Magic happens when music, dance and spoken word wraps and engulfs a space. An Evening of Artistic excellence is an annual concert series of Baker Artist Award winners. The first performance venue was the Enoch Pratt Free Library and for the past three years it has been held at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Featuring Carl Grubbs (saxophone), Vincent E. Thomas (dance/choreographer), Adam Hopkins (bass), and Rob Levit (guitar), and Eric Allen (drums) from 2009 to the current artists awarded the Baker Award and B Grant winners. The evenings are filled with toe-tapping, thigh slapping, head bopping, engaging and intriguing improvisation of music, spoken word, and dance.

Performance samples:
In 2009 we premiered "Carl's Blues" performed by Carl Grubbs and Vincent E. Thomas, a magical crowd favorite. An updated "Carl's Blues" was performed again in March 2010 at Theatre Project Baltimore. Also is a collaboration between Adam Hopkins and Vincent E. Thomas on "Prelude/Frustration" and "By and By" with Carl Grubbs (sax), Adam Hopkins (bass), Rob Levit (guitar), and Eric Allen (drums). 
In subsequent years, I have collaborated with Love the Poet, Shodekeh, and other artists.