The Juilliard String Quartet is Coming to Town!
The Juilliard String Quartet. Photo courtesy of Juilliard String Quartet and Colbert Artists Management. By Maria Grant Chesapeake Music is thrilled to welcome the illustrious Juilliard String Quartet during the second week of its June Chamber Music Festival. Founded at The Juilliard School by then-president William Schuman and violin faculty member Robert Mann in 1946, […]
Chesapeake Music Celebrates its 40th Year Anniversary—A Time for Reflection and Celebration
By Maria Grant Chesapeake Music, a treasured gem for Eastern Shore music lovers, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year with one of the best series of concerts to date—many of which are still to come. Marcy Rosen, who co-founded Chesapeake Music along with J. Lawrie Bloom and is the current co-Artistic Director, explained that the […]
Virtuoso Cellist Sterling Elliott to Perform at the Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival
“Perfect intonation, style, and total involvement.” “His discernible love for the music won over the audience.” Praised for his musicality, sensitivity, dexterity, and performing ease by audiences and critics alike, the 25-year-old American cellist Sterling Elliott will be featured in three concerts at the 2024 Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival held at the beautiful Ebenezer Theater […]
Amara Trio to Perform at Chamber Music Festival
By James Carder The Amara Trio – the Lerman Gold-Prize winners of the 2024 Chesapeake Music International Chamber Music Competition for Young Professionals – will perform at the Chamber Music Festival on Friday, June 14th. The six Festival concerts (June 7–15) are held at the beautiful Ebenezer Theater, 17 S. Washington St., in Easton, Maryland. […]
The Aizuri Quartet Returns To Easton For The Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival
By Anna Snow “Genuinely exciting” – The New York Times Praised by The Washington Post for “astounding” and “captivating” performances that draw from its notable “meld of intellect, technique and emotions,” the Aizuri Quartet, a finalist of Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition in 2014, was named the recipient of the 2022 Cleveland Quartet Award by Chamber […]
39th Annual Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival at the Ebenezer Theater, Easton
By James Carder Chesapeake Music’s 39th annual Chamber Music Festival will present six extraordinary concerts, June 7th through June 15th, at the historic Ebenezer Theater, 17 South Washington Street in Easton, Maryland. Built around the theme of “Festival Firsts,” the program will delight string, wind, and piano music lovers alike and will feature an inaugural […]
Don Buxton Retires as Executive Director of Chesapeake Music
Don Buxton Retires as Executive Director of Chesapeake Music By Amelia Blades Steward Don Buxton, Executive Director of Chesapeake Music, has retired after 38 years of service. In 1985, a dedicated group of chamber music lovers on Maryland’s Eastern Shore was approached by the late Ralph Bloom to establish what was initially called the Eastern […]
Terra String Quartet Returns to Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Don Buxton 410 819-0380 MAY 1, 2023 TIDEWATER TIMES JUNE 2023 Terra String Quartet Returns to Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival By Anna Snow On June 15, 16, and 17, Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival audiences will discover the award-winning Terra String Quartet performing Beethoven’s F-major Quartet, with its second movement inspired by […]
Spy Review: Chamber Music Festival’s All-Star Opener by Steve Parks
A legendary string quartet known for playing beautiful music together showed that they play just as well with others as the 38th annual Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival opened with a resounding bang, featuring not only chamber gems from the 18th and 19th centuries but also a jazz-like nugget written by a composer born in 1983. […]
Chesapeake Music Brings Jazz Artist Mary Halvorson to the Eastern Shore
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Don Buxton 410-819-0380 EASTON, MD – MAY 17, 2023 Chesapeake Music Brings Jazz Artist Mary Halvorson to the Eastern Shore Mary Halvorson’s Amaryllis Sextet to Perform at Ebenezer Theater Chesapeake Music is thrilled to present international performing guitarist and […]
