Celebrating 36 years of bringing beautiful music to Cape May, NJ.
ATLANTIC BRASS BAND
Sunday, May 25: 7pm
Rotary Park (rain location Convention Hall)
The Atlantic Brass Band, under the baton of Salvatore Scarpa, presents a program of rousing American music, the perfect finish to the Memorial Day Weekend. Co-sponsored by Cape May MAC and the City of Cape May.
FREE Admission. No purchase necessary.
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY CHAMBER PLAYERS
Sunday, June 1 at 7pm
Episcopal Church of the Advent
The New Jersey Symphony Chamber Players will perform as a woodwind quintet for the Cape May Music Festival. Made up of members Bart Feller, flute; Bob Ingliss, oboe; Juan Esteban Martinez, clarinet; Andrea Menousek, horn; Bob Wagner, bassoon, this quintet will delight audiences with a program including Jacques Ibert’s playful Trois Pièces Brèves, Valerie Coleman’s anthem of freedom and unity “Umoja,” and Franz Danzi’s lyrically beautiful Quintet in G minor, amongst other pieces.
NEW YORK CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Thursday, June 5 and Sunday, June 15: 7pm
Episcopal Church of the Advent
Featuring Artistic Director Eliot Bailen, cello, and Susan Rothholz, flute, the New York Chamber Ensemble presents selections from the classical chamber music repertoire performed by accomplished New York musicians.
JAZZ BRUNCH WITH PAULA JOHNS
Saturday, June 7 at 11am
Shore Club
Savor a delicious jazz brunch with Paula Johns at the Shore Club. Paula is an accomplished cabaret singer and jazz vocalist who hails from Philadelphia. She is often compared to Ella, and some of the great contemporaries of that era, but Paula brings her own distinctive panache to each song she sings…especially the songs from The Great American Songbooks of Porter, Rogers & Hart, Jobim, Bacharach and others.
GEORGE MESTERHAZY TRIBUTE CONCERT
Sunday, June 8: 7pm
Episcopal Church of the Advent
Artistic Director Barry Miles once again brings together musical friends and colleagues of the late jazz pianist George Mesterhazy for this intimate tribute. This annual remembrance concert celebrates how much George meant to so many through original musical arrangements and meaningful songs.
BAY ATLANTIC SYMPHONY
Thursday, June 12: 7pm
Episcopal Church of the Advent
Sensual sounds, contemporary rhythms and harmonies from the Americas will fill the air in a program that features a quartet of soloists for the Brazilian Suite Retratos (Portraits). Fabio Oliveira solos on the magical sounds of the marimba with a Brazilian Regional group that includes a 4-string Cavaquinho, a 9-string Guitar, the Brazilian Pandeiro frame-drum, as well as a 9-piece string ensemble. The mood goes sultry and sentimental with a work by Tango king Astor Piazzolla. An adored string orchestra favorite of great melodic sweep and beauty, Dvorak’s Serenade for Strings, steals your heart away.
SNACKTIME
CAPE MAY CONVENTION HALL
Thursday, June 6: 7pm
Cape May Convention Hall
SNACKTIME is Philadelphia’s already beloved seven-piece band. Created in Summer 2020, the group began performing free shows in Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square that quickly attracted huge crowds. This progressed to sold-out headlining shows, support for national touring artists, and slots at major music festivals.
SNACKTIME began 2024 with a triumphant sold-out New Year’s Eve show at Brooklyn Bowl Philly and has remained on the road throughout the year, including their largest NYC headliner to date at Bowery Ballroom, and support for multiple Portugal. The Man U.S. tours. In September, they’ll support Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe on an East Coast tour.
In describing their sound, Paste Magazine says, “combining their influences, which range from jazz to rap to rock to punk and R&B, SNACKTIME are one of the most original ensembles out there right now.”
