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Betty G. Hocker, a retired Baltimore opera singer who wrote the "Fort McHenry March" during the nation's bicentennial, died Saturday from complications of dementia at Stella Maris Hospice. She was 101.

Celebrated mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves prepares to join Peabody Conservatory voice faculty

Helen G. Rigler, a former educator and opera buff, died Saturday of heart failure at Mercy Medical Center. She was 93.

The Rev. James J. McNamee III, a retired Episcopal priest who had pastored St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Annapolis, died Friday of cancer at his home in the Ambassador Apartments in Tuscany-Canterbury. He was 76.

The program's flexible format will allow audience members to choose the order in which the pieces are presented. The repertoire will include traditional classical works for voice and piano as well as songs by modern American composers. Composers represented will be Barber, Granados, Milhaud, Mozart, Oldham, Purcell, Rorem, Strauss, Vercoe, Verdi, Walker and Wolf.

Gladys W. Winter, a homemaker and supporter of several Baltimore cultural institutions, died Wednesday of emphysema at her Cross Keys home. She was 88.

10 awkward questions with Baltimore singing valentines troupe the Valentonez

European composers still tend to dominate most classical music programs in the United States, but the Columbia Orchestra makes a case for our country in a program titled "American Inspirations."

Launched by Carnegie Hall in New York and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, the program seeks to establish a national standard in the United States for measuring and rewarding musical skills in students of all ages.

Santa will once again ride through our neighborhoods on the Lutherville Volunteer Fire Company fire engine this holiday season.

On Saturday, December 3, the Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra presents its popular holiday concert. This year, it's "Holiday Melodies and Peanuts"—the Charles Schulz kind

With 600 students, including a significant percentage of immigrants, music teacher Diane Schaming, wanted to try something new to interest her students in the music of different cultures.

The Baltimore Music Club's November Concert will be held this Sunday, Nov. 13, at the Towson facility of the Peabody Conservatory, 949 Dulaney Valley Road.

With 6,000 players, 1,000 coaches and nine much-used fields, the Soccer Association of Columbia is a local success story.

Assisted young musicians in gaining an audience

Assisted young musicians in gaining an audience

Appreciation by associate dean of Peabody Conservatory reflects on how Amy Winehouse reinterpreted a sound from a seemingly innocent time for the modern age.

Downtown resident puts on her walking shoes and ends up falling in love with her adopted city

Company will premiere work by David Smooke at Windup Space