A Week of Giving Thanks
Each concert this week benefits a charity of the artists' choosing!

Their first Baltimore performance as husband and wife!

Born in 1963 in Baltimore, jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut grew up in a home filled with the sounds of gospel music that his church-going parents played, along with jazz records by artists such as Thelonius Monk and Jimmy Smith. To this day, Chestnut’s ties to gospel music remain constant.

A Week of Giving Thanks
Each concert this week benefits a charity of the artists' choosing!

Marianne Matheny-Katz, vocals
Craig Alston, saxophones
Alan Blackman, piano
Warren Wolf, drums
Michael Raitzyk, guitar
Jeff Reed, bass

A Week of Giving Thanks
Each concert this week benefits a charity of the artists' choosing!

John R. Lamkin II - Trumpet and Flugelhorn
Micheal Hairston - Saxophones
Bob Butta - Piano
Herman Berney - Bass
Jesse Moody - Drums

The McGill/McHale Trio's remarkable program explores dances of all kinds: from the Hungarian Furiant and the American Charleston to today's pulsating Techno. Clarinetist Anthony McGill and flutist Demarre McGill are joined by Irish pianist Michael McHale for this lush program of French and American works recorded last December at New York's 92nd Street Y, augmented with remarks and a Q&A from the artists especially for the Shriver Hall Concert Series audience. The performance will be followed by an Artist Q&A.

Two of Baltimore's strongest folk and country singers come together in perfect harmony with quiet songs of comfort and grace. Laura Wortman has toured all over the US, Europe, and Canada with her band the Honey Dewdrops, appearing everywhere from Prairie Home Companion to NPR. Singer-songwriter Letitia VanSant was named as one of Paste Magazine's 10 artists to watch in 2020, and BBC radio named her a "fascinating new artist."

Showtime is 7 pm ET/6 pm CT/5 pm MT/4 pm PT/11 pm GMT

Returning for the spring semester, Crickets is a fun, play-based music and movement class for boys and girls ages 4 to 6. Try out the first class without committing! Trained teachers engage the body and the mind in joyful music-making through musical games and movement. Offered by Children’s Chorus of Maryland (CCM), Crickets gently encourages young children to explore the voice as their first true instrument. Offered entirely online this spring- our next 6-week sessions start January 16th. Small classes limited to 8 children, with multiple start times!

Children’s Chorus of Maryland has spots open in our beginner choir starting January 2021 for children currently in Kindergarten through second grade. Young choristers attend live, small-group, playful musicianship classes Wednesdays & Saturdays, led by one of our Kodaly-trained instructors, all of whom hold masters degrees in music education.

The Columbia Pro Cantare Chamber Singers will present its annual concert of festive music for the holidays. Frances Motyca Dawson will direct the ensemble, who will sing works a capella and accompanied by piano and organ. Visit the CPC website for updates. The concert may be presented live or online.

PERFORMANCE - ONLINE PROGRAM THROUGH ZOOM

Art Seminar Group presents "Music in a Vacuum" with Evan Drachman, cellist and artistic director for The Piatigorsky Foundation and Wan-Chi Su, pianist, teacher, doctoral candidate at Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University

Note to ASG members from Evan Drachman –

The final concert in a series of three by Benito Gonzalez.
Access the recording of the first on Oct.1.

Born into a family of Venezuelan folk musicians, jazz pianist Benito Gonzalez has always had a deep-rooted appreciation for pastimes and traditions. Today, as a rising star of one of America’s finest musical traditions, Gonzalez has come to his current status by following in the footsteps of jazz’s ancestral forebears. The fusion of world rhythms and straight-ahead jazz makes this passionate performer an audience favorite all over the world.