baltimore choral arts society

Baltimore classical music lovers could find rewards last weekend at performances presented by Pro Musica Rara, Baltimore Choral Arts Society and Shriver Hall Concert Series.

Hudson's Corner: St. David's Episcopal Church at 4700 Roland Ave., is holding series of non-liturgical music, starting Nov. 7 and continuing on the first Friday of each month through May, with the exception of Jan. 2.

Betty G. Bertaux, a composer and music educator who founded the Children's Chorus of Maryland, died Oct. 10 at her Naples, Fla., home of pancreatic cancer. She was 75.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Oct 16, 2014

From aerial acrobatics to DIY wedding outfits, this couple is anything but traditional

Hildebrand & Co. concert a rare treat

On this, the 13th anniversary of that devastating day Sept. 1, 2001, and I am grateful for the saving power of music, art and poetry.

National anthem proves dynamic, enduring.

In season finale, Marin Alsop leads Baltimore Symphony in Beethoven's Ninth and a work by John Adams commemorating 9/11.

BSO, in association with Folger Theatre, presents Mendelssohn's 'Midsummer' music as dynamic cast performs excerpts from Shakespeare's play.

John Weber, a tenor who sang in opera productions and was the music director of a Rodgers Forge church, died of an apparent heart attack Jan. 17. The Catonsville resident was 50.

When I was laid off from a legal administrative assistant job in New York, it made sense to move back to Baltimore. Here, I am combining my continuing job search with giving of my time to worthwhile organizations. Meanwhile I cannot help but observe the differences between living in an exciting world capital with living in a — well, smaller city.

Marin Alsop was in sterling form guiding the Baltimore Symphony in Holst's "The Planets" on a program of colorful fare.

Concert Artists of Baltimore opened 2013-14 season with mix of Austrian and Russian music, while Baltimore Choral Arts Society entered the season with masterwork by Bach.

John H. "Jack" Laporte, a longtime T. Rowe Price portfolio manager, philanthropist and one of the minority owners of the Orioles, died Aug. 12 of lymphoma at his Ruxton home. He was 68.

The Baltimore Choral Arts Society closed its season by comparing works based on the same texts, while Shriver Hall Concert Series wrapped up its season with excellent cellist Alban Gerhardt.

With strings and harmonies, University of Maryland College Park group tackles classic themes from Final Fantasy, Halo

Mary E. Weaver, a former nursery school teacher and who managed a Baltimore senior living apartment building, died Feb. 22 from complications of leukemia at Stella Maris Hospice. She was 82.

Ignat Solzhenitsyn conducted the Baltimore Symphony in a stirring program that included Mozart's Requiem and Arvo Part's 'Tabula Rasa.'

There's a light and dark theme running through the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's 2013-2014 season, which includes works dealing with great loss, as well as great compassion.

It wouldn't be the Christmas season without George Frideric Handel's "Messiah," and in Howard County that means a performance by Columbia Pro Cantare on Sunday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. at Jim Rouse Theater at Wilde Lake.

J. Ernest Green's masterful conducting of the Annapolis Chorale, Chamber Orchestra and soloists in two performances of Richard Einhorn's "Voices of Light," set to Carl Dreyer's 1928 silent film "The Passion of Joan of Arc," brought a unique experience to near-capacity audiences last weekend at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts.

Last weekend's musical activity for your (mostly) humble correspondent was all about milestones. (This week has been all about distractions, hence the tardiness