Allegro Academy invites the public to attend its 5th Summer Sing Choir Festival performance to take place July 29 at Temple B’Nai Israel, 7199 Tristan Drive, Easton.  The free performance will begin at 7pm and follow a pre-concert talk at 6:30pm.

This season’s program will feature music from Alice Parker’s Melodious Accord, a collection of early American Hymns accompanied by brass quartet and harp.  The program also includes selections from Aaron Copland’s Old American Songs and The Promise of Living, both with piano accompaniment.

The Summer Sing is an intergenerational community choral festival that invites area singers to perform a major work with professional soloists and instrumentalists. Previous seasons have attracted standing-room-only audiences and singers from Annapolis to Delaware and points in between. There are no required auditions as experienced singers, both professional and amateur, gather for the sheer joy of singing and creating a glorious community celebration of choral harmony.

Thanks to generous gifts from members of our community, Talbot Arts, and Maryland State Arts Council the Summer Sing Choral Festival is offered to participants and audiences without charge.  For more information about the performance, participation, or supporting this program, please contact Artistic Director Amy Morgan at 410-603-8361 or [email protected].

Allegro Academy invites the public to a downtown Block Party on May 20 at 2pm.  The celebration will take place at 114 N. Washington St, Easton and feature live music from Allegro students, instructors, Allegro Children’s Chorus and Allegra! Women’s Chorus.  Complimentary food and drink will be offered.

As Easton’s downtown music conservatory, Allegro Academy includes a variety of performing ensembles, group classes and private lessons in voice, piano, strings, wind instruments, and guitar.  The mission of the Academy is to offer exceptional music education and performance experiences to the greater Talbot County Area and to make these offerings affordable to all.

Programs of Allegro Academy are funded by generous contributions from the community, Talbot Arts, and the Maryland State Arts Council. For more information please visit allegroacademyeaston.com or call 410-603-8361.

Allegro Academy will be hosting an inaugural performance in its new downtown location with Ampersand on April 16 at 2pm.

Ampersand offers a family-friendly variety of traditional American music—songs and tunes from colonial America and the 19th century, blues of the 1920s and 30s, to folk music of the modern era.    Ampersand features Beth Lawton (guitar, hammered dulcimer, vocals), Dick Hogle (guitar, mandolin, vocals), Topher Lawton (vocals, bouzouki, cello, penny whistle, percussion), and Dave Moore (banjo, bass, vocals).  These multi-instrumentalists use their varied instrumental combinations to underscore rich vocal harmonies and great joy in sharing this traditional music with modern audiences.  Ampersand’s performance on the 16th will also include singers from the Allegro Children’s Chorus.

The performance will be held at 114 N. Washington Street (Masonic Building) on the recently renovated third floor with elevator access.  Lite fare and a cash bar will be available.  Tickets can be purchased for $10 at the door or at www.allegroacademyeaston.com.

The mission of Allegro Academy is to offer exceptional music education and performance experiences to the greater Talbot County Area and to make these offerings affordable to all. Its programs are partially funded by generous contributions from the community, Talbot Arts, and the Maryland State Arts Council. For more information visit the Academy’s website or call 410-603-8361.

Allegro Academy, now in its new location in the heart of downtown Easton at 114 N. Washington Street, is pleased to offer expanded opportunities for music education.

The Allegro Children’s Chorus, for ages eight and up, will begin its second session of the year on April 5. During the seven-week session, students will learn melody, harmony, and musicianship through songs and activities. Rehearsals are on Wednesday evenings, 5:15-6:30 pm. In addition to the weekly rehearsals, choristers will participate in exciting community performances and sing with local artists during April and May. The program costs $50; need-based scholarships are available.

The Academy is excited to announce Dr. Robert Tennyson as brass instructor. Dr. Tennyson is a professional trombone and baritone player and conductor with over 40 years of private teaching experience. His teaching career has included positions at Montgomery College, American University, Columbia Union College, Tirolian State School of Music and the University of Innsbruck (Austria). Dr Tennyson has degrees from Indiana University and the University of Maryland with concentrations in performance, brass pedagogy, and conducting.

Allegro Academy also welcomes Gerry Devine as guitar instructor. Gerry is a graduate of Penn State and The Guitar Study Center in New York. Once a career musician in New York and Nashville, Gerry now performs locally and works at PRS Guitars. Gerry has expertise in multiple styles of popular guitar and tailors lessons to the specific interests and ability of the student.

Dr. Tennyson and Mr. Devine join a roster of private instructors that includes specialists in voice, piano, and violin. Allegro Academy instructors have a combined teaching experience of more than 100 years, with an assortment of advanced degrees from Indiana University, Ithaca College, Luther College, Messiah University, Penn State, Salisbury University, SUNY Potsdam, and the University of Maryland.

For more information about the Allegro Children’s Chorus and private lessons for all ages, please visit allegroacademyeaston.com or call 410-603-8361. The mission of Allegro Academy is to offer exceptional music education and performance experiences to the greater Talbot County Area and to make these offerings affordable to all. Its programs are partially funded by generous contributions from the community, Talbot Arts, and the Maryland State Arts Council.

Allegro Academy will host its first Open House in its new location, the historic Masonic Temple at 114 N. Washington Street, on Saturday, February 18 at noon. Guests are invited to tour the Academy’s expanded lesson studios, rehearsal, and performance space while enjoying live music and refreshments.  Now in the heart of downtown Easton, Allegro aims to continue and strengthen its outreach to the greater Talbot County Area.

In its first five years as a non-profit music conservatory, the Academy has augmented its programs over time to include the Allegra! Women’s Chorus, Allegro Children’s Chorus, Summer Sing choir festival, group classes and private lessons in voice, piano, violin, and guitar. Exemplifying the many ways music inspires audiences, performers and students, Allegro Academy promotes a lifelong appreciation for the music and the performing arts. Allegro Academy’s mission is to offer exceptional music education and performance experiences to the greater Talbot County Area and to make these offerings affordable to all. Many of the Academy’s programs are offered at little or no cost to the participant and audience member.

Allegro Academy’s vision is to create a community that understands and appreciates one another through the joy of making music together. Please visit www.allegroademyeaston.com for more information.

Allegro Academy, now in its new location in the heart of downtown Easton, will be offering two singing programs for musicians of all ages in 2023.

The Allegro Children’s Chorus will be reinstated with the first session beginning February 8.  Singers will take part in six weekly rehearsals on Wednesday evenings, 5:15- 6:30pm, in which they will explore vocal production, rhythm skills, and musicianship through songs and activities.  Choristers will also participate in performances in community events and with local artists.  Allegro Children’s Chorus is available to singers age 8 and up.  The cost for the per session is $50 and need-based scholarships are offered to all participants. All voices are welcome.

Adults singers are invited to register in the 4-week course, Singing 101, where participants will discover what it takes to be a singer.  Classes will be held Fridays February 10, 17, 24, and March 3 from 10:00-11:30am. Singers will learn or perhaps re-visit techniques used in vocal music through the study of proper breathing, pronunciation, voice types, and basic note reading. This course is perfect for those who wish to more intentionally use their voice or brush-up on technique. No experience is necessary to participate.

Singing programs will take place at Allegro Academy, 114 N. Washington St, Easton and will be led by Artistic Director, Amy Morgan.  Morgan is an accomplished musician whose education includes a Bachelors degree in Piano Performance from Salisbury University and Masters Degree in Choral Conducting from Messiah University. Amy has extensive experience as a choral, operetta, and musical theatre director, is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, and is an active musician the Easton community.

The mission of Allegro Academy is to offer exceptional music education and performance experiences to the greater Talbot County Area and to make these offerings affordable to all. Its programs are partially funded by generous contributions from the community, Talbot Arts, and the Maryland State Arts Council.  For more information please visit www.allegroacademyeaston.com or call 410-603-8361.

Allegro Academy will host its first Open House in its new location, the historic Masonic Temple at 114 N. Washington Street, on Saturday, February 18 at noon. Allegro Academy began bringing music and the performing arts to its new home on January 1, 2023.  Featuring expanded lesson studios, rehearsal, and performance space in the heart of downtown Easton, the new facility will enable the Academy to strengthen its outreach into greater Talbot County.

“We envision Allegro Academy at the Masonic Temple becoming a more comprehensive conservatory in the future, one that connects musicians of all ages and incomes,” John H. Miller, former president of the board of directors, said.

Now in its fifth year as a non-profit music conservatory, the Academy has augmented its programs over time to include the Allegra! Women’s Chorus, Allegro Children’s Chorus, Summer Sing choir festival, group classes and private lessons in voice, piano, violin, and guitar. Exemplifying the many ways music inspires audiences, performers and students, Allegro Academy promotes a lifelong appreciation for the music and the performing arts. Allegro Academy’s mission is to offer exceptional music education and performance experiences to the greater Talbot County Area and to make these offerings affordable to all. Many of the Academy’s programs are offered at little or no cost to the participant and audience member.

“We hope members of the community will enjoy seeing our exciting new facilities on February 18,” Executive Director Amy Morgan said. “This auspicious move would not have been possible without the charitable spirit of the Easton community and our dedicated leadership, including current Board President, Lori Cuthbert,” Morgan noted.

“We are especially grateful to Lori and her sister, Kimberly Baker, who have made a generous $25,000 gift in honor of their parents, Lynn and Carol Cuthbert.” Morgan continued. “We could not have made this move without their generosity.”

“The performing arts are critical for enriching people’s lives, and making them available to everybody in our community could not be a more important goal,” Cuthbert said.

“Music and dance were always present in our house,” the charter member of the Allegra! Women’s Chorus, who is serving a second term on the Academy board, continued. “Our parents would be so happy and proud to know their gift is enabling Allegro to make a real home in the heart of Easton where we can grow and expand our artistic programs.”

Allegro Academy’s vision is to create a community that understands and appreciates one another through the joy of making music together. Please visit https://www.allegroacademyeaston.com/ for more information.

Allegra!, a prestigious 16-voice women’s ensemble, will be presenting a free concert program on Saturday, November 5, 7pm.  The performance will take place at Trinity Cathedral, 315 Goldsborough St, Easton.  All are welcome.

The program Garden of Dreams will feature the premier of a commissioned piece by the same title.  Garden of Dreams was written by contemporary composer Sarah Quartel, based on the poetry of Sappho, and published with Oxford University Press. Also included is Sanctum, a 2016 work by Quartel. Sanctum is a captivating setting of four movements of the Requiem text, inspired by the landscape of the west coast of Canada. Each movement depicts an aspect of Vancouver Island (the water, mountains, wind, and sky), exploring landscape as a place of healing and sanctuary. The program will also include music by Kim Andre Arensen, Shawn Kirchner, and Rosephanye Powell.

Allegra! was formed in the spring of 2019 and is directed Allegro Academy director Amy Morgan.  The mission of Allegro Academy is to offer exceptional music education and performance experiences to the greater Talbot County Area and to make these offerings affordable to all.  Programs of the Academy are funded by generous gifts from the community, Talbot Arts, and the Maryland State Arts Council.  For more information please visit www.allegroacademyeaston.com or call 410-603-8361.

Music conservatory Allegro Academy invites the public to join its fifth anniversary festivities at a live music event on Saturday, October 15, from 5 to 7 PM, at The Hummingbird Inn, 14 N. Aurora St, Easton, MD. The evening’s celebration will include performances from Allegro ensembles, students, and teachers, lite fare, and a cash bar.

Founded in 2017, Allegro Academy’s mission to offer exceptional music education and performance experiences and to make these offerings affordable to all has been realized through its variety of programs that welcome community members of diverse ages and backgrounds.  Such programs include the Allegro Children’s Chorus, Allegra! women’s chorus, Summer Sing Choir Festival, and private lessons in voice, piano, and violin. Allegro Academy’s programs are offered for free or at little cost to audience members and participants and need based scholarships are offered for youth programs.

Allegro Academy’s programs are made available by generous gifts from members of our community and the Talbot County and Maryland State Arts Councils. For more information please contact Allegro Academy Artistic Director at 410-603-8361 or visit www.allegroacademyeaston.com.

Allegro Academy is pleased to announce the return of its Summer Sing Choral Festival.  Singers and concert-goers are invited to join in performances on July 30 at 4pm and 7pm at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 315 Goldsborough St, Easton. This season’s festival will feature the music of J. S. Bach and Felix Mendelssohn in songs of strength and peace, a program that includes a Bach Cantata based on the 23rd Psalm, the well known Verleih uns Frieden’ (Grant us thy Peace) by Mendelssohn and Bach chorale of same title.  The program also includes the choral and orchestral setting of Psalm 115 by Mendelssohn.

The Summer Sing is an intergenerational community choral festival that invites area singers to perform a major work with professional soloists and instrumentalists. Previous seasons have attracted a standing-room-only audience of over 200 people of all ages and backgrounds who came to Trinity Cathedral to listen to a 50-member volunteer chorus of local residents, including singers from Annapolis to Delaware and points in between. There are no required auditions as experienced singers, both professional and amateur, gather for the sheer joy of singing and creating a glorious community celebration of choral harmony. Our intergenerational community chorus will share the stage with featured vocalists and instrumentalists of regional and national acclaim who have elicited many audience accolades. Prevented by Covid from offering indoor performances for the past two years, we canceled our 2020 concert entirely, and hosted our Summer Sing outdoors at Trinity Cathedral in 2021. Allegro Academy’s plans for this year’s festival continue to ensure the safety of all participants and audience members.

Thanks to generous gifts from members of our community, Talbot Arts, and Maryland State Arts Council, the Summer Sing Choral Festival available to participants and audiences without charge.  For more information about the performances, participation, or supporting this program, please contact Allegro Academy Artistic Director at 410-603-8361 or [email protected].