Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

Hearing the voice behind 'West Side Story'

2013-06-08 00:00:00

UPDATE: This just in on June 13, 2013: Marni Nixon has had to cancel her scheduled appearance with the Baltimore Symphony this week due to what a press release from the orchestra describes as "a sudden temporary illness."� Read more on the Artsmash blog....

Coppin State again targeted for transformation

2013-06-09 15:46:00

When Tasha Wilkie helped out in the math department as an undergrad at Coppin State University, she dealt with some students who came in without basic skills. They didn't know their multiplication tables or how to work with fractions. "We have...

Business people - April 21

2013-04-21 00:00:00

Summit Dermatology CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — Greg Forsyth recently joined the practice of Summit Dermatology, an affiliate of Summit Health, at Summit Health Center, Building 2, 757 Norland Ave., Suite 204 in Chambersburg. He previously treated patients...

Lineup announced for 2013-14 Baltimore Speakers Series

2013-03-20 08:10:00

Humorist Dave Barry, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak are among those taking part in the 2013-2014 Baltimore Speakers Series. The seven-speaker series, sponsored by Stevenson University, kicks off Sept. 30 with author...

Organist Felix Hell showcased in Baltimore Symphony's French program

2013-03-18 07:58:00

When Meyerhoff Symphony Hall was built back in the early 1980s, there was space for a proper pipe organ to be installed, which would have made the facility even more valuable. Too bad there wasn’t any money. Since then, the Baltimore Symphony...

Louis C.K. to finish tour at the Meyerhoff in April

2013-03-13 11:00:00

Standup comedian and television auteur Louis C.K. announced on Twitter today that he will end his U.S. standup tour at Baltimore's Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall on April 6. Tickets are on sale now through the comedian's website. C.K. does not use...

Parents make financial commitment to supporting their children in Howard County orchestra program [Letter]

2013-02-26 08:07:00

Congratulations to the members of the Howard County Gifted and Talented High School Orchestra on their fine performance "Side by Side" with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra on Wednesday, Feb. 20 at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore. Howard County and...

The Baltimore Symphony delivers vivid Wagner program

2013-02-20 10:46:00

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra chose some of Richard Wagner’s most radiant and involving music for a program this weekend to mark the composer’s bicentennial year. The results were pretty radiant, too, Friday night at Meyerhoff Symphony...

A genius and an anti-Semite, Wagner

2013-02-09 00:00:00

It takes little effort to find severe problems with the character of Richard Wagner, the man who was born two centuries ago and, as he was the first to acknowledge, became one of history's greatest composers. It's much harder to dismiss his music, which...

Students sitting in with the Baltimore Symphony

2013-02-07 18:31:08

The stage at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall stands under a four-story-high ceiling, commanding an auditorium that seats more than 2,400 — bigger than any hall most students in the Howard County Gifted and Talented Orchestra have ever played. Soon after...

John Waters' 'Hairspray' keeps its hold on us

2013-01-22 05:33:00

"Hairspray" is the product that just keeps giving. In 1988, John Waters added indelibly to his in-a-class-by-itself filmography with this tale of youth, love, race relations, and irrepressible dancing in early-1960s Baltimore. Fourteen years later,...

Blizzard of '96 buried Baltimore 17 years ago

2013-01-08 09:55:00

Snowfall records this week date back to the Blizzard of 1996, one of the more memorable storms in a generation for the Baltimore area and across the Northeast. Accumulation topped a foot and a half as far south as Calvert and St. Mary's counties, and...

Coppin State University's graduation ceremony is held at Baltimore's Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Stand-up comedian Seinfeld returns to Baltimore with his jokes about the little things in life. • Event information:

2013-04-23 00:00:00

Louis C.K. will end his national tour at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall April 6. • Concert information:

2013-03-15 00:00:00