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May 17, 2025

Talbot Spy

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Wye Parish, Washington College Sponsor Lecture on Colonial Religious Architecture

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Eric Anderson

Celebrating the 300th Anniversary of Old Wye Church in Wye Mills, MD, Wye Episcopal Parish, in partnership with Washington College, is offering to the public a lecture on local Colonial religious structures.  The lecture, which is free and followed by discussion and refreshments, will be presented on Thursday, October 27 at 5 p.m. in the Christ Church Parish Hall, 111 South Washington, Easton, MD.

The presenter is the architect-scholar Eric Anderson, and the title of his lecture is “Genius Loci: The Past, Presence & Future of Colonial Religious Architecture on Maryland’s Eastern Shore”.  Mr. Anderson will examine what it is that imbues our old religious buildings with the unique “spirit of the place” that we experience when we come into their presence.  In exploring of this phenomenon, Mr. Anderson will discuss the development of Colonial religious architecture in the region, the present state of several important surviving examples, and the value of maintaining such structures today and for the future.

Eric Anderson has designed a wide range of corporate, residential and religious projects over the past two decades and has taught architectural design studios at Georgia Tech, Auburn and other eastern U.S. institutions of higher learning.  At Washington College, Mr. Anderson has co-taught the College’s course on Religion & Architecture.

The next presentation in the ongoing Wye Parish/Washington College lecture series will occur on Wednesday, November 16 at 5 p.m. in the Old Wye Church Parish Hall, 14114 Old Wye Mills Road, Wye Mills, MD.  The lecturer will be the widely-published Washington College scholar of religion and culture, Dr. Joseph Prud’homme, speaking on the “Rev. Thomas Bray and Colonial Maryland: A Case Study in Religion and the Public Good”.

For questions or further information about the lecture series, call  Wye Parish, 410-827-8484.

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Mormon Tabernacle Organist to Perform in Easton

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Richard Elliott

On Sunday, May 15 at 4 pm, Richard Elliott, Principal Organist for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, will present a concert on the four-manual console at Christ Church in Easton.  For the past thirty years, Elliott has accompanied the famed choir on its weekly radio and TV broadcast, “Music and the Spoken Word,” as well as in general conferences of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, on dozens of CDs and DVDs, and in the choir’s nationally televised Christmas concerts. As accompanist for the Tabernacle Choir, he has performed in many of the world’s great halls and appeared on numerous TV and radio programs, including the NBC “Today Show,” the “CBS Morning Show” and “A Prairie Home Companion.” In his work with the choir, Dr. Elliott has collaborated with many guest artists including Andrea Bocelli, the Canadian Brass, Kristin Chenoweth, Renée Fleming, Evelyn Glennie, the King’s Singers, the Sesame Street Muppets, Robert Shaw, James Taylor, and Bryn Terfel.  He also has a busy solo career, having given thousands of organ concerts on Temple Square as well as numerous performances on five continents. He appears on seven organ CDs and is a published composer and arranger of music for organ, choir, and orchestra.

Before becoming a Tabernacle organist in 1991, Dr. Elliott was an assistant professor of organ at Brigham Young University, and for several years he served as assistant organist at the John Wanamaker Department Store (now Macy’s) in Philadelphia, home to the world’s largest functioning pipe organ. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, he received his early musical training at the Peabody Conservatory. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in organ from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and MM and DMA degrees from the Eastman School of Music. His organ teachers have included David Craighead, Marjorie Jovanovic, Dale Krider, William Watkins, and John Weaver.

This concert is co-sponsored by the Christ Church Concert Series and the Mid-Shore Maryland Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.  The public is invited to attend.  While no tickets are required the suggested donation is $20 per person.  Christ Church is located at 111 S. Harrison Street in downtown Easton.  For more information, call 410-822-2677.

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Mid-Shore Organ Guild Sponsors Silent Film Event

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Michael Britt

On Friday, February 25 at 7 pm, the Mid-Shore Maryland Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will present a fun-filled evening for all ages featuring two beloved Buster Keaton films at Christ Church in Easton.  One Week (1920) is a delightful comedy involving a newlywed couple who receive a build-it-yourself house as a wedding gift. The house can be built, supposedly, in “one week”. A rejected suitor secretly re-numbers packing crates, and as if this were not enough, the couple finds they have built the house on the wrong lot and must move it!  The second feature is the 1928 “Steamboat Bill, Jr.” which has been described as an astonishing comedy that is still as fresh as the day it was made. This film is a comedic drama and a gently tender story of a man coming to respect and love his son. Bill, Sr. played by Ernest Torrence, is the captain of a tatty old pleasure boat who hasn’t seen his son since the boy was a baby. He’s hoping for a strapping lad to help out with the business.

The organist for this event is Michael Britt, Music Director and Organist at Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church in Baltimore.  Michael is also an avid theater organist and is in frequent demand as an accompanist for silent films.  Mr. Britt has presented several silent film presentations in Easton, and these are always crowd-pleasing, fun-filled evenings.  While there is no admission charge for this event, donations will be greatly appreciated.    Christ Church is located at 111 S. Harrison Street in downtown Easton.

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Walk in Love Series at Christ Church Easton

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There are life crises that are corporate – like a pandemic – but there are individual crises too: Moving. The death of a loved one. Job loss. Divorce. The causes are legion. But a time tested and effective way of lessening the burden is to tell the unfolding story to a compassionate listener.

The world will always benefit from more people who know how to listen; especially in times of turmoil and change. Effective, active listening can be taught. That is why Christ Church Easton is offering three Monday series called “Walk in Love.” Presenter Catherine Murphy is the leader of one of Christ Church Easton’s pastoral care communities. Come learn. Come find healing. Come be equipped to support those who need a compassionate listener to walk with them.

Session 1: Listening as an Act of Love is focused on the basics of how we, as humans, hear and listen to one other. It is an examination of everything that hinders and blocks us from being our best possible selves when we engage in listening to others. This first session also reflects on the reasons deep listening is an act of love to ourselves, our loved ones, and our neighbors.

Session 2: Listening with Empathy & Compassion initially builds on the intentions identified in the first session but goes further into the skill sets attributed to empathetic and active listening. Sessions one and two ask audience members to look inward and consider what types of listeners they are and what types of listeners they want to become.

Session 3: Listening as a Way to Walk with Those who Suffer or Grieve utilizes the information and skills outlined in the first two sessions to put forward the concept that deep listening and the gift of presence can offer succor and support to those who are suffering.

NOTE:
• Walk in Love is a free series comprised of three, stand-alone sessions.
• The sessions are open to the public and will take place in the church.
• Each session will be recorded.
• Register at the website link noted above for one, two, or all three sessions.

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Solomon Eichner to Perform at Christ Church

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On Sunday, February 2, the Christ Church Concert Series in Easton will present concert pianist Solomon Eichner at 4 pm.  Eichner who possesses a most impressive pedigree has been referred to as “a young Arthur Rubenstein.”  Doors will open at 3:30 pm.  While there is no charge for the concert,  a freewill offering will be received.

Solomon Eichner

Declared by the American Liszt Society as “A sensitive pianist, Solomon Eichner’s playing is poetic, beautiful and moving with deep feeling.”  An American pianist, Eichner has performed in England, Italy, Germany, Austria, Poland and throughout the U.S.  Sponsored by the March of the Living Foundation, Solomon performed for the seventy-fifth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz in April 2018 alongside cellist Amit Peled and violinist Yevgeny Kutik at the Krakow Philharmonic Hall and at Auschwitz in front of a crowd of 20,000 people, in addition to a solo recital at the Krakow Jewish Cultural Center .

A Baltimore native, Eichner will be presented twice this season in his home city with solo recitals by the Yale Gordon Trust and the Music in the Great Hall Series.  Additional concerts include a recital on the Trinity by the Cove Church Concert Series at Bowers Chapel in Naples, Florida as well as recitals in Boca Raton.  Recently, the artist debuted at Carnegie Hall after winning the “Golden Key Debut” International Competition in New York City.  Previously, Mr. Eichner won second prize at the 2013 Liszt-Garrison International Piano Competition and second prize and Chinese Award in the 2013 International Young Artists Competition at Catholic University in D.C.   Additionally, he was a prize winner in the 2016 Miami Music Festival’s Concerto Competition resulting in his Miami debut recital at the Steinway Piano Gallery Coral Gables.  In 2017 he appeared in the Hastings International Piano Competition in England as well as the Virginia Waring International Piano Competition in Palm Springs, California.  Also in 2017, Eichner returned for a re-engagement performance after having debuted at the Polish Embassy two years prior under sponsorship of the Paderewski Scholarship Foundation.  Additional performances by the artist have taken place at Steinway Hall and Merkin Concert Hall in New York City, Steinway Piano Galleries in Charlotte, Greensboro, and Atlanta,  “The Lives of the Piano” Chopin Marathon Concert New York City, “Afternoon Concert Series” at the State Department in Washington DC, and Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston among others.  During the summer of 2015, the artist traveled to Italy to perform in the Perugia Music Festival in addition to solo performances in the famous Salla Notari Hall, and a performance of the Grieg Piano Concerto with the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Universidad de Alicante under the baton of Israeli Conductor, Uriel Segal.

This concert is sponsored in part by a grant from the Talbot County and Maryland State Arts Councils.  The public is invited.

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Mid-Shore AGO Presents Concert Celebrating Fifth Anniversary

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The Mid-Shore Maryland Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will celebrate its fifth anniversary on Monday, January 27 with a concert entitled, “The Organ in Popular Culture”.   The concert will demonstrate how the organ has been used in a myriad of venues including the theatre, roller rinks, ball games, the circus, as well as in sacred spaces.  The concert will begin at 7:30 pm with doors opening at 7 pm.   There is no charge for the concert, but a freewill offering will be received.

Organist Michael T. Britt

The Mid-Shore Maryland Chapter of the AGO began five years ago when Wes Lockfaw, music minister at Easton’s Christ Church and several other church musicians around the mid-shore petitioned the national organization for a charter that was granted early in 2015.  Since its beginning, the Mid-Shore Chapter has sponsored numerous concerts, workshops, and social events which have served to support the work of organists, church musicians, and educators in our region.  The chapter also underwrites the nationally syndicated radio program “Pipe Dreams” which airs from the campus of Salisbury University through Delmarva public radio each Sunday evening from six until eight pm.  In addition to its fifth anniversary concert, the organization hosts and supports a variety of programs in the area including a program later this winter, “Louis Vierne at 150” that will include organ and choral music composed by one of Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral’s most legendary organists.  To see further programming, simply search for Mid-Shore MD Chapter American Guild of Organists.

Organist Michael T. Britt, a Baltimore native, is both a frequent recitalist of classical organ literature, and also a performer of theatre organ music.  In demand throughout the country as a silent film accompanist, performing for chapters of the American Theatre Organ Society,  and, most recently, for the Region III-American Guild of Organists Convention in Baltimore,  he has been featured on Maryland Public Television and other televised presentations on the theatre pipe organ and Maryland’s Free State Theatre Organ Society. In 1998, Mr. Britt was invited to perform at Baltimore’s Senator Theatre where he accompanied five silent films for the National Film Registry Tour, which was sponsored in part by the Library of Congress. He  has also performed at the Palace Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio; The Paramount Theatre in Anderson, Indiana; The Byrd Theatre in Richmond, Virginia as well as performances at the Capitol Theatre in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. In 2002, he was invited to perform a series of concerts on the recently restored Aeolian pipe organ installed at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, D.C., and  in 2005 was invited to Princeton University to accompany the silent film classic, “Phantom of the Opera” at the University Chapel where recently, he completed his fourteenth performance of this annual event.

In May of 2009, Britt gave a recital on the great Cavaille-Coll organ at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris and in 2017, was invited to perform at the Riverside Church in New York City.  Since 2012, he has served as Minister of Music and organist at Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, Maryland. He is also on the faculty at the Community College of Baltimore County and serves as Organist at Beth-El Congregation as well as house organist at the Weinberg Center for the Arts in Frederick, Maryland.

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Christ Church Easton to Present Advent Concert

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The Christ Church Concert Series continues on Sunday, December 1 at 4 pm with a concert of music for the Advent season.  The concert will feature the Baltimore-Washington based Bridge Ensemble in a candlelight concert  comprised of selections by William Byrd, Thomas Tallis, Toivo Tuley, Adrian Peacock, Melissa Dunphy, and Caleb Burhans.  The public is invited.

Bridge is a collective of top Baltimore and Washington-based professional singers who collaborate with some of the world’s leading composers on commissioning projects, and present performances with purpose. The ensemble bridges repertoire from before and after the common practice period, creating engaging programs that aim to innovate and challenge the rhetoric of “classical performance” in the 21st Century.

Bridge’s dedication to working with local artists helps to ensure that near-by arts economies continue to thrive. Significant efforts are made to hold performances in geographically diverse and economically disadvantaged areas. Founded in Baltimore, Bridge hopes to mirror the uniquely creative and DIY attitude of the city’s inhabitants in its efforts to present some of the world’s oldest musical traditions in ways that resonate with its local conscience and address the issues of our time.

Christ Church

Bridge Ensemble

Since its founding, Bridge has commissioned and premiered over a dozen new works for voices. Additionally, they have presented more than 30 national and regional premieres, working closely with composers such as David Lang, Jenny Olivia Johnson, Richard Causton, Ted Hearne, Ledah Finck, Michael Rickelton, Frances Pollock, David Shapiro, Michael Hersch, and Caroline Shaw. Bridge’s artists have worked with some of the finest ensembles in the country, including Roomful of Teeth, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, The Crossing, Skylark Ensemble, Conspirare, Seraphic Fire, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, American Bach Soloists, The Clarion Music Society, Les Canards Chantants, ArtEK, and The Thirteen.

Bridge is a group of determined educators who develop outreach programs, performances, and workshops to expand horizons for students and new audiences. They have traveled to remote communities to share live performances of professional classical music, and to work with students who have limited access to musical training. Bridge supports the development of vocal arts by fostering and inspiring the next generation of performers and audiences.

The upcoming December 1 concert is sponsored in part by the Talbot County and Maryland State Arts Councils.  For more information about this upcoming concert or other musical events, please call 410-822-2677.  Christ Church is located at 111 S. Harrison Street in downtown Easton.

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Christ Church Easton Presents Music for All Saints

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On Friday, November 1, the Christ Church Concert Series will present a program of music for All Saints Day at 7:30 pm.  Doors will open at 7 pm, and the public is invited.  In addition to works by Charles Hubert Parry, Johannes Brahms, Anton Dvořák, and Samuel Barber, the program will feature Light Shines in the Darkness by Michael John Trotta.  One of Trotta’s more recents works, the composition is an eight-movement work for choir, string quartet and organ that draws on texts examining the many facets of death, the pain of transitions, and the hope and joy of a better place.

Fueled by a passion to share new music that engages conductors, ensembles, and audiences alike, Michael John Trotta (b.1978) is fast becoming one of the most “exciting and prominent new composers of choral music” (Fanfare).  Prior to his work as a full-time composer, his experience as an educator at the elementary, middle school, high school, and university levels – as well as a church music director – infuses his works with “an intimate knowledge of the human voice” and a “rare sensitivity to the capabilities of a choral ensemble” (Fanfare). This, combined with his degrees in music education and a doctorate in choral conducting, have grounded his style in tradition, which blend with his modern sensibilities to “inform the thoughts and aspirations of the people and the time” (Choral Scholar) and to create “tender harmonies and a palette of glowing vocal and instrumental colors” (Gramophone).

All Saints’ Day, also known as All Hallows’ Day, Hallowmas, the Feast of All Saints, or Solemnity of All Saints, is a Christian festival celebrated on November 1 in honor of all the saints, known and unknown. All Souls’ Day or the commemoration of the Faithful Departed follows on November 2 and is the day when Christians historically remember deceased relatives.  In the Anglican tradition, All Souls’ Day is an extension of the observance of All Saints’ Day and it serves to remember those who have died, in connection with the theological doctrines of the resurrection of the body and the Communion of Saints.

This concert is sponsored in part by the Talbot County and Maryland State Arts Councils.  There is no charge for the concert, but a freewill offering will be received in support of the ongoing concert series.  For more information, please call 410-822-2677.  Christ Church is located at 111 S. Harrison Street in downtown, Easton.

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Concert Organist Dexter Kennedy to Perform on Christ Church Series

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The Christ Church Concert Series will present concert organist Dexter Kennedy on Friday, October 4 at 7:30 pm.  Repertoire will include works by Georg Böhm, W. A. Mozart, Antonio Vivaldi, J. S. Bach, Jean Langlais, Ethel Smyth, and Louis Vierne.  Doors will open at 7 pm and the public is invited.  No tickets are required, but a freewill offering will be received.

As the winner of the Grand Prix d’Interprétation at the 24th Concours International d’Orgue de Chartres, Dexter Kennedy has established himself internationally as “one of the greatest organists of our times” (Iceland Monitor). Praised for his “prodigious technique and grand style musicality” in The American Organist, his concert programs present performances that are fiery and historically informed, exciting both music connoisseurs as well as people who have never experienced the organ in a concert setting. In addition to concertizing, Dexter Kennedy currently serves on the music faculty of the College of Wooster as Instructor of Organ and Harpsichord. During the Fall 2017 semester, Kennedy served as Visiting Assistant Professor of Organ at Oberlin College Conservatory.

Dexter Kennedy

Mr. Kennedy is an active recitalist throughout both Europe and North America, having performed in great cathedrals, churches, and concert halls including: Notre-Dame de Paris; Berliner Dom; St. Bavokerk, Haarlem; Slovak Philharmonic Hall, Bratislava; Chartres Cathedral; Grossmünster, Zürich; Chichester Cathedral; Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik; Basilica of St. Nazaire, Carcassone; St. George’s, Hannover Square, London; Auditorio Manuel de Falla, Granada; San Luigi Dei Francesi, Rome; St. Willibrordus Basilika, Echternach, Luxembourg; and Bergen Cathedral. His performances have been heard at the St. Albans International Organ Festival, the 51st Bratislava Music Festival, the Bergen International Organ Festival, the London Handel Festival, the Conference of Roman Catholic Cathedral Musicians, and two regional conventions of the American Guild of Organists.  In 2017 he was the only American to be invited to perform at the Catédral Primada of Bogotá, Colombia, for the Bach en Bogotá Festival, where he performed for an audience of over 2,000 people as part of the first organized performances of Bach’s complete organ works in the country’s history. Also in demand as an orchestral player, Kennedy frequently performs with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In December 2017 he performed and recorded with the orchestra Strauss’s Eine Alpensinfonie for future CD release under the baton of music director Andris Nelsons, and during the 2018-2019 season he performed with the ensemble at Carnegie Hall. His playing has been broadcast nationally on the American Public Media’s Pipedreams program. Recent and upcoming concert highlights include; Laon Cathedral; the Festival d’orgue de Roquevaire; Wellesley College; Orquesta Filharmonicade Cali; the Montreal Bach Festival, Arizona State University; as well as recitals for the Kansas City, Grand Rapids, and Charleston Chapters of the American Guild of Organists.

As a church musician, Kennedy currently serves as the Assistant Organist of Christ Church Grosse Pointe (Michigan) where he serves as the principal organist for all choral services and concerts and directs the training of the novice boy and girl choristers.  He traveled with the Christ Church Choirs to England and Wales in the summer of 2014, Spain in 2016, to the UK 2017 for choral residencies at Salisbury Cathedral and Westminster Abbey, and again in 2018 at Durham and Canterbury Cathedrals. Additional choir tours as a freelance accompanist have taken Kennedy to the organ benches of St. Peter’s Basilica; La Sagrada Familia; Stephansdom, Vienna; St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin; and St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. Kennedy’s previously held positions include Director of Music and Organist for Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University, Organ Scholar at St. Paul’s on the Green Episcopal Church, Norwalk, CT, and Organist for Marquand Chapel, Yale Divinity School.

Dexter Kennedy holds the Artist Diploma from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he was a pupil of James David Christie. He holds a Master of Music Degree from the Yale School of Music and Institute of Sacred Music, where he was a recipient of the Robert Baker Award, as well as the Mary Baker Prize for Excellence in Organ Accompaniment. Kennedy has also studied under Olivier Latry, Martin Jean, Jeffrey Brillhart (improvisation), Arthur Haas and Webb Wiggins (harpsichord), and has attended several international organ festivals where he has coached with many distinguished European artists.

Christ Church is located at 111 S. Harrison Street in downtown Easton.  The Christ Church Concert Series is sponsored in part by the Talbot County and Maryland State Arts Councils.  For more information visit www.ChristChurchEaston.org or call 410-822-2677.

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Christ Church Easton to Present The Heimat Quartet September 22

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The Christ Church Concert series opens its ninth concert season with the exceptionally gifted Heimat String Quartet on Sunday September 22 at 4 pm.  The concert promises a delightful afternoon of music featuring Franz Joseph Haydn’s String Quartet number 51 in G Major and Johannes Brahms’ String Quartet No. 1 in C minor.  The program will also feature five contrasting pieces for string quartet including a Viennese Waltz, a serenade, Czech folk music, a tango, and a tarantella by 20th century Czech composer Erwin Schulhoff.  A composer whose earliest teachers included Antonín Dvořák, Schulhoff was one of the first generation of classical composers to find inspiration in the rhythms of jazz.

The Heimat Quartet was originally founded in Boston, Massachusetts.  Its members, now residing in Winchester, VA, currently serve as quartet-in-residence at Shenandoah Conservatory.  They will also be part of a year-long orchestral and chamber music performance residency at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania.  Highlights from its 2018-2019 season included the quartet’s Carnegie Hall debut, performances of the Mendelssohn Octet with the Shanghai Quartet, and the inaugural season of The Heimat Chamber Series.

Heimat Quartet

In 2016, Heimat Quartet members were the featured young artists for the 34th season of Music From The Western Reserve.  The following year, the quartet made its European debut in Hamburg, Germany at the International Mendelssohn Festival along with subsequent recitals and educational outreach performances in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia through their participation at Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance (LAMP).  The Heimat’s capped off 2017 with their South American debut, which included concerts and a residency at The International Music Festival of Esmeraldas held at Casa de la Musica in Quito, Ecuador.  Other notable engagements have included performances and master classes at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, The Boston Conservatory, The College of New Jersey, Dickinson College, and Mercer College among others.

From 2015 through 2017 the Heimat Quartet was the quartet-in-residence at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio.  Its members also held the fellowship quartet position at Interlochen Center for the Arts as faculty at the Advanced String Quartet Seminar during the 2017 summer sessions.  The quartet’s primary mentors have included members of the Audubon Quartet, the Shanghai Quartet, and Miami String Quartet.

This concert is supported in part by a grant from the Talbot County Arts Council with funds provided by the Maryland State Arts Council.  Admission to this concert is free and open to the public.  A freewill offering will be received, and doors open at 3:30 pm.   Christ Church is located at 111 S. Harrison Street in downtown Easton.  For more information, call 410-822-2677 or visit www.ChristChurchEaston.org.

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