Baltimore Choral Arts Society celebrates the joy of choral music through exceptional performances and diverse educational partnerships. The Symphonic Chorus and Chamber Singers present concerts throughout the Mid-Atlantic region and Europe. Baltimore Choral Arts regularly performs with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, National Philharmonic, and other prominent area ensembles. In addition, Music Director Anthony Blake Clark has recently established large-scale collaborations with the Morgan State University Choir and Peabody Conservatory.
Choral Arts provides thoughtful and impactful music education initiatives that serve youth in and around Baltimore. These include CoroLAB, a partnership with high school choral music programs; Vocal Fellows, a leadership opportunity for professional singers; the Student Composer Project, a competition for high-school and college composers; and Sing and Play with Baltimore Choral Arts, a series of free music classes for children ages 0-5 and their caregivers, presented in partnership with the Enoch Pratt Free Library and Kennedy Krieger Institute.
In an ongoing effort to make choral music accessible throughout the Baltimore region, Choral Arts produces Discovery Series programming. These outreach initiatives include free performances and events such as open rehearsals, audience singalongs, and community concerts.
Recent awards and recognitions include the 2023 Capital Emmy® for Diversity/Equity/Inclusion with Maryland Public Television for Artworks: Dreamer, a documentary featuring Choral Arts’ 2022 performance of Mozart’s Requiem and Jasmine Barnes’ Portraits: Douglass and Tubman; the 2020 Chorus America/ASCAP Alice Parker Award; and the 2020 American Prize in Community Chorus Conducting (Anthony Blake Clark.)
