MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

MUSIC

[photo, Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa "Born in Baltimore" bust at Southeast Anchor Library, Eastern Ave. & South Conkling St., Baltimore, Maryland, February 2011. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Dedicated September 19, 2010, the Zappa bust was a gift to the City of Baltimore from the Lithuanian nonprofit organization ZAPPART.

[photo, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral St., Baltimore, Maryland]

In Baltimore, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall is home to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Since February 2005, the Orchestra also regularly performs at the Music Center of Strathmore Hall in North Bethesda, Montgomery County.

Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral St., Baltimore, Maryland, July 2003. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

MUSIC FESTIVALS

Baltimore, Sowebo Arts and Music Festival, May 27, 2012
Brunswick Music Fest, June 16, 2012
College Park, National Orchestral Institute Festival, May 31-June 30, 2012
Easton, Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival, June 3-7, 2012
Hagerstown, Western Maryland Blues Fest, May 31-June 3, 2012
McHenry Highland Festival, June 1-3, 2012
Takoma Park, Folk Festival, Sept. 9, 2012
Takoma Park, Jazz Fest, June 2012
Westminster, Common Ground on the Hill Festival, July 7-8, 2012
Westminster, Deer Creek Fiddlers Convention, June 9, 2012

[photo, Street musicians near Baltimore Farmers' Market, Holliday St., Baltimore, Maryland]

MUSIC SOCIETIES

Street musicians near Baltimore Farmers' Market, Holliday St., Baltimore, Maryland, May 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

OPERA COMPANIES

Annapolis Opera Company, Annapolis
Baltimore Opera Company [closed in 2009], Baltimore
Baltimore Rock Opera Society, Baltimore

ORCHESTRAS

[photo, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral St., Baltimore, Maryland]

Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, Annapolis

Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Baltimore

Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra, Baltimore

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore

Chamber Orchestra of Southern Maryland, California

Columbia Orchestra, Columbia

Concert Artists of Baltimore

Frederick Symphony Orchestra, Frederick

Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras, North Bethesda

Maryland Symphony Orchestra, Hagerstown

Maryland Youth Symphony Orchestra, Catonsville

Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, Ocean City

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral St., Baltimore, Maryland, July 2003. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

NIH Community Orchestra, Bethesda
Orchestra of St. John's, Ellicott City
Salisbury Symphony Orchestra, Salisbury
Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra, Fair Hill
Symphony of the Potomac, Glen Echo

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