Choral Arts

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Choral Arts Classics

Tom Hall is the Culture Editor for Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast and the host of Choral Arts Classics on WYPR. Tom has been a dynamic force in Maryland's creative community for 28 years as a performer, broadcaster, lecturer, writer, and educator. As the Music Director of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society, he has collaborated with many of Maryland's leading arts organizations, including the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, the Maryland Symphony, Pro Musica Rara, the Walters Art Museum, and the Baltimore Museum of Art.
He appears regularly as a guest conductor throughout the U.S and in Europe, and he is invited frequently to speak to professional and community organizations in Maryland and throughout the United States. Tom has published articles in the Baltimore Sun, Style Magazine, and many professional journals; he has served as a panelist for the National Endowment of the Arts, and he has lectured and taught courses at the Peabody Conservatory, the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Baltimore, and Morgan State University. He has been the Director of Choral Activities at Goucher College since 1983, and he is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance.
In 2009, the City Paper named Tom Baltimore�s Best Radio Personality.

Choral Arts Classics airs at 9:00 on the last Tuesday night of every month. Tom Hall shares recordings of live performances by the Baltimore Choral Arts Society chorus, orchestra, and guest artists, plus interviews with the performers, and insights into the music that help us understand and enjoy it.
Choral Arts Classics is produced by Aaron Henkin.

Choral Arts Classics 7^th Season: 2009-2010

Tom Hall hosts a monthly program featuring recordings of concerts by the Baltimore Choral Arts Society and many special guests.
Tune In at 9:00 pm on the final Tuesday of each month, September 2009 - April 2010, on WYPR, 88.1, Your Public Radio.
*Please note that the "Play Now" links will not be active until the show has been broadcast on 88.1 FM

September 29           How Choruses Help: The Impact of Choruses on Communities

                                        Featuring performances by professional, volunteer,and children's choruses from across North America

Tom's Guest:              Ann Meier Baker, President and CEO, Chorus America

October 27               Stormy Weather: Franz Joseph Haydn's Great Nature Choruses, Part I

The Choral Arts Full Chorus & Orchestra

Tom's Guest:              Cabaret Singer Eric Comstock and Noted Lecturer Ray Sprenkle

November 24           Stormy Weather: Franz Joseph Haydn's Great Nature Choruses, Part II

The Choral Arts Chorus & Orchestra

Tom's Guest:              Noted Lecturer Elam Ray Sprenkle

Special Live Broadcast from the Basilica of the Assumption in Baltimore

Tuesday, Dec. 1          7:30 PM          Christmas with Choral Arts

                                                                            The Choral Arts Chorus & Orchestra

Join host Andy Bienstock for a program that will include holiday favorites, and world premieres by Dr. Rosephanye Dunn Powell, Dr. James Lee III, and the one and only Dave Brubeck.

January 26                Davidson: Hymn of the Universe (Broadcast Premiere)
                        The Choral Arts Chorus & Orchestra



Tom's Guest:              Composer Tina Davidson

February 23              Handel: Israel in Egypt, Part 1

                                                                                The Choral Arts Chorus & Orchestra

Tom's Guests:            Dr. Adam Gregerman and Rabbi Ilyse Kramer from the Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies

March 30                    Handel: Israel in Egypt, Part 2

                                                                                 The Choral Arts Chorus & Orchestra

Tom's Guests:               Dr. Adam Gregerman and Rabbi Ilyse Kramer from the Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies

April 27                      Mahler: Symphony No. 2

                                                            The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

                                                            The Choral Arts Symphonic Chorus

                                                            The Morgan State University Choir

                                                            Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

                                                            Recorded live, June 2006

Tom's Guest:              Tim Smith, Music Critic for the Baltimore Sun

Choral Arts Classics is produced by Aaron Henkin.
Choral Arts Classics is a joint production of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society and WYPR Radio.