Staff & Board of Directors
Elaine Lipton, Executive Director
Originally from New York’s Hudson Valley, Elaine earned a Bachelor’s of Arts in Theatrical Production from Brandeis University. Following her undergraduate coursework, she received a prestigious Watson Fellowship to study traditional theater arts in Japan. She has also done graduate work in Museum Studies with a focus in costume and textile conservation. In her multifaceted career she has worked as a costume designer, follow-spot operator, textiles artist, curator, teacher, arts administrator, and grant-writer. She has lived in New York City, Japan, Europe and – since 1998 – Cape Cod. Besides the Festival, her husband Terry and her children Elliot and Jemma make sure that her life is always filled with music. She has been CCCMF Executive Director since 2006.
Erika Pfammatter, Operations and Box Office Manager
Born and raised in New York City, Erika has been a lifelong classical musician. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Composition from Vassar College and a Master’s Degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Washington in Seattle. Erika has worked for over twenty-five years as a music teacher and church music director in Pennsylvania, Washington, Michigan and Massachusetts. She most recently taught Orchestra and General Music for ten years at the Shady Hill School in Cambridge, MA. Having moved fulltime to Wellfleet in 2018, Erika teaches private piano and harp in addition to her position at the Festival. When she is not making music with students and friends she can be found kayaking or sailing with her Swiss husband Stephan, visiting her two grown sons, Matias and Lukas, or cleaning up after her two entitled cats.
Artistic Directors
Board of Directors
David B. Farer – President
Florence Reif Richman – Immediate Past President
Susan Hamilton – Vice President
Lee L. Kane – Vice President
Dorothy Cone Blumberg – Secretary
Inez D’Arcangelo- Treasurer
Nancy p. Barry
Sally Burns
Felice S. Coral
Anne Edgar
Peter K. Eisenger
Christine Todd
Associate Board of Directors
Molly Hidden
Leslie W. Nelson
Pamela N. Patrick
Sophie Sanders
Louis Weisz
Artistic Advisors
Margo Garrett
Nicholas Kitchen
Brian Zeger
Bernard Greenhouse (d. 2011)
Directors Emeriti
Clyde R. Claus (d. 2016)
George Dillon (d. 2013)
Jean Entwistle
Susan Goldsmith (d. 2021)
Lawrence Handley (d. 2020)
Philip Isenberg (d. 2016)
J. Francesca Rullman (d. 2012)
Robert V.L. Wright (d. 2015)
Schedule & Tickets
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Latest News
CCCMF Executive Director Elaine Lipton to Retire in 2021
Having served as Executive Director of the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival for fifteen years, Elaine Lipton has announced that she will be retiring during 2021. The Festival expresses its appreciation for everything that Elaine has accomplished over the past decade...

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