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The title given to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's SuperPops offering this weekend strikes just the right note — "Marvin Hamlisch: One Singular Sensation." -
- Scrabble at the Bain Center perfect way for seniors to scrabble their brains.
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- Choir members from 21 area churches and synagogues, accompanied by pianists and a brass section of the U. S. Army Field Band, performed the seventh annual Sing for King to a full house at Laurel High's auditorium Sunday night.
- Pianist Jeremy Denk and Baltimore Symphony's principal bassoonist Fei Xie featured in program of conducted by Nicolas McGegan.
- Program that puts musical instruments into hands of school-kids to double in size
- Ruut DeMeo ¿ who goes professionally by her first name, Finnish for Ruth, pronounced "Root" ¿ spent her childhood in a house filled with music. When she went to the opera, she often saw a production composed by her grandfather, renowned composer Aulis Sallinen.
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- the Amelia Piano Trio appears for Candlelight Concerts on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 8 p.m. at Howard Community College's Smith Theatre.
- "Jazz at the Lake" is on Saturday, Jan. 18, at 7:30 p.m., in the Jim Rouse Theatre at Wilde Lake High School.
- Premiere of 'Where the Whangdoodle Sings' by Generous Company and first staging of 'Red Giant' by Rhymes With Opera have been among this month's offbeat fare in Baltimore.
- The viola is an important musical instrument in a string ensemble, but rarely does it enjoy a moment of its own in the musical spotlight. Well, it gets more than just a moment in the spotlight when the Fine Arts Quartet is joined by guest violist Roberto Diaz for a Candlelight Concerts program on Saturday, Jan. 11, at 8 p.m. in Howard Community College's Smith Theatre.
- 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.
- Cockeysville man, Josh Christina, at 18, is the youngest person to be named to the Maryland Country Music Hall of Fame, along with another member of their band, Good Old Stuff. Christina also released a CD as a solo artist in November.
- Linden-Linthicum United Methodist Church is doing just that by hosting an "Un-Hanging" of the Greens on Jan. 11.
- Baltimore Symphony Orchestra commissioned concerto by Towson University faculty member Jonathan Leshnoff, who dedicated it to classical guitarist and Peabody faculty member Manuel Barrueco.
- After permanently closing his successful musical instrument repair shop in North Laurel last month, Jim Tull said he is watching the next chapter of his life unfurl. On the agenda: Jumping in his RV and cruising to a yet-to-be purchased parcel of land in the heart of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley after his wife, Diana, retires.
- John Ciambruschini began learning to handcraft garments as a teenage apprentice to his father in Rome, tailoring made-to-order suits, slacks, dresses and skirts. Now 75, he heads design and quality for men's apparel retailer Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc.
- Congratulations to Clarksville Middle School musicians Simon Barn, Elizabeth Chen, Edward Chi, Joshua Kim, Christine Kwon, Stephanie Park and Karen Wang on being seletct from among thousands of young instrumentalists around the world to go to Chicago to attend the Midwest Clinic.
- The arts world tends to think in terms of September-to-June seasons, rather than calendar years, but it's still fun to look back on the past 12 months and relive the performances that offered extra satisfaction.
- The ballet company's reaction notwithstanding, Harford County Public Schools made the right decision in closing school buildings during the snow storm.
- Over the weekend Arian Khaefi conducted his first concert as artistic director of Handel Choir of Baltimore, and Shriver Hall Concert Series offered the Miro Quartet and pianist Shai Wosner.
- Andrew Spang, the band director at Folly Quarter Middle School, is proud to announce the selection of several of his student musicians to elite ensembles.
- When Columbia Pro Cantare performs "A Christmas Noel" on Sunday, Dec. 15, at 3 p.m., at Christ Episcopal Church in Columbia, the audience can expect an eclectic program.
- On Monday afternoon, Charlie Hughes, the lead singer/songwriter of the Baltimore indie-pop quintet Raindeer, gently fumbled through a phone interview about the year his band had.
- This is your last chance to score a home run with the Atholton Athletic Boosters during the annual holiday tree sale.
- "Zig Zag Wanderer" a book of stories that respond to different pieces of music, is being given away for free
- Nothing 'same old, same old' about this brilliant look at Stephen Sondheim
- Thunder Brigade, a program of the nonprofit Mighty Sounds Production, is just beginning to recruit members for what its organizers hope will be a competitive drum and bugle corps that will perform locally at sporting events, parades and concerts, and will compete in the 2014 DCA World Championships in Rochester, N.Y., in late August.
- The London-based composer George Frederick Handel's "Messiah" was first performed in Dublin in 1742, and it has been performed around the world ever since. Maintaining that tradition in Howard County, Columbia Pro Cantare performs its 27th annual "Messiah" on Sunday, Dec. 8, at 7:30 p.m. at the Jim Rouse Theatre at Wilde Lake High School.
