Deborah Chen Spotlight Concert
Enjoy the beauty of cello and piano in works by Handel, de Falla and Chopin!
Enjoy the beauty of cello and piano in works by Handel, de Falla and Chopin!
Juli Wood is a swinging jazz tenor saxophonist and vocalist from Chicago . She specializes in straight ahead classic jazz tunes and jazz standards. Last November she played at Caton Castle to a packed house! Come out April 29 to hear classic tunes by Monk, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, Eddie Harris, Dexter Gordon and more. Wood will be joined by Bob Butta on the baby grand, Jeff Reed on bass and Mike Schlick on drums.
Music and theatre arts students at McDaniel perform selections from renowned operas and Broadway musicals under the direction of Kyle Engler, senior lecturer in music.
Two Howard Community College student small groups will perform great jazz compositions by McCoy Tyner, Billy Strayhorn, Chick Corea, Charlie Parker, and more!
This annual concert features The Madrigal Singers, McDaniel’s premier a cappella vocal ensemble, under the direction of Margaret Boudreaux, director of choral activities at McDaniel. The Madrigal Singers perform unaccompanied vocal music, primarily Renaissance pieces, but also world music and vocal jazz. Audience participation is encouraged.
Baltimore saxophone player and Coppin State professor, Jamal Moore’s bracing avant-garde music pushes emotional and technical boundaries. He’s propelled by his intense study of jazz history and in general African-American music created away from stifling commerciality. Grab a drink and sit down to an evening of music and conversation illuminating Moore’s musical story and vast range of influences. Hosted by Brooks Long.
More Than Music
Speaker Series - Studio 194 Theatre
Join CAC's Resident Teaching Artist Athena Hiotis for for this informative series focused on the professional music industry. Whether you are new to the field or have years of experience, these sessions will help focus your efforts to set your group apart from the crowd! Walk away from each session with tips, tricks, and resources from an experienced local artist. Join us for a general overview session, and then come on back to dig deeper into the different areas of the music business.
UMBC Chamber Players
Wednesday, May 2, 7:30 p.m.
Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall
The Department of Music presents the UMBC Chamber Players under the direction of Airi Yoshioka. Students in the Chamber Players perform a wide variety of instrumental chamber works, ranging from Baroque, Classical, Romantic to contemporary repertoire.
Admission to this event is free.
Peabody Modern Orchestra
Joseph Young, conductor
Helmut Lachenmann: Mouvement
Bryce Dessner: Quilting
Witold Lutosławski: Symphony No. 4
Tickets Available: April 2
Join the Stoop Storytelling Series and the Baltimore Museum of Industry for an evening of true, personal tales exploring the past, present and future of work in our city — everything from hard labor to labors of love, side hustles to lifelong careers, moonlighting to the military, sex work to sexual harassment in the workplace. The event will begin at 7pm with drinks, live music and gallery exploration. The storytelling will begin at 8pm. For adults 21+ only.
Directed by music lecturer Tim Jenkins, the concert features diverse styles of jazz, including classic big band swing, bebop, Latin, Funk, Jazz-rock and classic blues.
Heartbreaker singer sonwriter, Ben Delaurentis, from the popular Virginia rock n roll band, Steal The Prize, combining several genres from jazz to blues to country and anything inbetween.
Directed by Linda Kirkpatrick, senior lecturer in music, the College Band features nearly 50 musicians, including McDaniel students, as well as McDaniel faculty members, band alumni and community musicians, performing everything from classical to pops.
Tickets Available: April 2
Blazing fiddle virtuosity with six of the region's most accomplished fiddlers in an evening of old-time, bluegrass, Irish, and Scottish music. Ken & Brad Kolodner, anchors of the area's burgeoning old-time music scene, will burn up the crowd with their brand of fiddling, hammered dulcimer, and banjo music. They’ll be joined by Rachel Eddy, who dazzles with her old-time fiddling prowess. The High & Wides deliver with their brand of rootsy, rockabilly, bluegrass-tinged music featuring Nate Grower on fiddle.
Neil Feather, winner of the Sondheim Prize, Trawick Prize, and participant in the Venice Biennale, makes experimental musical instruments and kinetic sound sculptures out of motors, magnets, springs, strings, balls, and many other dynamic objects.
UMBC Jubilee Singers
Saturday, May 5, 5 p.m.
Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall
The Department of Music presents the Jubilee Singers under the direction of Janice Jackson.
The performance will be followed immediately by the UMBC Gospel Choir at 8 p.m.
Admission is free.
Annapolis-based act Kings of Crownsville are a roots Rock band with a New Orleans flavor. The brainchild of New Orleans-raised guitarist/singer/songwriterSteve Johnson, the Kings play a rollicking, entertaining set that stirs Americana, Blues, and Jazz into the mix.
Their signature horn section transports listeners to the streets of the Big Easy, while they also add precise three- and four-part harmonies to their musical gumbo. Think Louis Armstrong meets Steely Dan.
Neil Feather, winner of the Sondheim Prize, Trawick Prize, and participant in the Venice Biennale, makes experimental musical instruments and kinetic sound sculptures out of motors, magnets, springs, strings, balls, and many other dynamic objects.
Cinco de Mayo is coming and with it the kickoff of margarita season! Come celebrate at Howl at the Moon with our Blue Margarita Buckets* because there's no better way to enjoy a holiday than with a bucket of booze with your friends, singing along to a live band on stage and dancing the night away!