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{{Infobox choir<br />
| name = Handel Choir of Baltimore<br />
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| founding = 1935<br />
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| genre = [[choir]] and [[oratorio]]<br />
| members = 50 singers<br />
| executive director = <br />
| music director = Brian Bartoldus <br />
| board of directors = <br />
| choirmaster = <br />
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| choir admission = Audition<br />
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| headquarters = 120 Allegheny Avenue, Towson, Maryland 21204<br />
| website = {{URL|www.handelchoir.org}}<br />
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The '''Handel Choir of Baltimore''' is a [[choir]] and [[oratorio]] society based in [[Baltimore, Maryland]], which has been performing since the 1930s. The ensemble is known for its annual performances of [[George Frideric Handel]]'s [[Messiah (Handel)|''Messiah'']], an unbroken tradition since 1935. During the tenure of Melinda O'Neal,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.handelchoir.org/MelindaO%27Neal.htm |title=Melinda O'Neal |website=www.handelchoir.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504185123/http://www.handelchoir.org/MelindaO%27Neal.htm |archive-date=2006-05-04}}</ref> Artistic Director and Conductor from 2004 to 2013, the Choir inaugurated the Handel Period Instrument Orchestra, an [[historically informed performance]] group. In 2007, the Handel Choir of Baltimore and the Handel Society of Dartmouth College commissioned a work by Jonathan Leshnoff<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jonathanleshnoff.com/ |title=Home |website=jonathanleshnoff.com}}</ref> which came to be known as ''Requiem for the Fallen''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2008/02/15/leshnoffs-dark-but-hopeful-requiem/ | title=Leshnoff's dark but hopeful 'Requiem' }}</ref> In February 2008, Handel Choir joined with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra to present the premiere performance of the Requiem.<br />
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In 2013, O'Neal was succeeded by Arian Khaefi.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.handelchoir.org/Arian_Khaefi_bio.htm |title=Arian Khaefi |website=www.handelchoir.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114185223/http://www.handelchoir.org/Arian_Khaefi_bio.htm |archive-date=2014-11-14}}</ref> Khaefi was also an assistant professor in the music department at [[Towson University]] and was the university's Director of Choral Activities.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.towson.edu/music/faculty/fac-khaefi.asp | title=Department of Music }}</ref> Khaefi stepped down in 2017 and was succeeded by Interim Artistic Director and Conductor Brian Bartoldus<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.brianbartoldus.com/bio/ | title=Bio }}</ref> who lead the ensemble in 2017-2018 while the board of trustees conducted its search for a replacement. Bartoldus now serves as the permanent artistic director and conductor.<br />
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