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Garfield Center Presents Music, Storytelling and Portrayal of 1st Published African American Poet

May 27, 2022 by Garfield Center Leave a Comment

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The Garfield Center for the Performing Arts will host a variety of offerings on Saturday, May 28 during the Chestertown Tea Party Festival: a portrayal of Phyllis Wheatley, the first published African American poet, Crankies, a fascinating form of old fashioned storytelling art form, and a musical performance by Stephen Christoff on a variety of colonial instruments.

The Phyllis Wheatley portrayal, performed by Janice Curtis Greene, begins at 11 AM. Born around 1753 in Gambia, Africa, Wheatley was captured by slave traders and brought to America in 1761. Upon arrival, she was sold to the Wheatley family in Boston, Massachusetts. Her first name Phillis was derived from the ship that brought her to America, “the Phillis.”

The Wheatley family educated her and within sixteen months of her arrival in America she could read the Bible, Greek and Latin classics, and British literature. She also studied astronomy and geography. Although she supported the patriots during the American Revolution, Wheatley’s opposition to slavery heightened. She wrote several letters to ministers and others on liberty and freedom.  Wheatley died in December 1784, due to complications from childbirth. In addition to making an important contribution to American literature, Wheatley’s literary and artistic talents helped show that African Americans were equally capable, creative, intelligent human beings who benefited from an education. In part, this helped the cause of the abolition movement.

Back by popular demand, with performances at 11:45 AM and again at 1:00 PM, is Katherine Fahey and her Crankie show. This is an old fashioned story telling art form using a long illustrated scroll wound on two spools – a moving panorama accompanied by live music. Fahey’s work is based on folk tales as far reaching as the southern swamps of Louisiana to the northern reaches of Inuit Quebec. Others are personal stories from her childhood in Virginia and the streets of her longtime home of Baltimore Accompanying her will be puppeteer, and foley artist, Dan Van Allen, and musician Mark Dykeman.

Virtuoso musician Stephen Christoff, a perennial Tea Party Festival favorite, performs at 1:00 PM. He will captivate families with the jaws harp, banjo, guitar, mandolin, hand whistle, the musical saw, and even the bottles. The Colonial times were filled with music and Christoff explores the fun.

For a full schedule of events and more information, visit https://www.chestertownteaparty.org/

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The Mainstay Features a Father’s Day Blues Concert

May 26, 2022 by The Mainstay Leave a Comment

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On Sunday, June 19th, The Mainstay in Rock Hall offers a special Father’s Day concert celebration with blues band Mark Hummel and the Blues Survivors. Showtime is at 7:00 p.m.

Long-time bandleader Mark Hummel started playing in bands when he was 14 in the “ghetto” clubs in the San Francisco area “where the real, exciting blues was to be found” according to him. In 1977, at the age of 18, he decided to pursue a career in blues music and formed his band, the Blues Survivors. By 1984 he began a life of non-stop touring of the United States, Canada, and Europe, sharing stages with the likes of blues giants Charles Brown, Charlie Musselwhite, Brownie McGhee, Eddie Taylor, and Jimmy Rogers. Hummel and his band are still on the road about 150 days of the year.

With more than 30 blues recordings, including the 2013 Grammy nominated release “Remembering Little Walter,” Hummel is considered one of the premier blues harmonica players of his generation. The music critic of the Chicago Sun-Times remarked that “Hummel plays the harmonica with the fat, full sound that made Little Walter sound almost like a saxophonist rather than a harp man”. Blues Revue Magazine commented that “Mark Hummel is one of a handful of the Best Players ever on the instrument. He is a harmonica God”.

Hummel describes his playing as follows: “I’ve always tried to do a cross section of tempos and styles in my music – fast songs, slow songs, rhumbas, boogaloos, shuffles, flat tires, Chicago Blues, West Coast Jump. Texas Blues Swing, New Orleans R&B, delta blues, soul music and soe funky beats thrown in here and there”.

Hummel also put together the first Blues Harmonica Blowout in 1991at Ashkenaz, a live music and dance venue in Berkeley. Each performer performed a 20-to-30 minute set and everyone jammed together with Hummel’s Blues Survivors band backing them. Over the next five years, the Blowout grew to become a multi-venue, four-night festival circulating in the Bay area’s best known music clubs.

Advance tickets are $20, and are available at www.mainstayrockhall.org. Telephone reservations are also accepted by calling 410-639-9133. The Mainstay is located at 5753 N. Main Street in Rock Hall. It receives funding from the Maryland State Arts Council and the Kent Cultural Alliance.

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Juneteenth Celebration, June 18, noon – 4pm

May 24, 2022 by Academy Art Museum Leave a Comment

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The Academy Art Museum is pleased to announce the 11th Annual Juneteenth Celebration on Saturday, June 18 from noon – 4 pm. Presented by AAM, Building African American Minds (BAAM), the Frederick Douglass Honor Society and the Talbot County Free Library, this special free celebration is an outdoor block party featuring a concert with exceptional musical talent from around the region including Dat Feel Good and Julie Outrage, an exhibition of the vibrant tapestries and paintings of Adrienne Elise Tarver and the stunning illustrations of children’s book author Bryan Collier, a hands-on art project for families and delicious food vendors including Danielle’s Pit Stop, Scottish Highland Creamery, and Gabee’s Icees.

The Academy Art Museum would like to thank Lead Sponsor Morgan Stanley for supporting this year’s celebration. Additional support for this event is provided by Talbot Arts, Maryland State Arts Council, Maryland Public Television, Easton Utilities and Paris Foods Corporation.

PERFORMANCES

Clarence Ward III and his band Dat Feel Good are one of the most sought-after neo-jazz bands based in the DC/MD areas. Ward III is a flugelhornist, saxophonist, and trumpeter whose lion’s heart style of playing positions him as the vanguard of reinforcing jazz music’s vital voice in these modern times. He has performed with a diverse range of artists including Gladys Knight, N’Dambi Blue, Robert Glasper, Nancy Wilson, Musiq Soulchild, Benny Golson, Aretha Franklin, and toured with R&B Soul Singer Ledisi. Music critics and fans alike say “[Clarence] is in a lane of his own,” when it comes to his flare and style of playing. He named his band Dat Feel Good because it is the way he wants listeners to feel when they leave his shows.

Julie O. aka Julie Outrage is a guitarist, singer-songwriter, filmmaker and producer with a style ranging from blues, rock, R&B, hip-hop, jazz and experimental. She was born in West Africa, spent several years living in Brooklyn and is based in Washington D.C. In 2014, Julie Outrage was named The Deli Magazine’s Best of NYC Emerging Artist. Her style has been called funk-rock with a jazz guitar influence, a feel encompassing hip hop inspired & spoken word lyrics. In January 2021, Julie Outrage released her 5th self-produced single, “Slow Down” arranged and mixed by Jaz Williams (credits: Mac Miller, Kap G, Bone Thugs) featuring the horn section from Washington D.C. band, Aztec Sun. Slow Down, is available on all streaming platforms.

ART

Enjoy the artwork of Adrienne Elise Tarver in the exhibition Manifesting Paradise. Her paintings and works on paper feature bold figures and botanical forms, brought to life by a warm palette rich with dynamic overtones and gradients. Encompassing multiple stages of Tarver’s prolific career, the work in the exhibition serves as a hopeful, beautiful projection in the face of the socioeconomic and cultural injustices Black people face in America.

Also on display is the exhibition Bryan Collier: Dream Walking. This exhibition features the stunning original artworks that illustrate Collier’s children’s books, By and By, about gospel composer Charles Albert Tindley, and We Shall Overcome, a celebration of the eponymous gospel anthem and Civil Rights protest song, plus his latest book Music is a Rainbow inspired by the childhoods of Maya Angelou and Quincy Jones. Collier is a Caldecott Honor recipient and a nine-time Coretta Scott King Award winner. His unique illustrations combine watercolor and collage to bring African American historical figures to life.

This year’s free family craft will be a colorful collage project inspired by Bryan Collier’s art.

About the Academy Art Museum

As the premier art museum on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, the Academy Art Museum presents high-quality exhibitions and a full range of art classes for visitors of all ages. Past exhibitions have featured artists such as James Turrell, Robert Rauschenberg, Mark Rothko, Pat Steir and Richard Diebenkorn. The permanent collection focuses on works on paper by American and European artists from four centuries including recent acquisitions by Graciela Iturbide and Zanele Muholi. Arts educational programs range from life drawing lessons to digital art instruction, and include lunchtime and cocktail hour concerts, lectures and special art events, as well as a Fall Craft Show. AAM also provides arts education to public and private school children from the region and is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.

Location: 106 South Street, Easton, Maryland
Summer Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Friday 10:00 am to 7:30 pm (free admission), Saturday 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, and Sunday, 10 am to 4 pm. Closed Mondays and Federal holidays.
Admission: $3, children under 12 free, AAM members free.

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CHT’s Green Room Gang Theatre Camp Opens Registration

May 22, 2022 by Church Hill Theatre Leave a Comment

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Registration for Church Hill Theatre’s 23th year of the Green Room Gang youth theatre program is officially open! The GRG Program has provided opportunities for young people of the Eastern Shore to experience true live theatre, from auditions to curtain call, for over two decades. CHT offers a standing ovation to our entire community for supporting arts education for our children throughout the years.  We are so happy to be returning to a full theatre camp after the two year hiatus!  Bravo!

Begun in 1999, this exciting summer program of theatre games and training culminates in two fully staged musicals adapted for young performers. The Green Room Gang Senior Program, for young people entering grades 6 through 12, begins on Monday, June 20th, 2022 and runs Mondays through Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Students will take a magical journey through the world of a play by means of dance, music, improvisation, theatre games, acting, staging and artistic interpretation to conceive a role from start to finish. Kevin Thomas, Vocal instructor from Easton, MD, will be instructing the Senior camp. Full tuition for the five-week GRG Sr. program is $550.00, with a 10% discount for CHT Members.

Green Room Gang Junior participants, youths entering grades 1 through 5, will do theatre games, learn basic acting skills, and explore singing and dancing while they create a musical especially written for young performers. GRG Jr. begins on Monday, June 22, 2022, and runs Mondays through Thursdays from 9 a.m. to Noon. Becca Van Aken returns for her 15th year as GRG Junior instructor. Full tuition for the four-week GRG Jr. program is $330.00, with a 10% discount for CHT Members. Scholarships are available for both Sr. and Jr. camps.

Final performances for GRG are Thursday and Friday, July 21 and 221 at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, July 23 at 2:00 p.m.

For more information, call the Church Hill Theatre business office at 410-556-6003, or email us at office@churchhilltheatre.org. The enrollment period runs from now through June 3rd; be sure to fill out your child’s registration with haste – GRG is first come, first served and fills up quickly! See you in the theatre!

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Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano to Perform at the 2022 Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival

May 21, 2022 by Chesapeake Music Leave a Comment

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Pictured is the critically acclaimed mezzo-soprano, Jennifer Johnson Cano.

Critically acclaimed mezzo-soprano, Jennifer Johnson Cano, will be an exciting newcomer at the 2022 Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival (June 10-18). Cano will open each of the first week’s three concerts, performing arias from Bach cantatas to the accompaniment of the Festival’s instrumentalists. In addition, she will perform works by Brahms, Chausson, and Ravel. Cano has performed in over 100 productions at The Metropolitan Opera and has been lauded as a “consummate actress” (The Wall Street Journal). She also is acclaimed for her song recitals. The New York Times enthused over her 2016 recital at the Morgan Library, stating:

Dramatic intelligence and imagination suffused every note of Ms. Johnson Cano’s performance. Endowed with an attention-grabbing dark mezzo, its depths bracing like strong coffee, she seems to thrive in the role of a storyteller.

The Festival’s artistic directors, cellist Marcy Rosen and violinist Catherine Cho, were especially pleased to engage Jennifer Johnson Cano in order to showcase the vocal component of the chamber music repertoire. The powerful blending of voice and instruments will be highlighted in the Bach cantatas, especially the intertwining of Cano’s rich mezzo with Peggy Pearson’s oboe in Bach’s expressive melodies. And in Ravel’s unabashedly emotional Chansons madécasses, scored for voice, piano, flute, and cello, Cano’s singing becomes the principal instrument in a quartet of independent voices.

Jennifer Johnson Cano performs each season with major orchestras and conductors. She has toured with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and performed with the New York Philharmonic. In February, she sang in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and in the New York premiere of Marc Neikrug’s chamber opera, A Song by Mahler, presented by the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society. This March, along with Renée Fleming and Kelli O’Hara, she starred in Kevin Puts’ The Hours with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Johnson Cano is a native of St. Louis. She won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition and made her Met debut in the 2009-10 season. Among her honors is taking First Prize in the 2009 Young Concert Artists International Auditions.

“The beautiful thing about what I do for a living is I get to crawl around in the skin of people I don’t initially see myself in,” Cano says. “I get to explore a world and a way of thinking which is very different from my own. That’s the joy and the challenge of being an actor, trying to not hide yourself but to immerse yourself in another human being’s experience.”

Program selections are subject to change. For further details on the 2022 Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival and to purchase tickets, visit https://chesapeakemusic.org/.

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The National Music Festival Seeks Hosts to House Musicians

May 19, 2022 by Spy Desk Leave a Comment

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One of the great benefits to the National Music Festival over its first decade has been the willingness of local residents to open their homes to host participating musicians.

As NMF returns in June, after a two-year hiatus caused by the Covid 19 pandemic, most of the musicians and staff will be housed in Washington College dormitories.

However, the Festival is also seeking host families or individuals to accommodate some of our musicians who will begin arriving June 3 or 4, departing on June 19. Festival concerts will run from June 5 through 18.

To ensure everyone’s health and safety, NMF has implemented strict Covid 19 protocols for this season. This includes requiring all professional musicians, apprentices, staff and technicians to be fully vaccinated and boosted against Covid 19.

They also must present proof of a negative Covid test taken 48 hours prior to arriving in Chestertown; and they will be tested several times during the Festival.

“With this level of precaution, we feel comfortable asking members of the community to host musicians and staff for this year’s Festival,” said Caitlin Patton, the Festival’s executive director. “If any musician receives a positive test result during the Festival, they will be relocated and isolated.”

Examples of suitable accommodations include spare bedrooms with en suite or adjacent bathrooms, detached guest cottages, and garage or other apartment units.

If you can provide housing or have further questions, please email info@nationalmusic.us using as your subject line NMF HOUSING 2022.

For concert schedules and ticket information, please visit (www.nationalmusic.us). National Music Festival concertgoers will be required to present verifiable proof of full vaccination against Covid 19, and masks (fully covering the nose and mouth) must be worn in all concert venues.

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First Friday with Joe Holt – Trad Jazz Meets Bop Meets Latin

May 19, 2022 by Spy Desk Leave a Comment

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On June 3 at 8 pm, The Mainstay in Rock Hall, Maryland presents another unique live music collaboration in its new “First Friday with Joe Holt” series.  Holt is well known on the Eastern Shore as being a sensitive accompanist and creative collaborator. He commands a repertoire of ballads, classic and swing jazz tunes in the style of piano great Dave McKenna. The First Friday series allows Joe to stretch these limits by inviting different musical guests each month, often from quite different musical genres, to explore their common ground

For this month’s First Friday program, Joe Holt asks the musical question, “What happens when you ask a traditional jazz trumpeter (Danny Tobias), a bop sax guy (Vincent Lardear), and a Latin jazz trombonist (David Sacks) to collaborate on classic selections from the Great American Songbook?”

Equally at home with a cornet or trumpet, Danny Tobias is best known for traditional jazz and swing, either reproducing classic arrangements or artful improvisation. In addition to playing at Birdland with David Ostwald’s Louis Armstrong Eternity Band, or with Marty Grosz’s Hot Wings, or with the Midiri Brothers’, Danny has worked with a number of high-profile artists such as Vince Giordano, Harry Allen, Marty Grosz, and Howard Alden. He has performed at Birdland, Mezzrow, Lincoln Center, the Players Club, and other prestigious jazz venues in major US cities.

Vincent Lardear is a former member of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra under trombonist Buddy Morrow and was lead alto sax with the Illinois Jacquet Big Band.  He has also recorded with Grammy Award winning saxophonist Phil Woods. Vince is currently a member of the Baltimore Symphony Pops andis a well-known figure in the jazz scene in Philadelphia and the surrounding Tri-State area.

David Sacks has performed and recorded with Brazilian greats such as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Astrud Gilberto (the “Girl from Ipanema”), Flora Purim, and Tito Puente. He performed in the Broadway show Gospel at Colonus starring Morgan Freeman. He currently plays and sings Brazilian, Latin, and jazz music in the DC metro area and regularly performs at venues such as Strathmore, Blues Alley, Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, and the Embassy of Brazil.

Advance tickets are $15, and are available at www.mainstayrockhall.org. Telephone reservations are also accepted by calling 410-639-9133. The Mainstay is located at 5753 N. Main Street in Rock Hall. It receives funding from the Maryland State Arts Council and the Kent Cultural Alliance.

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Meet the Author: Kate Albus at The Bookplate

May 19, 2022 by Spy Desk Leave a Comment

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Kate Albus. Photo credit: Jennifer Riley Photography

On Saturday, May 28th between 11am and 2pm, all are invited to The Bookplate to meet middle grade author Kate Albus as she signs copies of her new book, A Place to Hang the Moon. Geared towards children ages 9-12, this heartwarming story about three siblings looking for a permanent home is sure to top the summer reading lists of middle school kids all over the country. 

“It is 1940 and William, 12, Edmund, 11, and Anna, 9, aren’t terribly upset by the death of the not-so-grandmotherly grandmother who has taken care of them since their parents died. But the children do need a guardian, and in the dark days of World War II London, those are in short supply, especially if they hope to stay together. Could the mass wartime evacuation of children from London to the countryside be the answer?”

A Place to Hang the Moon is a story about the importance of family: the one you’re given, and the one you choose. Filled with rich, sensory prose, allusions to classic children’s stories like A Little Princess, Mary Poppins, and The Story of Ferdinand, this cozy tale with a classic feel is sure to warm your heart.

  • A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year
  • An ALSC Notable Children’s Book
  • A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
  • A CCBC Choice

“Reading A Place to Hang the Moon is like eating chocolate. It is bittersweet with a creamy end. I would eat this book any day… The story channels everything from the Baudelaire orphan’s bonds in A Series of Unfortunate Events to the charming bedtime vibe of Winnie the Pooh. I highly recommend this book.” – Sukie Tilghman, Chestertown Resident, Age 12

While perusing the stands during Chestertown’s Tea Party Festival, be sure to swing past the shop and pick up a copy of A Place to Hang the Moon. 

For more event details contact The Bookplate at 410-778-4167 or contact@thebookplate.net. This event is free and open to the public. Reservations are not required. The Bookplate is located at 112 S. Cross Street, in Chestertown, Maryland. 

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Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival 2022: June 10–18 at the Ebenezer Theater

May 16, 2022 by Chesapeake Music Leave a Comment

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Marcy Rosen

The 2022 Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival will be held at the Ebenezer Theater (17 S. Washington St., Easton, MD) from June 10th to June 18th. The Festival’s six concerts will feature 18 performances, each conceived around “artful dialogues” among the musicians and composers over the centuries. As Chesapeake Music Executive Director Don Buxton stated, “Given the stresses of the ongoing pandemic, the Festival’s program hopes to offer the calm, beauty, and humanity that especially chamber music can communicate between musicians and audiences.”

Catherine Cho

Long-time Festival participants will be back – including Festival Artistic Directors, cellist Marcy Rosen, and violinist Catherine Cho, as well as clarinetist J. Lawrie Bloom, pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute, flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, oboist Peggy Pearson, and violinist/violist brothers Todd and Daniel Phillips. Completing the roster will be cellist Peter Stumpf, violinist Carmit Zori, violinist Jennifer Liu, and violist Maiya Papach. Of special note is the appearance of Metropolitan Opera star, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano, who will open the first week’s three concerts performing arias from Johann Sebastian Bach cantatas. Cano will also present two songs by Johannes Brahms (for voice, viola, and piano), Ernest Chausson’s poignant Chanson Perpétuelle, and Maurice Ravel’s three exotic Chansons madécasses (“Songs of Madagascar”).

Jennifer Johnson Cano

As is customary, the Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival program will feature several well-loved chamber ensemble pieces, including a trio for flute, cello, and piano by Franz Joseph Haydn, four works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a string quintet by Johannes Brahms, and a string sextet by Antonín Dvořák. Several early modern tonal pieces are on the program. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Amy Beach, two outstanding American composers, are represented with a clarinet quintet and a piano quintet respectively. The French composer Édouard Destenay’s extremely virtuosic trio for oboe, clarinet, and piano will also be featured. A brilliant contemporary work, John Harbison’s Six American Painters, will help bring the Festival to a dazzling conclusion. Based on six paintings that Harbison viewed at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the work was originally written for flute and strings. Harbison recast the work for oboe and strings for his long-time student and friend, oboist Peggy Pearson,

As in past years, the winners of the 10th International Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition for Young Professionals will perform on June 17th.

Program selections are subject to change. For further details on the 2022 Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival and to purchase tickets, visit https://chesapeakemusic.org/.

2022 Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival Schedule – Ebenezer Theater, Easton, MD

June 10, 7:30 p.m.    Opening Extravaganza!             

June 11, 7:30 p.m.    From Bach to Brahms                 

June 12, 5:30 p.m.    Artful Dialogues

June 16, 5:30 p.m.    Mozart and More

June 17, 7:30 p.m.    Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition Winners

June 18, 7:30 p.m.    Festival Finale

June 8 and 15, 10 a.m.   Free! Open Rehearsals     

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Bay Country Chorus Seeks Women and Men of All Ages to Join

May 14, 2022 by Spy Desk Leave a Comment

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The Bay Country Chorus is the Easton Maryland chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS). Since 1990 the men of the chorus have been entertaining throughout the mid-shore of Maryland. Our principal audience has been the many seniors in our community who are unable to attend live musical performances. So, we bring the music to them.

In 2018 BHS opened the membership to women of all ages. With a dynamic and energetic new director, the chorus has decided to invite ladies to join us in song creating a mixed chorus. We will continue to provide entertainment to our friends and neighbors throughout the mid-shore. This gives us an opportunity to continue this important work in bringing live music to those in senior living facilities, those in venues dealing with dementia or in rehab and to expand our performances. Men of all ages who like to sing are also invited to take a look at the chorus.

An open house will be held on Monday May 16th starting at 6:45 pm at Brookletts Place, the Talbot County Senior Center at 400 Brookletts Ave in Easton. Light refreshments will be served. An introduction to singing four-part harmony will be introduced and questions will be answered. For information, or to register please contact John Crovo, current President at 410-820-4761, jcrovo@goeaston.net.

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