Strategic Plan (2026-2028)
Charting the next three years (2026-2028)
During the winter season (2025-2026), the Chesapeake Music Board of Directors and Executive Director worked through a number of strategic planning & visioning sessions with Margaret Enloe-North of Firebird Coaching & Consulting to develop a 3-year roadmap designed to deepen community impact through the transformative power of music.
MISSION
Chesapeake Music brings renowned musicians to delight, engage, and surprise today’s audiences and educate, inspire, and develop tomorrow’s.
VALUES
CONNECT
We create connections between people and music that strengthen community bonds, enrich lives, and engage the heart.
SPARK
We ignite and sustain a lifelong passion, curiosity, and joy for live music through inspired performances by distinguished masters and rising stars.
BEAUTY
We celebrate the transformative powers of music to evoke deep emotions, heal souls, reveal profound truths, and create meaningful experiences.
IMPACT
Because of our work, people in our community and region will:
- UNDERSTAND & APPRECIATE live music as an evocative, shared experience that helps us connect with ourselves and those around us.
- VALUE & CHAMPION the unique traditions and emerging voices of the chamber music and jazz genres, acknowledging both as vital art forms to be celebrated and supported.
- EMBRACE & ADOPT music education and enrichment as essential to building and maintaining a healthy community.
GOALS
By the end of 2028:
- We will better steward and expand the engagement of our existing audiences.
- We will broaden, engage, and grow concert audiences locally and regionally—across the Eastern Shore and into nearby metropolitan areas.
- We will strengthen our education and engagement programming to be more robust and sustainable.