Saturday, March 11, 2017Saturday, March 11, 2017

Christmas WITH CHORAL ARTSTUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2019 AT 7:30 PMTHE BALTIMORE BASILICA, 409 CATHEDRAL STREET

ANTHONY BLAKE CLARKMusic Director

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Baltimore Choral Arts SocietyAnthony Blake Clark 54th Season: 2019-20

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 7:30 pm The Baltimore Basilica

The 36th Annual Christmas with Choral Arts

Anthony Blake Clark, conductorLeo Wanenchak, associate conductor & organist

The Baltimore Choral Arts Chorus Baltimore Choral Arts Orchestra

Judith Krummeck, narratorMayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young, narrator

Movement IV from A Carol Symphony Victor Hely-HutchinsonO Come, O Come, Emmanuel Traditional, arr. Anthony Blake ClarkOnce in Royal David’s City Traditional, arr. Stephen CleoburyThis Little Babe Benjamin Britten

The First Nowell Traditional, arr. David WillcocksJoy to the World Traditional, arr. John RutterShepherd’s Pipe Carol RutterHave Yourself a Merry Little Christmas arr. Rutter**Have You Seen the Baby Jesus? Rosephayne Powell

God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen Traditional, arr. WillcocksDeck the Halls Traditional arr. Mack Wilberg Christmas Give: Holy Night PowellSilent Night Traditional, arr. Derric Johnson

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Traditional, arr. WillcocksCandlelight Carol Traditional, arr. Rutter“Waltz of the Flowers” from The Nutcracker Pyotr Tchaikovsky

O Come All Ye Faithful Traditional, arr. WillcocksPifa, Recitativo, and Chorus from Messiah George Frideric Handel

Anitra McKinney, sopranoO Holy Night Traditional, arr. David T. Clydesdale** “Hallelujah Chorus” from Messiah Handel

Please hold applause until the end of each section.

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** Included on Choral Arts’ CD/DVD, Christmas at America’s First Cathedral,available for sale following the concert.

Lighting by Blair VanOot and John Schertler Audio by Max Kuzmyak

Keith Nelson, Television Director David Laishley, Television Editor

Robert Brockmeyer, Television Producer Adam O'Dell, Television Score Reader

Andy Bienstock, Radio Host, WYPR Radio Jonathan Palevsky, Radio Host and Producer, WBJC Radio

Lisa Mion, Stage Manager

This concert has been made possible by a generous contribution from

This performance is supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council (msac.org). Our concerts are also made possible in part by the

Citizens of Baltimore County and Mayor Jack Young and the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts.

Our media sponsor for this performance is

This performance is being taped for television on WMAR-TV, and radio broadcast on 88.1, WYPR Radio and 91.5FM, WBJC Radio at a later date.

Please turn pages quietly and please turn off all electronic devices during the concert.The use of cameras and recording equipment is not allowed.

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Program Text

We respectfully request that you withhold your applauseuntil the end of each section.

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Veni veni, EmmanuelCaptivum solve Israel,Qui gemit in exsilio,Privatus Dei Filio.Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuelnascetur pro te Israel.

O come, o come, EmmanuelAnd ransom captive Israel,That mourns in lonely exile here Until the Son of God appear.Rejoice! Rejoice! EmmanuelShall come to thee O Israel.

Once in Royal David’s City

Once in royal David’s cityStood a lowly cattle shed,Where a mother laid her babyIn a manger for his bed:Mary was that mother mild,Jesus Christ her little child.

He came down to earth from heaven,Who is God and Lord of all,And his shelter was a stable,And his cradle was a stall;With the poor, and mean, and lowly,Lived on earth our Savior holy.

O come desire of nations, bindIn one the hearts of humankind:Bid every strife and quarrel ceaseAnd fill the world with heaven’s peace.Rejoice! Rejoice! EmmanuelShall come to thee O Israel.

Reading: Excerpt from “Amazing Peace” by Maya Angelou

And our eyes at last shall see him,Through his own redeeming love;For that child so dear and gentleIs our Lord in heav’n above,And he leads his children onTo the place where he is gone.

Reading: Excerpt from “Amazing Peace” by Maya Angelou

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This Little Babe

This little babe so few days oldIs come to rifle Satan's fold;All hell doth at his presence quakeThough he himself for cold do shake;For in this weak unarmed wiseThe gates of hell he will surpriseWith tears he fights and wins the fieldHis naked breast steads for a shieldHis battering shot are babish criesHis arrows looks of weeping eyesHis martial ensigns Cold and NeedAnd feeble flesh his warrior's steedHis camp is pitched in a stallHis bulwark but a broken wall;The crib his trench, haystalks his stakes

Of shepherds he his muster makesAnd thus as sure his foe to woundThe angels' trumps alarum soundMy soul with ChristJoin thou in fight;Stick to the tentsThat he hath pightWithin his cribIs surest ward;This little BabeWill by thy guardIf thou wilt foil thyFoes with joy, thenFlit not from thisHeavenly boy!

Selections from tonight’s performance will also be broadcast on WMAR TV, ABC 2 on Christmas Eve, Tuesday, December 24th at 11:35 pm, and on Christmas Day, Wednesday,

December 25th at 12 pm. This is the 24th year ABC 2 has broadcast Christmas with Choral Arts. In 2006, our broadcasts won an Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Washington, DC Chapter. We are very grateful to our friends at ABC 2 for their cooperation in bringing important events like this performance to our community.

WBJC Radio (91.5 FM) will broadcast Christmas with Choral Arts on Music in Maryland, December 21 at 6 pm, and again on Christmas Day at 2 pm. WBJC has been broadcasting our concerts for 36 years, and we are grateful to them for their support. WYPR Radio (88.1) will also broadcast the concert on Christmas Eve at 9 pm and Christmas Day at 8 pm.

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(Please Stand)SING ALONG: The First Nowell

The first Noel the angels did sayWas to certain poor shepards in fields as they lay:In fields where they lay keeping their sheepOn a cold winter's night that was so deepNoel, Noel, Noel, NoelBorn is the King of Israel!

They looked up and saw a starShining in the east beyond them farAnd to the earth it gave great lightAnd so it continued both day and nightNoel, Noel, Noel, NoelBorn is the King of Israel!

And by the light of that same starThree Wise men came from country farTo seek for a King was their intentAnd to follow the star wherever it wentNoel, Noel, Noel, NoelBorn is the King of Israel! Then let us all with one accordSing praises to our heavenly LordThat hath made heaven and earth of noughtAnd with his blood mankind has boughtNoel, Noel, Noel, NoelBorn is the King of Israel!

(Please Sit)

Joy to the World

Joy to the world! the Lord is comeLet earth receive her KingLet ev'ry heart prepare him roomAnd heaven and nature singAnd heaven and nature singAnd heaven, and heaven and nature sing.

Joy to the world! the Savior reignsLet men their songs employWhile fields and floods, rocks, hills and plainsRepeat the sounding joyRepeat the sounding joyRepeat, repeat the sounding joy.

No more let sin and sorrow grow,Nor thorns infest the ground;He comes to make His blessings flowFar as the curse is found,Far as the curse is found,Far as, far as, the curse is found.

He rules the world with truth and graceAnd makes the nations proveThe glories of His righteousnessAnd wonders of His love And wonders of His love And wonders, wonders of His love

Reading: “Some Children See Him” by Wihla Hutson

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Edward Polochick leads the Orchestra and the BSO Symphonic Chorale in this holiday favorite.

VIENNA BOYS CHOIRTHU, DEC 12, 7:30 PM • TICKETS FROM $25*MANUEL HUBER, CONDUCTOR

The Vienna Boys Choir will fill the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall with angelic charm and pure sounds in a program featuring Austrian folk songs, classical masterpieces, popular songs and, of course, holiday favorites.The BSO is not performing on this program.

CIRQUE NUTCRACKERFRI, DEC 13, 8 PM • SAT, DEC 14, 3 PM • SUN, DEC 15, 3 PM TICKETS FROM $35*Troupe Vertigo’s acrobats, jugglers and high-flying aerialists join the BSO for this spectacular twist on Tchaikovsky’s holiday classic.

GOSPEL CHRISTMAS WITH CECE WINANSTHU, DEC 19, 8 PM • FRI, DEC 20, 8 PM • TICKETS FROM $45Twelve-time Grammy® Award-winner CeCe Winans joins the BSO and the Morgan State University Choir for a rousing program of gospel and holiday favorites.

HOLIDAY SPECTACULARSAT, DEC 21, 3 PM & 8 PM • TICKETS FROM $35*Broadway musical director Andy Einhorn leads the BSO and the Baltimore Choral Arts Society in an exciting new holiday program highlighted by the ever-popular tap-dancing Santas and an audience sing-along. The Meyerhoff Symphony Hall lobby becomes a winter wonderland with pre-concert performances, a family photo spot and cookies and ornaments for sale.

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Shepherd’s Pipe Carol

Going through the hills on a night all starryOn the way to BethlehemFar away I heard a shepherd boy pipingOn the way to Bethlehem

Angels in the sky brought this message nigh:"Dance and sing for joy that Christ the newborn KingIs come to bring us peace on earthAnd He's lying cradled there at Bethlehem."

"Tell me, shepherd boy piping tunes so merrilyOn the way to BethlehemWho will hear your tunes on these hills so lonelyOn the way to Bethlehem?"

Angels in the sky brought this message nigh:"Dance and sing for the joy that Christ the newborn KingIs come to bring peace on earthAnd He's lying cradled there at Bethlehem."

"None may hear my pipes on these hills so lonelyOn the way to Bethlehem;But a King will hear me play sweet lullabiesWhen I get to Bethlehem."

Angels in the sky came down from on highHovered over the manger where the babe was lyingCradled in the arms of his mother MarySleeping now at Bethlehem

"Where is the new King, shepherd boy piping merrilyIs He there at Bethlehem?""I will find Him soon by the star shining brightlyIn the sky o'vr Bethlehem."

Angels in the sky brought this message nigh:"Dance and sing for joy that Christ the King of kingsIs come to bring us peace on earthAnd He's lying cradled there at Bethlehem."

"May I come with you, shepherd boy piping merrilyCome with you to Bethlehem?Pay my homage too at the new King's cradle.Is it far to Bethlehem?"

Angels in the sky brought this message nigh:"Dance and sing for joy that Christ the newborn KingIs born in the stable yonder, born for you at Bethlehem."

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Peabody Symphony Orchestra Peabody Singers Peabody-Hopkins ChorusFriday, December 6 7:30 pm

Edward Polochick, conductorAnn Schein, piano

Daniel Pinkham: Christmas Cantata, “Sinfonia Sacra”

Francis Poulenc: Gloria, FP 177Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto

No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21

Peabody Opera Theatre Presents

Giacomo Puccini’s La RondineThursday, March 12 Friday, March 13 Saturday, March 14 7:30 pm

Sunday, March 15 4:00 pm

Dean Anthony, stage directorAntony Walker, conductor

Tickets available February 3

Reserve your FREE seats at peabody.jhu.edu/events or by calling 667-208-6620.

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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Have yourself a merry little ChristmasLet your heart be lightFrom now on, our troubles will be out

of sightHave yourself a merry little ChristmasMake the Yuletide gayFrom now on, our troubles will be

miles away

Here we are as in olden daysHappy golden days of yoreFaithful friends who are dear to usGather near to us once moreThrough the years we all will be togetherIf the Fates allowHang a shining star upon the highest boughAnd have yourself a merry little Christmas now

Have You Seen the Baby Jesus?

Have you seen the baby Jesus, the King of kings?He was born of a virgin in Bethlehem

Did you find him in a stable, the King of kings?Was he laid in a manger,wrapped in swaddling clothing,Born of a virgin in Bethlehem?

It was foretold by the prophets of oldThat a virgin would conceive God’s son (the Son of God)And as the angels rejoiced that night, The Shepherds saw a holy light, yes!

Have you seen the baby Jesus, the King of kings?They will call him “Emmanuel,”Lo, God is with us, “Jesus, Messiah,” the King of kings,Who was laid in a manger,Wrapped in swaddling clothing,Born of a virgin in Bethlehem.

Here we are as in olden daysHappy golden days of yoreFaithful friends who are dear to usGather near to us once moreThrough the years we all will be togetherIf the Fates allowHang a shining star upon the highest boughAnd have yourself a merry little Christmas now

Let us worship baby Jesus, the King of kings.Let us bow down before Him,Praise and adore Him,Worship the baby, the King of kingsWe will call him “Emmanuel,”Lo, God is with us, “Jesus, Messiah,” the King of kings,Who was laid in a manger,Wrapped in swaddling clothing,Born of a virgin in Bethlehem.

He’s the King, “Emmanuel!”Let us bow down before Him Praise and adore HimWorship the baby, the King of kings,Who was laid in a manger,Wrapped in swaddling clothing,Born of a virgin in Bethlehem.

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(Please Stand)SING ALONG: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

God rest ye merry, gentlemenLet nothing you dismayRemember, Christ, our SaviorWas born on Christmas DayTo save us all from Satan's powerWhen we were gone astrayO tidings of comfort and joyComfort and joyO tidings of comfort and joy!

From God our Heavenly FatherA blessed angel came;And unto certain shepherdsBrought tidings of the same:How that in Bethlehem was bornThe Son of God by NameO tidings of comfort and joyComfort and joyO tidings of comfort and joy!

Now to the Lord sing praisesAll you within this placeAnd with true love and brotherhoodEach other now embraceThis holy tide of ChristmasDoth bring redeeming graceO tidings of comfort and joyComfort and joyO tidings of comfort and joy!

(Please Sit)

Deck the Halls

Deck the hall with boughs of holly'Tis the season to be jollyDon we now our gay apparelTroll the ancient Yuletide carol

See the blazing yule before usStrike the harp and join the chorusFollow me in merry measureWhile I tell of Yuletide treasure

Christmas Give: Holy Night

Silent night, holy nightAll is calm, all is brightSent from Heaven,Sleep in heavenly peace.Sent from Heaven,Holy night.

Fast away the old year passesHail the new, ye lads and lasses!Sing we joyous all togetherHeedless of the wind and weather

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Silent Night

Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht!Alles schläft, einsam wachtNur das traute, hochheilige Paar.Holder Knabe im lockigen Haar,Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh,Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh.

(Please Stand)SING ALONG: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Hark! the herald angels sing, "Glory to the new-born King! Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled." Joyful, all ye nations, rise, Join the triumph of the skies; With th' angelic host proclaim, "Christ is born in Bethlehem." Hark! the herald angels sing, "Glory to the new-born King!"

Christ, by highest heaven adored: Christ, the everlasting Lord; Late in time behold him come, Offspring of the favoured one. Veiled in flesh, the Godhead see; Hail, th'incarnate Deity: Pleased, as man, with men to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel! Hark! the herald angels sing, "Glory to the new-born King!

Hail! the heaven-born Prince of peace! Hail! the Son of Righteousness! Light and life to all he brings, Risen with healing in his wings Mild he lays his glory by, Born that man no more may die: Born to raise the son of earth, Born to give them second birth. Hark! the herald angels sing,"Glory to the new-born King!"

(Please Sit)

Silent night, holy nightAll is calm, all is brightRound yon Virgin, Mother and ChildHoly infant so tender and mildSleep in heavenly peaceSleep in heavenly peace.

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Candlelight Carol

How do you capture the wind on the water?

How do you count all the stars in the sky?How can you measure the love of a

mother?Or how can you write down a baby's

first cry?

Candlelight, angel light, firelight and star-glow

Shine on his cradle till breaking of dawnGloria! Gloria in excelsis deoAngels are singing; the Christ child is born

Shepherds and wise men will kneel and adore him

Seraphim round him their vigil will keepNations proclaim him their Lord and

their SaviourBut Mary will hold him and sing him to sleep

(Please Stand)SING ALONG: O Come, All Ye Faithful

O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant!O come ye, O come ye, to BethlehemCome and behold HimBorn the King of AngelsO come, let us adore HimO come, let us adore HimO come, let us adore HimChrist the Lord!

God of God, Light of LightLo, He abhors not the Virgin's wombVery GodBegotten, not createdO come, let us adore HimO come, let us adore HimO come, let us adore HimChrist the Lord!

(Please Sit)

Candlelight, angel light, firelight and star-glowShine on his cradle till breaking of dawnGloria! Gloria in excelsis deoAngels are singing; the Christ child is born

Find him at Bethlehem laid in a mangerChrist our Redeemer asleep in the hayGodhead incarnate and hope of salvationA child with his mother that first Christmas Day

Candlelight, angel light, firelight and star-glowShine on his cradle till breaking of dawnGloria! Gloria in excelsis deoAngels are singing; the Christ child is born

Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultationSing, all ye citizens of heaven above!Glory to GodAll glory in the highestO come, let us adore HimO come, let us adore HimO come, let us adore HimChrist the Lord!

Yea, Lord, we greet Thee, born this happy morningJesus, to Thee be glory givenWord of the FatherNow in flesh appearingO come, let us adore HimO come, let us adore HimO come, let us adore HimChrist the Lord!

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“Waltz of the Flowers” from The Nutcracker

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ANTHONY BLAKE CLARKMusic Director

MONTEVERDIVESPERS

B A L T I M O R E C H O R A L A R T S P R E S E N T S

Sunday, March 1, 2020 at 3 pmShriver Hall Auditorium, The Johns Hopkins University, Homewood Campus

• Baltimore Baroque Band, Peabody’s Baroque Orchestra, Dr. John Moran and Risa Browder, co-directors

• Peabody Renaissance Ensemble, Mark Cudek, director

• Washington Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble, Michael Holmes, director

• Maryland Institute College of Art, James Rovell and Lili Maya, project director

In Baltimore Choral Arts’ second collaboration with MICA, Project Directors James Rouvelle & Lili Maya and their students will add multi-sensory images to this 1610 Baroque masterpiece.

Claudio Monteverdi Vespro della Beata Vergine

Thank You!

We would like to thank Reverend James Boric, the Rector of the Basilica,Bob Reier, and the staff of the Baltimore Basilica for their kind assistance

in making this program possible. Special thanks also to Robert Brockmeyer and the staff and crew

of WMAR-TV, ABC 2 for their commitment to the arts and to our community.

We are also very grateful to 88.1, WYPR Radio and 91.5 FM,

WBJC Radio for their continuing, outstanding, and dedicated assistance to Choral Arts.

In addition, we are grateful for the helpwe receive throughout the season from:

Ray SpitznasRuth Heilman

Lura ClintonKaren Shively

The Choral Arts Chorus CouncilVolunteer Ushers

Stephen Wilcoxson, Tidewater AuctionsDLA Piper, LLP

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Pifa, Recitativo, and “Glory to God” from Messiah

There were shepherds abiding in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night.And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them: “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be for all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the Heavenly Host, praising God, and saying:

“Glory to God in the highest, and peace on Earth.Glory to God in the highest, and peace on Earth.Good will towards men!”

Reading: John 1:1

O Holy Night

O holy night! The stars are brightly shiningIt is the night of our dear Savior's birthLong lay the world in sin and error pining'Til He appears and the Soul felt its worthA thrill of hope the weary world rejoicesFor yonder breaks a new and glorious mornFall on your knees; O hear the angel voices!O night divine, O night when Christ was bornO night, O holy night, O night divine!

Truly He taught us to love one another;His law is love and His gospel is peaceChains shall He break, for the slave is our brotherAnd in His name all oppression shall ceaseSweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise weLet all within us praise His holy nameChrist is the Lord; O praise His name forever!His power and glory evermore proclaimHis power and glory evermore proclaim

Reading: “Ring Out Wild Bells” by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Hallelujah Chorus

Hallelujah!For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.Hallelujah!

The kingdom of this world.Is become the kingdom of our Lord,And of His Christ, and of His Christ;

And He shall reign for ever and ever,King of Kings, and Lord of Lords!Hallelujah!

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Baltimore Choral Arts Societyand Music Director Anthony Blake Clark

The Baltimore Choral Arts Society, now in its 54th season, is one of Maryland's premier cultural institutions. The Symphonic Chorus, Chorus, and Chamber Singers perform throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, as well as in Washington, D.C., New York, and in Europe. In his third season as Music Director, Anthony Blake Clark has established new, large-scale collaborative performances with Maryland Institute College of Art, Maryland State Boychoir, and Peabody Youth Orchestra. In January of 2020, he will be leading the Chorus on its first England tour, with a prestigious invitation to perform with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

The Baltimore Choral Arts Society provides a number of thoughtful and impactful music education programs that serve youth in and around Baltimore. These programs include CoroLAB, a new partnership with Overlea High School and Baltimore City College's choral music programs; Vocal Fellows, an expanded professional development program for early-career singers; Student Composer Project, a competition for high-school and college composers; and Christmas for Kids. Through these four primary educational programs, Choral Arts serves the very young to early-career adult musicians.

For the past 23 years, WMAR Television, the ABC network affiliate in Maryland, has featured Choral Arts in an hour-long special, Christmas with Choral Arts, which won an Emmy Award in 2006. The ensemble has been featured frequently on The First Art (Public Radio International), Performance Today (National Public Radio) and VOX (XM Radio). In Europe, Choral Arts was featured in a program devoted to the music of Handel broadcast on

Radio Suisse Romande.

In 2010, Choral Arts released Christmas at America’s First Cathedral on Gothic Records, recorded at the Baltimore Basilica, which includes familiar Christmas favorites as well as premieres by Rosephanye Dunn Powell and James Lee, III. A recording with Dave Brubeck, featuring Brubeck’s oratorio, The Gates of Justice, was released internationally on the NAXOS label in 2004; Choral Arts is also featured on Introducing the World of American Jewish Music on Naxos. Choral Arts has two other recordings in current release: Christmas with Choral Arts and a live recording of the Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil.

Currently leading his third season as Music Director of the nationally acclaimed and Emmy Award-winning

Baltimore Choral Arts Society, conductor and composer Anthony Blake Clark enjoys a reputation as one of the freshest young voices in classical music.

During his inaugural season with the Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Anthony Blake Clark received rave reviews for their own programs, prepared them for performances with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and made his television conducting debut with ABC’s Christmas with Choral Arts holiday production. The premiere choral organization in the Baltimore region, it reaches more than 45,000 people each year and is an integral part of the fabric of Baltimore’s performing arts scene. Mr. Clark is also Director of Choral Activities in The George Washington University’s Corcoran School of Art

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and Design, where he conducts the University Singers and vocal chamber ensembles, as well as mentors student conductors.

Appreciated for his scrupulous attention to detail, Anthony Blake Clark has prepared choruses for esteemed maestri Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Simon Halsey, CBE and Gijs Leenaars for concerts with internationally renowned ensembles, including the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker and Rundfunk Chor Berlin. At New York City’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, he was recently one of several conductors for David Lang’s 1,000-voice the public domain, working under his mentor Simon Halsey; he returned as chorusmaster for the 2018 premiere of John Luther Adams’ In the Name of the Earth. Clark is equally adept in the orchestral field and has served as cover conductor for the National Symphony Orchestra, where he has worked with esteemed maestri Ton Koopman and Teddy Abrams.

A native of Texas, Anthony Blake Clark attended Baylor University School of Music, studying composition with Dr. Scott McAllister and conducting with Dr. Lynne Gackle. He was a member of the prestigious Baylor A Cappella Choir and, in his final year, served as a conductor of the Baylor Chamber Singers. While still an undergraduate, he began his conducting activity by co-founding The Texas Baroque Ensemble, presenting in and around San Antonio a wide range of repertoire from the Baroque and Classical eras. Mr. Clark completed advanced conducting studies under three-time Grammy Award winner Simon Halsey, CBE at the United Kingdom’s University of Birmingham, which conferred his Masters of Music Degree in 2015.

While a graduate student, he helped administer the choral ensembles on campus, conducted the University Camerata and was a member of the

famed City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, singing under the batons of Sir Simon Rattle, Edward Gardiner, Andris Nelsons and Gianandrea Noseda. His time in England also included employment by the CBSO to conduct its Arts Champion Community Choir as part of an initiative to create a community Chorus network across the city, conducting the London Symphony Chorus “Come and Sing Day,” took rehearsals for the CBSO Chorus and led the Barber festival Sinfonia in its annual summer festival performance.

Anthony Blake Clark is a frequent clinician and has led sessions for Historic Christchurch Alexandria, the Deer Creek Chorale and high school choirs in Maryland, New York and Texas. Recently, he made his debut with the Symphony Orchestra of Northern Virginia. Mr. Clark also has extensive training in festivals and workshops under master tutors. He was granted a Fellowship to conduct in the Yale School of Music’s Norfolk Music Festival, led by Simon Carrington, with whom he also worked in the Sarteano Choral Workshop. In London, he participated in an orchestral conducting program that culminated in a performance of Mozart’s Symphony #41 with the London Classical Soloists.

An active composer, Anthony Blake Clark has had his scores performed in the Washington, D.C. area, throughout Texas, in the United Kingdom and at Prague’s Dvorák National Museum Concert Hall. Most recently, his music has been premiered by Maryland’s Baltimore Choral Arts Society and National Philharmonic Chamber Singers. His chamber piece Incidental Music on the Pied Piper of Hamelin won the Robert Browning Bicentennial Composition Contest and was performed on a concert series on the Baylor University campus.

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Leo Wanenchak, associate conductor, is an accomplished conductor, pianist, organist, vocalist, educator, composer, and clinician. He has been with the Choral Arts Society since 2000. Leo has prepared the Chorus for appearances with the Baltimore Symphony under conductors Marin Alsop, Jack Everly, John Storgårds, and Yuri Temirkanov. Mr. Wanenchak is the director of The Larks, a women’s vocal ensemble and community service project of the Junior League of Baltimore. He developed and is musical director of the ParkinSonics Choral Ensemble for the Maryland Association for Parkinsons Support, in conjunction with the Johns Hopkins

Center for Music and Medicine. He has served as Director of the Children’s Chorus of Maryland, The Maryland Camerata at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and on the faculty of the Peabody Preparatory Department as Director of Arts for Talented Youth. Formerly the Academic Dean and Director of The Walden School’s Choral Program, with the founding generation of the Walden School, Leo founded Avivo.com: Creative, Comprehensive & Customized Education for Musicians. Throughout the United States, Leo’s appearances include performances at Carnegie Hall, Riverside Church and Grace Cathedral. Performances abroad have brought him to France, Greece, The Netherlands and Romania. He sustains a large private teaching studio in Bolton Hill.

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Available online at www.baltimorechoralarts.org or by calling 410.523.7070.

Recorded in the beautiful Baltimore Basilica, “Christmas at America’s First Cathedral” is a CD as well as a bonus DVD featuring classical holiday

favorites of the season such as Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus.

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Guest Artist

Judith Krummeck is the evening drive-time host for WBJC-FM, Maryland’s classical music station. Baltimore Magazine has twice named

her Baltimore’s Best, and she was the recipient of the Praise Singer Award for her arts programming from the Foundation for the Creative Arts in her native South Africa. In Johannesburg, she was the arts editor for SAfm at the South African Broadcasting Corporation, where she also appeared on television as the host for live national broadcasts of South Africa’s National Symphony Orchestra, the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra, the Natal Philharmonic, the UNISA International music competitions, and the national tour of the London Philharmonic. Before becoming a broadcaster, Judith was an actor; notable roles include Ophelia, Cordelia, and Elizabeth I in Schiller’s Mary Stuart. After immigrating to the United States and joining WBJC, Judith pursued an MFA in Creative Writing and Publishing Arts from the University of Baltimore. She is the author of Beyond the Baobab, a collection of essays about her immigrant experience.

Bernard C. "Jack" Young became the 51st Mayor of Baltimore City on Thursday, May 2, 2019. He served from 2010 to 2019 as the President of the Baltimore

City Council, and for 14 years prior to that as a District Councilman. Mayor Young has spent his time as a public servant aggressively representing the interests of the citizens of Baltimore. He made his mark in city government with a reputation for highly effective constituent services and for a dedication to youth, seniors, education and public safety. Mayor Young has played a major role in passing legislation that has increased funding for education, crime prevention and helped to spur economic development across the City.

A native East Baltimorean, Mayor Young has championed efforts to increase government transparency, fight for equitable housing opportunities, and bolster funding for education. A long proponent of affordable housing and mixed-use development, Mayor Young has been a steadfast champion of diverse communities that allow city residents, from all economic backgrounds, a chance at homeownership. Mayor Young is married and he and his wife have two adult daughters and three grandchildren. He attends United Baptist Church in East Baltimore.

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BEYOND BACH: MUSIC OF HUMANITY OCTOBER 27Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G minorBeethoven’s Symphony No. 2, Op. 36

REFLECTIONS AND RENEWAL NOVEMBER 3Hollis Thoms’ Adam & Eve and Bach’s Cantata 165: O heilges Geist- und WasserbadMozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik (allegro)

HANDEL’S MESSIAH DEC. 7 at 7 p.m. and DEC. 8 at 3 p.m. Usher in the spirit of the season with two performances of Handel’s Messiah.

NEW YEAR’S DAY CELEBRATION JANUARY 1, 2020 Ring in 2020 with our New Year’s concert!

WINTER LIGHTS | JANUARY 5, 2020 Bach’s Christmas Oratorio Part V: Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen and Cantata 153 Albinoni’s Oboe Concerto Opus 9, No. 2

MIDWINTER BAROQUE DAYDREAM FEBRUARY 2, 2020 Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5Telemann’s Tafelmusik I: Ouverture in E minorC.P.E. Bach’s Cello Concerto in A minorBach’s Concerto for two harpsichords

A HAYDN AFFAIR | MARCH 1, 2020 Heiligmesse, Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offi daSinfonia Concertante in B-fl at major

OBOE LOVERS’ DELIGHT &10TH ANNUAL BACHFEST FUNDRAISER | APRIL 5, 2020Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C majorVivaldi’s Concerto for two oboesAlbinoni’s Concerto for two oboes Op 9, No. 9Bach’s “Air on the G String” from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major

The 10th Annual Bachfest Fundraiser directly follows the concert and includes a buffet dinner, an open bar, a raffl e, and a silent auction. All proceeds from the raffl e and silent auction go directly to support Bach in Baltimore.

B MINOR MASS | MAY 3, 2020Bach’s celebrated crown jewel!

SUMMER SUNSET | JUNE 7, 2020Zelenka’s Hipocondrie à 7 Concertanti in A majorHandel’s Concerto Grosso in B-fl at major and Concerto Grosso in D majorVivaldi’s Flute Concerto No. 1 in F major, La tempesta di mare and Concerto for three violins in F major

Unless otherwise noted, all performances begin at 4:00 p.m. For tickets and concert information, visit BachinBaltimore.org or call 410.941.9262.

The 2019-2020 Season of BAROQUE’S GREATEST HITS!

Bach In Baltimore is supported by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive. Bach in Baltimore acknowledges the William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund, creator of the

Baker Artists Awards, BakerArtistsAwards.org. Bach in Baltimore is supported in part by grants from the Eddie C. & C. Sylvia Brown Family Foundation, Citizens of Baltimore County, Creative Baltimore Fund, Harford County Cultural Arts Board, Howard

County Arts Council, Lois & Philip Macht Family Philanthropic Fund, the Peggy & Yale Gordon Trust and Venable Foundation.

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The Baltimore Choral Arts Symphonic Chorus

Thomas BarthSarah BergerJean Shaffer BlairJulia Boscov-EllenSandra BoydKelly BuchananJoAnn CainJohn CainEunju Chung ChenChristine M. CollinsAudrey C. CombsElizabeth DeVitoChris DiasMelanie Diaz DodsonArthur DingConnor DrewElizabeth ElliottMatthew EshlemanCameron FalbyCarla FinkelsteinMartha Nell FoxDavid FrankenbergerRob Freund

Michael FurlaneSarah HansenJames A. HartmanRuth HeilmanPatricia HengenCatherine HintonKerry HolahanMike HollabaughDanielle HoretskyKatie HosierHenry HubbardGenevieve JapingaDouglas JonesErin S. KochDaniel G. KookenJulie F. LangJim LiRobert LiebermanSandra LosemannMegan LouderAmy MansfieldJuliana Marin

Izumi MatsudaJames MayoLauren McDonaldLura McDougallColleen McGonigleElizabeth McGonigleTimothy McGowanAshley R. MillerJonathan MorroneMichael MountainJen NewgentLauren M. OsborneBärbel OttoNerissa PaglinauanClark D. PickettJack RayMichael RickeltonFrancis RittermanMaria SatyshurJames ScofieldMelody ScofieldPriya Sekar

Anthony Blake Clark, conductorLeo Wanenchak, associate conductor, organist and pianist

The Chorus Council Kelly Buchanan, Chorus Manager | Karen Shively, Treasurer and Interim Chorus Manager

Dan Weyandt and Brian Willmore, Music Librarians | Sandra Boyd, Board-Chorus Liaison

Michael SelmanoffAbsalom Heatwole

ShankKaren ShivelyEmily SmithGeoff StackAlan SweatmanKelly SweatmanTim TeeterRaymond ToyElisabeth VaethMary WellerKevin WenzelTyler WertDan WeyandtBrian WillmoreLaura WolfLynn WolfRobert WoodsNorah WorthingtonJohn WrightMark WrightVictoria Zelefsky

FluteSara NicholsAnita Thesen

OboeMark HillRon Erler

ClarinetErik FranklinWilliam Welty

BassoonPhillip KolkerHolden McAleer

Fr HornJames VaughnKen BellPaul HopkinsFeliks Gmitruk

TrumpetThomas BithellMatthew Barker

TromboneJohn VanceJames ArmstrongNick Mazziott

TimpaniBarry Dove

PercussionGreg Herron

HarpSarah Fuller

Violin IEllen Pendelton TroyerHolly JenkinsGregory KupersteinNelson StewartSoojin ChangMelina Gajger

Violin IILeonid BriskinVitaly BriskinJanet KupersteinMark DulacMissy Zaraya

Christmas with Choral Arts Orchestra

ViolaPeter MinklerJulian TelloJeffrey StewartAlexandria Van de Geijn

CelloSuzanne OrbanKirsten WalshEsther MellonKerry Van Laanen

BassEric StahlDavid Sheets

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FOLLOW US ON TOUR! JANUARY 1020, 2020

Baltimore Choral Arts is touring England, highlighted by a prestigious invitation to sing Mahler’s “Symphony of a Thousand” at the City of Birmingham Symphony

Orchestra’s 100th anniversary celebration. The Chorus and Anthony Blake Clark will also perform at the U.S. Embassy, St Martin-in-the-Fields in London,

and at Merton College in Oxford.

You can follow tour updates on our Facebook page @BaltimoreChoralArts

Astonishing Journeys | Timeless Masterpieces

Choral Arts ON

T UR!

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StaffAnthony Blake Clark, Music DirectorLeo Wanenchak, Associate ConductorTom Hall, Music Director EmeritusJack A. Fishman, Executive DirectorJulia Malecki, Development DirectorKarena Ingram, Audience Development ManagerRay Spitznas, Financial AdministratorKelly Buchanan, Chorus Manager

1316 Park Avenue • Baltimore, MD 21217 • 410-523-7070Visit our website: www.BaltimoreChoralArts.org

e-mail: info@BaltimoreChoralArts.org

The Board of Directors and Staff

Conductor’s CouncilMrs. E. Phillips HathawayJohn Martin Jones, Jr.M. Carter Franke

OfficersLauren Madsen, PresidentAnne Bear Powell, SecretaryDennis P. Cole, Jr. TreasurerCarmen Fonda, Vice President

MembersMichael Anselmi, Jr.Jeffrey A. AustinPolly E. BehrensCharles BerardescoEllen N. BernardSandra D. BoydRichard A. Dellheim, Esq.Andrew ErmanGordon H. Glenn

Nathanael D. Hartland, Esq.Julia Keller Susan R. MasethRyan B. MoranJames Piper, IIIRussell R. Reno, Jr., Esq.Peter V. SavageP. David SowellAlan Sweatman, M.D.

BALTIMORE’S PREMIEREARLY MUSIC ENSEMBLE

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45th SEASON 2019-2020

CONCERTS:

Sundays at 3:30Pre-concert talks at 2:30

Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Auditorium

Baltimore Museum of Art

September 8:Streets of Madrid

October 27:We’ll Always Have Paris

March 22: SuperBach Sunday Legacy of Leipzig

May 17: Beethoven’s Vienna

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Is YOUR employer on the list?

If you have questions about matching gifts, please contact Development Director Julia Malecki at 410.523.7070, ext. 303.

Double your donation to Baltimore Choral Arts while encouraging your employer’s philanthropic interests and help us reach $10,000 in matching gifts this year!

Visit www.BaltimoreChoralArts.org/Giving for a list of 50 local companies that match employees’ donations. Talk to your Human Resources or Payroll department about their matching gift policy.

Discover the Benefits of Giving Wisely

If you would like information about being a part of the Legacy Circle, please contact Executive Director Jack A. Fishman at 410.523.7070, ext. 302.

• Baltimore Choral Arts is in its 54th year of serving the greater Baltimore community.

• We have an established endowment to ensure we can continue our good work for years to come.

• There are many financial and tax benefits to estate planning.

• If you include Choral Arts in your will, you become part of our Legacy Circle.

Emile Bendit

Gail Bendit

Ellen & Ed Bernard

Thomas M. Brown

Ann Weller Dahl

Arthur & Isadora Dellheim

Richard Dellheim

Jane R. Dummer

Eugene G. Fouse

George & Susie Good

Tom Hall & Linell Smith

Mrs. E. Phillips Hathaway

Dayle & Jack Jones

Leslie & Thomas Kight

Ralph & Nancy Kuncl

Igor Limansky

Bill & Punky Martin

Linda Moxley

Mrs. J. Stevenson Peck

Clementine Peterson

Anne & Roger Powell

Ronnie Reno

Tracy Sorzano

Raymond J. Spitznas

Thank you for your ongoing support and for considering Choral Arts in your estate planning.

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THANK YOU!

410.523.7070 | www.BaltimoreChoralArts.org

ANTHONY BLAKE CLARKMusic Director

Annual Fund Individual Donor BenefitsDONOR LEVELS

The High Cs Gold Silver Bronze Friend

Benefits $1,000 and up $500-$999 $250-$499 $100-$249 Under

$100

Website Listing x x x x

Shriver Hall Program Listings

x x x

Open Rehearsal (for 2) x x x

Christmas Program Listing

x x

Vocal Fellows Event (for 2)

x x

Student Composer Project (for 2)

x

Annual Gift x

Gifts made to Choral Arts Gala, our endowment, or restricted funds receive separate recognition.

Donate to Choral Arts today and we will thank you with the following benefits.

�e mission of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society is to sustain and promote the art of choral music. We are dedicated to the highest standards of artistic excellence.

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ContributorsBaltimore Choral Arts is very grateful to the following foundations, corporations and government agencies that have made generous donations received between July 1, 2018 and October 25, 2019.

Institutional Major Donors($2,500 or more)

Paul M. Angell Family FoundationThe William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund

BGE, an Exelon CompanyThe Citizens of Baltimore County

Crothers FoundationArthur F. & Isadora Dellheim Foundation

Maryland State Arts CouncilThe Henry & Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Foundation

The Rouse Company FoundationT. Rowe Price

Tidewater Auctions, LLCTotal Wine & More

Transamerica FoundationVan Dyke Family Foundation

Venable Foundation LLPThe Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

Witt/Hoey Foundation

Institutional Donors ($2,499 or less)

Matching Gifts Baltimore Choral Arts is delighted to recognize the following corporations for matching gifts

made by their employees or retirees.

BP FoundationExelon Foundation

Stanley Black & DeckerT. Rowe Price

AmazonSmileThe Preston G. & Nancy M. Athey Fund, in

memory of John H. LaporteBaltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts

BP FoundationCampbell Foundation

Chapin Davis FoundationMimi Cooper Designated Fund

Ellin & Tucker

Exelon FoundationLinehan Family Foundation

Dr. Frank C. Marino FoundationPNC Foundation

M. Sigmund & Barbara K. Shapiro Philanthropic Fund

Earle & Annette Shawe Family FoundationStanley Black & Decker

Mary Jean & Oliver Travers Foundation

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Individual Donors Baltimore Choral Arts is very grateful to the following individuals who have made generous donations received between July 1, 2018 and October 25, 2019.

The High C’s $10,000 or moreBruce & Polly BehrensEllen & Ed BernardAndrea B. LaporteJames & Mary MillerJudy & Peter Van DykeNancy Witte, in memory of

Richard C. Witte

$5,000 to $9,999Charles Berardesco &

Jeffrey ThurstonArthur & Isadora DellheimMartha & Tad GlennIn Memory of George GoodLauren & Flemming MadsenJames & Mimi PiperScott & Judy PharesAnne & Roger PowellStephen & Patricia WilcoxsonJudith A. Wood

$2,500 to $4,999Jeffrey & Catherine AustinJ. Chris DiasRichard Dellheim &

Maria Lucia JaimesChristopher & Jean Mellott

$1,000 to $2,499AnonymousJean Shaffer & William P. BlairSandra & Woody BoydDrs. Eunju Chung Chen &

Joseph ChenAnthony Blake ClarkGordon & Cheryl Clark, in honor

of Jim & Ann ClarkEllen & Walt ClaytonDennis & Julie ColeB.J. & Bill CowieJuna & Andrew ErmanJack & Paula Fishman

Carmen FondaNathanael & Sarah HartlandBarbara M. HathawayDayle & Jack JonesJames KaperJulia KellerCarol B. McCordRobert E. Meyerhoff &

Rheda BeckerRyan MoranLinda Hambleton PanitzRonnie Reno & Dolly LeonnigGeorge & Nancy RocheJim & Kit SchaeferJudith Sheagren &

Christopher KreegerDoris SweetMichiel van Katwijk &

Sandra StevensJohn & Susan WarshawskyJack & Mary Weller

Gold $500 to $999Anonymous (5)George & Frances AldersonBill & Barbara BolandJohn & JoAnn CainGwen DavidsonJohn & Berthe FordBarrett Freedlander

Mr. & Mrs. F. B. Harvey III, in honor of Peter Savage

Rachelle U. HowardPeter LeffmanBonny & Kenneth LewisKaren & Walt MaleckiBill & Punky MartinWilliam & Susan MasethLinda Moxley

Ruby Cabaret auction winners are listed at the tax-deductible value of their purchase.

We make our best efforts to keep this list accurate, so please contact Julia Malecki at 410-523-7070 x303 if you would like to request a correction.

We greatly appreciate donations of all sizes, and all other donations are listed on our website at www.BaltimoreChoralArts.org.

Elizabeth Callard OlsonRobert E. PrinceJack RayRaymond J. SpitznasAlan & Kelly SweatmanPeter TracyBradford I. Webb, Esq.Mr. & Mrs. Donald W. Zurwelle

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Community Outreach Concerts & Events CoroLABOverlea High School and Baltimore City College In its third year, Baltimore Choral Art’s education program CoroLAB amplifies Baltimore County students’ awareness about art and life through participation in a professional singing environment beyond their high-school offerings. To participate in a big project outside their normal scope of reference can transform a young person, building their self-confidence and skills, and this interactive learning will instruct them in self-discipline, teamwork, vocal technique, and more.

Caroling in Little ItalyFriday, December 6, 2019 at 6:30 pmMusic Director Anthony Blake Clark and members of the Baltimore Choral Arts Chorus will carol throughout the restaurants and businesses of Little Italy, spreading the holiday joy throughout the community.

Immanuel Lutheran ChurchSaturday, December 7, 2019 at 3 pmFor information, call (410) 435-6861A FREE concert presented by Baltimore Choral Arts of holiday and winter-themed works.

Catholic Charities’ Annual Christmas FestivalThursday, December 12, 2019 at 7:30 pmThe Baltimore BasilicaCatholic Charities’ annual Christmas Festival aims to celebrate the music of Christmas in the beautiful Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption and give to those less fortunate.

Fairhaven Retirement CommunityTuesday, March 10, 2020 at 7 pmA private performance presented by Baltimore Choral Arts for its residents.

Broadmead Retirement CommunityWednesday, March 18, 2020 at 7 pmA private performance presented by Baltimore Choral Arts for its residents.

First and Franklin Spire Concert SeriesSunday, March 22, 2020 at 4 pmThe First and Franklin Spire Series is committed to presenting both musical and visual artists and fostering community, while celebrating the unique space at First & Franklin Presbyterian Church.For tickets, call 410-728-5545 or visit firstfranklin.org

Upcoming Events with Baltimore Choral Arts

www.BaltimoreChoralArts.org

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Student Composer ProjectMonday, June 1, 2020 at 7:30 pmThe Student Composer Project is an annual event that encourages young people to compose choral music. The project offers several student composers the opportunity to receive feedback on their works from a well-known guest composition clinician, Music Director Anthony Blake Clark, Associate Conductor Leo Wanenchak, and the BCAS Chamber Singers in a Master Class in the spring of 2020.

Fundraiser Event

Choral Arts GalaFriday, April 3, 2020 at 6:30 pmThe Grand Lodge BallroomChoral Arts Gala is our annual fundraising silent and live auction event, benefitting Baltimore Choral Arts’ education and outreach programs. This year's performance is by Euan Morton, Tony-nominated Broadway star and currently appearing as King George III in Hamilton.

Other Concerts

Choral Arts on Tour!January 10-20, 2020Baltimore Choral Arts is touring England, highlighted by a prestigious invitation to sing Gustav Mahler’s “Symphony of a Thousand” at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s 100th anniversary celebration. This gala will be led by conducting superstar and CBSO Music Director Mirga Gražinyte.-Tyla. The Baltimore Choral Arts Chorus will also perform at St Martin-in-the-Fields in London, the U.S. Embassy, and Merton College in Oxford.

Holiday Spectacular with the Baltimore Symphony OrchestraSaturday, December 21, 2019 at 3 pm and 8 pmJoseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall For tickets call (410) 783-8000, or visit BSOmusic.org

Lerner and Loewe Classics with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra• Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 8 pm at the Music Center at Strathmore• Friday, May 29, 2020 at 8 pm at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall • Saturday, May 30, 2020 at 8 pm at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall• Sunday, May 31, 2020 at 3 pm at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony HallFor tickets call (410) 783-8000, or visit BSOmusic.org

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contributions and

outreach, we support arts

and culture programs that

contribute to the health

and vitality of the BGE

community. To learn more,

visit BGE.COM/Giving.

Celebrating the arts in our neighborhoods.