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The concert is for the kids.





The concert is by the kids. 




The Concert for Kids is back for 2025 with a blend of holiday music to get you excited for the winter season! This year the concert will feature the entire OM Performing Arts Department (Band, Choir, Guitar, Dance, Piano, Orchestra and Theatre), guest readers from WBAL Radio, and a visit from Santa!


Photo credit Jonathan Edelson


The Family Matinee is designed to keep our younger audience members entertained. With stories and a visit from Santa, your younger children will delight in the spirit and music of the holiday season.

The Holiday Pops evening concert is an expanded version of the Family Matinee.  Filled with holiday readings by our friends from WBAL radio, as well as an expanded selection of holiday music, this concert is sure to fill you with joy. 

All proceeds beyond our costs are donated directly to the WBAL Radio Kids Campaign.

The concert benefits the Campaign:  



Founded in 1983, the WBAL Radio Kids Campaign works to “advance the educational, vocational, recreational, civic and social development of children in underserved communities in the Baltimore region – expanding opportunity and belonging for every child in Baltimore through education, enrichment, and community programs.”


The concert is at the school.





A reminder:

2009 OMHS first identified the need for substantial repair.

2018 HCPSS identified the OMHS school building as  "no longer conducive to learning".

Since 2007, the annual Holiday Concerts, an ongoing initiative of Oakland Mills High School, have raised over $119,000 (and counting) to benefit the WBAL Radio Kids Campaign.  

Just imagine: if they had put all of that money into a legal fund perhaps they would have had more leverage to succeed in winning long-needed repairs to their woefully neglected school building. 

What you need to know: This is a joyful, stunningly musical and exuberant concert.  There’s nothing else like it in Howard County to experience holiday joy and the beauty of young people doing what they love. It is a community experience created for the purpose of helping others: kids helping kids.

Concerts are at 1 pm and at 7 pm today. Buy your tickets here. 


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