April 20, 2004
Music Director Elizabeth Schulze Renews Contract With Maryland Symphony Orchestra

Hagerstown, MD… On Wednesday, April 21, at 11:00 am and Thursday, April 22, at 9:30 am and 12:30 pm, fourth graders from public, private and home-schools in the region will attend the 20th annual Citicorp Youth Concerts. Presented by the Maryland Symphony Orchestra and sponsored by Citicorp, the concerts will be held at the Maryland Theatre, 21 S. Potomac Street, Hagerstown, MD.

Centering on musical themes and variations, this year’s concert is entitled “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.” Led by Music Director and Conductor Elizabeth Schulze, the 60-piece orchestra will perform Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla by Mikhail Glinka and The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra by Benjamin Britten. Ms. Schulze will also narrate the Britten piece. Students attending the concert will learn how recognizable melodies can be changed in a variety of ways.

The Maryland Symphony Orchestra Guild assembles teacher packets and student guides and distributes them to tri-state area elementary music teachers prior to the concerts. The materials, which help to prepare students for their concert experience, include information about the orchestra, the instruments, the composers, the program to be performed and appropriate concert etiquette.

Approximately 3600 students from Allegany, Carroll, Franklin, Frederick and Washington Counties in Maryland, Berkeley and Jefferson Counties in West Virginia, and schools in Fairfield, Greencastle, Willow Hill, Mercersburg, St. Thomas, Scotland and Waterfall, Pennsylvania, will attend the Youth Concerts.