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Chamber Music by the Sea is the first-ever classical music festival in Berlin and Snow Hill, Maryland. This annual summer chamber music festival offers joyful, celebratory programs performed by world-class musicians in a gorgeous corner of the country. Artistic Director Elena Urioste has been visiting the Assateague Island National Seashore regularly for the past 14 years and has loved everything
about the place: the landscape, the surrounding towns, and warmth of the people. In 2016, Chamber Music in Berlin premiered with one public concert, one house concert, and a masterclass for young local violinists; this year, the festival expands in length, reach, and number of musicians. We are grateful to make Maryland's Eastern Shore our home, and can't wait to keep bringing classical music of the highest caliber to the area!
This year’s festival was so full-on and high-octane that our usual daily posts went out the window! So here’s a brief photographic round-up of a truly spectacular week of music-making with a once-in-a-lifetime crew…
More highlights to follow in the coming weeks so we can continue to bask in this year’s glorious musical memories! And mark your calendars for next year’s festival — our TENTH SEASON!!!
August 10-16, 2025 (we’re pretty sure! 😂)
It has been a profound gift and pleasure to collaborate musically with after so many years of dreaming and scheming! Daniel is a fabulous composer from the area who has spread SO much joy, music, and opportunity to listeners of all ages and stages, and we feel so lucky to have been able to commission a short work of his for this year’s festival. His ‘Prélude to Peace’ for string quartet received its world premiere at the art gallery on Tuesday and its Berlin premiere on Wednesday at . Everyone in attendance both nights fell in love with its wistful harmonies, lilting rhythms, and the message that although we may need to navigate some dark times in the short term, we remain optimistic that peace is imminent.
Thank you, Daniel! 🩵🙏🏽
Wednesday was a banner day at the Berlin Public Library! 📚 We started off the morning with a PACKED family concert (featuring many tiny dancers and an epic group composition/improvisation), continued on with the most gorgeous community play-along of Ashoken’s Farewell and the first movement of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, and then the Library graciously let the festival musicians keep plugging away at our Golijov for Friday night’s performance at All Hallows Episcopal Church in Snow Hill. We love this town and we love our Library! 🥰🥰🥰
Gaining momentum… and numbers! Catch the six of us the next two nights for evening concerts at:
art gallery (Tuesday, 8/6 at 7pm)
(Wednesday, 8/7 at 7pm)
(Just missing and then we’ll be a complete set! 🤗)
ICYMI… artistic director Elena Urioste was on Delmarva Public Radio today chatting about the festival!
Link below to catch up and see what we’ve got in store for you August 4-10! And if you haven’t snagged your tickets already: www.chambermusicbythesea.com/tickets
https://www.delmarvapublicmedia.org/show/delmarva-today/2024-08-02/delmarva-today-8-2-24-world-renowned-violinist-returns-to-eastern-shore
Chamber Music by the Sea Holds Summer Event Next Week
Classical music looks goooooood, doesn’t it!? 😉😍🤩 (And it sounds just as 🔥🔥🔥!)
Don’t miss the opportunity to hear returning favorites (two of whom have won GRAMMY awards since you last saw them!!!) and meet your new faves at this year’s festival which begins in just 3 days — on Sunday, August 4 with an unmissable salon concert (featuring , and ) at a private home on gorgeous South Point!
Full schedule of events, ticket links, artist info, and more available at www.chambermusicbythesea.com or via the . (Photos feature a range of gorgeous musicians from over the years, in some of our equally lovely venues!)
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All of our ticketed concert events are special, but it is SUCH an honor to be able to perform in the formal room of the historic Atlantic Hotel! Here’s a clip from last year’s concert there — this summer’s will be equally electric, so be sure to scoop up your ticket for Wednesday, August 7 at 7pm ASAP! ⚡️
starts in just 5 days with our first salon concert (now on South Point) — check www.chambermusicbythesea.com for a full schedule plus ticket info! 🎫
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Due to an unforeseen medical emergency, the Snow Hill salon concert venue for Sunday, August 4 is no longer available. With the scarcity of pianos on the Eastern Shore, we have no choice to move our concert and reception that day up to a beautiful South Point home — the original site of lockdown’s project, for the fans out there! ☺️ If you’ve purchased a ticket for Sunday’s concert featuring GRAMMY-winning tenor , violinist and festival Artistic Director , and multi-talented pianist/arranger , we will be in touch in due course with updated details; if you’re local to the Berlin/South Point area and are now interested in joining us for this remarkable event, please visit or the to purchase tickets!We hope you enjoy this “Jukebox” video, and see you next Sunday! 😉
Waving 👋🏼 HI 👋🏽 from which means that festival week is just around the corner! Catch and playing 🎶 and chatting 🗣️ on the afternoon of Monday, July 29!
Friends of Chamber Music by the Sea! We are exactly two weeks away from the first concert of our 2024 festival, and we were wondering: would you like to be a festival angel!? 😇
We are looking for enthusiasts of chamber music, fun chats with fun people, and general kindness who would be willing to volunteering a few hours of time between August 4-9. Specifically, we’re looking for people to:
• help sort chairs and pour bubbly at our after-concert receptions
• drive one of our musicians to an Amtrak station
We will repay you in beautiful music, refreshments, musician merchandise, and unending gratitude!
Send us a DM for more details, or if you or someone you know might be interested in lending a helping hand! 👋🏽
With just over two weeks to go until , we thought we’d give you a sneak peek at some of this year’s programs… just on the wildly unlikely off-chance that you haven’t scored your tickets yet and needed extra incentive! 😉🎫
Which pieces are you most excited about!? The world premiere by ? Golijov clarinet quintet? A good old-fashioned barn-burner of a Mendelssohn trio!? Let us know! 🌊🎶🩵
Good morning Delmarva!!! 👋🏽☀️
Worcester County Education Foundation director Olivia Momme absolutely nailed this appearance on 47 ABC - WMDT describing our festival, who it’s for (spoiler: everyone!), who it benefits, and what you can expect this year. Thank you so much Olivia — we’re so excited to kick things off in just over two weeks! 🎶🌊
www.chambermusicbythesea.com
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=516505590719708&id=100070808146268
WMDT – The Annual Chamber Music by the Sea Festival is a highly anticipated event that will be returning August 4th. It’s an opportunity to hear from a variety of grammy award winning musicians for an entire week. This morning, Olivia Momme, Director of the Worcester County Education Foundation,...
Happiest news: tickets are now ON SALE for this year’s festival!!!
Visit www.chambermusicbythesea.com/tickets to snag yours for any one (or all!) of our SEVEN concert options August 4-10, plus loads of other musical events around Town of Berlin Maryland and Snow Hill, Maryland!
Full details on the website… see you SOON!
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Chamber Music by the Sea is generously assisted by the Worcester County Education Foundation. All festival ticket sales benefit the Foundation and support year-round arts initiatives in Worcester County public schools. Ticket options for the 2024 festival are varied and inclusive to all listeners!
Are you ready for this explosion of music, energy, excitement, and fun?!? 💥🎵🎉
August 4-10, 2024:
at its very finest!
Featuring:
, clarinet
, tenor
and , violin
Kyle Armbrust, viola
, cello
piano
…performing music by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Prokofiev, Hahn, Golijov, , Michelle Ross, and more! 🎶
Visit www.chambermusicbythesea.com for more details
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📣 Special announcement… 📣
YOU can be part of the music-making this year at ! We’re having an event for musicians of all ages and stages (“for kids from one to ninety-two”! 😉) and we want EVERYONE to join in the merriment. That’s right... we’re having a play-along!!!
Tell all your music-playing friends to grab their instruments and head to the Berlin Public Library on Wednesday, August 7 at 12 p.m.... we’ll come together for some light movement tailored specifically for musicians, and then have a joyful read-through of Bach’s beloved Brandenburg Concerto No. 3.
Parts can be found via the button on the www.chambermusicbythesea.com/events page; press it and scroll down to “Sheet Music”, click on the “Parts” tab, and then pick your favorite/whichever you feel best suits your instrument (which needn’t be violin/viola/cello)!
See you there, and more details popping up on the website from now until August! ☀️🎶🌊
WHAT. A. TEAM!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Introducing this year’s musicians:
Anthony McGill, clarinet ()
Karim Sulayman, tenor ()
Elena Urioste, violin ()
Melissa White, violin ()
Kyle Armbrust, viola
Tony Rymer, cello ()
Tom Poster, piano ()
Mark your calendars — August 4-10, 2024 will be a doozy! 🎶🌊💫
Announcing 2024 festival dates!!! 🎶🌊
Please join for its 9th year of glorious music, August 4-10! (Horses not included but are another excellent draw to the area… 🐴)
Locations, concert details, musicians, ticket information and more will be shared in due course, so please watch this space! 👀
📸:
Attention lovers! 7️⃣ of our past festival (both in-person and virtual) artists are popping on their () hats and embarking on a tour of the east coast December 3-13! Will YOU experience their musical joy and magic in a city near you!? 💫
Sunday, December 3 at 5:30 p.m.
Shriver Hall Concert Series ()
Baltimore, MD
piano quintets by Florence Price, Amy Beach, and more
Saturday, December 9 at 2 p.m.
Coastal Concerts
Lewes, DE
piano quintets by Dohnanyi, Florence Price, and more
Tuesday, December 12 at 2 p.m.
Merkin Hall, Kaufman Music Center ()
NYC
piano quintets by Dohnanyi, Florence Price, and more
Wednesday, December 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society ()
Philadelphia, PA
Price Piano Quintet, Mendelssohn Piano Sextet, and more
Hope to see you in a few short weeks! ❤️🔥
Massive thanks to The Dispatch for featuring our little festival in their most recent issue! It is SO heartwarming how the community has embraced us and classical music. 🥰🗞️
And that’s a wrap for our evening concerts! 🎀 Thank you to all who came out to pack the house at Snow Hill’s All Hallows Epsiscopal Church last night — it felt like the pre-pandemic times, with everyone nestled in and listening so attentively! 🥳
Fun fact: we learned last night that the church was built in the same year as ’s Strad. Twinsies! 👯♂️
Final event: an open-air performance today at 11 a.m. outside the 🎶🌊
Thank you to our loyal friends for braving the bugs this morning to witness our musicians in action! Schubert plus a good schvitz — what a 🔥 way to start the week!
Next event: sound bath with Chrissy Ehrhart at tonight at 7 p.m. 🔮
Good morning ! It begins! 🩵
The eagle (seagull?) has landed! We are installed in and ready to welcome our musicians this weekend. That means the festival is officially underway! 🥳
First concert is Sunday, August 13 — see you there, friends! 🎶🌊
Friends of — the tickets are FLYING 🪽 off the shelves so be sure to scoop yours up today before it’s too late! Remember all proceeds benefit the 🥰
www.chambermusicbythesea.com/tickets
“Listen to this delightful interview about ,” suggests young and alabaster Elena! 👇🏽
Delmarva Public Media
A Portrait of Founder Elena Urioste
Reliving some of our favorite offstage moments from over the years… featuring 🦀, 🍺, and 🌊!
Because is even more than its name suggests — it’s a little seaside retreat for all involved! Join us August 13-19 for great music and plenty of silliness with this year’s musicians! 🥳
Tickets and more info: www.chambermusicbythesea.com/tickets
This year’s will be like no other… because not only are we returning to some of our favorite venues from past seasons, but we’re branching out to new places! Including but not limited to…
• a gorgeous private home in Snow Hill (August 13)
• (August 14)
• art gallery (August 15)
• Berlin Public Library (August 17)
• (August 17)
• All Hallows Episcopal Church (August 18)
• (August 19, weather permitting)
So scoop up your tickets now to share music with us at any of these fabulous locations and more! 🎶🌊
We are exactly 2️⃣ months away from — and what better way to celebrate than with some gorgeous posters!!! 🤍💙
Designed by head , they are both ✨stunning✨ and also the perfect way to remind everyone that ALL proceeds for benefit the Ed Foundation! That’s right — local students will benefit directly from your ticket sales and donations, with a focus on year-round arts education and exposure.
So scoop up your tickets now for any one (or many!) of these fabulous August events — available via www.chambermusicbythesea.com/tickets! 🎫
Say hello to this year’s musical crew! We’ll have the pleasure of hearing returning festival favorites (piano and arranger), and (violin), and and (cello); let’s also give a warm welcome to newcomer Kyle Armbrust on viola! And of course festival artistic director (violin) will join the party. 🥳
Stay tuned for a full event list and program info! 🎶🌊
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This clip so beautifully embodies the spirit of #ChamberMusicbytheSea — warm, sunshiney, with open ears and open hearts. Listening to Mozart on the lawn of the @taylorhousemuseum was the perfect way to bring our 2024 festival to a close! Thank you so, so much to all who joined us this year, across three towns, 10 events, and about a gazillion notes. 🎶 See you next year, August 10-16, 2025 for our TENTH festival! 🩵 #ChamberMusicbytheSea2024 #chambermusic #chambermusicfestival #musicfestival #summerfestival #classicalmusic #music #violin #viola #cello #clarinet #diversitymatters #representationmatters #Maryland #EasternShore #BerlinMD #americascoolestsmalltown #SnowHill #tourwoco #tourworco #worcestercounty #worcestercountymd #Mozart #MozartClarinetQuintet
An absolute joy to play amongst the gorgeous art at @bishopsstock! 🖼️🥰 One more chance to hear this eclectic program tonight at @theatlantichotelberlin… don’t miss it! #ChamberMusicbytheSea #ChamberMusicbytheSea2024 #chambermusic #chambermusicfestival #musicfestival #summerfestival #classicalmusic #music #violin #viola #cello #tenor #diversitymatters #representationmatters #Maryland #EasternShore #BerlinMD #americascoolestsmalltown #SnowHill #tourwoco #tourworco #worcestercounty #worcestercountymd #ReynaldoHahn
And we’re off! The musicians are gathering and the music has started to flow… 🥰 #ChamberMusicbytheSea2024 kicks off tomorrow — Sunday, August 4 — with an incredibly special recital featuring GRAMMY-winning tenor @thekarimsulayman, festival director and violinist @elenaurioste, and multi-talented pianist @tom_poster, whose glorious arrangement of #AprilinParis is featured here. We’re all melting outside anyway so why not come inside for a musical melting pot of Schubert, @lamichellle, Mel Bonis, Great American Songbook gems, and more! Details at www.chambermusicbythesea.com! 🌊🎶🩵 #ChamberMusicbytheSea #chambermusic #chambermusicfestival #musicfestival #summerfestival #classicalmusic #music #piano #violin #tenor #Maryland #EasternShore #BerlinMD #americascoolestsmalltown #SnowHill #tourwoco #tourworco #worcestercounty #worcestercountymd
All of our ticketed concert events are special, but it is SUCH an honor to be able to perform in the formal room of the historic Atlantic Hotel! Here’s a clip from last year’s concert there — this summer’s will be equally electric, so be sure to scoop up your ticket for Wednesday, August 7 at 7pm ASAP! ⚡️ #ChamberMusicbytheSea2024 starts in just 5 days with our first salon concert (now on South Point) — check www.chambermusicbythesea.com for a full schedule plus ticket info! 🎫 🎶🌊 #ChamberMusicbytheSea #chambermusic #chambermusicfestival #musicfestival #summerfestival #classicalmusic #music #violin #viola #cello #Maryland #EasternShore #BerlinMD #americascoolestsmalltown #tourwoco #tourworco #worcestercounty #worcestercountymd #AtlanticHotel #Arensky
Due to an unforeseen medical emergency, the Snow Hill salon concert venue for Sunday, August 4 is no longer available. With the scarcity of pianos on the Eastern Shore, we have no choice to move our concert and reception that day up to a beautiful South Point home — the original site of lockdown’s #UriPosteJukeBox project, for the fans out there! ☺️ If you’ve purchased a ticket for Sunday’s concert featuring GRAMMY-winning tenor @thekarimsulayman, violinist and festival Artistic Director @elenaurioste, and multi-talented pianist/arranger @tom_poster, we will be in touch in due course with updated details; if you’re local to the Berlin/South Point area and are now interested in joining us for this remarkable event, please visit or the #linkinbio to purchase tickets!We hope you enjoy this “Jukebox” video, and see you next Sunday! 😉 #ChamberMusicbytheSea #ChamberMusicbytheSea2024
How lucky are we that we get to have stars like clarinetist Anthony McGill (@mcgillclarinet) in our midst!? 💫 There are two chances to hear Anthony work his magic this #ChamberMusicbytheSea festival: • August 8 at 7pm at Temple Bat Yam playing Prokofiev • August 9 at 7pm at All Hallows Episcopal Church playing Mozart and Golijov …plus who knows where else he might appear! As he says in this video (captured at the @atlantichotelberlin during our 2018 festival, improvising with the inimitable @tom_poster), “There’s a first time for everything…” Tickets options and more festival details available via the link in bio or at www.chambermusicbythesea.com. And just a reminder that all ticket proceeds benefit @worcestercountyedfoundation! 🎫🎶🌊 #ChamberMusicbytheSea2024 #chambermusic #chambermusicfestival #musicfestival #summerfestival #classicalmusic #music #piano #clarinet #clarinetist #diversitymatters #representationmatters #Maryland #EasternShore #BerlinMD #americascoolestsmalltown #tourwoco #tourworco #worcestercounty #worcestercountymd #AtlanticHotel #AtlanticHotelBerlin
Did you know that nearly every program over our 7 day, 9+ event #ChamberMusicbytheSea festival this year is different!? Different music, different combinations of fabulous artists, equally magical experiences, every last one of them... ✨ …like this memory of GRAMMY-winning tenor @thekarimsulayman and multi-talented pianist @tom_poster (hidden here behind a pillar) performing the song ‘L’énamourée’ by Reynaldo Hahn at a sunset salon concert on South Point in 2019… 🌅 You can hear Karim croon four times this August 4-10 (singing Hahn at some of them, no less!): August 4 at 3pm at a salon concert in Snow Hill August 6 at 7pm at @bishopsstock August 7 at 7pm at the @atlantichotelberlin August 8 at 7pm at Temple Bat Yam …and who knows, maybe there will be some other surprise appearances as well! Better snag a #festivalpass just to be sure you don’t miss one incredible note… Tickets options and more festival details available via the link in bio or at www.chambermusicbythesea.com. And just a reminder that all ticket proceeds benefit @worcestercountyedfoundation! 🎫🎶🌊 #ChamberMusicbytheSea2024 #chambermusic #chambermusicfestival #musicfestival #summerfestival #classicalmusic #music #piano #tenor #diversitymatters #representationmatters #Maryland #EasternShore #BerlinMD #americascoolestsmalltown #SnowHill #tourwoco #tourworco #worcestercounty #worcestercountymd #bay #Assateague #AssateagueIsland #ReynaldoHahn
We are so, so lucky to be partnered with @oliviamomme and the @worcestercountyedfoundation. That’s all. ♥️ #ChamberMusicbytheSea #chambermusic #chambermusicfestival #musicfestival #summerfestival #classicalmusic #music #piano #violin #Maryland #EasternShore #BerlinMD #americascoolestsmalltown #tourwoco #tourworco #worcestercounty #worcestercountymd
What a fantastic group of kiddos (and grown-ups) that showed up to our concert this morning at the Berlin Public Library!!! We hope the music inspired you as much as your feedback and ideas inspired us! 😊
How gorgeous is this piece!? Don’t miss the chance to hear Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s stunning Piano Quintet LIVE on August 10th on Maryland’s Eastern Shore for (we’re guessing) the first time ever! 🎶 For a complete list of dates, program and musician info, and to purchase tickets, visit www.chambermusicbythesea.com or click the link in bio 🎫🔗
Do you have your tickets for Wednesday’s #ChamberMusicbytheSea winter fundraiser yet? 🎫❄️ Program to feature music by Mozart, Korngold, this gorgeous work ‘Peace’ by Jessie Montgomery, and more! Join us December 22 at 7 p.m. EST for a festive hour of music, chat, and holiday cheer over Zoom wherever you are in the world. Visit https://www.wced.foundation/tickets-1 for tickets! 🥂
What an opening night! 🤩 Thank you SO much to our musicians and audience members alike for your investment in and enthusiasm for classical music, across continents and oceans and many many time zones. We’ve got two more completely different programs this week — Thursday, August 5 and Saturday, August 7, both at 7 p.m. EDT on Zoom — plus a FREE family concert Saturday morning at 10:30. There’s something for everyone, so don’t miss these opportunities to hear incredible music and support the Worcester County Education Foundation! www.chambermusicbythesea.com 🎶🌊
Are you ready for tomorrow night’s opening concert of #ChamberMusicbytheSea2021!? It’s gonna be a whirlwind! 🎶: excerpt from the finale of Florence Price’s Piano Quintet in A minor, which concludes the folk-inspired program. Grab your tickets now at www.chambermusicbythesea.com/tickets for an epic adventure with the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective August 3 (and 5 and 7)! VIP meet-and-mingle begins at 6 p.m. EDT; “doors” for the concert open at 6:45. 🥂
Who’s getting excited for #ChamberMusicbytheSea2021!? 🔥🙋🏽♀️🥳 Book your tickets now at www.chambermusicbythesea.com/tickets for three completely different, completely exciting programs August 3, 5, and 7, performed just for you by the incredible Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective! 🎶: excerpt from Felix Mendelssohn’s Piano Sextet — the full work will be included on August 5th’s concert! Complete programs available on the website later this week so check back soon…
A moment (okay, nine seconds) of calm... and also a reminder to mark your calendars for our 2021 summer festival! 🥳 This year’s #ChamberMusicbytheSea will be all virtual, all safe, all EXCELLENT, and our first official collaboration with the fabulous Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective (@kaleidoscopecc). Save the dates: August 3-7, 2021! 🎶🌊🌈
Last night we held a small fundraising concert on South Point for Chamber Music by the Sea 2018, and through the support of some incredibly generous folks, it was a massive success! All proceeds will go towards assisting with travel funds for this summer’s (international superstar!) musicians, as well as creating a new festival website. Thank you to all involved for a truly fabulous evening! Here’s a little taste of the music. ☺️ Clara Schumann Three Romances, I. Andante molto Elena Urioste, violin Tom Poster, piano
Franck Piano Quintet, Mvmt. III
Huge thanks to The Atlantic Hotel for letting us take over their main bar for a bit last night! We had a blast introducing the Thursday night crowd to some Dvorak, etc. (And a bottle of rosé never hurts matters!)
Making some whacky analogy to Erika
