The Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents Ola Belle Reed: I’ve Endured, an exhibition that explores the life and work of nationally recognized bluegrass musician Ola Belle Reed, contextualizing her achievements within a history of migration from rural Appalachia north in the twentieth century.
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
By Richard O’Brien
Iron Crow Theatre
Through June 17
Baltimore’s favorite LIVE tradition returns in a new raucous celebratory pride event!
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company presents CLASSIC, an upcoming Pride Disco Party on June 9th! From 8pm-12am, the theatre will transform into a dance party featuring classic house and disco hits spun by a DJ. But that's not all - we're also excited to showcase some amazing local talent with live performances throughout the evening. It’s a little bit of Shakespeare mixed with a little bit of disco and whole lot of pride.
'Crickets' Musicc & Play Classes are fun, play-based music & movement classes for children age 4 to 6. Trained teachers engage the body & mind in joyful music-makinng. Crickets gently encourages children to explore the voice at their first true instrument.
Classes are Saturday mornings at either 9:15 or 10:15. Registration ($120) is for six classes (weeks), 45 minutes each. STARTS June 3rd! Learn more and enroll now at the link provided.
Celebrate the vibrant black music scene with Dance & Bmore's first annual Black Music Fest! Featuring the Dance & Bmore Ensemble with local dancers, musicians, and DJ.
Join the JMM for the closing of Material/Inheritance: Contemporary Work by New Jewish Culture Fellows, an exhibition featuring 30 artists whose work has been supported by the New Jewish Culture Fellowship (NJCF), a national arts fellowship that advances the work of groundbreaking Jewish artists.
The event will feature music, performances, and more, including:
2:00 PM / Neshome Likht for Ecological Relatives
The phenomenon that started when Isata Kanneh-Mason led her siblings onto the stage of Britain’s Got Talent (prompting Simon Cowell to declare them “the most talented family in the world”) has blossomed into a transformational career for this worldly young pianist. Fresh off her local debut of Clara Schumann’s concerto, Kanneh-Mason returns to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra with the bold showpiece that Prokofiev wrote to delight American audiences. Conductor Kevin John Edusei brings clarity to Brahms’ noble Fourth Symphony and Kodály’s earthy “Peacock” Variations.
This Sunday, St. David's Baltimore commemorates Pride Month with a Recital and Evensong celebrating music of queer composers and queer experiences.
Join us Sunday, June 11 at 4:30 pm for the finale event of the 2022-2023 Music at St. David's concert season, a Recital and Evensong in commemoration of Pride Month. The event begins with a recital by baritone Michael Manganiello and pianist Aaron Thacker, including "Still Running," a song cycle about queer experience and dedicated to the memory of the 49 queer lives lost at the Pulse Nightclub in 2016.
For the first time since 2019, Music at St. Bartholomew’s is once again presenting their annual late Spring choral concert with chamber orchestra.
One of Mozart’s most esteemed works, the epic Mass in C minor was left incomplete at Mozart’s untimely death in 1791. Filled with grandeur and mystery, the work has been beloved through the centuries since, and has figured prominently as a subject in theatre and cinema.
Join us as some fifty singers and players join forces to present this monumental musical masterpiece.
Back for the 36th Anniversary season, Columbia Festival of the Arts’ Free LakeFest Weekend is June 16-18, 2023, at the Downtown Columbia Lakefront! This fun and inclusive FREE three-day outdoor festival features a variety of live music and arts performances, Invitational Fine Arts and Crafts Show with more than 50 artists, a Juneteenth celebration and cookout hosted by The 3rd, interactive entertainment for all ages, food trucks, and a wine and beer garden sponsored by the Collective Offshore.
Judith Hill is likely the only musician who can cite Elton John, Spike Lee, Prince, and Michael Jackson among those who have sought out her talent. One of the highest-profile background singers of her generation, she has built a discography of increasingly refined albums that includes the Prince-produced Back in Time. Hill starred in the Academy Award- and GRAMMY winning film 20 Feet from Stardom. See Judith perform as part of the Free LakeFest Weekend presented by Columbia Festival of the Arts, June 16-18, 2023, at the Downtown Columbia Lakefront.
DuPont Brass is a one-of-a-kind, brass-driven supergroup from the D.C. Area and a 9-piece ensemble consisting of brass, a rhythm section, and vocalists. Through their training in classical and contemporary styles, DuPont Brass has developed a sound they've coined "Eclectic Soul" that mixes varied genres of music, including jazz, hip-hop, and R&B. See them perform as part of the Free LakeFest Weekend presented by Columbia Festival of the Arts, June 16-18, 2023, at the Downtown Columbia Lakefront.
For more than a decade The Garifuna Collective has pushed the boundaries of their dynamic, centuries-old musical traditions, breaking new ground with performances that show why UNESCO has proclaimed the language, dance, and music of the Garifuna people of Central America as a “Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity”. The collective has has been part of the most celebrated Garifuna album of all time, including the critically acclaimed Wátina, recipient of BBC World Music Award, and voted by Amazon as the number one world music album of all time.
Howard County nonprofit The 3rd, in partnership with the Columbia Festival of the Arts and the Columbia Association, is excited to honor Juneteenth with a day of special events on Sunday, June 18, 2023, from 11am-7pm during the Free LakeFest Weekend. This day-long celebration will feature live music from GRAMMY winner and NEA Jazz Master Delfeayo Marsalis along with sets from JoGo Project and Deborah Bond, a Pop-up cookout from noon to 5pm with barbecue favorites (preordering encouraged), performances from the Wilde Lake High School Step Team (G4L) and B.
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra revisits Adolphus Hailstork’s reverent memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. (a work it premiered in 1980), and it touches the visceral hurt in Alvin Singleton’s 1994 reaction to police brutality. Joel Thompson, a young composer who is revolutionizing concert music with his deeply moving stands on race and justice, adds a gripping meditation on the words of James Baldwin. Artistic Advisor James Conlon concludes with a fresh look at the self-reflective symphony Shostakovich wrote in the aftermath of Stalin’s reign of terror.
For Delfeayo Marsalis, music runs in his family, and it’s in his blood! Delfeayo is a GRAMMY award-winning trombonist, composer, and producer. He is “known for his technical excellence, inventive mind, and frequent touches of humor” (Los Angeles Times). Marsalis has toured internationally with jazz icons such as Ray Charles, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Elvin Jones, and Slide Hampton, as well as leading his own group. See Delfeayo perform as part of the Free LakeFest Weekend presented by Columbia Festival of the Arts, June 16-18, 2023, at the Downtown Columbia Lakefront.
Loving the Music of Motown!
Your Girl Cheryl Presents A Father's Day Special: An Old School Celebration
Celebrate Dad with the legendary music of Motown when Motown & More takes the stage at the Gordon. Conjuring the sounds and images of a past musical era of great artists, classic songs, smooth choreography and exciting stage productions... be there on Father's Day when the message in the music connects you back to the best in music!
Your Girl Cheryl Presents A Father's Day Special: An Old School Celebration
Celebrate Dad with the legendary music of Motown when Motown & More takes the stage at the Gordon. Conjuring the sounds and images of a past musical era of great artists, classic songs, smooth choreography and exciting stage productions... be there on Father's Day when the message in the music connects you back to the best in music!
Baltimore Nationa Heritage Area "Juneteenth Journey 2023"
POINTILLSIM JAZZ CONSORTS PRESENTS AN IMMERSIVE DANCE PERFORMANCE
MONDAY JUNE 19TH 2023
The first performance will be held at:
Fort McHenry National Monument & Shrine
2400 E. Fort Avenue, Baltimore MD 21230 @ 11:00 am
An encore performance will be held at: