Kent County Arts and Entertainment Events- June 2023

Opening Reception – Friday, May 19th, 5:30-7:30 pm
Artist Talk – Saturday, May 20th, 12 noon
June First Friday Reception – June 2nd, 5-7 pm

Jazz-based Joe Holt’s guest in June is Nate Grower, fiddle player for performing artist superstar David Bromberg. Expect an interesting exchange of genres.
During Nate's tenure with Bromberg’s band, he has toured throughout the United States, Australia and Japan. In the process, he's played with a steady stream of musical guests, including the late Allen Toussaint, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, John Oates (of Hall and Oates), Sam Bush, Keb Mo and Arlo Guthrie.

7:00pm, Camilo Carrara & Friends, $20, Sacred Heart Parish

Program to be announced by the performers.

7:00pm, Piano Master Class with Orchestra, $17, Decker Theatre
Collaborative Piano Apprentices with Orchestra with Minji Nam
Mozart, Piano Concerto No.20 in d, Kv.466

7:00pm, Chamber Music I, $17, Hotchkiss Recital Hall
Schoenfeld, Four Souvenirs for Violin and Piano
Wiancko, American Haiku
Dvorák, Terzetto
Shostakovich, Piano Trio No. 2 in e, opus 67

7:00pm, Chamber Music II, $17, Christ United Methodist Church
Castello, Sonate Concertante in Still Moderno
Staniland, new work for harp and electronics* (Commissioned by Michelle Gott with funding from the American Harp Society)
Bach, Violin Partita No. 3 in E
Jolivet, Pastorales de Noel.

7:00pm, Chamber Music III, $17, Hotchkiss Recital Hall
Roger Zare, Bioluminescence
Jessie Montgomery, Rhapsody No. 1
Barber, Summer Music
Prokofiev, Overture on Hebrew Themes

Get ready to dive into an exciting world of mosaic making while creating a beautiful flower! In this class students will explore mosaic making techniques including image selection, stylization, safe and precise stained glass cutting and nipping techniques, creating shading and tone, what adhesives and substrates are suitable for mosaic making, how to choose an appropriate grout for the piece and grout the mosaic.

In addition to the class fee a materials fee of $70 to be paid directly to the instructor.

12:30pm, Lunchtime Chamber Bites, free, Sumner Hall
Barber, Summer Music

6:00pm, Pre-Concert Talk, included with concert ticket, Tawes Theatre
Four Refusals and a Phoenix with Asieh Mahyar

7:00pm, Festival Symphony Orchestra, $25, Decker Theatre
Bartók, Dance Suite (Simon Charette conductor)
Suesse, Concerto in e for Two Pianos. Petra Akrap & Katarina Nera Biondić, pianos
Stravinsky, The Firebird, Suite for Orchestra, 1911

Americana duo The Honey Dewdrops’ sound respects their roots in the mountains of Virginia and their current home in Baltimore. Their harmony-soaked songs feature Laura Wortman’s big voice and banjo playing, and the nimble guitar licks of Kagey Parrish. Generally appearing as a duo, their Mainstay show invites two more instruments into their mix.
This concert program is made possible with support from the Hedgelawn Foundation.

12:30pm, Lunchtime Piano Recital, free,

Unitarian Universalists of the Chester River

Join us as we explore this fascinating intersection between text and visual art! In this workshop, instructor Lindsay Lusby will guide you through some of the techniques that innovative contemporary poets like Matthea Harvey and Sarah J. Sloat use to experiment and construct their captivating visual poems. We’ll talk about where the hybrid form of visual poetry fits among the sister artforms of zine-making, multimedia collage, blackout poetry, and found poetry. And of course, we’ll make our own visual poems to take home! This workshop is open to adults and teens.

9:00am, Chestertown Farmers’ Market Music, free, Fountain Park
Music for Brass

2:00pm, Family Concert, free, Tawes Theatre
Music for Percussion

6:00pm, Pre-concert Talk, included with concert ticket, Tawes Theatre
Companion Piece. Philip Rosenberg explicator

7:00pm, Festival Symphony Orchestra, Richard Rosenberg, conductor. $25, Decker Theatre
Méhul, Overture to, La Chasse du Jeune Henri (Simon Charette conductor)
Stravinsky, Apollon Musagète (Asieh Mahyar conductor)
Beethoven, Symphony No. 7 in A

4:00pm, Pop-Up Concert: NMF Brass Quintet, free, Location TBA
Please check website

Come learn how to make sauerkraut & dill pickles using our old traditional family recipes brought over from Russia! Oksana's been making these delicacies her entire life and we love sharing our knowledge and expertise with folks so they can do the same!

7:00pm, Pianomania!, $17, Decker Theatre
Apprentices of Collaborative Piano, directed by Minji Nam
Program to be announced

7:00pm, Chamber Music IV, $17,
Hotchkiss Recital Hall
O’Connor, Menuhin Caprice
Morris, Up and Away
Morris, Brushstrokes for flute, oboe & bassoon
Haydn, Symphony No. 101 (The Clock), arranged by Johann Peter Solomon for flute, string quartet & piano

The class will be held at the Clay Studio from 6 - 8:30 pm on Tuesdays, running from June 13th through July 19th. (6 weeks)

This course introduces basic pottery wheel techniques to beginning students with a focus on throwing bowl and cylinder forms. Students will be shown the step-by-step process of wedging, centering, throwing, trimming, and glazing clay into finished pieces. Class time and the encouraged Open Studio practice time will enable students to create at their own level and improve their skills with clay.

12:30pm, Lunchtime Chamber Bites, free,
Raimond Cultural Center

Join RiverArts and Casa Carmen Wines to learn how to up-cycle wine bottles into hanging lanterns and windchimes! All supplies are included!

The class will be held at the Clay Studio from 6 - 8:30 pm on Wednesdays, running from June 14th through July 20th. (6 weeks) It is intended to be a "next step" for returning beginners, but can easily accommodate new students who like a challenge!

Students will expand and refine their skillset through skills instruction and weekly project assignment. The Class setting provides great opportunity to move beyond the basic techniques and deepen your experience with wheel-thrown clay.

Included with instruction is twenty-five pounds of cone 6 clay and six Open Studio tickets.

12:30pm, Lunchtime Chamber Bites, free,
Unitarian Universalists of the Chester River

7:00pm, Potpourri!, $17,
Christ United Methodist Church

12:30pm, Lunchtime Chamber Bites, free,
Unitarian Universalists of the Chester River

2:00pm, Forest Music, Adkins Arboretum*

* This event is a collaboration with Adkins Arboretum; information and tickets are available on their website. Tickets are $10 and include refreshments; advance registration is recommended. The ticket fee supports artist stipends and refreshments.

7:00pm, Chamber Music V, $17,
Hotchkiss Recital Hall
Fasch, Trumpet Concerto in D, FWV L:D1. Ansel Norris trumpet, Jarred Kennedy conductor
Thuille, Sextet for Piano and Woodwind Quintet in Bb
Messiaen, Quartet for the End of Time

6:00pm Pre-Concert Talk, Included with concert ticket, Tawes Theatre
Equal Pay for Equal Works. Simon Charette explicator

7:00pm, Festival Symphony Orchestra, Rodolfo Saglimbeni, Guest Conductor. $25, Decker Theatre
Debussy, Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Rameau, Suite from Les Indies Galante
Farrenc, Symphony No. 3 in g

Saturday, June 17, Open House 10am – 5pm
Marc Castelli Artist Talk – 12 noon

Encompassing only three weeks, this special exhibition features the second in a series of Castelli’s portraits of watermen. These are not generic images or archetypes but portrayals of real people Castelli feels privileged to know.

4:00pm, Pop-Up Concert: NMF Brass Quintet, free, Location TBA
Please check Website

6:00pm, Pre-Concert Talk, Included with concert ticket, Tawes Theatre
Night Watch. Philip Rosenberg explicator

7:00pm Festival Symphony Orchestra, Richard Rosenberg, conductor. $25, Decker Theatre
Nielsen, Helios Overture (Asieh Mahyar conductor)
Mahler, Symphony No. 7

The 3D Jazz Trio is Amy Shook (bass), Sherrie Maricle (drums), and Jackie Warren (piano). All former members of the DIVA Jazz Orchestra, this fiercely swinging trio plays original, traditional, and contemporary jazz standards, super-charged by their boundless musical joy.

2:00pm, My Harps Will Go On ~ Harp Recital, $10, Hotchkiss Recital Hall

9:00am, Chestertown Farmers’ Market Music, free, Fountain Park

Our annual 10-minute play festival!

Recalling the jazz guitar sounds of George Benson and Wes Montgomery, Baltimore’s Ronny Smith and his band’s jive/funk sound straddles the fine line between traditional and contemporary smooth jazz, blues and gospel.

Join Cori Lynn Arnold, librarian, crafter, artist and joyful experimentalist making art from books destined to be discarded.

The class will be held at the Clay Studio from 6 - 8:30 pm on Thursdays, running from June 29th through August 24th. (8 weeks of classes with 1 week break)

Students will be introduced to intermediate wheel techniques and informational context while learning to create hand-made pottery. This class is deliberately paced with additional time devoted to the artistic process. The encouraged Open Studio practice time will enable students to create at their own level and improve their skills with clay.

Included with instruction is twenty-five pounds of cone 6 clay and six Open Studio tickets.

Josh Christina’s career pays tribute to the musical journey of classic rock n’ roll and the legends that made it. Led by his piano playing, his band carries the torch passed down by rock pioneers Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, and Elton John.