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Inaugural Camay Service Award Celebrates Baltimore Jazz Icon Camay Calloway Murphy

[Photo: Camay Murphy (Lower left) with Bernadette Dorsey (lower right), Ephraim Dorsey (standing, left), and Ebban Dorsey (standing, right). Photo credit: Leslie Imes] On April 21, 2024, an exceptionally beautiful day, a sold-out crowd of well-wishers gathered at a catered white-table-cloth event to honor one of Baltimore’s most beloved figures, Camay Calloway Murphy. | Read more>> Read More
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BALTIMORE MUSIC CENSUS

Let Your Voice Be Heard – Participate in the Baltimore Music Census The Baltimore Music Census will launch on March 4, 2024 and will last for six weeks [it’s now launched! https://21cc.jhu.edu/baltimore-music-census/]. What is the Baltimore Music Census, you ask? It is a community-led, voluntary survey that will gather the data needed to better understand the current needs of the Baltimore-area music community. | Read more>> Read More
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Ethel Ennis, Baltimore’s First Lady of Jazz, Featured in Exhibit at Peabody’s Sheridan Library through March 31st, 2024.

Born and raised in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood of Baltimore, Ethel Ennis (1932 to 2019) became known as Baltimore’s First Lady of Jazz, with a career that spanned seven decades. Early in her career, in the late 1950s and ‘60s, she recorded for major labels; toured Europe with Benny Goodman; performed onstage alongside Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Louis Armstrong; and appeared on television with Duke Ellington. | Read more>> Read More
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Let Your Voice Be Heard – Participate in the Baltimore Music Census

The Baltimore Music Census will launch in January 2024. What is a Music Census, you ask? It is a community-led, voluntary survey that will gather the data needed to better understand the current needs of the Baltimore-area music community. The Census will capture key information about the local music economy that will help musicians, local businesses, and non-profits make better informed, data-driven decisions about how best to support and grow the city’s music ecosystem. | Read more>> Read More