BERLIN– The Calvin B. Taylor House Museum will host a free Concert on the Lawn on July 13 featuring the Chesapeake Silver Cornet Brass Band.
Formed in 1996, the all-volunteer band is composed of amateur and professional musicians from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. Performing a varied repertoire of contemporary and traditional brass band music, the group won first place in the North American Brass Band Association Competition in Ohio in 2013. The group also placed second in the competition in 2012 and 2010.
“Those honors validate the level of playing that we do and the intensity with which we rehearse to be able to give out really quality performances,” said band founder Richard Fischer. “While we’re a community-based group, we’re sort of at the top of the pile in the community.”
The ensemble, made up of 35 volunteer members, has been playing shows across the Mid-Atlantic region for nearly two decades. Fischer said the band would bring “special guests” to the Berlin concert.
“We’re going to have George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and John Phillip Sousa,” he said. “We’ll be doing everything from big band to opera.”
This year marks the third appearance of the Chesapeake Silver Cornet Brass Band at the museum.
“We’re had really good crowds there,” Fischer said. “The lawn has just been packed, and we’ve had a very enthusiastic response, which is why I imagine we kept getting asked back.”
Curator Susan Taylor advised guests to, “bring a chair and a picnic and sit out on the lawn and enjoy it.”
Taylor said 145 people attended the season’s first Concert on the Lawn, featuring Salisbury Celtic group Folk Heroes, in June. Folk Heroes will return to perform during the 6th annual Peach Festival at the museum on Aug. 2.
A to-be-announced group will play a Concert on the Lawn on Aug. 10, and the Salisbury Community Band will perform on Sept. 14.
Each concert begins at 6 p.m.
“The joy of being able to go someplace in the summer, sit outside and listen to live music is unbeatable,” said Fischer. “Increasingly music is programed or electronic, and of course we’re all live, so there’s an entertainment value to this.
“There’s also an educational value,” Fischer continued. “We talk a little about the music and the composers so that people understand the stories behind each of the pieces we do. We have some fun with the audience, and there’s some inspiration in being able to play at this time of year. To be able to recognize some of the special music that’s American and speaks to our spirit is really great.”
The Calvin B. Taylor House Museum is located on 208 North Main Street in Berlin. For more information call 410-641-1019 or visit www.taylorhousemuseum.org.
Formed in 1996, the all-volunteer band is composed of amateur and professional musicians from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. Performing a varied repertoire of contemporary and traditional brass band music, the group won first place in the North American Brass Band Association Competition in Ohio in 2013. The group also placed second in the competition in 2012 and 2010.
“Those honors validate the level of playing that we do and the intensity with which we rehearse to be able to give out really quality performances,” said band founder Richard Fischer. “While we’re a community-based group, we’re sort of at the top of the pile in the community.”
The ensemble, made up of 35 volunteer members, has been playing shows across the Mid-Atlantic region for nearly two decades. Fischer said the band would bring “special guests” to the Berlin concert.
“We’re going to have George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and John Phillip Sousa,” he said. “We’ll be doing everything from big band to opera.”
This year marks the third appearance of the Chesapeake Silver Cornet Brass Band at the museum.
“We’re had really good crowds there,” Fischer said. “The lawn has just been packed, and we’ve had a very enthusiastic response, which is why I imagine we kept getting asked back.”
Curator Susan Taylor advised guests to, “bring a chair and a picnic and sit out on the lawn and enjoy it.”
Taylor said 145 people attended the season’s first Concert on the Lawn, featuring Salisbury Celtic group Folk Heroes, in June. Folk Heroes will return to perform during the 6th annual Peach Festival at the museum on Aug. 2.
A to-be-announced group will play a Concert on the Lawn on Aug. 10, and the Salisbury Community Band will perform on Sept. 14.
Each concert begins at 6 p.m.
“The joy of being able to go someplace in the summer, sit outside and listen to live music is unbeatable,” said Fischer. “Increasingly music is programed or electronic, and of course we’re all live, so there’s an entertainment value to this.
“There’s also an educational value,” Fischer continued. “We talk a little about the music and the composers so that people understand the stories behind each of the pieces we do. We have some fun with the audience, and there’s some inspiration in being able to play at this time of year. To be able to recognize some of the special music that’s American and speaks to our spirit is really great.”
The Calvin B. Taylor House Museum is located on 208 North Main Street in Berlin. For more information call 410-641-1019 or visit www.taylorhousemuseum.org.