Daniel, who worked on the Hippodrome development project from 1997 to 2001, is moving to Baltimore with his wife and family from Houston, where he founded a media and entertainment company offering investment and development services.
"How can I not be excited?" he says. "This is a great community for a family. We're going to invest in Baltimore."
Candlelight Concerts '09-'10
The 37th season of Candlelight Concerts in Columbia will include the first installment of a two-year survey of the complete Beethoven string quartets. Six ensembles, American and European, will participate in the cycle, beginning with the Illinois-based Pacifica Quartet on Jan. 23.
The Ebene Quartet from France (Feb. 6) and Artemis Quartet from Germany (Feb. 27) will also be featured on the 2009-2010 portion of the Beethoven series.
Starting off the Candlelight lineup is soprano Emma Kirkby, the much acclaimed specialist in early music, who will perform a 17th-century program with lutenist Jakob Lindberg on Oct. 24. The Concertante Sextet will play Schoenberg's Verklarte Nacht and Brahms' G major Sextet, along with John Novacek's Three Rags, on Nov. 21. Cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan will perform works by Beethoven, Schumann, Shostakovich and others on March 13.
Providing the most concentrated dose of contemporary music next season will be the Del Sol Quartet, which has programmed works by Gabriela Lena Frank and Zhou Long, as well as Bartok, on April 10. The season will end June 13 with the winner of the 2010 Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition (chosen March 27).
The Artemis Quartet will be presented at St. John's Episcopal Church in Ellicott City. All other performances will be at Smith Theatre at Howard Community College. For ticket information, call 410-997-2324 or go to candlelightconcerts.org.
