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the New York Chamber Soloists promises to assert itself on stage for a Candlelight Concert Society program on Saturday, April 5, at 7 p.m. at Howard Community College's Smith Theatre. - Sundays at Three chamber music series will feature five Baltimore Symphony Orchestra woodwind and string section leaders performing on Sunday, April 6, at 3 p.m., at Christ Episcopal Church in Columbia.
- Columbia's Red Branch Theatre Company is about to have two musicals running in repertory that hopefully won't have the theater staff running out of breath. The pairing is titled "The Love/Loss Cycle." It consists of "The Last Five Years," opening on Friday, April 4, and "john and jen," opening on April 18.
- Sundy Best and Go Go Gadjet will also perform at the Lorde-headlined InfieldFest.
- The Howard County Concert Orchestra's music director, Ronald Mutchnik, will be seated rather than standing when his orchestra does a "Magnificent Mozart" program on Sunday, March 23, at 4 p.m., at St. John's Episcopal Church in Ellicott City.
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- The beat goes on in 2014, at least when it comes to capital jazz in Annapolis provided by a program nurtured by the late Joe Byrd and, before that, by his brother Charlie Byrd. A tradition set by those two will again draw major talent to Annapolis this year for a series of jazz concerts at 49 West Café and at O'Callaghan's Hotel.
- There is a lot of great music that the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has not programmed lately, if at all, music that audiences should be hearing.
- The flier may have read "record release show," but Mt. Royal's concert last Saturday in Charles Village felt more like a celebratory gathering of close friends and family.
- But celebrating 50 years of The Beatles shows the band was more than a passing fad; it's a testimony to their enduring appeal. Current musical groups and figures such as Arcade Fire, Flaming Lips, Gnarls Barkley and Tori Amos credit The Beatles for their own creative directions. Go to a film revival showing "Yellow Submarine," and you will find 6 year olds joyfully jumping up and down in the seats and aisles.
- Former WWE diva and TNA knockout Mickie James will be appearing at the Maryland Championship Wrestling show in Joppa on Saturday night.
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- Program that puts musical instruments into hands of schoolkids inspires similar programs in Austria, Brazil and Iraq
- At the Perry Hall Folk Music Night, democracy prevails; the performers are often in the audience and audience members get to perform.
- "Jazz at the Lake" is on Saturday, Jan. 18, at 7:30 p.m., in the Jim Rouse Theatre at Wilde Lake High School.
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- The Columbia Orchestra gets to do a lot of big pieces during the season, but it also has a free chamber music concert series that puts the focus on smaller pieces. Its next chamber concert is on Sunday, Jan. 19, at 3 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church in Columbia.
- For more than 25 years, Bob and Linda Chasnow have followed musician Robyn Helzner's career. The Columbia couple watched her play guitar and lead stories during children's services at a Washington synagogue. They attended her concerts, where she performs both as a solo artist and as a member of the Robyn Helzner Trio.
- Baltimore Symphony Orchestra commissioned concerto by Towson University faculty member Jonathan Leshnoff, who dedicated it to classical guitarist and Peabody faculty member Manuel Barrueco.
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- Days after hearing Annapolis Chorale's Messiah at St Anne's Church, we complete holiday traditions by reflecting on another rewarding performing arts year in Anne Arundel County.
- It's been a glorious season of performance on our local stages, and there are still a few opportunities to let music and dance carry us through the holidays.
- It's been a glorious season of performance on our local stages, and there are still a few opportunities to let music and dance carry us through the holidays.
- A young classical music trio that is making a name for itself, MiXt performs for the Candlelight Concert Society on Saturday, Dec. 14, at 8 p.m. at Howard Community College's Smith Theatre. It's the first time MiXt has appeared in the Candlelight series.
- Nothing 'same old, same old' about this brilliant look at Stephen Sondheim
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- In Anne Arundel County, we celebrate Christmas on stages at Maryland Hall or at Anne Arundel Community College's Kauffman Theater or St. John's College's Key Auditorium or the Chesapeake Arts Center and at several area churches.
