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Cockeysville students' art complement Meyerhoff show
Twelve students from Cockeysville Middle School are having their artwork displayed at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. The exhibition coincides with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's February concert series, which includes a multimedia performance of...Tags: Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland), Music, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Philip Glass, Television
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No excuse for a cell phone in the symphony
In "Learning to live with the ringing" (Jan. 22), Tim Smith quotes Baltimore Symphony Orchestra director Marin Alsop as saying, "No one does these things [allows cell phones to ring during performances] intentionally. ... We have to try to be kind and...Tags: Culture, Cell Phones, Concerts, Music, Culture
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BSO takes a new approach to the holidays
A bevy of Santas will not tap-dance their way into Rockette-style formations onstage to help the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra celebrate the Christmas season this year.
That cute tradition, and the rest of the Holiday Spectacular presented by the BSO...Tags: Music, Religious Festivals, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Hanukkah, Concerts
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BSO to premiere concert version of 'Christmas Carol'
Composer Bob Christianson is nothing if not versatile.
He wrote a lot of pulsating music that accompanied episodes about several, um, energetic women in New York on the HBO series "Sex and the City." He has provided themes for Travel Channel's "Mysteries...Tags: ESPN (tv network), Music, Fiction, Charles Dickens, Religious Festivals
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Rethinking the Baltimore art scene for 2012
In the past 12 months, some especially high-energy creators have relocated from other metropolises and set up shop within city limits. While a scrappy inventiveness isn't new here — far from it — it could be that the city is reaching a...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Music, Inner Harbor, Customs and Tradition, Lobbying
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Marin Alsop: Readying the notes on legendary ladies
It's still late-summer, but classical musicians can hardly wait to get back into the concert hall for the 2011-2012 season.
One of the first to return is the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Marin Alsop leads a Gala Celebration concert Sept. 10 at...Tags: Aaron Copland, Howard County, Michael Feinstein, Harriet Tubman, Colleges and Universities
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Celebrate the symphony at BSO's gala fundraiser
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will hold its annual Celebration Gala fundraiser Sat., Sept. 10, 6:30 p.m., at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. The event will offer patrons an evening of entertainment and fine dining and a concert (at 8:30 p.m.)...Tags: Festive Events, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Colleges and Universities, Community College of Baltimore County
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BSO captures Baltimore in music
Some of the loudest, most propulsive sounds to be heard outside of an Ozzfest arena show hit unsuspecting Baltimore Symphony Orchestra audiences last year during a circus-theme program devised by music director Marin Alsop.
One of the thrashing works...Tags: Aaron Copland, Classical Music (genre), Arts, Great Allentown Fair, Fine Arts
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100 things we love about Baltimore -- Printable list
Baltimore Sun reporterA moody tavern. An extraordinary cocktail. The easy lapping of bay water against the banks of the Inner Harbor. Duckpin lanes. Old Bay. Art in an otherwise empty storefront. For all of these things, and for so many more, people love Baltimore. People feel...Tags: Corporate Officers, Baltimore Museum of Art, John Astin, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Restaurants
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BSO lights a new fire under 'Joan of Arc'
At the age of 16, a French villager named Jeanne d'Arc responded to what she said were the voices of saints, exhorting her to take up arms against English invaders. Dressed in male clothing, she led troops to victory in battle after battle before being...Tags: Music, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Brother (music group), The Passion of Joan of Arc (movie), Jay Leno
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Taking an Ax to a Brahms piano concerto
Some musicians develop firm ideas about how to play a particular piece and stick to them no matter what. Others keep their options wide open.
Emanuel Ax is one of the latter, which helps explain why this Polish-born pianist has been a major force in the...Tags: Emanuel Ax, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
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BSO review: A mix of high spirits, high drama
The penultimate program of the Baltimore Symphony's season balances feel-good orchestral pieces by Osvaldo Golijov and Benjamin Britten against a piano concerto by Johannes Brahms packed with darkly emotional drama. It makes for an engrossing combination....Tags: Emanuel Ax, Johannes Brahms, Memphis, Galileo Galilei, Henry Purcell
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