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

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as of 4/22
as of 5/29

The 2026 Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival is coming!

Welcome! We are looking forward to seeing you at our 41st annual Festival and our program of six captivating and diverse concerts between June 12-20, 2026!

We promise to delight, surprise, and engage you.

Early Subscriptions that offer six tickets for the price of five and preferred seating on a “first come, first seated” basis are available now through April 21.
Individual ticket and subscription sales will open on April 22.

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Tara H. O'Connor
Photo credit: Matt Dine
Robert McDonald

Friday, June 12 at 7:30 PM

Festival Opening Extravaganza!

SCHUBERT – SOPER – DVOŘÁK

Light reception following the concert

Stella Chen
Photo credit: Fay Fox
Lucy Fitz Gibbon
Photo credit: Steve Riskind

Saturday, June 13 at 7:30 PM

Music of Four Nations

MOZART – VILLA-LOBOS – SHOSTAKOVICH – SCHUMANN

Julia Yang
Photo credit: Dimitri Mais
Lydia Brown
Photo credit: Steve Riskind

Sunday, June 14 at 4:00 PM

Heritage and Home

BEETHOVEN – FAURÉ – RAVAEI – BRAHMS

Ieva Jokubaviciute
Photo credit: Monika Požerskytė
Anthony Manzo

Thursday, June 18 at 7:30 PM

Bridging the Eras

MOZART – BRAHMS – SCHUBERT

Program2026 Chamber Winner Graphic

Friday, June 19 at 7:30 PM

2026 Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition Winners and More

SCHUBERT - VAUGHAN WILLIAMS – COMPETITION WINNERS

Q&A with musicians following the concert

Christina Nam
Stewart Rose
Photo credit: Matt Dine

Saturday, June 20 at 7:30 PM

Festival Finale

BOCCHERINI – BRAHMS - TCHAIKOVSKY

FREE! Open Rehearsals on
Wednesday, June 4 and 11 at 10:00 AM

Click the “Buy Tickets” button above to register (available after 4/22). Registration required.

Our Artistic Directors

Marcy Rosen

Catherine Cho

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Festival Musicians