Making Baltimore a destination for outstanding
new music and musicians since 2005.
SEASON 18
Philip Glass by Luis Alvarez Roure. 2016. Oil on board. Collection of the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C.
Vicky Chow plays Philip Glass
March 14, 2024
6:30-7:30pm
The George Peabody Library
17 E. Mt. Vernon Place
Baltimore, MD 21202
The Evolution Series and In The Stacks join forces to present pianist Vicky Chow in a performance of music by Baltimore-born-and-raised composer Philip Glass. Hailed as “one of our era’s most brilliant pianists” (Pitchfork), Chow will perform selections from Glass’s Piano Etudes, interspersed with readings from the composer’s memoir, Words Without Music, performed by Rahzé Cheatham.
The concert will feature photographs of Baltimore and beyond in conversation with the music,
as well as a one-night-only display featuring treasures from the Sheridan Libraries archives.
Come enjoy an evening of music, photography, and literature in one of the most beautiful libraries in the world!
Please note the ticketing procedures for this event:
-The event is free and advance registration is strongly encouraged.
-Doors open at 6:00pm.
-Seats for registered attendees will be held until 6:20pm, then released for open seating.
-A standby line will begin at 5:00pm to let additional people into the concert if seats are available after 6:20pm.
-Patrons without advance registration are encouraged to join the standby line. Most standby patrons are able to be accommodated.
“To live in Baltimore is to live in a perpetual state of surprise, and the marvelous and venturesome Evolution Series adds smart new music to the mix…for those of us who remember downtown New York in the 1970s, it is reassuring to find something very much like it happening in Baltimore now.”
The Evolution Contemporary Music Series has made Baltimore a destination for outstanding new music and musicians since 2005. On the occasion of its 15th anniversary season, Elizabeth Nonemaker of the Baltimore Sun wrote that the Evolution Series "has continued to set the bar: not just for what concerts can do, but how they can make you feel." The series has presented or premiered works by over 100 living composers – performed by acclaimed musicians from Baltimore and beyond – and celebrated the work of artists ranging from Björk to Toni Morrison to Stevie Wonder. Featured guests have included Marin Alsop, music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Pulitzer Prize-winning composers John Luther Adams, Caroline Shaw, and Julia Wolfe; and New Yorker music critic Alex Ross.
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