11.   Axelrod, a conductor who founded Orchestra X, which performs classical music in clubs and restaurants, said he also likes living close to the action.

12.   Bacon and his big brother, Michael, have been performing original music at venues across the country.

13.   Born in Saskatchewan, Canada, Egge started writing and performing music as a teen-ager in Silver City, N.M.

14.   Both big bands and smaller combos performed swing music in its heyday.

15.   Both disciplines in our culture are defined by learning to appreciate and maybe performing music and learning about and tasting wine.

16.   Brad Creswell, a composer and tenor who frequently performs new music, is sympathetic.

17.   Accompanied by harp and violin, comely maidens in costume perform period music.

18.   Britten revered Purcell and performed his music at a time when knowledge of Baroque performance practice was largely confined to the groves of academe.

19.   During the tour Rojas will be performing new music.

20.   Employing black musicians and performing music by black composers is built into the event too, although the lines here are easily blurred.