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Millie Tyssowski, a retired Medicare executive and Social Security Administration budgeting official, died of congestive heart failure May 16 at Sinai Hospital. The Dickeyville resident was 93.

Marriotts Ridge High School finally boarded their buses and convoyed to Virginia Beach for this year's spring music trip. The following day, the students competed in the Fiesta-Val Music Festival,

Morton, 42, never made it on stage at Toby's, but he's done OK for himself. The Columbia native and graduate of Berklee College of Music has toured with Paul Stanley of the band KISS, was the regular drummer for Cher during a stint in Las Vegas and played with Madonna at the 2002 Grammy Awards.

Last year, as senior jazz majors in Towson University's music program, Dan Ryan and Greg Wellham built the foundation of Super City's first song, "Find You," around a circular guitar pattern.

Remarks by pianist Katherine Harris Rick about her friend and Russian Trio colleague, cellist Dmitry Volkov, delivered at a memorial at Peabody Conservatory.

Daniel Heifetz, president & founder of the Heifetz International Music Institute, pays tribute to cellist Dmitry Volkov, who died this month at the age of 26.

Baltimore a cappella group produces all-original album

Production of Peter Shaffer's 1979 hit play features robust performances in the lead roles of Mozart and Salieri.

The Long Reach High School Band, Orchestra and Choir were invited to Disney World April 9-13 to perform in both Epcot and the Magic Kingdom.

At Sunday's Art Outside event, local artists and crafters will gather at Druid Hill Park in a revival of sorts of the city's free al-fresco community art festivals of the 1950s and 1960s.

Pianist Emanuel Ax played a brilliant recital of Brahms and new Brahms-inspired works by Brett Dean, Missy Mazzoli in season finale of Shriver Hall Concert Series.

This summer, Laurel's teenage musicians will have an opportunity to share their talents with community members and industry professionals at the second annual Laurel Youth Music Showcase.

Congratulations to Ally Schito! The Centennial High School senior won a silver medal for her mixed media painting titled, "Adding a Dimension" in the renowned Scholastic Art and Writing competition, a national art contest sponsored by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers.

In 2010, comedian Louis C.K. appeared on the popular podcast WTF with Marc Maron and recounted the ¿severely life-changing moment¿ that was the first time he saw Robert Downey Sr.¿s 1969 advertising-world spleen-vent and black-power pasquinade, Putney Swope.

A full slate of arts activities are available to seniors in retirement communities, from in-house concerts to a woodworking shop

When Lyric Opera Baltimore closes its season with Verdi's first hit, 'Nabucco,' the audience will not only get to hear an encore of a choral number, but sing along with it.

A musician who has pioneered the use of the bass clarinet as a solo instrument and two sculptors were named Thursday as the winners of the 2014 Baker Artist Awards

The Anne Arundel Community College Symphony Orchestra continues to surpass audience expectations under music director and conductor Anna Binneweg, now in her eighth season at the college.

University of Maryland Symphony musicians will play Copland's 'Appalachian Spring' from memory while performing choreography devised by Liz Lerman at Clarice Smith Center.

The Mahler work, which Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony recorded in 2008, is on a program that also features Rachmaninoff's 'Rhapsody' with pianist Yekwon Sunwoo.

The term "prodigy" has followed bluegrass singer/songwriter Sierra Hull for more than half of her life.

Mark your calendar for the 19th annual Consignment Sale and Auction, which benefits the Howard County Antique Farm Machinery Club in West Friendship.

Everyone from Sinatra and the Supremes to the Monkees makes this rundown of the top Billboard Hot 100 tracks 47 years ago.

On Thursday, The Crown in Baltimore's Station North will host the next KAHLON, a branded concert with a party vibe and an open-minded attitude.

The River Hill choir participated recently in the World Strides Heritage Festival at George Mason University along with students throughout the region from North Carolina to New York. Under the leadership of music teacher/choral director Amy T. Hairston, the students performed masterfully.

Members of the Columbia Orchestra get to explore compositions written for smaller ensembles when they perform a free chamber concert on Sunday, April 27, at 3 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church in Columbia.

f you want to see a documentary made with passion and guaranteed to rock your soul at least two or three times before the final credits roll, don't miss "Muscle Shoals" at 9 tonight on WETA-TV (Channel 22), Washington's PBS outlet.

Fells Point is known for a lot of things — cobblestone streets, fun bars, seafood — but Italian fare is not among them. Anastasia, the newest offering from Kali's Restaurant Group could change that.