April 13-14: Chesapeake Music Announces 11th Biennial Chesapeake International Chamber Music Competition for Young Professionals. It will be held live from 11am to 6pm at the Ebenezer Theater in Easton, and live-streamed all day. The awards will be given around 5pm. This exciting daylong celebration of chamber music will feature five of the most distinguished young ensembles competing for the Lerman Gold ($10,000) and Silver ($5,000) prizes, as well as the Audience Choice Award ($1000) and three Honorarium Awards ($1000 each). The finalist judges watch the live performance on April 13 and select the prize winners at the end of the day. The Competition will begin at 11am on April 13 and last all day with prizes announced following the final performance around 5pm. There will be Sunday afternoon concerts on April 14 by the ensembles at the following locations: St. Marks UM Church, Easton, Pulse, 3pm; Christ Church, Cambridge, Kodak Quartet, 4pm; Holy Trinity Church, Oxford, Amara Trio, 2pm; Temple B’nai Israel, Easton, Hesper Quartet, 2pm; and Trio Menil, Private. The Competition is a program of Chesapeake Music. Tickets for this all-day extravaganza are available online. The cost for the entire day of beautiful music is $25 per person and students are admitted free of charge. For those who cannot make the trip to Easton, the event will be livecast for $10. Contributions to help fund the Competition are also welcome. The recording will be available both on the day of the performance and for the week following. For further information about attending the Competition events, visit chesapeakemusic.org/competition or call 410-819-0380.