Baltimore Choral Arts Society

Mission: To build a stronger, more connected, more inspired community by celebrating the joy of choral music through exceptional performances and diverse educational and artistic partnerships.

Baltimore Choral Arts Society, now in its 59th season, is one of Maryland’s premier cultural institutions. The Symphonic Chorus, Chorus, and Chamber Singers perform throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, as well as in Washington, D.C., New York, and in Europe. Music Director Anthony Blake Clark has established new, large-scale collaborative performances with Maryland Institute College of Art, Maryland State Boychoir, and Peabody Youth Orchestra. In October 2022, Choral Arts went on its second European tour under the direction of Maestro Clark, with performances in Vienna, Berlin, and Prague, and concluded with a prestigious invitation to perform with the Vienna Radio Orchestra under the baton of Marin Alsop.

Baltimore Choral Arts provides several thoughtful and impactful music education programs that serve youth in and around Baltimore. These programs include CoroLAB, a partnership with Overlea High School and Baltimore City College’s choral music programs; Vocal Fellows, an expanded professional development program for early-career singers; Student Composer Project, a competition for high-school and college composers; and Sing and Play, a series of free early childhood music classes presented in partnership with the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Through these educational programs, Choral Arts serves the very young to early-career adult musicians.