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Jack Everly
Jack Everly is the
principal pops
conductor of the
Indianapolis and
Baltimore Symphony orchestras, Naples
Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa).
He has conducted the Los Angeles
Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl,
The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall
and appears regularly with the Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music
Center. This season, Maestro Everly will
conduct over 90 performances in more
than 20 North American cities.
As music director of the National
Memorial Day Concert and “A Capitol
Fourth” on PBS, Everly proudly leads the
National Symphony Orchestra in these
patriotic celebrations on the National
Mall. These concerts attract hundreds
of thousands of attendees on the lawn
and the broadcasts reach millions of
viewers and are some of the highest rated
programming on PBS television.
Originally appointed by Mikhail
Baryshnikov, Mr. Everly was music
director of the American Ballet Theatre
for 14 years. In addition to his ABT tenure, he teamed with Marvin Hamlisch
on Broadway shows that Mr. Hamlisch
scored. He conducted Carol Channing
hundreds of times in Hello, Dolly! in
two separate Broadway productions.
Maestro Everly, a graduate of the
Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, holds an honorary doctorate of
arts from Franklin College in his home
state of Indiana. He is a proud resident
of the Indianapolis community for over
12 years, and when not on the podium,
Maestro Everly can be found at home
with his family which includes Max the
wonder dog.
Jack Everly last appeared with the BSO
in March 2015 conducting the orchestra
with the film Singin’ in the Rain.
Baltimore Choral Arts Society
The Baltimore Choral Arts Society, now
in its 49th 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 Europe.
For the past 18 years, WMAR Television has featured Choral Arts in an
hour-long special, Christmas with Choral
Arts, which won an Emmy Award in
2006. Music Director Tom 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 Orchestra,
and he is the culture editor on WYPR’s
“Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast.”
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 and Anonymous 4.
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October 25, 2015
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November 15, 2015
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LILY MAISKY, PIANO
December 6, 2015
EUROPA GALANTE WITH
FABIO BIONDI, VIOLIN
The BCAS’s last appearances with the
Baltimore Symphony were in January
2015 performing Haydn and Beethoven
under Nicholas McGegan’s baton, and the
women’s chorus sang Mahler’s Symphony
No. 3 with Marin Alsop conducting.
AND LEADER
January 17, 2016
GIL SHAHAM, VIOLIN
WITH THE KNIGHTS
February 14, 2016
NICOLE CABELL,
SOPRANO
SUSAN TANG, PIANO
March 6, 2016
NELSON FREIRE, PIANO
May 8, 2016
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