Baltimore
Musicales

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was an extraordinary pianist and prolific composer who was discouraged from pursuing a professional career in music because she was a woman. In 1831, she began hosting her own Sunday musicales—the Sonntagsmusiken—with an impressive guest list of composers, writers, and performers. This program explores works by Fanny and her musicale attendees, including Clara Schumann, Franz Liszt, and Heinrich Heine.

1930s Chicago was bursting with music. Blues, jazz, gospel, and classical collided to bring thrilling sounds to the public. Estella Bonds, mother of composer Margaret Bonds, opened her home for Sunday musicales where leading artistic and literary figures, neighbors, and friends would gather to celebrate the music of the time. This program pays tribute to Estella—a trailblazing woman who created space for artistry and community. 

Join us for an afternoon of music inspired by the life and career of Rosa Ponselle, Metropolitan Opera star and Baltimore County’s greatest diva. Hear operatic favorites from La bohème, La traviata, Le nozze di Figaro, Carmen, Don Giovanni, Tosca, and more performed by Claire Galloway, Annie Gill, Thea Tullman Moore, Min Jin, and pianist Ka Nyoung Yoo.

This multi-faith journey includes songs, duets, and ensembles by Georges Bizet, Moses Hogan, Felix Mendelssohn, César Franck, John Harbison, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Debbie Friedman, Max Helfman, Ben Steinberg, and more performed by Min Jin, Jarrod Lee, Claire Galloway, Thea Tullman Moore, and pianist John Henderson. Hear stunning arrangements of beloved hymns and sacred texts, prayers for healing, spirituals, rousing texts by a 16th century Hindu poetess, Korean worship music, and Jewish folk songs.

Celebrating the contributions of Jewish composers and lyricists to American musical theater and film, this program showcases works by George and Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Kurt Weill, Irving Berlin, and more. Hear songs and ensembles from Oklahoma, Carousel, My Fair Lady, Brigadoon, Pippin, Little Women, Company, and West Side Story plus favorites from the Great American Songbook performed by Allison Deady, Hakeem Henderson, Thea Tullman Moore, Michael Manganiello, and pianist Patricia McKewen Amato.

Join us for our 10th birthday celebration and a Greatest Hits program of musical theater tunes by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, and Kurt Weill; art songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Samuel Barber, Libby Larsen, Jean Sibelius, and more, plus favorite operatic moments from Verdi’s La traviata and Bizet’s Carmen. Featured artists include Thea Tullman Moore, Annie Gill, Claire Galloway, Min Jin, Michael Manganiello, Jason Widney, Ellie Yeonjung Kim, Jarrod Lee, Ka Nyoung Yoo, and Patricia McKewen Amato.

Join us for a soul-affirming program of art songs and spirituals by Hall Johnson, Jasmine Barnes, Margaret Bonds, Moses Hogan, H. Leslie Adams, William Grant Still, Thomas Kerr, Betty Jackson King, and Glenda Clay performed by Angeli Ferrette, Shana Oshiro, Jarrod Lee, Justin Harrison, Hakeem Henderson, cellist Jodi Beder, and pianist Elizabeth G. Hill.

The newest installment in our recurring series honoring women composers and poets, with music by Elaine Hagenberg, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Clara Schumann, Amy Beach, Poldowski, Florence Price, Lori Laitman, Libby Larsen, and Cécile Chaminade. Featuring Claire Galloway, Amanda Densmoor, Mandy Brown, Thea Tullman Moore, and pianist Yejin Lee.

Our 10th season opener! Join us for this exciting and audacious tribute to legendary storytellers, trailblazing women, Black and Latino composers, and living composers with strong ties to Maryland, including Timothy Amukele, Erik Franklin, Lori Laitman, and Joshua Fishbein. Featuring Edward Washington, Angeli Ferrette, Claire Galloway, Thea Tullman Moore, Ashley Larkin, Justin Harrison, Nicholas Provenzale, and pianist Elizabeth G. Hill.

Join us for a spirit-lifting hour of music from Brigadoon, The Sound of Music, Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, South Pacific, Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady, Show Boat, and more performed by Elisheva Pront, Jocelyn Pride, José Miguel Sacin, Allison Deady, Justin Harrison, and Patricia McKewen Amato. The concert will be followed by a reception with the artists.

Welcoming the return of spring, this program showcases music by Amy Beach, Margaret Bonds, B.E. Boykin, Cécile Chaminade, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Liza Lehmann, Ellen Mandel, Florence Price, Clara Schumann, and Emily Crocker. Featuring Elizebeth Barnes, Mandy Brown, Amanda Densmoor, Thea Tullman Moore, Claire Galloway, Jocelyn Pride, and pianist Yejin Lee.

Join us for a tribute to legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Hear some of his most beloved songs plus lesser known gems and works by artists who mentored and inspired him, including Rodgers & Hammerstein, Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Kern, and Harold Arlen. Songs from Into the Woods, Porgy and Bess, West Side Story, Company, The King and I, Merrily We Roll Along, Sweeney Todd, and more will be performed by Angeli Ferrette, Annie Gill, Michael Manganiello, Thea Tullman Moore, and pianist Ka Nyoung Yoo. The artists will also share incredible stories about Sondheim's life and rise to fame.

Join us for a celebration of love in its many forms. Hear Offenbach’s famous Barcarolle duet from Les contes d’Hoffmann, Dvořák’s stunning aria “Song to the Moon” from Rusalka, excerpts from Schumann’s master work, Dichterliebe, vocal chamber music by Jake Heggie, and amorous art songs by Strauss, Rachmaninoff, Schubert, Bellini, Barber, Obradors, Quilter, Sungtae Kim, and Heungryul Lee. Featured artists include Elizebeth Barnes, Mandy Brown, Angeli Ferrette, Ellie Yeonjung Kim, Jim Williams, pianist Elizabeth G. Hill, and cellist Erin Murphy Snedecor.

Join us for this stunning program of songs and spirituals exploring the ways in which we find solace—in nature, in the divine, and in our relationships with those we love. Works by Johannes Brahms, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Hall Johnson, Jacqueline Hairston, Lena McLin, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Clara Edwards, Maurice Ravel, Gunnar de Frumerie, Gwyneth Walker, Steven Mark Kohn, Hyo Geun Kim, and Susan LaBarr will be performed by Angeli Ferrette, Claire Galloway, Min Jin, Matthew Maisano, Thea Tullman Moore, and Patricia McKewen Amato.

Join us for gorgeous new arrangements of beloved carols and Hanukkah songs, excerpts from Handel's Messiah, and seasonal gems by Peter Cornelius, Aaron Copland, Roger Quilter, Samuel Barber, Hyo Geun Kim and more. Featured artists include Min Jin, Claire Galloway, Michael Manganiello, Thea Tullman Moore, Christianne Rushton, Jennifer Simone Smith, cellist Ismar Gomes, flutist Ceylon Mitchell, and pianist Patricia McKewen Amato.

Our 9th season opens with this stunning program of songs and spirituals exploring the ways in which we find solace—in nature, in the divine, and in our relationships with those we love. Works by Johannes Brahms, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Hall Johnson, Jacqueline Hairston, Lena McLin, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Clara Edwards, Maurice Ravel, Gunnar de Frumerie, Gwyneth Walker, Steven Mark Kohn, Hyo Geun Kim, and Susan LaBarr will be performed by Angeli Ferrette, Claire Galloway, Min Jin, Matthew Maisano, Thea Tullman Moore, and Patricia McKewen Amato.

Join us for a spirit-lifting program of American standards by Kurt Weill, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, and more performed by Annie Gill, Michael Manganiello, Erin Ridge, Jennifer Simone Smith, and pianist Ka Nyoung Yoo. Hear favorites from The Sound of Music, Annie Get Your Gun, Carousel, Ragtime, and Anything Goes plus incredible stories about the composers' lives and legacies.

Join us for this tribute to legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Hear some of his most beloved songs plus lesser known gems and works by artists who mentored and inspired him, including Rodgers & Hammerstein, Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Kern, and Harold Arlen. Songs from Into the Woods, Porgy and Bess, West Side Story, Follies, The King and I, and more will be performed by Annie Gill, Michael Manganiello, Thea Tullman Moore, Jennifer Simone Smith, and pianist Sonya Subbayya Sutton. The artists will also share incredible stories about Sondheim's life and rise to fame.

Inspired by Maya Angelou’s poem, “Phenomenal Woman”—this program honors the incredible contributions of women composers and poets, including Florence Price, Emily Dickinson, Clara Schumann, Lori Laitman, Libby Larsen, B. E. Boykin, Soon Ae Kim, Won Ju Lee, Anna Pidgorna, and more. Featured artists include Katherine Boyce, Ellie Yeonjung Kim, Amanda Densmoor, Erin Ridge, Thea Tullman Moore, and pianist Elizabeth Hill.

Inspired by Maya Angelou’s poem, “Phenomenal Woman”—this program honors the incredible contributions of women composers and poets, including Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, Clara Schumann, Lori Laitman, Libby Larsen, B. E. Boykin, Soon Ae Kim, Won Ju Lee, Anna Pidgorna, Jasmine Barnes, and more. Featured artists include Katherine Boyce, Ellie Yeonjung Kim, Shana Oshiro, Erin Ridge, Thea Tullman Moore, cellist Jodi Beder, and pianist Elizabeth Hill.

Songs by Florence Price, John Rosamond Johnson, Richard Strauss, Amy Beach, Claude Debussy, Du Nam Cho, and more will be performed by Min Jin, Daniel Rich, Victoria McGrath, Bailey Jo Oehler, and Patricia McKewen Amato.

Classics by Schubert, Bizet, Mozart, and Hahn, plus lesser known jewels by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, H. T. Burleigh, Florence Price, Undine Smith Moore, and Amy Beach will be performed by sopranos Mandy Brown and Shaina Kuhn, baritone Matthew Maisano, tenor Colby Mullen, and pianist Andrew Stewart.

Classics by Schubert, Bizet, Mozart, and Hahn, plus lesser known jewels by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, H. T. Burleigh, Florence Price, Undine Smith Moore, and Amy Beach will be performed by sopranos Mandy Brown and Shaina Kuhn, baritone Matthew Maisano, tenor Colby Mullen, and pianist Andrew Stewart.

Celebrate the season with festive songs, classic carols, and holiday favorites from around the world! Jennifer Simone Smith, Elizebeth Barnes, Michael Manganiello, Annie Gill, José Miguel Sacin, Thea Tullman Moore, pianist Patricia McKewen Amato, and cellist Ismar Gomes perform works by Henri Büsser, Hugo Wolf, Maurice Ravel, Francis Poulenc, Charles Koechlin, Ariel Ramírez, Naomi Shemer, Peter Cornelius, Jake Heggie, Irving Berlin, and more.

Celebrate the season with festive songs, classic carols, and holiday favorites from around the world! Jennifer Simone Smith, Elizebeth Barnes, Michael Manganiello, Annie Gill, José Miguel Sacin, Thea Tullman Moore, pianist Patricia McKewen Amato, and cellist Ismar Gomes perform works by Henri Büsser, Hugo Wolf, Maurice Ravel, Francis Poulenc, Charles Koechlin, Ariel Ramírez, Naomi Shemer, Peter Cornelius, Jake Heggie, Irving Berlin, and more.

Join us for this free concert sponsored by "1st Wednesdays @ Beth El." Thea Tullman Moore, Claire Galloway, Nigel Rowe, and Ka Nyoung Yoo will perform songs and duets by Handel, Offenbach, Blitzstein, Berlin, and more.

Claire Galloway, Jason Widney, Amanda Densmoor, Sean Tillery, and Ka Nyoung Yoo will perform music by Robert Schumann, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Samuel Barber, Jean Sibelius, Libby Larsen, Kurt Weill, Alban Berg, Gabriel Fauré, and John Kander, beautiful songs from Indonesia, and new works by Daniel Gilliam and Erik Franklin. 

Claire Galloway, Jason Widney, Amanda Densmoor, Sean Tillery, and Ka Nyoung Yoo will perform music by Robert Schumann, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Samuel Barber, Jean Sibelius, Libby Larsen, Kurt Weill, Alban Berg, Gabriel Fauré, and John Kander, beautiful songs from Indonesia, and new works by Daniel Gilliam and Erik Franklin.