Apr 30 Tuesday
String players ages 12-20 are invited to audition for Young Musicians of Baltimore's 2024-2025 Season. Under the artistic leadership of music directors Doug Jameson and Melissa Hullman, students explore chamber orchestra repertoire ranging from the 17th century to the present day. With regular faculty coaching and individualized feedback, students develop technique in ensemble playing, style, and musical phrasing. Young Musicians of Baltimore is dedicated to developing artistic talent through adventuresome programming, building musical community, and equity and inclusion in the arts. Auditions will be held live on Saturday June 22nd and Saturday August 24th beginning at 10am. There is no fee to audition. Audition information is available at ymobmusic.org.
At VLP, we honor lifelong learning and understand the importance of starting early and making it fun. We hope you join us for our return to in-person Tots Tuesday Storytime for toddlers & preschoolers!
First Saturdays is a series of free hands-on projects and activities for children held on the first Saturday of each month. This series will feature local community partners showcasing their skills in movement, storytelling, arts, tinkering, and more!
Join us at Bella Cosmetic Surgery for an afternoon of creativity and beauty at our Blossom & Beauty event! Bring your friends and indulge in the art of floral arrangement as you design your own bouquet. Plus, don't miss our exciting raffle with prizes including a $100 Gift Certificate, discounts on skincare treatments, and more! Reserve your spot today for a chance to win big and enjoy an evening of floral delights and friendship.
Join the Charles Rahmat Woods Ensemble at An die Musik Live for a concert of original music and arrangements of music composed by Jazz artists who have Native American Indian heritage, including trumpeter Don Cherry, saxophonist Jim Pepper, bassist Oscar Pettiford, pianist Larry Redhouse, poet/saxophonist Joy Harjo, and others.
Livestream passes and student tickets available!
Charles Rahmat Woods, Jazz flute/saxophone/bandleaderEmory Diggs, bassPeter Frassrand, pianoGus Johnson, drumsplus special guests
CHARLES ‘RAHMAT’ WOODS has performed on flute or saxophone with Roy Haynes, Helen Humes, Don Cherry, Tarika Blue, Conjunto Peligro, Jean Paul Bourelly, David Ornette Cherry, Lafayette Gilchrist, Bobby Thomas Butterfly Band, Mosaic of Sound (DC), and other great artists. He has appeared with his own ensembles on radio and television broadcasts, and at a number of distinguished performance spaces and live-stream platforms. His theme music was used for the syndicated Native American cable TV show “Four Winds”. His groundbreaking use of ‘wah-wah’ pedal flute on his song “Look What You Done to Me”, recorded by singer Sheila Skipworth, was used in the major feature film “Something New” starring acclaimed actress Sanae Latham. His recording “Eleven Fifty Nine” was featured in the PBS documentary “July ‘64” by award winning film maker Carvin Eison. A native of Buffalo NY and longtime resident of the Washington DC Metropolitan area, his latest recording on the Rahmat Shabazz label is “Blues For Martyrs”.
In-person seats: $25 / $10 studentsIn-person attendees receive a link to the recording to view for one week.
Streaming passes: $15The link will be sent out 15 minutes before the show and will remain active through May 7
Donations Welcome
Celebrate International Jazz Day AND the 5th Anniversary of Keystone Korner Baltimore this coming April 30th with Charles Funn & The Funn Band as they play the music of Duke Ellington!
The true “King of Swing”, and one of the greatest composers and creative forces, Duke Ellington was one of the originators of big-band jazz. Ellington led his band for more than half a century, composed thousands of scores, and created one of the most distinctive ensemble sounds in all of Western music.--Charles Funn, a graduate of Morgan Stage College is a retired band instructor (44 years) with the BCPSS. In addition to being a music instructor, he was and is a practicing professional musician having played behind and with Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Sammy Davis Jr., Gladys Knight, The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Dells, Clark terry, Dizzy Gillespie, The Morgan State university Concert & Jazz Bands and The Howard University Jazz Ensemble.
Charles awards include numerous Mayoral Citations, Jazz Journalist’s Association Jazz Hero Award for 2015, The Benny Golson Jazz Masters Award for 2018 presented by Howard University and The Baltimore Jazz Alliance Award for 2022. He currently performs with Dr. Phil Butts Big Band, Bowie State University Community Jazz Ensemble, The New World Outreach Jazz Orchestra, The Clarence Knight Orchestra and The Charles Funn Big Band. Funn started, trained and developed countless future musicians as he nurtured and guided the musical development of Baltimore’s youth.
May 01 Wednesday
Are you fan of the mysterious, the strange, the gruesome or the eccentric? Are you a writer or artist or film maker or performer? Draw upon your favorite works of Edgar Allan Poe and enter the 6th Annual Saturday “Visiter” awards, opening January 19, Poe’s birthday; deadline to enter is May 30, 2024.
The Saturday “Visiter” Awards are an international contest honoring a new generation of artists and writers inspired by the legacy of Edgar Allan Poe and recognizes the best in multiple categories such as film, art, performance, and writing. For more information, visit http://SaturdayVisiterAwards.org. Winners of the awards will be announced at the International Edgar Allan Poe Awards & Festival in October 2024.
The Saturday “Visiter” Awards are named after the prize a young Poe won in 1833 from the Saturday Visiter, a weekly periodical published in Baltimore. That prize launched the famed writer’s career. The fee for SVA submission is $25 per entry and nominees will be given a ticket to the Black Cat Ball, a prize medal and a “Saturday Visiter Awards” designation for their work. Judges for the 2024 awards include representatives from preeminent Poe institutions and arts locations, including Baltimore’s own Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum, The Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia, The Poe Cottage in New York, and others.
The second in a series of end-of-the-year exhibitions showcasing works by graduating Art majors working in a range of media from two- and three-dimensional approaches to digital and new media.
Joyce J. Scott: Walk a Mile in My Dreams is a 50-year career retrospective of artist Joyce J. Scott, one of the most significant artists of our time.
Co-organized by the Baltimore Museum of Art and Seattle Art Museum (SAM), this exhibition was developed in close dialogue with the Baltimore-based artist and her collaborators to reveal the full breadth of Scott’s singular vision through more than 120 objects from public and private collections across the United States. The exhibition will feature significant examples of the artist’s sculpture—both stand-alone and wearable pieces—alongside performance footage, garments, prints, and materials from Scott’s personal archive. Joyce J. Scott: Walk a Mile in My Dreams also features a newly commissioned installation and an expansive catalog.