CHESTERTOWN — The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Music for Maryland Tour is back, offering pay-what-you-wish concerts in three counties this summer — including a venue in Chestertown next month.
“As the only orchestra to have shared the power of live music with residents in every local jurisdiction in a concentrated period, visiting every Maryland county over the past three years fills us with great pride,” Mark Hanson, BSO president and CEO, said in a news release.
Since its launch in 2022, the Music for Maryland Tour has become a cornerstone of the BSO’s statewide outreach, bringing live full orchestra and chamber music performances to audiences far beyond the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall and the Music Center at Strathmore.
This year’s tour received renewed leadership support from the Maryland Legislature in the form of a state operating grant of $250,000, according to the news release.
In honor of the leadership gifts of Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker, all Music for Maryland concerts will once again be recognized as Robert E. Meyerhoff & Rheda Becker Community Performances.
The performance in Chestertown, titled “Simply Charming Mozart,” will be Thursday, Aug. 7 at Washington College’s Gibson Center for the Arts, beginning at 7 p.m. The conductor is Nicolas Ellis and the violinist is Geneva Lewis. The concert will feature Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Violin Concerto No. 3 and Symphony No. 38, nicknamed the “Prague.”
To reserve a ticket, see BSOmusic.org/community. The suggested donation for “pay what you wish” is $10 per ticket.