2021 River Concert Series • June 25 - July 16, 2021
The Chesapeake Orchestra with Music Director Jeffrey Silberschlag
along with St. Mary's College of Maryland,
are proud to announce that the 2021 River Concert Series will take place this summer live!
The 23rd anniversary of the popular, music festival will be performed beginning Friday, June 25 at 7 p.m. 

2021 Season

The Chesapeake Orchestra has been under the musical
​ direction of Jeffrey Silberschlag since its founding in 1995.

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2020 Season programs

June 26: “Let Us Break Bread Together” @ 7:00 p.m.  View Program and June 26 Concert here
Featuring Sherri Fenwick, piano/organ; Roy Johnson, drums; Chesapeake Orchestra Brass: Giuseppe Nova, flute; Zach Silberschlag, trumpet; Nathaniel Silberschlag, horn; Alec Manasse, clarinet; and Milad Daniari, bass.
Special 6:15 p.m. pre-concert by alumna Rachael Meador ’20 senior recital reprise
July 3: “A Traditional 4th in an Unconventional Way!” @ 7:00 p.m.  ​View program and July 3 concert here
​Featuring jazz artist Hilary Kole performing from New York City, the Southern Maryland Community Gospel Choir, Chesapeake Orchestra Brass, Bryan Bourne, trombone; fire trucks in “Hosedown,” Ballet Caliente, and a special presentation of fireworks.
July 10: “Prayer for Our Planet” @ 7:00 p.m.  View Program and July 10 Concert here
​Featuring deeply moving music to refresh your spirit with Arvo Pärt, Bernard Kroll, John David Lang, Fisher Tull, and Ernst Bloch.
Special 6:15 p.m. pre-concert by alumnus M. Derrick Miller ’20 senior recital reprise
July 17: “The Spanish Influence” @ 7:00 p.m.  View Program and July 17 concert here
​Featuring Jose Cuéto, violin; Pedro Giraudo, Diego Gabete, violin; Music of deFalla, Piazzolla, Guastavino, Saglietti.
Special 6:15 p.m. pre-concert by Rachel Steelman, SMCM recital
July 24: “The Sheer Virtuosity” @ 7:00 p.m.  View Program and July 24 concert here
​Featuring Brian Ganz, piano; Olivia Vote, mezzo-soprano, and Chesapeake Orchestra strings.
July 31: “It’s a St. Mary’s Thing – Our Brand I” @ 7:00 p.m.  View Program July 31 Concert here
Featuring a veritable who’s-who of St. Mary’s College musical alumni kicking off the SMCM Alumni Weekend event! Alumni include: Paul Reed Smith of PRS Guitars, Don Stapleson, sax; Sara Jones, vocalist; Rick Humphries, sax; Chuck Orifici, trumpet; Ross Wixon, composer & trumpet; Mark Runkles, oboe; Peter Field, guitar; Rie Moore, piano; Gino Hannah, Ari Pluznik, and Zachary Silberschlag, trumpet.
September 6: Labor Day Weekend  RCS Bonus Concert @ 3:00 p.m. Program available at 3 p.m.
Featuring Solomon and the Dove by Arnold Saltzman  “A narrated work for flute, oboe, guitar, cello, bass and storyteller”. Plus Southern Maryland PaInters II,  with soundtrack by Roger Davidson.  Romantic Music for trumpet and guitar by Debussy and others & Jennifer Page “Lullabies and Love Songs. Images by Southern Maryland Photographers set to music by Handel performed by Deborah Greitzer, bassoon.
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington United Jewish Endowment Fund

Donation in memory of: Charles and Babe Silberschlag & Herbert and Zelda Silberschlag
from John and Thelma Hawley

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