A Musical Visit to Easton Is More Than Meets The Eye
Randall Goosby and Zhu Wang performing at The Ebenezer Theater. Photo credit Cal Jackson. On Saturday, September 27th, Chesapeake Music presents its Concert Season Opener, boasting a star-studded NYC-based cast that includes the young phenom violinist Randall Goosby with the acclaimed Renaissance String Quartet, the multi-award-winning & Rising-Star pianist Zhu Wang, and veteran All-Star Catherine […]
Chesapeake Music Announces Application Opening for the 12th Biennial Chesapeake International Chamber Music Competition for Young Professionals
Chesapeake Music is delighted to announce the application opening for the 12th Biennial Chesapeake International Chamber Music Competition for Young Professionals, which celebrates emerging, world-class chamber ensembles with $20,000 in cash prizes as well as concert performance opportunities. This year’s competition application opens on September 1, 2025 and closes December 15, 2025. Finalist Ensembles will […]
Chesapeake Music Announces 2025-2026 Interlude Concert Series
Chesapeake Music is delighted to announce its 2025-2026 Interlude Concert Season, a year-round series, which brings world-class chamber musicians and jazz artists to perform at The Ebenezer Theater at Prager Family Center for the Arts for the Eastern Shore community. This year’s season includes returning rising stars, internationally acclaimed musicians, Grammy Award winners, and the […]
Virtuoso Pianist Albert Cano Smit to Perform at Chesapeake Music’s 40th Annual Chamber Music Festival
Albert Cano Smit (photo credit Chris Lee). “He plays the piano with the maturity of someone three times his age.” (John Rowat, CBC Music) By James Carder “Albert Cano Smit is a master of sound, imagery and dazzling technical skills.” (Giselle Brodsky, Miami International Music Festival) Albert Cano Smit – an amazing young virtuoso pianist […]
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 […]