BSO Sessions episodes begin with a performance premiere at 8 pm, followed by on-demand access through June 2021 ($10 pay-per-view and $20 monthly all-access).

The Puppet 6-Pack is a brand new original collection of six short films produced by Baltimore-based artists, musicians, puppeteers, and writers. These puppet and animation-based musical masterpieces will be premiering on January 15th and 22nd both as a live-streamed premiere and then On-Demand. This is top quality content by and for fans of puppets, epic rock musicals, and hilarious visionary short films.

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Cyrus Chestnut will perform his signature solo jazz piano series to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Day

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.

Alex Brown and Victor Provost last appeared at An die Musik Live in May 2017

Tres Amigas a jazz and samba trio formed by DMV favorites Maija Rejman, Candice Bostwick and Ghada Rihani. Together they have been wowing crowds in the metropolitan area with their sinuous song stylings and the sheer illumination of their vocals. You will be so pleased you decided to spend a couple of hours with Tres Amigas! This great trio is accompanied by Wayne Wilentz, piano; David Jernigan, bass; and Leland Nakamura on drums.

Candice Bostwick, Maija Rejman, and Ghada Rihani
with Wayne Wilentz on piano, David Jernigan on bass & Leland Nakamura on drums

Harry Appelman, piano
Dave Ballou, trumpet

BSO Sessions episodes begin with a performance premiere at 8 pm, followed by on-demand access through June 2021 ($10 pay-per-view and $20 monthly all-access).

Joel Santiago and Friends - Afro Carib Concepts: Swingin' into the New Year
and celebrating Joel Santiago's birthday

Bienvenido Dinzey (Piano)
Theljon Allen (Trumpet)
Obasi Akoto (Bass)
Joel Santiago (Drums)

Alex Hamburger – flute
Ben Wolstein - trumpet
Jose Luis Martins – piano
Stephen Arnold – bass
Julian Berkowitz – drums

Russell Kirk - Alto
Alex Norris - Trumpet
Kevin Clark - Guitar
Jeff Reed - Bass
TBA - Drums

Saxophonist/Composer Russell Kirk is a distinguished musician, an innovative force in the industry who offers a fresh approach that is both evocative and richly balanced. His expressive musical style punctuates his nuanced compositions, and nowhere is it more evident than in his latest release “To Journal Square”.

Quicksilver, praised for “impeccable, soulful playing” (The New York Times), performs the program Violini a due: A European Journey. In the world premiere of a performance pre-recorded at New York's DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Quicksilver's journey explores sublime and dramatic works spanning the 17th century, from the birth of the virtuoso violin in northern Italy through its rich development in the courts of Germany, and including extraordinary sonatas by Castello, Rosenmüller, Legrenzi, and Fontana.

Program

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

Cello Suite no. 5 in c minor, BWV 1011
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Gavottes I and II
Gigue

Cello Suite no. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Gavottes I and II
Gigue

This is jazz piano protege José André's second live streaming concert.
Access his first performance on August 29, 2020, here: Quarantine Concert Series #88

BSO Sessions Episode 13: Four Families

Premieres Wed., February 3, 2021 at 8:00 pm

https://www.offstage.bsomusic.org/en/episode-13-feb-3

BSO Sessions episodes begin with a performance premiere at 8 pm, followed by on-demand access through June 2021 ($10 pay-per-view and $20 monthly all-access).

Nicholas Hersh, conductor

Imani-Grace Cooper is a tender vocalist from Minneapolis and a Fine Arts graduate of Howard University’s Jazz Department. Imani-Grace’s expressive delivery -- which ranges from plaintive to rapturous -- constitutes her various performance spaces, including The Washington National Cathedral where she’s been the regular voice streamed live to millions across the world during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"New Orleans barrelhouse piano, the Impressionism of Ravel and Duke Ellington’s jaggy solo-piano sound form the bedrock of Lafayette Gilchrist’s style at the keyboard. But if there’s one big influence on the way he thinks about rhythm, it’s the deeply swinging ‘pocket' of a classic go-go beat... On 'Dark Matter’…the hypnosis of the pocket comes through.” – Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times

Three bandleaders, composers, educators and members of many rhythm sections (jazz, Latin, pop, blues, classical and more) unite for an evening of music and sound. These gentlemen pay tribute to the foundation of all music: Rhythm. An array of percussion instruments will be used to make a joyful noise and improvisation.