Baltimore Choral Arts Society - Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 7:00 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Baltimore Choral Arts Society, now in its 50th season, is one of Maryland's premier cultural institutions. The Symphonic Chorus, Full Chorus, Orchestra, and Chamber Chorus perform throughout the mid-Atlantic region, as well as in Washington, D.C., New York, and in Europe.

In the summer of 2007, Tom Hall led the Chorus in a successful 3-city tour of France including sold-out performances in Paris and Aix-en-Provence. The Chorus has also appeared at Spain’s prestigious Festival of the Costa del Sol.

For the past 16 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. Mr. Hall and the chorus were also featured in a PBS documentary called "Jews and Christians: A Journey of Faith," broadcast nationwide, and on National Public Radio in 2001. On local radio, Mr. Hall is the host of "Choral Arts Classics," a monthly program on WYPR that features the Choral Arts Chorus and he is the Culture Editor on WYPR’s "Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast."

Baltimore Choral Arts' latest CD is "Christmas at America's First Cathedral," released on Gothic Records in September 2010.  A recording with Dave Brubeck, featuring Brubeck’s oratorio, "The Gates of Justice," was released internationally on the NAXOS label in 2004. Choral Arts has two other recordings in current release: "Christmas with Choral Arts" and a live recording of the Rachmaninoff "All-Night Vigil."  Mr. Hall produced "Let Freedom Ring!," a highly successful recording for Gothic Records featuring the Washington Men’s Camerata, as well as the soundtracks for "Legends" on the Learning Channel.


Choral Arts has appeared with the National Symphony, and has made regular appearances with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.  Acclaimed artists collaborating with Choral Arts have included Chanticleer, Dave Brubeck, the King’s Singers, Peter Schickele, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Anonymous 4, and others. Tom Hall’s innovative programs often feature both choral and orchestral music, stage and theater works.

Tom Hall is one of the most highly regarded performers in choral music today. Appointed Music Director in 1982, Mr. Hall has added more than 100 new works to the BCAS repertoire, and he has premiered works by contemporary composers including Peter Schickele, Libby Larsen, Robert Sirota, James Lee III, Rosephanye Dunn Powell, and many other internationally acclaimed composers.