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Albert Hall, opera singer
Albert Hall, a professional opera singer and choirmaster who began his singing career during his student days at City College, died May 13 from colon cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Towson resident was 89. The son of a plumber and a...
Tags: Celebrities, Albert Hall, Christianity, Culture, Roman Catholicism
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Howard County datebook Datebook
Thursday, May 9 School news The Board of Education holds a regularly scheduled meeting at 4 p.m. in the board room at 10910 Clarksville Pike in Ellicott City. Both the afternoon session and an evening session, which convenes at 7:30 p.m., begins with a...Tags: Anglicanism, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Christianity, Ellicott City, Entertainment
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All aboard for Fire Museum's Steam Show and gardening club's MayFair [Lutherville]
Don't be alarmed if you hear steam whistles and other loud noises on Saturday, May 4 — they will be emanating from the Fire Museum of Maryland's 36th annual Steam Show. Along with the steam fire engine demonstrations, the show features...Tags: Fires, Museums, Arts and Culture, Whitehall
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Peabody Conservatory receives $800,000 donation from former employee, alumna
A reception will be held Wednesday at the Peabody Conservatory in honor of the late Mary C. Walker, who upon her death donated $800,000 to the institution where she studied and worked for most of her life. The bulk of Walker's gift — $600,000...
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Young singers shine at Kodaly educators conference [Lutherville]
Local elementary and middle-school students performed in the Children's Choir at the Organization of American Kodaly Educators (OAKE) national conference in Hartford, Conn., March 20- 23. The students, representing Riderwood Elementary School, Dumbarton...
Tags: Music, Schools, Teachers, Students, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Mary Aitken, music teacher
Mary Aitken, a retired switchboard operator who taught music in Baltimore public schools, died of Alzheimer's disease March 28 at her home in the Ridervale section of Riderwood in Baltimore County. She was 89. Born Mary Wootsey Derr in Roanoke, Va., she...
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Charles C. Freitag, Calvert Hall music teacher
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 of heart failure at Stella Maris Hospice. The Mays Chapel resident was 92....Tags: University of Baltimore, Heart Failure, Ellicott City, Glen Burnie, Hamilton
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Baltimore Symphony announces 2013-14 season
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. “Sometimes through tragedy, whether a world war or a...
Tags: Marvin Hamlisch, Culture, Charlie Chaplin, Music, Barbra Streisand
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Hopkins scientist finds link between neurobiology of music, language
A Johns Hopkins brain scientist is finding a neurological basis for a notion that many people believe intuitively — that music is as much a form of language as Spanish or French. Charles Limb is one of just a handful of researchers worldwide...
Tags: Harvard University, Drugs and Medicines, Annapolis, National Institutes of Health, Fine Artists
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Isidor Saslav, BSO concertmaster
Isidor Saslav, a former Baltimore Symphony Orchestra concertmaster and Peabody Institute violin teacher, died of complications from cancer Jan. 26 at a hospital in Tyler, Texas. The former Mount Washington resident was 74.
Born in Jerusalem, he moved...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Baltimore School for the Arts, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Human Interest, Indiana University
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Memorial service Friday for Dr. Steven Muller
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 at the Peabody Institute's Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall, entrance at 17 E. Mount Vernon Place. Dr. Muller died Jan....Tags: Mount Vernon Place, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC
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Quartet spreads the love when it matters most, at Valentine's Day
Professor Donald S. Sutherland was on his way to meet a big potential donor, or so he thought, so the esteemed Peabody Conservatory faculty member figured he'd better not be late. Hurrying into the school's cafeteria, he scanned the place for his...
Tags: Music Industry, Cher, Holidays, Single Carrot Theatre, Music
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