March 19, 2024

River Concert’s 15th Anniversary Season Continues

Posted by Carolyn Egeli
Leading Edge

 St. Mary’s City, MD—The music has begun!  St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Fireworks at River Concertalong with the Chesapeake Orchestra and its Music Director Jeffrey Silberschlag kicked off the 15th Annual River Concert Series two Fridays ago with thousands of fans gathered on the townhouse green for the first two of six concerts in this orchestral summer series. This event has become a traditional, must do, part of summer in St. Mary’s County.

This season’s concerts will continue through July 26. Concerts start at 7 p.m., with grounds opening at 5 p.m. Food and beverages, provided by local vendors, will be on location. Attendees are also welcome to bring their own refreshments.

Upcoming programs:

July 5: The River Series celebrates Independence Day with a program featuring music of the sea, “1812 Overture,” plus Sousa and fireworks. The evening’s program also features soprano Jennifer Page.

July 12: Guest conductor Larry Vote will direct a chorale of our best local choirs, and baritone Robert MacDonald is featured in an Americana program of the music of Aaron Copland.

July 19: It is back to Baroque, with music of Handel, Bach, and Telemann, featuring soloists from the Chesapeake Orchestra’s celebrated performers, Jose Cueto (violin), Regino Madrid (violin) and Fatma Daglar (oboe).

July 26: The season concludes with a Big Band tribute with popular vocalist Sara Gray.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland, designated the Maryland state honors college in 1992, is ranked one of the best public liberal arts schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. More than 2,000 students attend the college, nestled on the St. Mary’s River in Southern Maryland.

The Chesapeake Orchestra is a non-profit, professional orchestra. Concerts are made possible through corporate and private donations and sponsorships.  Please visit the Chesapeake Orchestra website to support the concerts and continue their free entrance admittance.

Jeffrey Silberschlag, music director of the Chesapeake Orchestra, holds the Lifetime Achievement in Arts Award from the European Union of the Arts, awarded in Prague in 2011. Silberschlag has recorded with the London Symphony, London Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Warsaw Philharmonic and the Czech Radio Orchestra.

 

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