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Rev. Arthur Eugene Jones, a former pastor of the Jones Tabernacle Baptist Church who also ran the Maryland Baptist Aged Home, died of pneumonia Oct. 21 at Northwest Hospital Center. The Owings Mills resident was 88.

The famed mezzo-soprano, a faculty artist at the Peabody Conservatory, gave a moving performance of Mahler's 'Kindertotenlieder' with the school's orchestra.

Towson High School's Class of 1953 held its 60th reunion Sept. 27 and 28 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Hunt Valley. We asked some members of the class to recount life in Towson in the 1950s, their favorite memories, and where life took them after graduation.

Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore" was presented by Baltimore Concert Opera with an engaging cast that included tenor William Davenport and baritone Trevor Scheunemann.

For jazz aficionados, news that the Baltimore Jazz Alliance is planning to revive the old Sunday concerts that were sponsored by the Left Bank Jazz Society at the Famous Ballroom for years, will indeed be welcomed.

Maria G. Zannino, a longtime Highlandtown funeral director who was active in numerous Italian cultural and social organizations, died Saturday from complications of heart disease at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. She was 80.

Virginia Reinecke, who has been playing piano for more than eight decades, said she was elated to be able to perform again after shoulder replacement surgery.

Sidney S. Forrest, an esteemed clarinet teacher who had taught generations of students at the Peabody Conservatory of Music and the Levine School of Music in Washington, died Aug. 9 at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda from complications of a fall.

At 85, Baltimore musician Leon Fleisher continues rigorous performing and mentoring schedule.

West Howard County briefs

BCO music director Markand Thakar works with 10 young conductors form the U.S. and abroad in public sessions devoted to Beethoven and Schubert symphonies.

West Howard County briefs

Howard County datebook

Howard County datebook

Howard County datebook

Composer D.J. Sparr grew up in Carroll County, graduated from Baltimore School for the Arts

Albert Hall, a professional opera singer and choirmaster who had started his singing career during his student days at City College, died May 13 from colon cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 89.

Howard County datebook

Howard County datebook

Fire Museum of Maryland's 36th annual Steam Show is May 4, Lutherville Garden Club holds MayFair on May 4,

The bulk of Mary C. Walker's bequest will be spent on undergraduate scholarships

The Ladies Auxiliary of St. Michael's Catholic Church will hold a Friendship Tea Party on April 20 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the church's multi-purpose room.

Local children perform in Children's Choir at the Organization of American Kodaly Educators conference,

Mary Aitken, a retired switchboard operator who had taught music in public schools, died of Alzheimer's disease March 28 at her home in the Ridervale section of Riderwood in Baltimore County. She was 89.

Charles C. Freitag, the longtime director of the music program at Calvert Hall College High School where he was also a founder of its marching, concert and dance bands, died Monday from heart failure at Stella Maris Hospice. The Mays Chapel resident was 92.

Irish flutist Laura Byrne of Hamilton in demand around St. Patrick's Day and will perform nine shows in nine days. She has also organized an Irish Arts Festival in Towson running April 26-27.

Researcher Charles Limb tracked the areas of the brain that light up and shut off when jazz pianists are improvising

There's a light and dark theme running through the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's 2013-2014 season, which includes works dealing with great loss, as well as great compassion.

Isidor Saslav, a former Baltimore Symphony Orchestra concert master and Peabody Institute violin teacher, died of complications of cancer Jan. 26 at a hospital in Tyler, Texas. The former Mount Washington resident was 74.

A memorial service for Steven Muller, president emeritus of the Johns Hopkins University, will be held from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Friday.

As their favorite day beckons, the Valentonez carry on their mission – "serenading Baltimore, one valentine at a time."

Lynn Taylor Hebden, a Baltimore soprano who headed the Peabody Preparatory Department for more than two decades and was also a Peabody Conservatory faculty member, died Sunday from complications of breast cancer at her Roland Park home. She was 84.

Steven Muller, former president of the Johns Hopkins University and a major figure in American higher education, died Saturday of respiratory failure at his Washington home. He was 85.

The former president of the Johns Hopkins University and a major figure in American higher education, died Saturday of respiratory failure at his Washington home.

This set up the biggest manhunt in this area to date, but the gunman appeared to have gotten away

Retired music teacher C. Scott Sharnetzka was honored Monday night by the Harford County Board of Education as the newest inductee into the Harford County Public Schools Educator Hall of Fame.

Looming budget shortfall could force the orchestra to cut programs and staff

Lutherville's annual CROP Walk will be Sunday, Oct 28, beginning at St. Paul's Lutheran Church on Kurtz Avenue in Historic Lutherville.

The One Maryland One Book program picks up steam this weekend, as the author of "The Cellist of Sarajevo" visits the Baltimore Book Festival and makes other appearances around the state.

It isn't unusual for students to remember the impact a teacher had on them well into adulthood, but on Saturday, many students of former Baltimore music teacher Lucille Marcus Brooks had an unusual opportunity to tell her — more than a half-century after they sat in her classroom.

Baltimore music teacher brings instruments to Uganda

Black Professional Men awards scholarships to Baltimore youth

Martha Jane Schneider, a piano teacher and church organist, died June 24 of pneumonia at an assisted-living facility in Clemmons, N.C. The former longtime Cambridge resident was 92.

Nora Ephron came to Baltimore to film Sleepless in Seattle, but she would have stayed for the food

Musician's career spanned the bump and grind of Block burlesque houses to the rarefied atmosphere of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and academe

Even with the threat of tornadoes and severe weather, Harford Christian's 2012 Commencement carried on Friday evening with the largest graduating class in the school's history.

Edwin Roger Fitzgerald, a retired professor who taught in the Johns Hopkins University Mechanics and Materials Department for nearly 40 years and whose hobby was farming, died May 11 from complications of a stroke at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson. He was 88.