The rhythmically gifted feet of tap-dancing king Savion Glover will step on stage alongside the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra March 1 and 3 at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall and March 2 at the Music Center at Strathmore. BSO Music Director Designate Marin Alsop brings her commanding and dramatic style to these Symphony with a Twistâ„¢ concerts, which feature Mr. Glover's original choreography set to Duke Ellington's jazz suite The River.

Flying through the air with the greatest of ease is a feat the Peking Acrobats have perfected throughout the years. This elite group of Chinese gymnasts, jugglers, cyclists and tumblers has entertained audiences around the world for nearly half a century with their incredible acrobatic stunts. On Friday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. the troupe returns to Baltimore for a family-friendly show that the New York Times hails as "wondrous" and the Los Angeles Times calls "virtually unbelievable."

For the first time in more than six years, Gladys Knight is returning to Baltimore for a Walters Art Museum benefit concert on Saturday, March 10 at The Lyric Opera House. The seven-time Grammy award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member will perform a selection of her R&B, soul and gospel classics as well as selections from her just released CD, Before Me, a set of jazz ballads and standards featuring Ms. Knight's smooth, sultry voice. She will be accompanied by a 16-piece band.

The Walters Art Museum will have on view Landscape with Classical Ruins by Robert S. Duncanson-the first African American artist to receive international recognition-during a one-year exchange with the Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Ohio. Landscape with Classical Ruins is one of Duncanson's most celebrated works, placing the artist among the finest of second-generation Hudson River school painters.

The Walters Art Museum will have on view Landscape with Classical Ruins by Robert S. Duncanson-the first African American artist to receive international recognition-during a one-year exchange with the Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Ohio.

On Sunday, February 4 at 2:00 p.m., children and their families will experience the rousing and inspirational power of brass music as the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents "Bring on the Brass!" at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Conceived by BSO trumpeter Ed Hoffman, the program features a percussion-based multimedia presentation, as well as special guests, including the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets and students from Poly-Western High School's marching band.

The Baltimore Symphony's incoming Music Director Marin Alsop seems to have a magnetic pull for provocative and uniquely collaborative projects. Her longtime rapport with many of today's most established composers combined with her flair for tackling contemporary repertoire make her a leading candidate to conduct bold, complex new works.

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's SuperPops heats up February 9-11 with the renowned Preservation Hall Jazz Band along with vocalist Banu Gibson and The New Orleans Hot Jazz, bringing the music of New Orleans to the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.

The Walters Art Museum will present a stunning array of Korans from the ninth to the 19th century, highlighting the richness and variety of Islamic culture in Speaking the Word of God: Illuminated Korans from the Walters Art Museum. On view Feb. 3-April 29, 2007, the exhibition will display 22 Korans-Islam's central religious book. Muslims believe the Koran is the exact record of the words God spoke to the prophet Muhammad (ca. 570-632).

In her first return to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra podium in the 2006-2007 season, Music Director Designate Marin Alsop will conduct subscription concerts January 11-14, featuring a hallmark of the Alsop repertoire, Stravinsky's riot-prompting The Rite of Spring, and Richard Strauss' An Alpine Symphony.

On Saturday, January 27 at 8:00 p.m. at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, acclaimed conductor Carlos Kalmar leads the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in an evening of music inspired by the great playwright William Shakespeare. This celebration of the Bard's work features Nicolai's spirited Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor and Tchaikovsky's dramatic and deftly woven Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy.

On Tuesday, January 16 at 8:00 p.m. at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Soulful Symphony come together for the State of Maryland's 21st Annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Co-sponsored by the BSO and the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, the musical celebration marks the state's official observance of the national holiday honoring Dr. King.