Classical Music (genre)

'Take Five' with Eric Mintel Quartet and Columbia Pro Cantare

2012-05-02 14:14:00

Jazz and classical music come together on the same stage when the Eric Mintel Quartet and the Columbia Pro Cantare join forces for a program of choral works composed by jazz pianist Dave Brubeck on Saturday, May 5 at 8 p.m. in the Jim Rouse Theatre at...

Pacifica concert is the Candlelight prescription

2012-04-12 07:01:00

Classical music is said to soothe the soul, but can it calm an upset stomach? Ellicott City resident Dr. Christopher Shih, a gastroenterologist who plays a little piano on the side, is likely to make listeners feel better when he appears as a guest artist...

Gryphon Trio: 'We love Beethoven'

2012-02-16 10:23:00

The Gryphon Trio will be thinking a lot about Beethoven when this Canadian ensemble performs locally for the Candlelight Concert Society Saturday, Feb. 18 at 8 p.m. at Howard Community College's Smith Theatre. "We love Beethoven," cellist Roman Borys...

Classical debut for Centennial High graduate

2012-03-16 09:22:52

Columbia Pro Cantare is marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of two composers who were born in 1862, Debussy and Delius, as well as the 100th anniversary of the death of Massenet in 1912, at its concert Sunday, March 18 at 3 p.m. at First...

Celebrity traveler: Shodekeh's musical treks

2012-03-16 16:47:00

It's easy for internationally renowned musician Shodekeh to journey with just carry-on luggage; his instrument travels in his soul. The Baltimore-based beatboxer and vocal percussionist performs in a multitude of genres and music domains, including dance...

PBS treats Baltimore's Cab Calloway as an American Master

2012-02-24 15:08:00

It's not often in judging the biography of a great artist that you can just pick up the phone and call one of the people who knew him best — and remains a principal keeper of the historical flame. But that is exactly the case with Cab Calloway, the...

Weekend filled with choices for music lovers

2012-03-14 15:19:00

The classical music calendar is covered with notes in Howard County this weekend. That's because there are several local concerts scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, March 17 and 18. Much as music lovers might like to be in two places at the same time,...

Project aims for national standard in music education

2011-12-20 14:51:00

For generations, music students have been getting gold stars, certificates and other pats on the back from their teachers. But a budding musician with high marks in one state is not necessarily on the same level, judged by the same criteria, as a...

BSO takes a new approach to the holidays

2011-12-03 00:00:00

A bevy of Santas will not tap-dance their way into Rockette-style formations onstage to help the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra celebrate the Christmas season this year. That cute tradition, and the rest of the Holiday Spectacular presented by the BSO...

SSO to perform 'Holiday Melodies and Peanuts' Saturday

2011-11-30 12:39:00

The Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra presents its popular holiday concert Saturday, Dec. 3. This year, it's "Holiday Melodies and Peanuts" — the Charles Schulz kind. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at Bel Air High School, 100 Heighe St. in Bel Air....

American String Quartet plays Candlelight concert

2012-01-26 11:06:00

In classical music terms, one quartet plus one quartet equals an octet. You can hear that mathematical formula for yourself when the American String Quartet is joined by the Ariel String Quartet for a Candlelight Concert Society program on Saturday, Jan....

Blockbusters from the BSO

2012-01-21 00:00:00

It is possible to quibble with the idea of cramming three blockbuster works into a single program, but the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra carries it off. Ravel's "Bolero," that brilliant study in rhythmic and melodic reiteration, not to mention crescendo,...

Director As project director of New York City Opera's VOX series, in which scenes from new and sometimes experimental operas receive workshop-style tryouts, the young director Yuval Sharon discovered plenty about the potential of new opera in America.

2011-12-28 11:43:02

He began as a baritone, and now -- in part because as he ages his voice has naturally lowered but mainly because he still covets juicy new roles -- Domingo has gingerly returned to those roots with Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra.

2011-12-28 11:42:53

Choristers You want faces? The biggest event of Gustavo Dudamel's "Mahler Project" will be a performance of the Eighth Symphony, known as "Symphony of a Thousand." at the Shrine Auditorium on Feb. 4.

2011-12-28 11:42:58