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Join us in celebration of great American Jazz Music from the 1930s and 1940s Swing Era. Carroll Baldwin Hall is a beautiful small venue with excellent acoustics in historic Savage, Maryland.  Come hear classic songs like  Sentimental Journey, Honeysuckle Rose, Someone to Watch Over Me, Fever, Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man of Mine, Summertime, Mona Lisa, Oh What A Beautiful Morning, Fly me to the Moon and more. We will end the show with a tribute to Irving Berlin. The show will be filmed by 4CornersTV, for International Streaming!  Join us as we celebrate American Classic music.

Aejin Kim – Keyboard

Diana Cantrelle – Vocals, Flute, Concept Creator

Jill Mann Pekofsky – Vocals

Alex Getachew – Vocals

Kevin Crysler – Vocals

tickets available www.opusconcerttheatre.com 

Zelle, Venmo, or Eventbrite

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I’m singing the role of Jade Boucher, mother of the murdered son, and covering Mrs. Patrick de Rocher. Wonderful cast, crew, directors!

“Dead Man Walking” Thursday, Mar 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM – Arnold – Robert E. Kauffman Theater in the Pascal Center for Performing Arts Opera AACC is presenting the most widely performed opera of the last 25 years!. ABOUT THE SHOWOPERA AACC’s spring production of “Dead Man Walking” is based on the book by the same name by Sister Helen Prejean. The opera, written by Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally, premiered in 2000 in San Francisco. Performances are 7 p.m. March 13, 2 p.m. March 15, 3 on the 16th p.m. in the Robert E. Kauffman Theater in the Pascal Center for Performing Arts.OPERA AACC is comprised of over 40 credit students working collaboratively with community performers/musicians, rising young artists, local professional artists and members of our world-class adjunct faculty. In addition, for this production, students in the Photography program are creating original projections, curated by AACC faculty member Matthew Moore. Quinton Folks, recent Peabody graduate and protégé of Marin Alsop, is conducting! The All Children’s Chorus of Annapolis also will perform.Tickets are available via Eventbrite. https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/aacc-performances-2606819

https://4cornerstv.lightcast.com/content/sc_40524_17933

4CornersTV – Tales from the BWA – Mama Calabash – Cajun Earth Mother with Superpowers, and Evil Queen Gosleve

St. Patrick’s Day Celebration – 10 March 2024

Carroll Baldwin Memorial Hall (Historic stone building in beautiful Savage Mill)

9035 Baltimore St, Savage, MD 20763

Tickets via Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrate-celtic-musics-journey-to-the-new-world-tickets-807140879097

at Door – Cash or Via Zelle dianacantrelle@gmail.com, or www.opusconcerttheatre.com

$33 Adults; Seniors & Students – $20

2:30 pm – Doors Open; 3 pm – Concert Begins

Meet & Greet the Artists Reception following

Bob Boguslaw – Concert Pianist

Douglas Buchanan – Bagpiper

Teelin Irish Dancers – Joy and Ben Koolbeck

Diana Cantrelle McKinney – Contralto, Flutist, Actor, Composer

11 December 2022

Dear Friends – It’s Here!

https://opusconcerttheatre.com/demented-diva/

Demented Diva & Her Merry Misfits – Part Un – Virtual show, having good natured fun at the world of opera and musical theatre.

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Fully-staged, sung in English accompanied by the Opus Concert Theatre Chamber Orchestra, we proudly present Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors. A poor widow and her young disabled son, Amahl, are on the verge of starvation, when a knock at the door reveals Three Kings, each bearing gifts as they follow the star in the East. When Amahl and his mother learn the purpose of their journey, lives are changed forever. Each show includes an entertaining pre-show lecture, and a Meet and Greet the artists H’ors d’Oeuvres Receptions afterwards. Let us be a part of your Holiday Celebration. Three Venues, Five Performances!

All Tickets may be purchased on the Opus Concert Theatre website –

http://opusconcerttheatre.com/events/  or at the door.

Cast for Amahl and the Night Visitors 2019

Mother – Diana Cantrelle
Amahl – Alexandra Mercado
King Kaspar – Leroy Smith
King Melchior – Peter Tomaszewski
King Balthazar – Tim Kjer
Page – Thomas Schiller

Conductor – Maestra Anna Binneweg
Assistant Conductor – Maestro Isaiah Shim
Concert Pianists – Aejin Kim and Ellen Suh
Director – Kevin Crysler
Choreographer – Fen Han

Opus Concert Theatre Chamber Orchestra
Violinist – Xinzhi Xue
Violist – Daniel MacKie
Cellists – Shelly Monroe, Pavin Rajagopal
Oboe – Niall Casey

Sopranos
Elena Wenderoth – Section Leader/Amahl Cover/Featured Dancer
Yevgeniya Gnezdilova – Dancer
Emily Zimmer – Stage Manager
Alice Chen

Altos
Jasmine LaChaé – Dancer – Section Leader
Samantha Brocker
Tracy Lynge
Jill Pekofsky

Tenors
Lev Axler
Jeff Houston
Benjamin Walker

Basses
Dave Pumplin – Section Leader
Jered Wenderoth, Cover King Balthazar
David Smith
Thomas Schiller

CALENDAR INFORMATION

Sunday, December 15
Seating at noon, performance at 1 pm, with concert pianist
Germano’s Piattini (In Baltimore’s Little Italy!)
300 S. High Street
Baltimore MD 21202
$20 for show, $35 for the gourmet Italian lunch.

Slayton House Theatre, 10400 Cross Fox Lane, Columbia MD 21044

20 December – 7:30 pm doors open /8 pm showtime

21 December – 7:30 pm door open /8 pm showtime

22 December – Matinee 2:30 pm doors open /3 pm showtime

4 January 2020 – Feast of the Epiphany –

New Hope Lutheran Church 1:30 pm house opens, 2 pm showtime – portion of proceeds benefit the music program at New Hope.

More Info and Tickets www.opusconcerttheatre.org $28 for adults, $18 for Seniors, Students and Children

In all venues- seating is limited. Advanced purchase recommended. ?

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Atlantic Coast Opera Festival – La Forza Del Destino by Verdi – the role of Preziosilla – Gypsy Patriot for Italia.  23rd, 24th and 26th of August 2019.  See below for more information:  http://www.atlanticcoastoperafestival.org

Mother in Amahl & the Night Visitors with Opus Concert Theatre – 15 December at Germano’s in Little Italia, Baltimore and Slayton House Theatre in Columbia, MD – 20 December – 7:30 pm doors open/8 pm showtime; 21 December –  7:30 pm/8 pm showtime, and 22 December Matinee 2:30 pm/3 pm showtime.

Feast of the Epiphany – New Hope Lutheran Church – 4 January 2020 – 1:30 pm house opens, 2 pm showtime

More Info and Tickets www.opusconcerttheatre.org