NEWS
March 15, 2012
The Robert Sykes Quartet will perform at the Noteworthy Sundays at Your Library Concert April 1 at the Leonard P. Snyder Memorial Branch Library at 12624 Broadfording Road in Clear Spring. The concert begins at 3 p.m. The quartet features Washington County jazz pianist Robert Sykes, Matt Lewis on bass, Bob Jones on drums and Anita Thomas on saxophone. The group performs a variety of jazz styles based in the mainstream jazz tradition of the Be-Bop and Post-Bop era. To reserve seats, call 301-739-3250, ext. 123.
NEWS
May 10, 2013
Band and orchestra students at Barbara Ingram School for the Arts will combine with the Potomac Valley Youth Orchestra of Montgomery County, Md., to present a Mother's Day concert of music for large orchestra. The concert will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday at The Maryland Theatre in Hagerstown. Featured on the program will be Overture to Arthur Sullivan's “The Yeoman of the Guard,” the “Presto Finale” to Mozart's Symphony No. 36, Gershwin's “Little Rhapsody in Blue” with pianist Jessan Groenendyk, and Rossini's Overture to “The Italian Girl in Algiers.” Also featured at the concert will be Potomac Valley Orchestra's concerto competition winner Marie Hodges performing Beethoven's Violin Sonata in F. Barbara Ingram will feature All-State alto saxophonist Hansu Sung in Eugene Bozza's Improvisation and Caprice.
NEWS
August 9, 2011
The Drucks, a husband and wife singing duo from Pennsylvania, will perform today from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Washington County Senior Center at Girls Inc., 626 Washington Ave., Hagerstown. The couple travels throughout the country proclaiming the gospel through their ministry of music that began in the late 1970s. It became a full-time mission once they retired in 2002. For more information, go to www.thedrucks.org. For more information about the concert, call 301-671-2368.
NEWS
By TIFFANY ARNOLD | July 29, 2010
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. -- The voices of 86 cellos will reverberate throughout Laird Hall on Friday. A free cello choir concert at Wilson College will conclude a week-long workshop dedicated to the tenor of strings. The workshop, in its 10th year, was coordinated by Cellospeak, a Virginia-based educational nonprofit for student cellists who are adults. "It's very much different for adults to study later in life," said Dorothy Amarandos, Cellospeak founder and artistic director. "Children learn much more readily than adults.
NEWS
January 15, 2008
The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts will present the Museum Consort in a performance from the George W. Comstock Library - A Memorial Concert on Sunday, Jan. 27, at 2:30 p.m. A reception, hosted by members of the museum's volunteer organization, the Singer Society, will be held following the performance. Dr. George W. Comstock, who passed away on July 15, 2007, was a physician and professor emeritus at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He was a distinguished epidemiologist who conducted seminal research on tuberculosis, and was regarded by his peers as the world's foremost expert on the disease.
LIFESTYLE
November 3, 2012
The Irish Session Lads will be in concert Friday, Nov. 16, at 8 p.m. at Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church. Cleek Schrey anchors the band with fiddle and piano accompaniment, Sean McComiskey drives the rhythm with the button accordion and Stuart Jackson plays the Irish uilleann pipes. Tickets cost $18 for adults, $15 for seniors, $12 for members and $8 for children/students. Shepherd University students get in free with their Rambler ID. For more information, call 304-263-2531 or go to http://smad.us/concerts .
NEWS
Jamie Shekels | Around Halfway | August 21, 2013
C&O Canal days concert A concert by the Williamsport Community Band honoring lifelong Williamsport resident Lula (Brant) Harsh will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. at Byron Memorial Park in Williamsport. Lula grew up on the canal at Lockhouse 44 where her father, Harvey Brant, was the lockkeeper, opening and closing the lock, getting the canal boats through and on their way. Lula celebrated her 100th birthday last September....
NEWS
April 29, 2010
The concert with radio show host and recording artist John Tesh originally scheduled for May 7 at The Maryland Theatre has been postponed to a later date to be determined. Current ticket holders should contact The Maryland Theatre, 21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown, MD at 301-790-2000 or online at mdtheatre.org for refunds. For more information regarding Tesh, the new Hagerstown concert date or "The John Tesh Radio Show," go to http://www.tesh.com .
ENTERTAINMENT
April 30, 2010
The concert with radio show host and recording artist John Tesh originally scheduled for May 7 at The Maryland Theatre has been postponed to a later date to be determined. Norm Slemenda, general manger of Prettyman Broadcasting, made the announcement Thursday. Current ticket holders should contact the Maryland Theatre, 21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown at 301-790-2000 or online at mdtheatre.org for refunds. For more information regarding Tesh, the new Hagerstown concert date or "The John Tesh Radio Show" go to http://www.
NEWS
October 10, 2011
The second annual Fill the Food Banks concert Sunday at Red Run Park in Rouzerville benefited Waynesboro Area Human Services, Waynesboro Community Services and Five Forks Church's food pantry. “As far as I'm concerned, it was a great success,” said state Sen. Richard Alloway, R-Franklin/Adams/York. Alloway, who hosted the event in partnership with the Washington Township (Pa.) Supervisors, said he counted about 225 people. “The weather was perfect,” he said. “The music was incredible.” Jane Birt, director of Waynesboro Area Human Services, said two pickup truckloads of food was collected.