Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Robert M. Coulbourn III, industrial designer

2012-06-01 10:24:00

Robert M. Coulbourn III, a retired industrial designer who had been active in the affairs of several Baltimore-area Episcopal churches, died May 23 of pneumonia at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. He was 87. The son of a salesman and a...

Like/Dislike: Katherine Needleman, BSO musician

2012-05-29 12:36:00

"It was a compulsion. I had no other choice," Katherine Needleman said regarding what lead her down the path to a career in music. "I would've been a pianist except my technique was too limited." Though she's experimented with many other instruments,...

Dr. Norman I. Zipper, optometrist

2012-05-20 13:28:32

Dr. Norman I. Zipper, a retired Baltimore optometrist active in the Jewish community, died of renal failure May 12 at his Pikesville home. He was 89. Born in East Baltimore and raised on South Ann Street, he was a 1940 City College graduate. As a young...

May: Save The Day

2012-05-01 14:04:00

May 5 Tour de Cure: 10-, 22-, 32- and 63-mile bike rides raise money to fight diabetes. 410-265-0075 x4675 or atighe@diabetes.org 5 Camp Day 2012: Family fun at Centennial Park. Expo of area camps. 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Contact Dawn Thomas as 410-313-4623...

Elizabeth 'Libby' Winstead, 73

2012-04-29 14:32:00

Elizabeth McKenrick Winstead, an award-winning knitter and Bryn Mawr School graduate who established a scholarship fund there, died Tuesday of cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. She was 73. Mrs. Winstead, who went by the nickname Libby, was born...

Frances D. Tompkins, hospital official

2012-05-04 21:44:14

Frances D. Tompkins, a registered nurse who had been vice president and director of nursing at Union Memorial Hospital, died Tuesday of complications from pneumonia at the Oak Crest Village retirement community. The longtime Stoneleigh resident was 92....

Alice P. Davies, co-owned resume writing business

2012-05-05 10:17:54

Alice Pinkham Davies, who helped thousands of clients with their business careers as the co-owner of a resume writing service, died of Alzheimer's disease Thursday at Gilchrist Hospice Care. She was 85 and lived in Towson. Born Alice Arnold Pinkham in...

Datebook

2012-04-20 00:00:00

Sunday, April 22 'Next to Normal' Red Branch Theatre Company presents this rock musical about a family trying to take care of itself the best way it knows how at 3 p.m. today at the Drama Learning Center, 9130-I Red Branch Road in Columbia. Tickets are...

Wilde Lake senior hits all the right chords with instrument drive

2012-04-20 07:39:00

A high school senior on her way to earning the highest award in Girl Scouts is hoping her efforts will be music to the ears of children in need. Christina Potis, 17, a student at Wilde Lake High School in Columbia, organized the inaugural musical...

Counting on the Schubert Octet this Sunday at Three

2012-04-25 10:27:00

Doing the math on the Schubert Octet speaks well for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and also for Howard County. That's because seven of the eight members of this chamber music ensemble are BSO players, and four of its members live in Howard County. The...

Catonsville High School student's talent with trombone has taken him to New England and New York City

2012-03-20 11:09:00

Seven years ago, Michael Shayte tested various brass and string instruments along with the rest of his fifth-grade class. But only the trombone called to him. "It just felt right when I started playing," he said, recalling that moment back in middle...

Dr. Raymond L. Markley Jr.

2012-03-11 15:20:00

Dr. Raymond L. Markley Jr., a retired Baltimore gynecologist whose specialty was female urology, died March 4 of pneumonia at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The former longtime Towson resident who was residing at Oak Crest Village, was 89. The son of...

Katherine Needleman, principal oboe with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and "Big Love" fan.

2012-05-29 00:00:00

Subscribers to the BSO's 2012-2013 season get the increasingly standard set of bonuses, including a discount on additional tickets; free ticket exchanges, in person or online; and discounted, prepaid parking. Also count on a coupon packet with deals at other places.

2012-05-06 14:04:34

Springtime means subscription offers sprouting up all over the place. Many performing arts groups depend on subscribers to stay financially stable, so the push begins early each year to coax people to sign up.

2012-05-06 13:19:29