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- Vocal artist Patti Austin will pay tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and "a lost tradition" in a Baltimore Symphony Orchestra pops program.
- New renewal process for subscribers means the same seats for all productions.
- Every performance by jazz singer Rene Marie is an act of validation. Sixteen years ago, she faced an ultimatum from her then-husband: abandon music or get out. She chose the latter course, and went on to enjoy an international career.
- African American female vocalists from the past several decades are the subject of a theater piece/musical revue created by the Baltimore troupe ArtsCentric.