June 19, 2013
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra delivers live performance of 'West Side Story' film score
By Marie Gullard | 06/12/13 03:00 PM
At any given time in a symphony's performance repertoire, Leonard Bernstein's score to the iconic 1961 blockbuster movie "West Side Story" would be an exceptional offering. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Music Director Marin Alsop, takes the beloved soundtrack a step...
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Carlos Kalmar, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra present love and fire at Strathmore
By Marie Gullard | 05/22/13 01:15 PM
Both romance and high energy are hallmarks in Saturday evening's Baltimore Symphony Orchestra concert at the Music Center at Strathmore. Under the baton of highly popular Spanish conductor Carlos Kalmar, the program features Prokofiev's Selections from "Romeo and Juliet," Narong Prangcharoen's...
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Gizmo promises 'a solid groove' at D.C. performance
By Marie Gullard | 05/16/13 04:40 PM
Don't look for a gremlin when checking out the music of Gizmo at Bohemian Caverns. Instead, expect a 22-year-old bass guitarist from Philadelphia named Kenneth Rodgers, whose parents nicknamed him after a favorite movie, "Gremlins." The name may be an attention-grabber, but it is the music of...
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Mickey Hart's Worlds Within Tour stops at Howard Theatre
By Marie Gullard | 05/13/13 02:20 PM
Mickey Hart, perhaps best known for his rhythmic genius on drums with the rock band Grateful Dead, is now in the process of picking up where he left off in his highly successful Worlds Within Tour. In a special performance at the Howard Theatre on Tuesday, he performs with his current group, the...
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Jazzmen Jim Hall, Joe Lovano setting up shop at Blues Alley
By Marie Gullard | 05/08/13 02:35 PM
Legendary jazz guitarist Jim Hall is one of those rare talents who finds it hard to accept accolades. His comments are often, "Oh, that's so nice," or his latest from a recent interview, "Good stuff just seems to happen, and I've been really privileged to make a living at it." The privilege, in...
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Old Bay Ceili Band seasons their music with Irish spirit
By Marie Gullard | 05/06/13 03:25 PM
The Old Bay Ceili Band plays straight-up, traditional dance music -- not rebel songs or pub tunes or even back-up sounds for step dancing. And when they perform this Tuesday on the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage, audiences will probably do one or both of two things -- clap along to the strong...
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Frack to the Future
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Downsize Ike
The beleaguered Eisenhower Memorial Commission holds its next public gathering later this month, and before its members duck-walk into the hearing room, huddled in a hoplite phalanx against a...
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The Lesson of Kermit Gosnell
What was the lesson of the Kermit Gosnell trial? Since the Philadelphia doctor was convicted last month of murdering three born-alive infants, two competing viewpoints have emerged.
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