FROM VIENNA TO BROADWAY
On the concert stage , Plumley has performed a broad spectrum of works , including Mozart ’ s “ Coronation ” Mass and Haydn ’ s “ Mass in Time of War ” with the New England Symphonic Ensemble at Carnegie Hall ; Mozart ’ s Mass in C Minor and Elgar ’ s “ For the Fallen ”; Bach ’ s “ Coffee ” Cantata ; Respighi ’ s “ Laud to the Nativity ”; Bach ’ s Cantata No . 1 ; A Yuletide Celebration with the Indianapolis and Portland symphony orchestras and the Seattle Symphony ; and An Evening of Gilbert and Sullivan with the symphony orchestras of St . Louis and Memphis , Richmond Symphony and the Minnesota Orchestra .
Enthusiastic about contemporary works , she has been active in many new operas at the prestigious Banff Centre for the Arts ( Alberta , Canada ) and in companies throughout New York City .
Plumley received an Artist Diploma in opera from the Hartt School of Music and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and music from Holy Cross College . Twice a winner in the Connecticut Opera Guild Scholarship Competition , she is also a recipient of the Richard F . Gold Career Grant ( Shoshana Foundation ).
Kristen Plumley last appeared with the BSO in April 2016 , performing Broadway Divas , Jack Everly , conducting .
Jack Everly
Baltimore Choral Arts Society and Anthony Blake Clark
The Baltimore Choral Arts Society , now in its 52 nd 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 .
Conductor and composer Anthony Blake Clark began his first season as music director of Baltimore Choral Arts Society in summer 2017 . Clark has led ensembles in the U . S . and Europe , and his compositions have been heard across the country as well as in the U . K . and the Czech Republic . He has prepared choruses for Sir John Eliot Gardiner , Simon Halsey , Gijs Leenaars and Julian Wilkins for performances with ensembles including the Berlin Philharmonic and
the Berlin Radio Choir . Recently , Clark was the assistant chorus master for the Berlin Philharmonic ’ s performance of Stravinsky ’ s Oedipus Rex under the baton of Sir John Eliot Gardiner .
For the past 21 years , WMAR television has featured Choral Arts in an hour-long special , Christmas with Choral Arts , which won an Emmy ® Award in 2006 . The chorus was also featured in the PBS documentary Jews and Christians : A Journey of Faith , broadcast nationwide , and on NPR ’ s Special Coverage in the fall of 2001 . The ensemble has been featured frequently on The First Art ( Public Radio International ), Performance Today ( NPR ) and VOX ( XM Radio ). In Europe , Choral Arts was featured in a program devoted to the music of Handel , broadcast on Radio Suisse Romande . On local radio , Baltimore Choral Arts was featured on Choral Arts Classics , a program on WYPR hosted by Music Director Emeritus Tom Hall that features the Choral Arts Chorus and Orchestra .
In 2010 , Choral Arts released Christmas at America ’ s First Cathedral on Gothic Records , recorded at the Baltimore Basilica , which includes familiar Christmas favorites as well as premieres by Rosephanye Dunn Powell and James Lee III . A recording with Dave Brubeck , featuring Brubeck ’ s oratorio The Gates of Justice , was released internationally on the Naxos label in 2004 ; Choral Arts is also featured on Introducing the World of American Jewish Music on Naxos . Choral Arts has two other recordings in current release : Christmas with Choral Arts and a live recording of the Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil .
Acclaimed artists collaborating with Choral Arts have included Sweet Honey in the Rock , Chanticleer , Dave Brubeck , the King ’ s Singers , Anonymous 4 , Peter Schickele , Kathy Mattea and others . Baltimore Choral Arts ’ innovative programs often feature both choral and orchestral music , stage and theater works .
Baltimore Choral Arts Society last appeared with the BSO in November 2016 , performing Beethoven ’ s Ninth Symphony , Marin Alsop , conductor .
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