Celebrating 36 years of bringing beautiful music to Cape May, NJ

Schedule:

Sunday, May 25, 2025

7:00 p.m: Atlantic Brass Band at 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.

Sunday, June 1, 2025

7:00 p.m: New Jersey Symphony Chamber Players
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.

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

12:30 p.m: Bach’s Lunches at Inn of Cape May
Lunch and a classical music mini concert combine for a wonderful afternoon at the historic Inn of Cape May. These intimate performances feature members of the Bay Atlantic Symphony.

Thursday, June 5, 2025

7:00 p.m: New York Chamber Ensemble at 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.

Friday, June 6, 2025

12:30 p.m: Midday Music and More at The Washington Inn
Enjoy an intimate classical music performance over lunch at the historic Washington Inn, presented by Friends of the Cape May Music Festival, featuring Eliot Bailen, Susan Rotholz and Jed Gaylin.

Saturday, June 7, 2025

11:00 a.m: Jazz Brunch With Paula Johns at 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.

Sunday, June 8, 2025

7:00 p.m: George Mesterhazy Tribute Concert at 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.

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

12:30 p.m: Bach’s Lunches at Inn of Cape May
Lunch and a classical music mini concert combine for a wonderful afternoon at the historic Inn of Cape May. These intimate performances feature members of the Bay Atlantic Symphony.

Saturday, June 14, 2025

7:00 p.m: Snacktime Cape May Convention Hall at 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.

Sunday, June 15, 2025

4:00 p.m: New York Chamber Ensemble at 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.

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

12:30 p.m: Bach’s Lunches at Inn of Cape May
Lunch and a classical music mini concert combine for a wonderful afternoon at the historic Inn of Cape May. These intimate performances feature members of the Bay Atlantic Symphony.

Thursday, June 26, 2025

7:00 p.m: New York Chamber Ensemble at 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.

Thursday, June 12, 2025

7:00 p.m: Bay Atlantic Symphony at Episcopal Church of the Advent

"Serenades and Song"
Bay Atlantic Symphony presents “Serenades and Songs” for intimate string orchestra highlighting sweeping melodies and snappy rhythms by composers from America, Sweden, England, Georgia/Russia, and Germany.

Saturday, June 28, 2025

7:30 p.m: Bay Atlantic Symphony at Episcopal Church of the Advent

"Alpine Jazz Adventure"
Celebrity cellist Amit Peled joins the Bay Atlantic Symphony and will play a work he has long championed, the eclectic concerto by Austrian pianist/composer/philosopher Friederich Gulda. The work is for cello and wind orchestra with a jazz rhythm section and bounces between swing and funk, to rustic Austrian folk melodies. It is tuneful and dramatic, with wildly expressive passages. The evening’s program begins with one of the greatest of all wind serenades, by Mozart. The audience will also have the joy of experiencing Mr. Peled’s intensely expressive artistry performing solo Bach.

Date: May 25 - June 28, 2025

Locations:

Rotary Park, 400-498 Lafayette Street, Cape May, NJ 08204
Episcopal Church of the Advent, 612 Franklin Street, Cape May, NJ 08204
The Inn Of Cape May, 7 Ocean Street, Cape May, NJ 08204
The Washington Inn, 801 Washington Street, Cape May, NJ 08204
The Shore Club, 1170 Golf Club Rd, Cape May Court House, NJ 08210
Cape May Convention Hall, 714 Beach Avenue, Cape May, NJ 08204

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