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TILGHMAN ON THE CHESAPEAKE 410.886.2300 SINGLE SOURCE McHALE LANDSCAPE DESIGN mchalelandscape.com DESIGN LANDSCAPE MASONRY CARPENTRY MAINTENANCE CONSTRUCTION 305 CRUSADER ROAD, CAMBRIDGE 410.228.0800 + BUILD MAIN OFFICE: 301.599.8300 ■ EASTON: 410.770.9449 WWW.BENSONANDMANGOLD.COM ANNAPOLIS: 410.990.0894 ■ MCLEAN: 703.760.8600 2 = This is the work of The TABLE OF CONTENTS President’s Welcome .................................................................................................................................7 Chamber Music Artistic Director Profiles .............................................................................................9 Artist Profiles .....................................................................................................................................11–21 Artist Showcase I | Trinity Cathedral: June 7..................................................................................23 Artist Showcase II | Academy Art Museum: June 9 ......................................................................25 Artist Showcase III | Oxford Community Center: June 11 ..........................................................27 Avalon Theatre: June 12 ........................................................................................................................29 Judy Collins Program Notes for June 12 Concert ..............................................................................................30–32 St. Paul’s Church: June 13 ....................................................................................................................33 Program Notes for June 13 Concert ..............................................................................................34–36 The Talbot Country Club: June 14 ......................................................................................................37 Program Notes for June 14 Concert ..............................................................................................38–40 Lee Ann Womack Artist Showcase IV | Trinity Cathedral: June 16 ............................................................................41 Artist Showcase V | Academy Art Museum: June 18 ....................................................................42 Avalon Theatre: June 19 ........................................................................................................................43 Program Notes for June 19 Concert ..............................................................................................44–46 St. Michaels High School: June 20 .....................................................................................................47 Program Notes for June 20 Concert ....................................................................................................49 Leo Kottke Angels Concert – Halcyon: June 21 ....................................................................................................51 Program Notes for June 21 Concert ..............................................................................................52–53 The 21st Century Fund/Founders Club ...............................................................................................55 Board of Directors, Staff, Volunteers ..............................................................................................56–58 A Special Thank You ...............................................................................................................................59 More information at 2014–15 Chamber Music Competition Donors ..................................................................................61 avalonfoundation.org The 2015 Annual Appeal .................................................................................................................62–63 410-822-7299 Discography for Festival 30 .............................................................................................................65–68 List of Advertisers ...................................................................................................................................69 4 5 = = ts that June 2015 Gif Give ack B Dear Friends: Welcome to the 30th Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival! We are very proud to have reached this milestone and prouder still that our Festival continues to be led by our Founding Artistic Directors, Lawrie Bloom and Marcy Rosen, and our Executive Director, Don Buxton. These three have been the heart and soul of our festival since its modest start in 1986. This year we will again present eleven performances and two open rehearsals over two weeks. Most will be in familiar venues, but two in exciting new ones: the Oxford Community Center and Talbot Country Club. The recently renovated Oxford Community Center is considered one of the finest performance spaces in the region. The Talbot Country Club concert will be presented in the gorgeous River Room and be followed by a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception. We love welcoming our returning musicians and meeting those coming for the first time. It’s always a great pleasure to see them spend a week or two together enjoying playing great music with other great musicians. Marcy and Lawrie have designed a spectacular program and added a twist: many The Italian word affettuoso (ah-fett’-oo-OH-soh) of the programs include works written by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and others means to play “with love and warm affection.” when they were 30! Another age-30 composition is a new work by Roger Zare titled “New Horizons.” It celebrates the spacecraft launched nine years ago that will Why not approach giving in the same manner? encounter the dwarf planet Pluto this July. For 30 years Chesapeake Chamber Music has added greatly to the quality of life on the Eastern Shore. Our Chamber Music Festival opens the summer season in great What is it that defines your passion for music and how will you style and our Monty Alexander Jazz Festival will wind up the season in similar style on Labor Day Weekend. As most of you know, ticket sales cover only about ensure that the music you love continues for years to come? one-third of our costs. We rely strongly on financial support of our community and There are three simple ways that you can support Chesapeake are very grateful for it. Chamber Music with gifts that give back: We are also very grateful to our countless volunteers and wonderful part-time staff: • Include Chesapeake Chamber Music in your will or trust; Don Buxton and Executive Assistant Lois Campbell. • Make Chesapeake Chamber Music a beneficiary in your life Happy 30th! insurance policy, IRA, 401(k), or other retirement plan; and • Take advantage of a Charitable Gift Annuity through our partnership with Mid-Shore Community Foundation. Are you considering remembering Chesapeake Chamber Music Michael B. Bracy President, Board of Directors in your estate plans? Phone or write Executive Director, Donald Buxton, 410-819-0380 or [email protected]. PO Box 461, Easton, MD 21601 • 410-819-0380 • ChesapeakeChamberMusic.org 6 7 = Marcy Rosen J. Lawrie Bloom Cello, Artistic Director Clarinet, Artistic Director ™ Chesapeake Chamber Music Chesapeake Chamber Music Cellist MARCY ROSEN has established Returning for his 30th season as one of our two herself as one of the most important and Artistic Directors, J. LAWRIE BLOOM has respected artists of our day. The Los Angeles been called a “super soloist…crisp, intense The Smith Island Times has called her “one of the intimate art’s indeed” by the Chicago Tribune. Mr. Bloom Baking Company is abiding treasures.” She has performed in is a versatile player who has been heard in recital and with orchestras throughout Canada, chamber, orchestral, and concerto appearances proud to support England, France, Japan, Italy, Switzerland, and on soprano clarinet, basset clarinet, basset Chesapeake Chamber all fifty of the United States. In recent seasons horn, and bass clarinet. He has been with the Music she has appeared on stage in Beijing and Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1980, when Shanghai, the Seoul Arts Center in Korea, and Sir Georg Solti invited him to join the orchestra in Cartagena, Colombia. in the position of clarinet and solo bass clarinet. 20926 Caleb Jones Road 410-425-2253 Bloom frequently performs in the Ewell, Smith Island, MD 21824 SmithIslandCake.com A consummate soloist, Ms. Rosen’s superb musicianship is enhanced by her many Northwestern University Winter Chamber chamber music activities. She has collaborated Festival and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with the world’s finest musicians, including chamber and MusicNOW series. In a recent Leon Fleisher, Richard Goode, Andras Schiff, tour to Asia with the Chicago Symphony Mitsuko Ushida, Peter Serkin, and Isaac Stern, Orchestra, Mr. Bloom presented a master class among others, and with the Juilliard, Emerson, in Taipei and a chamber concert in Beijing. and Orion Quartets. She was a founding Two of his recent performances received