March 17, 2005
MUSIC OF MOZART, BEETHOVEN AND ROSSINI FEATURED DURING THE MSO MASTERWORKS CONCERT, “SPRINGTIME IN EUROPE”

HAGERSTOWN, MD - - On April 2 and 3, 2005, the Maryland Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Elizabeth Schulze celebrate “Springtime in Europe” with three of Europe’s greatest composers – Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini – and the artistry of one of the musical world’s rising stars, Sandra Wolf-Meei Cameron. The MasterWorks IV concert includes Rossini’s Overture to Cinderella, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A Major, and Miss Cameron’s performance of Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major.

Eighteen-year-old Sandra Wolf-Meei Cameron began her violin studies in Germany at the age of eight. Upon her return to the United States, she entered the Juilliard School’s Pre-College Division, where she is now in her senior year. Ms. Cameron made her European debut in November, 1998 and her American orchestral debut in July, 1999. In August of 2000 she was chosen as the youngest winner of the Salzburg Mozarteum’s outstanding student prize and received extraordinary critical acclaim in concert at the Salzburg Festival. While in Salzburg, she played for Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, who immediately engaged her to play with him in 2001 at both the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg and at the Salzburg Festival.

Noted for her “laser-sharp precision” and for displaying “as much passion and as formidable a technique as you’d likely encounter in a dozen professional performances,” Miss Cameron recently performed at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall with the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony. Other season highlights include engagements with the Springfield Symphony (OH), the Bowling Green Western Symphony Orchestra (KY) and the Augusta Symphony (GA).

Sponsors for “Springtime in Europe” are Art & Ruth Anne Callaham, Anton & Maria Dahbura, Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm Davis, Mr. & Mrs. Edward H. Lough, and Sovereign Bank.

Tickets for “Springtime in Europe” are available at the Maryland Symphony Orchestra Box Office, 13 S. Potomac Street, Hagerstown, Maryland, by calling 301-797-4000, or via the web at www.marylandsymphony.org Single ticket prices for MasterWorks performances are $18, $30, $35, and $40, and a 50% discount is offered to full-time students and children under 12. The MSO Box Office is open 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekdays and 12 noon to 4:00 p.m. on concert Saturdays.

Led by Music Director and Conductor Elizabeth Schulze, the Maryland Symphony Orchestra, now in its 23rd season, is the area’s premiere professional orchestra, dedicated to providing musical performances and programs that educate and entertain while enhancing the cultural environment of Western Maryland and the surrounding region