Sounds of the season echo across Maryland. Here are a few of many musical events....

In Annapolis, the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts presents a series of December concerts.

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Parks hosts the University of Maryland School of Music holiday concerts, Dec. 6-7.

The Maryland Symphony Orchestra presents its annual “Home for the Holidays” concert in Hagerstown, Dec. 13-14.

African performance troupes stage a “Kwanzaa Celebration” at the Publick Playhouse in Cheverly, Dec. 27.

Also on Dec. 27, the Music Center at Strathmore in Bethesda features “A Chanukah Feast in Concert.”