Phil Greenfield

The Annapolis Symphony's current management team has been admirably adept at selecting visiting soloists to collaborate with the orchestra. That trend continued last weekend as the local orchestra brought soprano...

Saturday evening's concert by the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra may have been billed as a Spring Rhapsody, but if anyone came to Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts expecting pastel hues...

Annapolis Symphony Orchestra management billed last weekend's concerts as evenings of "Bittersweet Beauty" and, for once, its chosen title actually said something about the music. The bitter and the sweet...

Top-flight teachers attract top-flight students, and Howard County music-lovers will be the beneficiaries of that happy truism Sunday afternoon. Columbia's "Sundays at Three" chamber music series will present two of...

The most surprising thing about last weekend's concerts by the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, the second pair of subscription offerings this season, was the written program's assertion that these were the...

What's the difference between a viola and an onion? Answer: Nobody cries when a viola is sliced up. Question: How do you know a violist is playing out of tune?...

The Columbia Orchestra begins its 30th anniversary season tomorrow evening at 7:30 in the Jim Rouse Theater at Wilde Lake High School. Jason Love, beginning his ninth year as conductor,...

I confess that I walked into the opening concert of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra's 47th season Friday night with my eyes rolling just a bit over management's decision to bill...

Yes, I know that Barnum, the Cy Coleman musical about to enter its second and final weekend of production by the Talent Machine Company at St. John's College in Annapolis,...

Hello, Dolly! was a big hit on Broadway in the 1960s, shedding its light on the Great White Way alongside the likes of Mame, Funny Girl and Fiddler on the...