Eastern Shore
Chamber Music Festival
Fairhope, AL | Point Clear, AL | Gulf Shores, AL
Upcoming Concert Dates:
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Sahada & Trace at Immanuel Episcopal Church, Bay Minette
Spend the afternoon with Trace & Sahada, featuring violin and cello pops, jazz, folk and classical favorites. More information coming soon!
Free!
Sponsored by the Rural Outreach Initiative of the Eastern Shore Art Center.
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Sahada & Trace at the People's Room of Mobile
Nov. 2, 8pm
Tickets: $25
Spend the evening with Trace and Sahada, featuring violin and cello pops, jazz, folk and classical favorites. More information coming soon!
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Sahada & Trace at St. Paul's Episcopal Chapel, Parish Hall
Nov. 3, 3pm
Tickets: $25
Spend the afternoon with Trace and Sahada, featuring violin and cello pops, jazz, folk and classical favorites. More information coming soon!
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Winter Series
Thursday Januay 30- Sunday Feburary 2, 2025
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ESCMF 2025
Third Annual Summer Festival:
May 29- June 15, 2025
Eastern Shore Chamber Music Festival
Fairhope, Alabama
ESCMF artists perform live, mesmerizing classical chamber concerts all along the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay free of charge to our audiences. ESCMF concerts pair contemporary chamber music with masterworks from the chamber repertoire.
ESCMF Artistic Directors
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Sahada Buckley is a violinist and cross-disciplinary artist from Fairhope, Alabama. She is a graduate of the University of Georgia with degrees in Music Theory and Violin Performance and is currently earning her Master's degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying with Pro Arte Quartet first-violinist, David Perry. At UW-Madison, Sahada is a member of the graduate string quartet, the Marvin Rabin String Quartet. In 2018, she performed as a soloist with the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra after winning the 2018 UGASO Concerto Competition and, in 2019, she through-hiked the entire Appalachian Trail with a violin on her backpack. Sahada has attended festivals such as Meadowmount School of Music, Tanglewood BUTI, Montecito Music Festival, and Green Mountain Music Festival. In Madison, Sahada plays with multiple small ensembles exploring the possibilities of experimental improvisation. Two of her albums have been featured on Bandcamp Daily’s ‘Best Experimental Albums’ List. Sahada spends her free time walking her dog, painting and attending concerts.
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Dr. Trace Johnson is a cellist known for his effortless musicality and fierce commitment to music-making of all styles and genres. Originally from Madison, Wisconsin, Trace has appeared as a chamber musician, soloist, and orchestral musician in a wide variety of settings in the United States and around the world. Equally at home teaching in the studio or performing on stage, Trace is a devoted and thoughtful communicator who enjoys a varied career as a cellist, teacher, and musician. Trace holds cello positions with the Sarasota Orchestra, Madison Symphony Orchestra, and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra. Trace has recently appeared on Masterworks programs with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and the Artosphere Festival Orchestra in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Trace recently received his Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Mead Witter School of Music.
