baltimore choral arts society

Evelyn T. Beasley, a popular city public schools educator who was at the helm of Roland Park Elementary Middle School for nearly two decades which she turned around from a failing school, died March 24 from cancer at Woodholme Gardens, a Pikesville assisted-living facility. She was 89.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Apr 4, 2019

Eileen E. Twynham, a music teacher, composer and poet, died in February at Seasons Hospice at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center of complications of a stroke. She was 88.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Mar 15, 2019

J. Spencer Hammond, former longtime minister of music, organist and choir director at Douglas Memorial Community Church who also taught music in the city public schools for more than three decades, died ThursdayJAN24 at Howard County General Hospital from complications from a fall.

Baltimore Choral Arts Society announces ambitious 2018-2019 season that includes U.S. premiere and collaborations with local arts institutions.

Hamilton C. "Chace" Davis Jr., a partner in a Baltimore investment firm, died March 1 from complications of Alzheimer's disease at the Broadmead retirement community in Cockeysville. He was 90.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Mar 6, 2018

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's 2018-2019 season will include the ensemble's first performance of Olivier Messiaen's "Turangalila," as well as programs featuring violinist Joshua Bell and "Hamilton" star Leslie Odom Jr.

Mezzo soprano appeared with the old Baltimore Opera Company and studied with Rosa Ponselle

By Jacques Kelly

Jan 3, 2018

A round-up of the triumphs, embarrassments and controversies in the local arts scene in 2017 and how Baltimore was depicted on the small and large screens.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Dec 27, 2017

Baltimore Choral Arts Society opened its season with new music director Anthony Blake Clark leading a wide-ranging program.

Best bets for classical music performances during the fall season.

Activist Charles B. Blackburn dies

By Jacques Kelly

Jun 7, 2017

A critic's round-up of fine classical concerts heard in Baltimore during the winter months.

Baltimore Choral Arts Society names Anthony Blake Clark music director to succeed Tom Hall, who is stepping down after 35 years.

Ruth Heilman, of Towson, will join scores of other members of Baltimore Choral Arts Society to perform Christmas for Kids at Kraushaar Auditorium at Goucher College on Dec. 17.

It's reassuring to know that during the holiday season, Baltimore loses none of the eccentric charm for which the city has become known.

Boister Annual Solstice Concert. Anne Watts’ chamber-pop group returns with its annual Solstice Concert complete with spins on Eartha Kitt and Ray Conniff, plus

Marin Alsop leads the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in an effective pairing of Beethoven's Ninth and John Adams' Beethoven-inspired "Absolute Jest."

The 10 best events and happenings this week in the Baltimore area.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Nov 13, 2016

Marin Alsop leads Peabody Symphony Orchestra in Aaron Jay Kernis' confrontational Second Symphony; Baltimore Choral Arts Society presents local premiere of Jonathan Leshnoff's evocative "Dark Bells."

Baltimore Choral Arts Society presents Baltimore premiere of Jonathan Leshnoff's Poe-inspired "Dark Bells," written for the unusual combination of solo viola, chorus and orchestra.

Marin Alsop conducts the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and colorful vocal forces in Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" on a program with Stravinsky and Lori Laitman.

The annual Free Fall Baltimore, produced by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, returns with more than 200 events during the month of October.

For Memorial Day Weekend, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra offers crisp performance of Bach's B minor Mass conducted by Nicholas McGegan.

In a brilliant debut with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, guest conductor John Storgards leads program of Tan Dun, Libby Larsen and Gustav Holst.

Baltimore Choral Arts Society's 50th anniversary concert offered alleluias, a requiem and return of founding director.

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's 2016-2017 season will highlight Beethoven, Stravinsky, and introduce a late-night concert series.

Tom Hall will step down as music director of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society in July 2017, after his 35th season at the helm.

Baltimore Sun music critic Tim Smith picks the five best local performances of 2015.

From burlesque and A John Waters Christmas to choirs and "The Nutcracker," check out these Baltimore-area holiday events.

By Wesley Case

Dec 4, 2015

The holiday calendar includes a good deal of family-friendly concerts, plays and other events in the Baltimore area.

Requiems by Faure and Durufle inspire eloquent performance by Baltimore Choral Arts Society.

Naomi Greenberg-Slovin, who found a home as a researcher and playwright at Baltimore's Everyman Theatre after an eclectic career as a concert cellist, psychologist and translator, died Wednesday in Towson of pancreatic cancer.

By Michael Dresser

Aug 23, 2015

Marin Alsop conducted the BSO, a large cast and NPR's Peter Sagal in an engaging semi-staging of Leonard Bernstein's 1956 muiscal "Candide."

Requiems by Mozart, Faure and Durufle will be featured during the Baltimore Choral Arts Society's 50th anniversary season, along with a premiere by a Baltimore composer.

Virginia McKechnie, 86, founder of the Tomlinson Craft Collection, who was also an original Harborplace merchant, died of an aneurysm May 25 at Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

By Jacques Kelly

Jun 6, 2015

Bernstein's Voltaire-inspired "Candide" to get semi-staged performances by BSO conducted by Marin Alsop and featuring NPR's Peter Sagal as narrator.

Saturday's Concert for Peace organized by the Baltimore Symphony and presented a few blocks from some of the worst Freddie Gray-related unrest emphasized talent and potential of city's youth.

Handel Choir of Baltimore and Baltimore Choral Arts Society perform powerful programs of spiritual music.

For more than 50 years, J. Spencer Hammond has been a force in Baltimore's church music community. That community is coming together to honor him with a choral concert.

Aubrey Maurice Murphy, an acclaimed pianist, organist, conductor and vocal coach who had been a fixture on the Baltimore music scene since the 1960s, died.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Feb 20, 2015

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, led by Marin Alsop, delivered a persuasive account of Mahler's Third.

Nicholas McGegan conducts the Baltimore Symphony, Baltimore Choral Arts Society and vocal soloists in a program, featuring Beethoven's Ninth.

Our nation's capital puts its distinctive spin on the holiday season

Five Baltimore arts organizations received a total of $125,000 in National Endowment for the Arts grants

By Chris Kaltenbach

Dec 8, 2014