

June 20-27, 2026
https://www.chelseamusicfestival.org/2026

Join Festival Artistic Directors Melinda Lee Masur and Ken-David Masur as they sit down with Bill Barclay — director, writer, and producer of Concert Theater Works and former Director of Music at Shakespeare’s Globe — for an intimate Sunday Brunch conversation at the stylish CW Bistro at Pier 57 in Chelsea. Over a curated, Mark Twain-inspired, American menu, the three collaborators offer guests a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Copland &amp; Twain and the creative vision driving the 2026 Festival. It is a rare opportunity to hear directly from the artists shaping the week's programming in one of New York's most vibrant waterfront settings.<a href="https://chelseamusicfestival.squarespace.com/2026/artists#barclay" title="https://chelseamusicfestival.squarespace.com/2026/artists#barclay" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bill Barclay</a>, director and producer at Concert Theater Works<a href="https://chelseamusicfestival.squarespace.com/2026/artists#masurk" title="https://chelseamusicfestival.squarespace.com/2026/artists#masurk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ken-David Masur</a>, Festival Co-Artistic Director and conductor<a href="https://chelseamusicfestival.squarespace.com/2026/artists#leemasur" title="https://chelseamusicfestival.squarespace.com/2026/artists#leemasur" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Melinda Lee Masur</a>, Festival Co-Artistic Director and pianist<a href="https://chelseamusicfestival.squarespace.com/2026/artists#ikeda" title="https://chelseamusicfestival.squarespace.com/2026/artists#ikeda" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Yuyu Ikeda</a>, violin<a href="https://chelseamusicfestival.squarespace.com/2026/artists#arroyo" title="https://chelseamusicfestival.squarespace.com/2026/artists#arroyo" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Carlos Rafael Martinez Arroyo</a>, violin MENU BasketButtermilk BiscuitsMainFarm Egg Scramble -Buttermilk Fried Chicken &amp; WaffleSidesSaratoga PotatoesHeirloom TomatoDessertWarm Apple PieBeveragesWine by City Winery (red, white, sparking, rose), craft beers, soda &amp; juicesCoffee service

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