March 23, 2006
The Maryland Symphony Orchestra and Washington County Board of Education Present Middle/High School MasterWorks Concert on March 24, 2006

HAGERSTOWN, MD – Elizabeth Schulze and the Maryland Symphony Orchestra will present a MasterWorks concert for area Middle and High School students on Friday, March 24 at 10:00 am at the historic Maryalnd Theatre. 7th and 10th grade students from Northern Middle, E. Russell Hicks Middle, Western Heights Middle, and North Hagerstown High School will attend this special performance, which was commissioned by the Washington County Board of Education. MSO Music Director Elizabeth Schulze and members of the orchestra will provide comments and demonstrations to the students to enhance their concert experience. An abbreviated version of the March 25 & 26 “Audience Favorites” concert, the program includes the Overture to A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Op. 21 by Felix Mendelssohn, the Maestoso from Johannes Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15, featuring special guest Jonathan Biss, and the Allegro con brio from Ludwig van Beethoven’s masterpiece, Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67.

Led by Music Director and Conductor Elizabeth Schulze, the Maryland Symphony Orchestra, now in its 24th 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.