Chesapeake Music brings renowned musicians to delight, engage and surprise today's audiences and educate, inspire and develop tomorrow's.

Jazz on the Chesapeake Turns 10 Years Old

Chesapeake Music brings renowned musicians to delight, engage and surprise today’s audiences, and educate, inspire and develop tomorrow’s. TICKETSDONATE Homepage  >   Press Releases  >  Jazz on the Chesapeake Turns 10 Years Old The concept of JOTC was conceived ten years ago at a small dinner party hosted by Al and Marty Sikes in 2009. Recently […]

Valentine’s Day Jazz

Chesapeake Music brings renowned musicians to delight, engage and surprise today’s audiences, and educate, inspire and develop tomorrow’s. TICKETSDONATE Homepage  >   Press Releases  >  Valentine’s Day Jazz Rising Star Camille Thurman and the Darrell Green Trio This concert has SOLD OUT! Jazz on the Chesapeake’s first concert of 2019 features rising jazz star Camille Thurman […]

Spy Interview with Al Sikes and Joe Fischer

Chesapeake Music brings renowned musicians to delight, engage and surprise today’s audiences, and educate, inspire and develop tomorrow’s. TICKETSDONATE Homepage  >   Press Releases  >  Spy Interview with Al Sikes and Joe Fischer Preview: Chesapeake Music and Oxford Community Center Team Up on Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw From the Talbot Spy: Community partnerships are essential […]

Benny meets Artie with Strings

Chesapeake Music brings renowned musicians to delight, engage and surprise today’s audiences, and educate, inspire and develop tomorrow’s. TICKETSDONATE Homepage  >   Press Releases  >  Benny meets Artie with Strings The Anderson Twins bring swing to Oxford Community Center By Becca Newell, photos by Lynn Redmile It was at the surprising age of eight when musicians […]

A Musical Prelude to the Tenth Anniversary

Chesapeake Music brings renowned musicians to delight, engage and surprise today’s audiences, and educate, inspire and develop tomorrow’s. TICKETSDONATE Homepage  >   Press Releases  >  A Musical Prelude to the Tenth Anniversary By Al Sikes My wife and I were in a taxi in Paris; our driver was listening to “Come Fly With Me” being played […]

Jazz Festival Profile

Chesapeake Music brings renowned musicians to delight, engage and surprise today’s audiences, and educate, inspire and develop tomorrow’s. TICKETSDONATE Homepage  >   Press Releases  >  Jazz Festival Profile Matthew Whitaker’s Different Vision of Jazz Do you think anyone would blame you for being proud, or a little arrogant, if for your entire life you were called […]

Monty Alexander Jazz Festival Spotlights High School Talent

Chesapeake Music brings renowned musicians to delight, engage and surprise today’s audiences, and educate, inspire and develop tomorrow’s. TICKETSDONATE Homepage  >   Press Releases  >  Monty Alexander Jazz Festival Spotlights High School Talent EHS’ Warrior Chorale to open for Brianna Thomas By Becca Newell It’d be a dream for any high schooler in a choir to […]

Spy Interview with Al Sikes about the MAJF

Chesapeake Music brings renowned musicians to delight, engage and surprise today’s audiences, and educate, inspire and develop tomorrow’s. TICKETSDONATE Homepage  >   Press Releases  >  Spy Interview with Al Sikes about the MAJF Spy Minute: A Primer on the Monty Alexander Jazz Festival with Al Sikes.  Al talks about his passion for jazz and The Monty […]

Lady Sings the Blues

Chesapeake Music brings renowned musicians to delight, engage and surprise today’s audiences, and educate, inspire and develop tomorrow’s. TICKETSDONATE Homepage  >   Press Releases  >  Lady Sings the Blues A tribute to women’s contributions to blues over the years By Becca Newell If you missed last November’s Modern Warrior Live—a theatrical music experience that told the […]

Free Community Concert to Feature Piano Virtuoso

Chesapeake Music brings renowned musicians to delight, engage and surprise today’s audiences, and educate, inspire and develop tomorrow’s. TICKETSDONATE Homepage  >   Press Releases  >  Free Community Concert to Feature Piano Virtuoso Free Community Concert to Feature Piano Virtuoso By Becca Newell Over the last nine years, the Monty Alexander Jazz Festival has welcomed some of […]