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For a brief, shining moment in the 1960s, Washington stood on the cutting-edge of contemporary American art. The painters of the so-called Washington Color School - Gene Davis, Kenneth Noland and Morris Louis, among others - created brilliant canvases that startled the eye and braced the spirit. But Washington Color School painting isn't the only native style to emerge from the nation's capital. A more recent group of artists, working in the medium of blown, fused, slumped, cast and cold-worked glass, can also lay claim to that distinction.

On April 8, 2007, OSSIE TATE, SR. Loving Father of Sons, Ossie Jr(Irma), Elroy Sr.(Valerie), and Lawrence Sr(Esther) and Daughter, Oceola Lynch(Ronald), Also survived by Sister, Marie House, 13 Grandchildren, 15 Great-Grandchildren and one Great-Great Grandchild and a host of other family and friends. Friends may call the WYLIE FUNERAL HOME P.A OF BALTIMORE COUNTY, 9200 Liberty Road on Thursday from 6-8PM. Services held Friday at Central Baptist Church, 2035 W. Baltimore Street, 10:30am Wake 11:00am Funeral.

Anyone lucky enough to own the complete set of Mozart's piano concertos that Mitsuko Uchida recorded with Jeffrey Tate and the English Chamber Orchestra does not need to be told that the British conductor is a fine Mozartean. This past weekend Tate conducted the Baltimore Symphony in an all-Mozart program -- his guest-conducting stint continues this week with Brahms and Strauss -- and the concert I heard yesterday afternoon in Meyerhoff Hall was predictably fine.But that prediction had almost as much to do with the history of the orchestra Tate was conducting as with his own fine Mozart recordings with (and without)

Pianist Rudolf Serkin's performances were characterized by their sense of architecture, their fire and their sense of purpose. The performances of his son, Peter, in repertory closely identified with his father, could not be more different.Such was my impression of a Shriver Hall recital a few seasons back, in which the younger Serkin wreaked havoc upon Beethoven's "Appassionata" Sonata and Brahms' "Handel Variations." And such it was Saturday evening in Meyerhoff Hall when I heard the pianist perform the latter composer's Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor with the Baltimore Symphony and guest conductor Jeffrey Tate.

Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis" is grouped together with certain of his other late works, such as the "Hammerklavier Sonata" and "Diabelli Variations" for piano and the "Grosse Fugue" for string quartet. Of such pieces it is either said that they are among "the greatest unplayable" or "the greatest boring" works in the canon.Thursday evening's performance of this masterpiece in Meyerhoff Symphony Hall by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and guest conductor Jeffrey Tate was beset by a number of non-musical problems -- no less than three last-minute cancellations and substitutions among the soloists.

Orion Weiss, a last-minute replacement for Andre Watts as soloist in last week's performances by the Baltimore Symphony and guest conductor Jeffrey Tate of Shostakovich's Concerto No. 2, is already a fine pianist and has the potential to be a great one. He has a beauty of sound, a crisp command of rhythm, a fantastic ability to get over the keys and an elegance that permits notes to roll deliciously off his fingers.This 17-year-old, a student at Hawken High School in Lyndhurst, Ohio, has received superb training from several distinguished pianists, including Paul Schenly and Serge Babayan, at the Cleveland Institute of Music.

Pop quiz -- Tate Engineering Systems Inc. knew it was time to leave downtown Baltimore when:A) Its downsized boiler business no longer needed a 65,000-square-foot building.B) Security became such a problem that employees no longer felt safe.C) The Maryland Stadium Authority started sniffing around for a new parking lot.The correct answer is "all of the above."Tate, whose blue sign has been a familiar sight to drivers on Russell Street near Camden Yards for more than 25 years, will clear out of the location by summer.

Rhonda Bates-Corkeran, who played at Wilde Lake High School before going to Temple University and a professional career overseas, was one of six players who survived tryouts for the Washington Mystics at the MCI Center on Sunday.Of the 400 players who showed up for the WNBA expansion team's open tryouts, Bates-Corkeran, Liza Donnell of Newark, N.J., Keri Chaconas of Springfield, Va., La'Shawn Brown of East Cleveland, Ohio, Meredith Sisson of Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Teakyta Barnes of Syracuse, N.Y., get to attend Mystics training camp from May 12-June 10, joining eight others that the team picked in the expansion and free-agent drafts.

This review is from late edition's of yesterday's Sun.When he is at his best, the work of Jeffrey Tate compares to that of most of the conductors of his generation as a figure cast in bronze by Michelangelo does to a Dresden figurine.The 54-year-old British conductor was at that level for most of Thursday night's concert -- his first with the Baltimore Symphony -- in Meyerhoff Hall.For listeners who sometimes cannot understand why Goethe thought so highly of Mendelssohn's music, Tate's account of the composer's Symphony No. 3 ("Scottish")

Last year the movie "Shine" made pianist David Helfgott famous for having resumed a musical career in spite of mental disabilities. But audiences long ago ceased to care about the far more drastic physical disabilities that conductor Jeffrey Tate has overcome.Childhood congenital disorders left his spine twisted into an S, one of his legs dwarfed and essentially useless, and his internal organs permanently compressed, giving him limited lung capacity. A man who would be 6-feet-5-inches tall had he been able to stand up straight is so bent over that he is shorter than average.

COLLEGE PARK -- Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen seems not to have firmly decided on a punt returner. Friedgen first selected sophomore safety Kenny Tate for Saturday's game. But Tate was replaced in the second quarter by Tony Logan and Anthony Wiseman. Tate seemed tentative on whether to catch a punt early in the game and had fumbled a week ago. Tate returned in the third quarter. He made a good running catch on his second return of the half and drew a 15-yard interference penalty on Middle Tennessee State.

COLLEGE PARK -- Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen is devising a strategy to try to help his players adjust to the three-hour time difference they will encounter in their opening game at California on the evening of Sept. 5. The game starts at 7 p.m. - or 10 p.m. in the East. Friedgen wants the team to travel to California on the Thursday night before the game. He wants his players tired when they arrive so they sleep through their first night in the different time zone. "I'd like to get there about [midnight]

The Proposal should have been called The Formula . The Recipe would suggest too much flavor. It's been made according to the chapter in the box-office manual labeled "summer counter-programming." Take one established female star (Sandra Bullock) hungry enough for a hit to sign on to substandard material. Add a male up-and-comer (Ryan Reynolds) who still has to prove that he's a leading man. Proceed to wrap them inside a romantic comedy with several high-concept twists. Hot-weather audiences flocked to The Devil Wears Prada a few years ago. So transform Anne Hathaway's executive assistant into a man (Reynolds)

COLLEGE PARK - It was the opening kickoff of Maryland's opening game. Before taking his position on the kick-return team, Kenny Tate allowed himself to survey the scene. Byrd Stadium's worn bleachers were filled with nearly 50,000 fans, most wearing Maryland red. "It doesn't get any better than this," Tate recalled thinking to himself. The ball was kicked high into the warm, late-summer air, and Tate's freshman season had officially begun. Over the next three months, Maryland fans would come to know Tate as a promising young safety and special teams player.

On September 5, 2008, BARBARA A., beloved mother of William, Clinton and Maxine. She is also survived by two brothers, three sisters and a host of other relatives. On Wednesday, Mrs. Tate will lie in state at New Shiloh Baptist Church, 105 East Avenue, Turner Station, MD. The family will receive friends 10:30 A.M. Funeral service 11 A.M. Professional services entrusted to JAMES A. MORTON & SONS FUNERAL HOMES, INC.

On February 13,2008, LAWRENCE O. TATE JR.. Survived by mother Lucender Leggett; father Lawrence O. Sr., (Esther); brothers Montreal Manokey (Nicole) and Dominique Tate (Lakeisha) of NC; sister Raquel Tate and a host of other family and friends. Friends may call the family owned WYLIE FUNERAL HOME P.A. OF BALTIMORE COUNTY, 9200 Liberty Rd. Sunday from 1-4PM. Services Monday at Reisterstown Baptist Church, 25 E. ChestnutHill Lane,10:30 wake, 11:00am funeral. Interment Following. Inquiries at www.wyliefuneralhome.

After years of losing some of the top local college football talent, the Maryland Terrapins have apparently persuaded DeMatha wide receiver Kenny Tate to stay close to home. Tate, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound wide receiver, announced last night on Comcast SportsNet that he plans to play for the Terps next season. Tate is expected to sign his letter of intent Wednesday, the national signing day. "I thought Maryland was the best fit for me, being close to home," Tate said. "Even though I'm a home-state kid, I still thought it was a home away from home, but I'm still close enough to be with my family."

Soon after Beth and Tate Galloway met, they decided to stop playing the field - and to keep playing on the field. The Marriottsville couple were introduced on a softball diamond. They had their first date in October 1994, were married in October 1995 and had their first son in October 1996. They named him Storm David Galloway, after former Orioles pitcher Storm Davis. Is it just a coincidence that all of their early relationship milestones took place in the month of the World Series? Since that introduction 13 years ago, they have played slo-pitch softball together every year in spring and fall leagues, sometimes logging two doubleheaders a week.

An 18-year-old Baltimore soldier was detained this week at an Army base in Oklahoma after city detectives accused him in the gang-related shooting of five people in the Barclay neighborhood last month. Jerrell Hill of the 5600 block of Lothian Road in North Baltimore was arrested Monday afternoon by Army authorities at Fort Sill. He is charged with attempted murder in a warrant and is awaiting extradition, police said. Authorities did not disclose a motive in the attack, but a police spokesman said investigators believe that the suspect is a member of a local Bloods group known as the Pasadena Denver Lane gang.

I tuned in to ESPN yesterday to see what all the Kenny Tate hype was about. Tate's DeMatha Catholic squad squared off against Cincinnati St. Xavier on the campus of the University of Cincinnati as part of the Kirk Herbstreit Ohio vs. USA Challenge. DeMatha - in the midst of a 22-game winning streak dating back to 2005 - fell to the hometown St. Xavier Bombers, 28-7. Tate was blanketed all day by St. Xavier defenders, often facing double coverage. DeMatha quarterback Tom Chroniger tried to connect with Tate several times down the left side of the field, but was inches away each time.