Chesapeake Music

04/25/2025

Good Morning! What a beauty of a day! And we wanted to give a shout out to you directly from The Hesper Quartet and Ying Li who are getting ready to join us the Sunday April 27th at 2pm! We are going to have such a good time and we hope to see you all there! Time is ticking so go on to our website at www.chesapeakemusic.org or give us a call today at 410-819-0380 and we'll be glad to make sure you have a seat to see these dynamic performers! SEE YOU AT THE SHOW!

04/23/2025

CHESAPEAKE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
RETURNS ON June 6th FOR IT'S AMAZING 40th year!

19 musicians, six captivating programs,
two free open rehearsals…

All in the intimate Ebenezer Theater
in historic Easton, Maryland.

Concerts begin on Friday June 6th at 7:30pm, June 7th and June 8th. Following the next weekend on Thursday June 12th, June 13th and closing on June 14th.

Artistic Directors: Marcy Rosen & Catherine Cho

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$1,000 "FESTIVAL FRIEND" receive 2 Festival Concert Subscriptions— total value $700 — and receive special recognition for your $300 tax deductible donation to the Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival.

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Learn about our limited free and discounted ticket offers and to order your tickets by going to our website at www.chesapeakemusic.org or calling our office at 410-819-0380 and as always, we'd be glad to help!

04/22/2025

Good Morning! Nice and sunny out and no rain with 80 degree weather! Whatever shall we do....we can tell you, this Sunday April 27th at 2pm The Hesper Quartet along with Ying Li will be coming back to the The Ebenezer Theater after winning the Silver Prize at our 2024 Competition! We are so excited to see them again and to have you be able to come and join us and take in the glorious sounds that these artists bring to any stage. It has been said "The Hesper String Quartet has been described as elegant, breathtaking, and possessing dramatic intensity. They have also been praised for their unison playing and phrasing that seems to be one". With pianist Ying Li where it has been stated "Her Mozart sonatas K 281 and K 333 are elegantly shaped and perfectly executed, and every cantabile is savored with fine lyricism. Rhythmically sharp and uncompromising, on the other hand, are her interpretations of the Suite op", it is sure to be a concert not to be missed! You can purchase your tickets at our website, www.chesapeakemusic.org or call the office at 410-819-0380 where we're always glad to help. Don't forget we are days away from this melodic group of musicians so don't delay and, see you at the theater!

04/17/2025

If you're looking for something to do this weekend and were thinking of a play, why not head on down to the Tred Avon Players production of "The Man from Earth". It opens tonight and runs Friday and Saturday nights and Sunday afternoon. Get more information on their post!

🎭 THE MAN FROM EARTH opens TONIGHT and runs through April 27! Step into the conversation that spans centuries in this unforgettable sci-fi drama, performed in the round.

🕢 Curtain at 7:30 pm
🎟️ TIckets available online or at the door (while they last): www.tredavonplayers.org
📍Oxford Community Center Inc

BREAK A LEG to the cast and crew! ✨

04/15/2025

Well we don't know what you think but we hope we have some beautiful May flowers with all this rain we've gotten! Then again we jut keep remembering that we have the wonderful Hesper Quartet and the sublime pianist Ying Li joining us at the The Ebenezer Theater on Sunday April 27th at 2pm and that makes us feel better! And we're sure if you join us no mattter if we have wind or rain or sunshine, everything will be alright and everyone will have a beautiful stress free day listening to the sensitive and alluring sounds of these captivating artists. We're only 2 weeks away and ticket sales are picking up so don't hesitate to go to our website at www.chesapeakemusic.org or call us at the office, 410-819-0380 and get your tickets today.!

04/10/2025

Hello to all music lovers! Here at Chesapeake Music we are getting ready to welcome back our Silver Prize winners The Hesper Quartet and welcoming for the first time pianist Ying Li to the Ebenezer Theater on Sunday April 27th at 2pm. There’s a little over 2 weeks before they join us here and we want to make sure everyone who wants to see them get their tickets because our last concert sold out. But in the meantime, read a little more about both of these enchanting expressive group of artists…

The Hesper Quartet members–Sojeong Kim, Ye Jin Yoon, SoHui Yun ,Connor Kim–hold degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music, the Juilliard School, Yale University, Stony Brook University, and Seoul National University. “Hesper” means evening star, and like how each star in the night sky has its own story, the Hesper Quartet strives to tell the fascinating story of each work of music that they play. Summer festival appearances include the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival in both 2023 and 2024, the McGill International String Quartet Academy, and the St. Lawrence String Quartet Seminar. They have performed at a variety of venues including Stanford University’s Bing Concert Hall, Capitol Theatre Windsor, Staller Center for the Arts, Temple Beth El, and the JeJu Cultural Arts Center in South Korea and have have had the pleasure of collaborating with renowned artists such as Chiho Han, Lawrence Dutton, Hsin–Yun Huang, Peter Wiley, and Shai Wosner.

Along with the Hesper Quartet is pianist Ying Li.

Ying made her New York City recital debut at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall in the Peter Marino Concert and her Washington, D.C. debut at The Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater, with additional US recitals at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Evergreen Museum & Library in Baltimore, Sunday Musicale in New Jersey, Southeastern Piano Festival, and the Honest Brook Music Festival. As an avid chamber musician, Ying has appeared at prestigious festivals around the world including the Verbier Festival Academy, ClassicheFORME International Chamber Music festival in Lecce, Ravinia’s Steans Institute, La Jolla Music Society, Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the Artists Series Concerts in Sarasota, and the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival.

You can go on our website at www.chesapeakemusic.org or call the office at 410-819-0380 to find out more information or order your tickets today, you really don't want to miss out on the sounds of these very talented musicians!

04/02/2025

It’s almost here! Mark your calendars to join us for an exciting 40th Anniversary Festival! This year, our remarkable musicians will present six captivating and diverse concerts built around the theme of “Reflection and Celebration”. Concert dates are June 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, and 14, with two free open rehearsals June 4 and 11.

WE PROMISE TO DELIGHT, SURPRISE AND ENGAGE YOU!

Back for this celebration and as a reflection of the Festival’s past four decades are musicians long associated with the Festival — including violinist & co-Artistic Director Catherine Cho, pianist Robert McDonald, flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, violinists/violists Daniel and Todd Phillips, and founding members clarinetist Lawrie Bloom and cellist & co-Artistic Director Marcy Rosen, as well as award-winning younger musicians such as returning Rising Star cellist Sterling Elliott, pianist Albert Cano Smit, and violist Zhanbo Zheng. The iconic Juilliard String Quartet will headline the Festival’s second week and our audiences will be introduced to another young award-winning pianist, Evren Ozel. They will join long-time festival favorites.

Experience timeless classics, modern, intriguing, and accessible contemporary works — from Haydn, Boccherini, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Beach to Beethoven, Brahms, Smetana, Farrenc, Dvořák, Fauré, Schoenberg, and Widmann.

We are also excited to again offer an Early Subscription! Purchase now through midnight April 21 and you will receive all six concerts for the price of five and preferred seating (first-come, first-seated).

Get more information about subscription prices, individual ticket prices and information about our individual concerts at www.chesapeakemusic.org or feel free to give our office a call at 410-819-0380 and we'll be glad to help!

04/01/2025

Well good morning everyone! It's April Fool's Day BUT we're going to be nice and just tell you some more about the next event for us here at Chesapeake Music, The Hesper Quartet along with pianist Ying Li on April 27th at 2pm at the The Ebenezer Theater!

Sojeong Kim, Violin
Ye Jin Yoon, Violin
SoHui Yun, Viola
Connor Kim, Cello
The Hesper String Quartet is a Korean-American chamber ensemble that was formed as a student group at the Emerson String Quartet Institute of Stony Brook University in 2022. Since its formation, the quartet maintains an energetic balance of performing works by Beethoven, Schumann, and Haydn, while performing works by living composers such as Joan Tower. Notable achievements include winning first prize at the F***y Mendelssohn International Competition, the Servaas Competition, and the Ackerman Chamber Competition and here at Chesapeake Music's 2024 International Competition taking home the Silver Prize.
Its members–Sojeong Kim, Ye Jin Yoon, SoHui Yun ,Connor Kim–hold degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music, the Juilliard School, Yale University, Stony Brook University, and Seoul National University. “Hesper” means evening star, and like how each star in the night sky has its own story, the Hesper Quartet strives to tell the fascinating story of each work of music that they play.

Ying Li - Piano

Chinese pianist Ying Li is the First Prize Winner of the 2021 YCA Susan Wadsworth International Auditions, as well as recipient of The Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival Prize and the Tri-I Noon Recitals Prize. She has received top awards in numerous national and international competitions including the inaugural Antonio Mormone International Prize, Sarasota Artist Series Piano Competition, Brevard Music Festival, International Liszt Piano Competition for Young Pianists, and was a finalist at Concours musical international de Montréal.

Ying has performed with many leading orchestras such as The Philadelphia Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Brevard Music Festival Orchestra, L’Accademia Orchestra del La Scala, NWD-Philharmoniker, and the Stuttgart Philharmonic with conductors such as Lina Gonzalez-Granados, Xian Zhang, Dan Ettinger, Eric Jacobsen, and Jonathon Heyward. During the 24-25 season, Ying will make appearances with the Minnesota Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony, Orlando Philharmonic, Eugene Symphony, Aiken Symphony, and the Salisbury Symphony, among others.

So soak up the lovely sunshine and welcome April in by going to our website at www.chesapeakemusic.org or giving our office a call at 410-819-0380 to order your tickete for this incredibly talented group of young and spirited musicians! We can't wait to hear them again along with Ying Li. Our March concert sold out so don't wait, get your tickets today and, SEE YOU AT THE THEATER!

03/25/2025

What a beautiful sunny day after that rather somber Monday, BUT we have good news here at Chesapeake Music we are gearing up to bring back the amazingly talented Hesper Quartet and along with them with be the revered pianist Ying Li. Both will be coming to the The Ebenezer Theater for us on April 27th at 2pm!! We told you a little about the Hesper Quartet and now we'd like to let you know a little about Ying Li:

Chinese pianist Ying Li is the First Prize winner of the 2021 YCA Susan Wadsworth International Auditions, as well as recipient of The Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival Prize and the Tri-I Noon Recitals Prize.

Ying began piano lessons at age five in China, and was a student of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. After receiving a BM at Curtis Institute in 2019, she received her MM at The Juilliard School in New York with Robert McDonald, and continues her studies with McDonald at the Juilliard School’s Artist Diploma Program.

Ying made her NYC recital debut at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall and her Washington, D.C. debut at the Kennedy Center. During the 24-25 season Ying will make appearances with the Minnesota Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony, Orlando Philharmonic, Eugene Symphony, Aiken Symphony, and the Salisbury Symphony.

For more information on this superb concert go to our website at www.chesapeakemusic.org where you can also order your tickets or give our office a call at 410-819-0380. Our last concert sold out so remember that age old saying "The early bird gets the worm"!! See you at the theater!!

03/21/2025

Another windy day in Easton! We are looking forward to seeing everyone at our Salvador Flores and Andrew Kosinski concert tomorrow, Saturday March 22nd and are very excited for our patrons to hear such a wonderful duo!

Now let's talk about our next concert on Sunday April 27th at 2:00pm. The return of the Hesper Quartet to the The Ebenezer Theater! We are thrilled to have the Silver Prize winner of our 2024 Competition back to Chesapeake Music! They will be joined by pianist Ying Li which everyone will hear about next, but right now let's hear a little bit about the Quartet:

The Hesper Quartet, a Korean-American string quartet based in New York City, takes its name from Hesperus, the “evening star” and Greek mythological personification of Venus in the early night sky, capturing our roles as leaders and storytellers.

In 2024, the Hesper Quartet swept silver medals at the Chesapeake International Chamber Music Competition, Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, Lyon International String Quartet Competition, and the Yellow Springs Chamber Music Competition.In 2023, the Hesper Quartet was awarded first prize at the F***y Mendelssohn International Competition, the Servaas International Music Competition, and were selected for the Lauren V. Ackerman Prize at Stony Brook University.

Summer festival appearances include the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival in both 2023 and 2024, the McGill International String Quartet Academy, and the St. Lawrence String Quartet Seminar.

The Hesper Quartet was formed in 2022 at Stony Brook University’s Emerson String Quartet Institute. Its current members, violinists Valerie Kim and Yejin Yoon, violist Sohui Yun, and cellist Connor Kim, hold degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music, The Juilliard School, and Yale University.

Tickets are on sale now by going to our website at www.chesapeakemusic.org or giving our office a call at 410-819-0380 and as always we'll be glad to set you up!

03/21/2025

Good Morning everyone, we wanted to share our Executive Assistant Jane Copple's message from the show she is presently in:
Hey everyone tonight starts the second weekend of "Steel Magnolias"!! Opening weekends audiences are raving about it. I know me and the gals in the cast had a blast and we are looking forward to making more people laugh and cry on this second weekend. This Sunday the 23rd is sold out but Friday and Saturday night has some tickets left so you definitely want to give Church Hill Theatre a call at 410-556-6003 a call to get YOUR tickets today! And don't forget there is a THIRD weekend as well, Friday and Saturday night showtimes are 7:30pm and Sunday 2pm. SEE YOU AT THE SHOW!

03/19/2025

Good Wednesday morning to everyone! It is going to be a beautiful day and we here at Chesapeake Music are so excited to welcome Salvador Flores back to the The Ebenezer Theater along with accomplished composer and pianist Andrew Kosinski this Saturday the 22nd at 4pm! We also wanted to let everyone know that there are only 5 tickets left for this event. So if you've been thinking about it, now is the time to go to www.chesapeakemusic.org or call our office at 410-819-0380 to get one of those last 5 tickets!

03/12/2025

Does anyone else feel that spring is knocking on the door? The air feels different outside and that makes me smile. Another thing that is sure to make you smile are the 2 very talented gentleman that will be coming to Chesapeake Music at the The Ebenezer Theater on March 22nd at 4pm, less than 2 weeks! Last week we gave you a little more about saxophonist Salvador Flores so now let's hear a little more about pianist and composer Andrew Kosinski!
Born and raised at the Jersey Shore, Kosinski earned a BM in Performance and Composition from Rutgers University and an MM in Composition and Music Theory Pedagogy from the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University.
Kosinski's music has been broadcast on 103.3 WPRB Princeton "Classical Discoveries," and was included on the CD New & Old Music for Clavichord from Glass Bottom Studios. His works have earned him awards in the National Federation of Music Clubs' composition competition, Voices of Change composition competition, the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award (finalist), and the Tokyo Film Awards. In his role as staff arranger for The United States Army Band "Pershing's Own," Kosinski regularly composes and arranges music for occasions ranging from public concerts to presidential inaugurations. Kosinski currently serves as the conducting fellow with the Montgomery Philharmonic for the 2023-2025 seasons.
This is going to be an uplifting wonderful concert that you won't want to miss. Go online to www.chesapeakemusic.org or call our office at 410-819-0380 to get your tickets to hear uplifting moving music that will have you leaving the concert with a smile on your face.

03/06/2025

Good Morning to all! Get ready for another WINDY day, I believe March is living up to her saying "March comes in like a lion...." but if she keeps up you'll be able to duck out of the wind by coming to the The Ebenezer Theater on March 22nd at 4pm to see the very talented duo of Salvador Flores and Andrew Kosinski. And as promised here's a little more about the saxophonist Salvador Flores.

Salvador was born in Houston, TX, and is a saxophonist, educator, and emerging young soloist whose career has taken him to venues such as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the White House, Lila Cockrell Theatre, Hill Auditorium, and the New World Center. Recognized as one of the country's most promising young soloists, he was one of five nationally selected artists for the 2023 Performance Today Young Artist in Residence program. An avid chamber musician, he serves as the soprano chair of the nationally renowned Aero Quartet, Gold Medal winners at the 2021 Fischoff International Chamber Music Competition. Recorded by Abbey Road Studios engineer Jonathan Allen here in The Ebenezer Theater, the group released their debut album “Aero Quartet” in 2023 under London-based record label Orchid Classics, hitting #14 Best Classical Albums on the Billboard Charts.

You can get your tickets today by visiting our website at www.chesapeakemusic.org or giving our office a call at 410-819-0380 where we'll be glad to make sure you don't lose your chance to see this amazing duo!