50th Anniversary Summer Music Festival
The Summer Music Festival presents award-winning international artists in the beautiful backdrop of Midcoast Maine.
Events of the 2010 Summer Music Festival
 50th Anniversary Opening Night
Thursday, July 1, 8:00 p.m.
Rockport Opera House
Performers: Shmuel Ashkenasi, violin and Peter Serkin, piano.
Bay Chamber’s 50th Summer Season opens with two of America’s musical icons.
 July 3rd Doo-Wop Bash
Saturday, July 3, 8:30 pm
Camden Harbor Park - Free and open to the public
Performers: Emil Stuccio, The Classics & The Chiclettes.
Harken back to the 1950s and 1960s, to the pop-oriented R&B music that fueled adolescent love.
 Flute Feste
Wednesday, July 7, 8:00 p.m.
The Strand Theatre, Rockland
Performers: Demarre McGill, Laurie Sokoloff, Mimi Stillman, and Thomas Wolf, flutes; Marc Johnson, cello; Julie Smith, harp.
A concert of rarely heard, flashy and virtuosic music for one, two, three and four flutes with accompanying instruments.
 Classical Treasures
Thursday, July 8, 8:00 p.m.
Rockport Opera House
Performers: Shmuel Ashkenasi, violin; Marc Johnson, cello; Demarre McGill, flute; Loren Kitt, clarinet; Jennifer Montone, horn; Rose Vrbsky, bassoon; and Meng-Chieh Liu, piano.
An evening concert of classical treasures ending with a rarely heard romantic masterpiece.
 Young Stars of Maine
Friday, July 9, 7:00 p.m.
Rockport Opera House - Free and open to the public.
Featuring the 2010 winners of our annual prize program.
 Authentic New Orleans
Wednesday, July 14, 8:00 p.m.
The Strand Theatre, Rockland
Beloved standards and less known works performed by some of today's greatest New Orleans jazz players!
 Midori Returns
Thursday, July 15, 8:00 p.m.
Rockport Opera House
Performers: Midori, violin with Ozgur Aydin, piano.
The extraordinary, internationally renowned violinist returns to help celebrate our 50th!
 Van Cliburn Gold Medal Recital
Wednesday, July 21, 8:00 p.m.
The Strand Theatre, Rockland
Performers: Haochen Zhang, piano.
A solo piano performance by one of the youngest ever gold medal Van Cliburn competition winners.
 Curtis on Tour 2010
Thursday, July 22, 8:00 p.m.
Rockport Opera House
The Van Cliburn Gold Medal Winner performs along with Curtis director, Roberto Diaz and some of the Curtis Institute of Music’s brightest young stars.
 Together Again: The St. Lawrence & Friends
Wednesday, July 28, 8:00 p.m.
The Strand Theatre, Rockland
Performers: St. Lawrence String Quartet with Anne-Marie McDermott, piano and Livia Sohn, violin.
The hottest young string quartet returns with friends to celebrate Bay Chamber’s 50th.
 Virtuosity
Thursday, July 29, 8:00 p.m.
Rockport Opera House
Performers: St. Lawrence String Quartet with Anne-Marie McDermott, piano and Livia Sohn, violin.
Andrew Wolf award-winner, McDermott returns to perform in a six-person collaboration of amazing technical ability and extraordinary musicianship.
 Sneak Peek!
Saturday, July 31, 8:00 p.m.
Rockport Opera House
Performers: St. Lawrence String Quartet, Thomas Wolf, Flute and the Calliope String Quartet
A unique performance featuring Bay Chamber’s prize-winning student quartet for this years concert fundraiser for education.
 Menahem!
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 p.m.
The Strand Theatre, Rockland
Performers: St. Lawrence with Menahem Pressler, piano.
The most popular chamber music pianist of today performs with some of his favorite colleagues.
 Bravo, Encore
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 p.m.
Rockport Opera House
Performers: St. Lawrence with Menahem Pressler, piano.
A special program to celebrate our 50th Anniversary – featuring the monumental Dvořák Piano Quintet.
 Papa Haydn
Wednesday, August 11, 6:30 p.m. and/or 8:45
Farnsworth Art Museum Wyeth Center, Rockland
Performers: St. Lawrence String Quartet.
A new collaboration between Bay Chamber and the Farnsworth devoted to works by the father of the string quartet – Franz Josef Haydn.
 Beethoven the Master II
Thursday, August 12, 8:00 p.m.
Rockport Opera House
Performers: Saint Lawrence String Quartet.
A popular annual concert featuring works by Beethoven with one of America’s most beloved string ensembles.
 Music & Film: Buster Keaton's "Steamboat Bill, Jr."
Wednesday, August 18, 8:00 p.m.
The Strand Theatre, Rockland
Performers: Paragon Ragtime Orchestra.
Come to the movies and experience silent film the way it was seen almost a century ago.
 Two Pianos, Six Hands and More
Thursday, August 19, 8:00 p.m.
Rockport Opera House
Performers: Max Levinson, Frederick Moyer, Anastasia Antonacos, pianos; Marc Johnson and Glenn Garlick, cellos; and Courtney Prizrenac, French horn.
A festive evening of music featuring our two wonderful Steinways and great musicians.
 Preview Documentary Showing
Wednesday, August 25, 7:00 p.m.
The Strand Theatre, Rockland
Prior to the start of First Chair All Stars - Mostly Mozart, the premiere showing of Bay Chamber's 50th Anniversary Documentary by D'Arcy Marsh.
 First Chair All Stars - Mostly Mozart
Wednesday, August 25, 8:00 p.m.
The Strand Theatre, Rockland
Performers: Joseph Silverstein and Nurit Bar-Josef, violins; Kirsten Johnson, viola; Anne Martindale Williams, cello: Timothy Cobb, double bass; Anthony McGill, clarinet; William Cabellero, French horn; and Daniel Matsukawa, bassoon.
Featuring an extraordinary group of principal players from the Boston, Pittsburgh, and National Symphonies, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
 First Chair All Stars - Mostly Beethoven
Thursday, August 26, 8:00 p.m.
Rockport Opera House
Performers: Joseph Silverstein and Nurit Bar-Josef, violins; Kirsten Johnson, viola; Anne Martindale Williams, cello; Timothy Cobb, double bass; Anthony McGill, clarinet; William Cabellero, French horn; and Daniel Matsukawa, bassoon.
The extraordinary personnel from America’s great orchestras return for the grand finale to Bay Chamber’s 50th Anniversary -- always a sell-out!
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