River Concert Series July 7, 2023

Friday’s River Concert July 7th, on the green at St. Mary’s College of Maryland featured the Chesapeake Orchestra and pianist Thomas Pandolfi.  Mr. Pandolfi was a suggested permformer by Brian Ganz, our local talented pianist and resident artist from the College.  Musical works included my favorite romantic work, Sergei Rachmaninov’s “Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini” and also Bach’s “Pastorale Symphony”, among others.  Delightful.  What talent and beautiful music!

Right before the concert, there was a rain shower and the resulting rainbow gave the Orchestra the encouragement to continue before the large crowd arrived.

                                                Thomas Pandolfi

            Bonnie Green, Board of Trustees, St Mary’s College of Maryland

                 Thomas Pandolfi and Jeffrey Silberschlag, music director 

STEM games

                                Rainbow before the crowd arrived

Brian Ganz concert

Brian Ganz with a student assistant enjoying his craft at St. Mary's College of Maryland.  Dec 10, 2019

River Concert July 21, 2017 St. Mary's College of MD

The Chesapeake Orchestra performed on July 21st at St. Mary's College of Maryland on the Townhouse Green at 7:30 pm.  Jeffrey Silberschlag conducted music of George Gershwin, including "I Got Rhythm" and the famous "Rhapsody in Blue", music by Cole Porter and a Medley from "La La Land", as well as many others.  The piano was brilliantly played by repeat solo performer Jeffrey Chappell.  The concert was slightly delayed due to warm conditions.

As a photographer, I tried to catch moments that showed the dexterity of the performers, smiles in the orchestra, peaks of the action and emotional moments; I photograph all the things that portray the thrill of watching a great performance and memories that a viewer will want to bring home with them.

Jeffrey Chappell, pianist and soloist

Concert Vendors in front of the pond 

 Arts Alliance donation buckets

 Bonnie Green opening the concert

 Brass

 Jose Cueto, Concertmaster

  

 Standing ovation

 Milad Daniari on Bass

 Bryan Bourne on trombone

 Jose Cueto 

 Heather Haughn, violinist

 Jeffrey Chappell, pianist

 Clarinet, (I think)

 Three Saxophonists

The ding of percussion

 Trumpet

Brass

Romantic Night Out at the Woodlawn Farm on July 20th

We went to Woodlawn Farm last Saturday July 20th to see the talented pianist, Brian Ganz representing the Chesapeake Orchestra.  He is so incredibly talented that he performed for about two hours with no sheet music. 

We expected rain and got a tiny bit, just enough to make a beautiful double rainbow over the Trinity Manor house.  Maggie O'Brien, owner and former St. Mary's College President, told us that Point Lookout got the storm that narrowly missed us. 

Between the lovely light on the water, the rainbow, the sunset and the beautiful sound of the keyboard by the slight glow from the house windows, it was a romantic sight.  The crickets and cool breeze assisted as well.

The piano was almost wedged between 2 pillars and the original front door of the house.  The workers who squeezed it into place deserve a lot of praise. 

If you would like to read my Bay Net review of the concert with a few dozen photos click here

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