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Live and Local: Ganz's classical homecoming headlines week of events
Concerts
Pianist Brian Ganz will return to his hometown of Columbia to once again perform at the Sundays at Three chamber music concert series this Sunday, Nov. 6, p.m., at Christ Episcopal Church, located at 6800 Oakland Mills Road.
Ganz is now based...Tags: Franz Liszt, Music Industry, Concerts, Religion and Belief, Annapolis
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Three vying for Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra's baton
richardb@herald-mail.comWhen Mark McCoy left as chairman of Shepherd University’s music department earlier this month, he also left the Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra without a conductor. Friends of Music, the community support group that McCoy helped organize in 2007 when...Tags: Education, Concerts, Entertainment, Colleges and Universities, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania)
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Amy Winehouse and the 'girl group' sound
![When Amy Winehouse's album "Back to Black" first appeared on American charts, I was teaching the History of Rock at Johns Hopkins. Given my focus on the history of musical genres, I was immediately struck by her innovative use of the past. Ms. Winehouse was interested in the "girl groups" of the early 1960s, a music that was generally dismissed as frivolous. She heard those songs differently and created a contemporary version of that music style that is still fresh and relevant.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-07/63493059-25103608.jpg "When Amy Winehouse's album "Back to Black\" first appeared on American charts, I was teaching the History of Rock at Johns Hopkins. Given my focus on the history of musical genres, I was immediately struck by her innovative use of the past. Ms. Winehouse was interested in the \"girl groups\" of the early 1960s, a music that was generally dismissed as frivolous. She heard those songs differently and created a contemporary version of that music style that is still fresh and relevant.")
When Amy Winehouse's album "Back to Black" first appeared on American charts, I was teaching the History of Rock at Johns Hopkins. Given my focus on the history of musical genres, I was immediately struck by her innovative use of the past. Ms. Winehouse...Tags: History (tv network), The Big Bopper, Alan Freed, Rock and Roll (genre), Contemporary Music (genre)
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Baltimore County music teacher brings drumming to school
With 600 students, including a significant percentage of immigrants, music teacher Diane Schaming wanted to try something new to interest the children in the music of different cultures.
So last summer she went to Africa and brought back music to...Tags: Education, Opera (genre), Entertainment, Africa, International Travel
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Renowned Austin Girls Choir to give concert in North East June 22
Austin Girls' Choir's tour ensemble, directed by a former Havre de Grace resident, will be in North East on Wednesday, June 22, to sing a free concert at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary Anne's Episcopal Church at 315 S. Main St.
Twenty-one girls age 10 to 18...Tags: Colleges and Universities, New Mexico, Education, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Texas
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Pianist Hanchien Lee up to challenge of Mozart, Chopin, Schumann, Ravel, Liszt
Lehigh Valley MusicBy Philip A. Metzger Special to The Morning Call I n the introduction to young pianist Hanchien Lee, featured performer in Friday’s opening Muhlenberg College piano series, much was made of the fact that she’d just received her doctorate from.... -
Danish composer raised standards at Peabody Conservatory
Even the most steeped-in-Baltimore-history types might stare blankly at the mention of Asger Hamerik, but the Danish composer played a crucial, longtime role in the city's cultural history. Hamerik arrived in Baltimore in 1871 to become the second...Tags: Lyric Opera of Baltimore, Music Industry, Health and Safety at School, History, Arts and Culture
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Peabody players strike a note of volunteerism
Baltimore Sun reporterThe homeless who line up for meals from the Our Daily Bread service center in the shadow of the Jones Falls Expressway might receive something in addition to the physical nourishment one Sunday in May. If current plans pan out, they'll hear classical...Tags: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Music, Music Industry, Classical Music (genre), Schools
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Chairman of the music department at Shepherd University leaving Shepherdstown
Mark McCoy, chairman of the music department at Shepherd University, has been appointed dean of the School of Music at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind., effective August 1, Shepherd University announced this week. McCoy completes a 16-year...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Politics, Elections, Education, Marvin Hamlisch
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Singing the life fantastic
Darci Bultema and Michael Skyles feel fortunate to have jobs at the same school.
Both teach voice at Northern State University.
“We hit academic lottery,” Bultema said. “That’s what we call it. It’s actually a term...Tags: Concordia University Chicago, Colleges and Universities, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Opera (genre), Theater
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Shining a light on Baltimore's arts scene
On Tuesday, three Baltimore-area artists will each win $25,000 for the Baker Artist Awards and a select few will discover they are finalists for the $25,000 Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize. We should all be celebrating. These major awards shine a...Tags: Maryland Film Festival, Baltimore Museum of Art, Movies, Artscape, Entertainment
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MSO concert features French romantic music
katec@herald-mail.comOoh la la! The Maryland Symphony Orchestra will present "A French Feast" this weekend, the third Masterworks concert of the season. "This is a program I truly love," Music Director Elizabeth Schulze wrote in an e-mail. "Every piece just shines." The...Tags: Education, Music Industry, Washington County (Maryland), Annapolis, Caribbean Sea
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