Welcome to Music at St. David’s! Praised by The Baltimore Sun as “remarkable…offering admirable variety and depth of repertoire,” our series includes concert, recitals and evensongs, and special festival services, as well as our Ensemble-in-Residence and Composer-in-Residence programs. This year we are please to welcome The Borisevich Duo as Ensemble-in-Residence and Haley Olson as Composer-in-Residence. We hope that you’ll sign up for the music series’ e-newsletter to learn more.
As music is a central aspect of worship, faith, and life at St. David’s, all our musical events are free so that all may participate in beautiful offerings that bring us closer to the divine and to each other. Because free-will donations cover only part of the cost of a music series of this scope, the primary financial support comes from the Friends of St. David’s Music; in other words, you! If music is a meaningful part of your life, we ask you to consider making a donation to help us continue to provide the community with exciting, engaging, and enlivening music.
A tax-deductible donation may be made securely through PayPal or Realm or by mailing a check payable to Music at St. David’s to 4700 Roland Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, 21210. As a Friend of St. David’s Music, your name will be included in the list of supporters in each concert program, you will be invited to special events, and your donation will help ensure that the music offered by the musicians of St. David’s continues to bring joy and fulfillment to all.
Download our ’24-’25 season brochure here.
Unless otherwise noted, all programs will be streamed via our YouTube and Facebook pages.
Friends of Early Music: Gut, Wind, and Wire
Sunday, September 15 | 4 pm
A partner concert featuring Gut, Wind, and Wire: Mark Cudek, Ronn McFarlane, and Mindy Rosenfeld.
Recital & Evensong for the Feast of Hildegard von Bingen
Sunday, September 22 | 4:30 pm
Featuring vocalist Marie Herrington and pianist Timothy Krippner presenting a portion of their recital “Women in Music.”
October First Friday: The Borisevich Duo, Ensemble-in-Residence
Friday, October 4 | 7:30 pm
We welcome back the Borisevich Duo, featuring Nikita Borisevich, violin, and Margarita Loukachkina, piano.
Recital & Evensong for the Commemoration of Indigenous Peoples Day
Sunday, October 13 | 4:30 pm
We are joined by Choctaw guitarist Alexander Lassa, performing Choctaw composer Charles Shadle’s Wheelock Variationcs, based on two Choctaw hymns.
Songs of Farewell: An All Saints’ Concert
Friday, November 1 | 7:30 pm
The Choir of St. David’s offers choral music commemoration All Saints’ Day, including works of C.H.H. Parry, Edgar Bainton, and Douglas Buchanan.
Recital & Evensong for the Commemoration of Veterans Day
Sunday, November 10 | 4:30 pm
Baritone Ross Tamaccio and pianist Hsiao-Ying Lin perform excerpts of Norfolk Letters, Michael Rickelton’s setting of soldiers’ letters from the Norfolk Armed Forces Memorial in Norfolk, VA.
First Friday Concert: The Canticle Singers of Baltimore
Friday, December 6 | 7:30 pm
The Canticle Singers return or a festive holiday concert, including the winner of their annual emerging composers composition competition.
Night Falls Fast
Tuesday, December 10 | 7:30 pm
In collaboration with The Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center Psychiatry and the Arts Program, the music of Michael Hersch and words of Kay Redfield Jamison are paired with repertoire from the Renaissance to the 21st century.
Content Warning: This program includes readings from Kay Redfield Jamison’s book Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide. It necessarily deals with aspects of mental illness, depression, self-harm, and suicide. If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts or ideations, please call 988, the Suicide & Crisis Helpline. Please visit the Facebook event to learn more details about the program.
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Sunday, December 15 | 10 am
A service of carols and hymns drawing from the tradition popularized by King’s College, Cambridge.
Bach in Baltimore (Tickets Required; Not Livestreamed)
Wednesday, January 1 | 4 pm
We welcome partner organization Bach in Baltimore performing works of Bach, Lully, Telemann, and Vivaldi. This concert requires tickets, which can be purchased here.
CANCELLED: Recital & Evensong for the Feast of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sunday, January 19 | 4:30 pm – This event was cancelled due to inclement weather.
Featuring mezzo-soprano Taylor Hillary Boykins performing works of Margaret Bonds, Xavier Montsalvatge, and Kathryn Bostic.
February First Friday: Schubert’s Winterreisse
Friday, February 7 | 7:30 pm
Bass-baritone Daryl Yoder and pianist Jung-Yoon Lee perform Franz Schubert’s song cycle Winterreisse.
Recital & Evensong for the Feast of Frederick Douglass
Sunday, February 16 | 4:30 pm
Beginning with a vocal recital by tenor Darius Sanders.
Friends of Early Music: The Abell Avenue Harp Consort
Friday, February 21 | 7:30 pm
The Abell Avenue Harp Consort brings to life the harp consort repertoire of the 17th century.
The 49th Annual Baltimore Bach Marathon
Sunday, March 16 | 1-6 pm
This year’s Bach Marathon features selections of organ music, the Well-Tempered Clavier Vol. 1, and the cantata Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4.
1:00-1:30 pm: Nelda Clelland, organ
1:30-2:00 pm: The Well Tempered Clavier, Volume I, nos. 1-6, Douglas Buchanan, piano
2:00-2:30 pm: Bert Landman, organ (Church of the Redeemer)
2:30-3:00 pm: The Well Tempered Clavier, Vol. 1, nos. 7-12, Douglas Buchanan, piano
3:00-3:30 pm: Partita no. 2 in D minor, Claire Hebeisen, violin
3:30-4:00 pm: The Well Tempered Clavier, Vol. 1, nos. 13-19, Douglas Buchanan, piano
4:00-4:30 pm: Suite no. 3 in C major, LAVENA, cello
4:30-5:00 pm: The Well Tempered Clavier, Vol. 1, nos. 20-24, Douglas Buchanan, piano
5:00-5:30 pm: William Wisnom, organ (Church of the Resurrection)
5:30-6:00 pm: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4, the Choir of St. David’s
April First Friday: Magdalena
Friay, April 4 | 7:30 pm
Join the musicians of early music consort Magdalena in a virtuosic exploration of past centuries of music, featuring period instruments ranging from lute to harp to recorder and flutes.
Music for Good Friday
Friday, April 18 | 7:30 pm
The life, love, and loss at the center of Holy Week is commemorated with a concert of choral and organ music.
May First Friday: The Borisevich Duo, Ensemble-in-Residence
Friday, May 2 | 7:30 pm
The 2024-2025 Ensemble-in-Residence returns with a concert of chamber music for violin and piano.
Festival Recital and Evensong, featuring music of Haley Olson
Sunday, May 18 | 4:30 pm
The Choir of St. David’s premieres a new Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by 2024-2025 Composer-in-Residence Haley Olson at this festival Recital and Evensong.
Ola Gjeilo’s Sunrise Mass
Sunday, May 25 | 10 am
A mass for strings and choir commemorates Memorial Day weekend.
Recital & Evensong for the Commemoration of Pride Month
Sunday, June 8 | 4:30 pm
Tenor Troy Koger returns to St. David’s to open our annual celebration of Pride Month.