VIDEO: Teenage Towson Musician Performs Adele In Parkville

Cecilia Grace, a 17-year-old Towson girl, performs a cover of Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" at North Plaza.

Check out this video of Towson's Cecilia Grace performing a cover of Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" at the North Plaza Extreme Summer Music Festival last weekend. From her Facebook page: Meet a fresh, new face on the music scene: Cecilia Grace. At 17 years young, Cecilia sings and pours her heart out into her music. Put a pencil in her hand, and she can write about nearly anything from God, to love, to growing up, or just life in general. She's been banging on the piano keys since she was seven and rocking out on the guitar since twelve. She's been singing since she could talk and loves to perform. What do you think of this performance? Do you know Cecilia Grace? Tell us in the comments.  

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Behind the Counter

Behind the Counter: All About Music

This North Plaza music shop has been teaching lessons and putting together bands for close to nine years.

The name of Charlie Higgs' school-slash-shop in North Plaza is no lie—they really are All About Music. Higgs and his staff of 34 instructors teach a total of about 560 lessons per week to students eager to learn to play any instrument. "We teach all brass instruments; you can divide that down into categories: trumpet, trombone, baritone, tuba; we teach woodwinds, that's clarinet, flute, oboe, bassoon, and alto, tenor, and baritone saxes," Higgs said. "Violin, viola, cello, harmonica, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, electric and acoustic guitar, synth, piano, keyboard in general. Voice, I think that about covers it." They don't just do music lessons either. All About Music also sells guitars and amplifiers, and Higgs said that they rent …

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