concerts
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- Andrew Donelan, was recently named an Outstanding Community Hero by the Baltimore Child Abuse Center for his work with victims of sexual abuse.
- The annual Maryland Deathfest, which takes place Thursday through Sunday, still believes in surprising attendees, who travel here from all over the world to see bands recreate some of the most extreme underground music made today.
- Eleven-year-old Carrie Geisler and her sister, 15-year-old Jessica Geisler, of Westminster, are using their love of music to help others. The siblings are holding a Hope for the Hungry concert from 6 to 8 p.m. May 30. The event, featuring country, pop and classical music, will be held in the Fellowship Hall at Saint Paul's United Church of Christ, at 17 Bond Street in Westminster.
- With a slew of awards to her name and a spot playing the violin in the Montclair State University orchestra this fall, Danielle Sinclair said she is happy she ended up attending Lansdowne High School.
- Anne Arundel has major cause for celebration in the 50th season of our unique outdoor Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre. At the historic former colonial blacksmith shop at 143 Compromise Street, across from City Dock, the challenges of presenting 50 seasons under the stars have shaped this troupe's identity.
- The Columbia Orchestra's Symphonic Pops concert offers something for everyone on Saturday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m. at the Jim Rouse Theatre at Wilde Lake High School. This season-ending program offers selections from movie scores and Broadway shows, jazz tunes, and a classical excerpt too.
- This month, the Carroll Singers choral group is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
- Alt-country trio The Lone Bellow and the worldbeat-influenced indie-poppers Rubblebucket -- two bands from Brooklyn, N.Y. -- will play WTMD's next First Thursdays concert on June 4, according to Scott Mullins, the station's program director.
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- Will Columbia be ready for another Deadhead invasion when four of the surviving members of the Grateful Dead come to town May 14 to play a sold-out show at Merriweather Post Pavilion?
- This summer, the Glenelg High School Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Barry Enzman, will perform at many of the famous jazz festivals in Europe. To raise money for the trip a contest was held to design a T-shirt which could be sold to promote the Jazz Under the Stars Concert.
- The return of Future Islands, the Baltimore-based synth-pop act, to the "Late Show With David Letterman" would have been noteworthy enough, given the impression singer Sam Herring and the group famously made on the mercurial host last year.
- BSO musicians will offer free performance in front of their concert hall; Bach in Baltimore will dedicate performance of Brahms' Requiem to Freddie Gray.
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- "Salute to the Armed Forces" Pops Concert, an annual event at Liberty High School, is set for 7 p.m. May 1 in the school's Schnorr Auditorium.
- The Music Man' returns to NCHS stage for shows at 7 p.m. May 1, 2, 8 and 9
- On May 15, Gin Blossoms, Fuel and Vertical Horizon will perform at Pimlico Race Course as a part of the Black-Eyed Susan Day concert the day before the Preakness Stakes.
- Jarrett Rettman, 20, musician, composer, lyricist, has been the energy and force behind the annual benefit concert at Arnolia United Methodist Church, which this year, takes place on April 25 at the church.
- In an effort to share the excitement of the stage with budding musicians and music lovers, the JoeyDCares Rock Orchestra is holding an open rehearsal showcase at the Freedom Optimist Hall, in Sykesville, April 24. The JoeyDCares Rock Orchestra consists of youth and adult musicians and singers who play concerts for charity, said Joey Dundore, founder, music director and executive director of the group. They practice weekly, with public performances given monthly on average, culminating in their
- Four country musicians from the Netherlands try to capture the Southern, small-town feel of Taneytown, forming bonds with its residents.
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- Open Rehearsal Showcase of JoeyDCares Rock Orchestra April 24 at Freedom Optimist Hall
- Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band will perform at the Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric on Oct. 28.
- The United States Marine Chamber Orchestra will be staging a rare public performance at Howard Community College April 12.
- Strand of Oaks, the indie-rock vehicle for Indiana singer/songwriter Tim Showalter, Pennsylvania alt-country rockers Marah and Nashville six-piece Kopecky are set to perform May 7 at Canton Waterfront Park, radio station WTMD announced on Tuesday, for the season's opening First Thursdays concert.
- Although the members of Big Ups ¿ a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based four-piece that blends punk, post-punk, noise and metal influences ¿ met at New York University, Baltimore influences are at their core.
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- Marriotts Ridge High School will host Jazz at the Ridge on Friday, April 10, at 7 p.m., in the MRHS Theater.
- Stephen Jacobsohn leaving Shriver Hall Concert Series for a music school job; Baltimore Symphony marketing/communications v.p. Eileen Andrews taking Kennedy Center p.r. post.
- For more than 50 years, J. Spencer Hammond has been a force in Baltimore's church music community. That community is coming together to honor him with a choral concert.
- In the final two concerts of Annapolis Chorale's current season, offers devotees what they relish – magnificent choral voices in performances of great classical works.
- A trio of rock and roll legends will transform the Laurel Mill Playhouse into a music hot spot this weekend with the return of award-winning tribute artist Jed Duvall.
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- America, cast your vote for Maryland's Shi Scott!
- Carroll County Bird Club offers many activities during year, locally and out of the area