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MUSICIAN SPOTLIGHT
by Barbara Fitzsimmons
Nicolette Driehuys Oppelt
Flute
Flutist Nicolette Driehuys Oppelt was born in the Netherlands and began studying flute at age 11. After immigrating to the United States with her family, she attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, studying with Philip Dunigan. While there, she was a two time concerto competition winner. She also appeared as a soloist on Dutch National Television with her father, the late conductor Leo Driehuys, on the podium.
In addition to being a member of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra, Ms. Driehuys Oppelt serves as Principal Flute of Washington Concert Opera, the Washington Ballet Orchestra, the Virginia Chamber Orchestra, the Amadeus Orchestra and the National Gallery Orchestra. She is currently the only tenured member of the National Philharmonic at Strathmore and was Acting Principal Flute for the Maryland Symphony Orchestra for three years. Ms. Driehuys Oppelt is a regular substitute with the National Symphony Orchestra and has accompanied that orchestra on many tours, including performances at Carnegie Hall.
Want to learn more about the musicians in the orchestra? Visit www.marylandsymphony.org/musicians
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SYMPHONY STAFF
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AUDIO ENGINEERING
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MARYLAND THEATRE STAFF
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SYMPHONY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jason Call President
Douglas Spotts, M.D. Vice President
Valerie Owens Secretary
William “Tad” Holzapfel Treasurer
Jane Anderson Assistant Treasurer
Jane Anderson
Dave Barnhart
Teresa Barr
Jason Call
Judy Ditto
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Hugh J. Talton, M.D.
James. D. Vaughn
SYMPHONY HONORARY DIRECTORS
Dr. J. Emmet Burke
Anton T. Dahbura, Ph.D
April L. Dowler
Patricia F. Enders
Frederica Erath
John F. Erath
Dr. J. Ramsay Farah
Brendan Fitzsimmons, Ph.D.
Donald R. Harsh, Jr.
Marjorie M. Hobbs
Howard S. Kaylor
Mindy Marsden
Dori Nipps
ABOUT THE COVER ART
Alan J. Noia
Mrs. Georgia Pierné
Mr. James G. Pierné
Samuel G. Reel, Jr.
William J. Reuter
Joel L. Rosenthal, M.D.
Dr. Hugh Talton
Martha “Marty” Talton
Cassandra Wantz
Richard T. Whisner
The February cover image features apple blossoms, Arkansas’s state flower and Florence Price’s home state. The springtime blooming of these trees symbolizes awakening, representing the renewed interest in her work that started in 2009 after discovering her unpublished scores and manuscripts.
Hector Fernandez, Artist
ELIZABETH
SCHULZE,
MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR
FIRST VIOLIN
Robert Martin
Concertmaster
MSO Guild Chair
Joanna Natalia Owen
Associate Concertmaster
Marty & Hugh Talton Chair
Brent Price
Assistant Concertmaster
Lysiane GravelLacombe
Thomas Marks Chair
Kristin Bakkegard
H. Lee Brewster
Yen-Jung Chen
Mauricio Couto
Megan Gray
Catherine Nelson
Petr Skopek
SECOND VIOLIN
Anna Luebke
Principal
J. Emmet Burke Chair
Ariadna Buonviri
Associate Principal
Julianna Chitwood
Assistant Principal
Ruth Erbe
Teresa L. Gordon
Melanie Kuperstein
Swiatek Kuznik
Kat Whitesides
Patricia WnekSchram
VIOLA
Phyllis Freeman
Principal
Alan J. Noia Chair
Magaly Rojas Seay
Associate Principal
Stephanie Knutsen+
Acting Assistant
Principal
Sungah Min
Rachel Holaday
Alice Tung
CELLO
Todd Thiel
Principal
J. Ramsay Farah Chair
Katlyn DeGraw
Associate Principal
Jessica Albrecht
Assistant Principal
Aneta Otreba
Mauricio Betanzo
Youbin Jun
Alyssa Moquin
Jessica Siegel Weaver
BASS
Adriane Benvenuti
Irving Principal
Shawn Alger
Associate Principal
Kimberly Parillo
Brandon Smith
FLUTE
Laura Kaufman
Mowry
Principal
Marjorie M. Hobbs Chair
Nicolette Driehuys Oppelt
Elena Yakovleva
PICCOLO
Elena Yakovleva
OBOE
Fatma Daglar
Principal
Joel L. Rosenthal
Chair
Amanda Dusold
Rick Basehore
ENGLISH HORN
Rick Basehore
CLARINET
Beverly Butts
Principal
John M. Waltersdorf Chair
Jay Niepoetter
BASS CLARINET
Open
BASSOON
Erich Heckscher
Principal
Bennett S. Rubin Chair
Scott Cassada
Susan Copeland Wilson
CONTRABASSOON
Susan Copeland Wilson
FRENCH HORN
Alex Kovling
Principal
Libby Powell Chair
Mark Hughes
Assistant Principal
Chandra Cervantes
Kyle Pompei+
TRUMPET
Nathan Clark
Principal
Robert T. Kenney Chair
Scott A. Nelson
Robert W. Grab Chair
Matthew Misener
TROMBONE
Liam Glendening
Principal
Richard T. Whisner Chair
Jeffrey Gaylord
Kaz Kruszewski
TUBA
Zachary Bridges
Principal
Claude J. Bryant Chair
TIMPANI
Open
Principal
William J. Reuter Chair
Matthew Mitchener+
Eric Stoss+
PERCUSSION
Open
Principal
Donald R. Harsh, Jr. Chair
Julie Angelis Boehler+
Acting Principal
Alan Lichtman Chair
Robert Jenkins
Vincent & Phyllis Mauro Chair
HARP
Maryanne Meyer+ Principal
PIANO/KEYBOARD
Open
James G. Pierné Chair
PERSONNEL MANAGER
Christian Simmelink
GABRIELA BRONK MUSIC LIBRARY
LIBRARIAN
D. Marianne Gooding
+ One-Year Position
* On Leave
ABOUT THE MSO
by Barbara Fitzsimmons
On November 13, 1982, the Maryland Symphony Orchestra’s music rang through the concert hall in front of an audience of 1,400 for the very first time. With 55 musicians under the baton of our first conductor, Barry Tuckwell, we began our journey to become a cornerstone of the arts in Western Maryland and beyond.
Our inaugural season consisted of just four concerts and was a rousing success. Thanks to the dedication of the community that helped found us, the MSO was able to turn a profit in our very first year despite the logistic and economic struggles we faced as a symphony starting during a recession outside of a major city. This initial triumph provided the perfect springboard to grow, and grow we did.
After an extensive search for our next music director, we were lucky to welcome Elizabeth Schulze to the MSO in 1999 to usher in a new period of growth and music. Today, our yearly full orchestral performances have doubled, and we’ve expanded beyond the concert hall with small ensemble groups to further serve our community. From our much-anticipated Pops! performances to the Classical music we were formed to play, the modern MSO has something for everyone.
While most know the MSO for its performances, education has been a cornerstone of the organization since as early as 1985, when we launched our first educational programming for the community. A love of classical music starts young, but that doesn’t mean you are ever too old to grow your appreciation for music or learn something new about a melody that moves you. Today, we continue expanding the Vincent Rauth and Barbara Ingram Groh education department to provide programs for music lovers of all ages, even those of us who have long finished school.
Whether you come to us for your first concert or have been a subscriber for many years, the Maryland Symphony Orchestra is proud to welcome you to today’s performance. We hope you enjoy the show and that we see you at many more to come!
GUEST ARTIST BIO
▲ Chaeyoung Park, piano
Winner of the 2022 Young Concert Artists (YCA) Susan Wadsworth International Auditions and Finalist in the 2023 Rubinstein Piano Competition, Chaeyoung Park has been praised as a passionate pianist who “does not play a single note without thought or feeling” (New York Concert Review). Through Chaeyoung various roles as a recitalist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist, she has performed at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, Bravo! Vail Music Festival, Ravinia’s Bennett Gordon Hall, Symphony Center’s Orchestra Hall, as well as livestreamed concerts presented by the Gilmore Rising Stars series.
As winner of the 2019 Hilton Head nternational Piano Competition, she is the first female Korean pianist to receive First Place in the history of the competition. She subsequently presented her solo recital debut at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall and performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with the Hilton
Head Symphony Orchestra. An avid chamber musician, Chaeyoung participated in Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute, Yellow Barn, Kneisel Hall and Juilliard ChamberFest. She has worked under renowned artists such as Leon Fleisher, Gary Hoffman and Robert Levin and has been featured at the Greene Space at WNYC/WQXR, Harvard Club in New York City and First Congregational United Church of Christ in Sarasota.
Recent and upcoming highlights include a debut at Merkin Hall and the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater as well as the Gina Bachauer International Piano Festival , Honest Brook Music Festival , Orchestra of the Triangle in Chapel Hill, Rockport Music, and Hayden’s Ferry Chamber Music .
Chaeyoung has appeared as soloist with the Kansas City Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Canton Symphony Orchestra, and Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra with such conductors as Michael Stern, Rei Hotoda, John Morris Russell.
Currently, she is an Artist Diploma candidate at the Juilliard school where she has been named a Kovner Fellow, awarded a Gina Bachauer Scholarship, and Arthur Rubinstein Prize. Chaeyoung is under the tutelage of Robert McDonald, who has shaped and inspired the artist she is today.
Chaeyoung Park appears courtesy of Young Concert Artists.
THE MARYLAND THEATRE
Saturday, February 15, 2025 | 7:30pm
Sunday, February 16, 2025 | 3:00pm
Elizabeth Schulze conductor
Chaeyoung Park piano
FANNY MENDELSSOHN HENSEL Overture in C Major (1805-1847)
10’
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor (1835-1921)
22’
I. Andante sostenuto
II. Allegro scherzando
III. Presto
-- INTERMISSION --
FLORENCE PRICE
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor (1887-1953)
30’
I. Andante-Allegro
II. Andante ma non troppo
III. Juba: Allegro
IV. Scherzo: Finale
CONCERT SPONSORS
Dr. Hugh & Mrs. Marty Talton and the continued generosity of an alliance of Medical Professionals in Washington County, including:
Dr. Robert & Mrs. Janice Cirincione | Dr. Jay & Mrs. Roberta Greenberg
Dr. Frederic & Mrs. Suzanne Kass | Dr. George & Mrs. Connie Manger
Drs. Paul & Mary Money-Waldman | Drs. James A. Schiro & Tara A. Rumbarger
Dr. William & Mrs. Kathleen Su | Dr. Matthew & Mrs. Bernadette Wagner
PROGRAM NOTES
Overture in C Major
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
Born November 14, 1805, in Hamburg, Germany and died May 14, 1847, in Berlin, Germany.
This work was premiered privately in 1834 at the Mendelssohn home in Berlin, Germany. The first public performance took place in 1992 by the Women’s Philharmonic conducted by JoAnn Falletta. It is scored for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, timpani, and strings.
Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn came from a wealthy family and received the best musical education. Their father, though a converted Lutheran, was the son of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. However, he decided Felix would be the professional musician while Fanny, despite her talent, was expected to become a wife.
At 13, Fanny memorized all 24 Bach WellTempered Clavier preludes and performed them for her father’s birthday. He remained unmoved, writing from Paris that music could be Felix’s profession but must remain an “ornament” for her. Determined, Fanny sought a husband who would support her musical pursuits.
She met painter Wilhelm Hensel at 16, but her father forbade marriage due to his lack of wealth. After an eight-year engagement, her mother approved, and they wed in 1829. Meanwhile, the Mendelssohns hosted salon concerts in Berlin, drawing luminaries like Liszt and the Schumanns. Fanny took over organizing these events after her father’s death in 1835.
Despite acclaim, Fanny was not allowed to publish her music. Even after their father died, Felix forbade it—though he supported other women composers and even published
six of Fanny’s songs under his name. Queen Victoria once told Felix one was her favorite of his works.
In 1846, with support from Hensel and composer Charles Gounod—whom she tutored in German—Fanny finally published her works, having composed over 550 pieces. The next year, she suffered a fatal stroke while rehearsing Felix’s The First Walpurgis Night. Felix died months later of the same ailment.
Fanny’s Overture in C major was composed in 1832 and performed privately in 1834. It remained unperformed publicly for 160 years until JoAnn Falletta and the Women’s Philharmonic revived and published it. The piece begins tenderly with alternating strings and woodwinds, building to an allegro con fuoco section. Trumpet calls introduce rollicking arpeggios, while the second theme gently rises. The triumphant recapitulation and dynamic coda showcase Fanny’s compositional mastery.
Concerto No. 2 in G Minor for Piano and Orchestra
Camille Saint-Saëns
Born October 9, 1835, in Paris, France and died December 16, 1921, in Algiers, Algeria
The concerto received its premiere on May 13, 1868 in Paris, with Anton Rubinstein conducting, and the composer at the piano. It is scored for pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani, and strings.
Camille Saint-Saëns directly influenced several generations of composers, not only through his music, but also through his contact with young composers throughout his life, spanning from Berlioz to Stravinsky. Unlike many composers of the Romantic
period, Saint-Saëns was not active as a teacher, holding only one official teaching post. From 1861 to 1865, he taught at the Ecole Niedermeyer – a Parisian school for the education of church musicians – he proved himself an effective teacher, counting Gabriel Fauré among his students. Perhaps his most influential institutional association began in 1871 when he co-founded the Société Nationale de Musique, an organization devoted to fostering composition and performance of music by young French composers. Completely devoted to the French cause, he resigned from the Société in 1886, when they began including music by foreign composers. In his fifteen years with the Société, Saint-Saëns helped promote the music of Cesar Franck, Edouard Lalo, and Claude Debussy.
In the years before his short-lived teaching career, Saint-Saëns had become known as a formidable pianist. The two pianistcomposers had forged a friendship in the 1850s and often performed on the same programs. They gave a successful series of concerts in 1868, of which Saint-Saëns wrote:
“After that magnificent season we happened to be at some concert or other in the Salle Pleyel, when he [Rubinstein] said to me, ‘I haven’t conducted an orchestra in Paris yet. Let’s put on a concert that will give me an opportunity of taking up the baton.’ ‘With pleasure.’ We asked when the Salle Pleyel would be free and were told we should have to wait three weeks. ‘Very well,’ I said, ‘in those three weeks I will write a concerto for the occasion.’ And I composed the G Minor Concerto, which accordingly had its first performance under such distinguished patronage.”
The concerto is full of soloistic fireworks. The opening Andante sostenuto begins with a dazzling cadenza. Arpeggios and fiendish runs comprise much of the first
movement, including a second cadenza in the usual position near the end. The Allegro scherzando is nimble, light, and virtuosic. Perhaps the most difficult for the soloist is the Presto finale – a compendium of dazzling pianistic devices.
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor
Florence Price
Born April 9, 1887, in Little Rock, Arkansas and died June 3, 1953, in Chicago, Illinois.
This work was premiered on November 6, 1940, at the Detroit Institute of Arts by the Detroit Civic Orchestra conducted by Valter Poole. It is scored for piccolo, three flutes, three oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, celesta, and strings.
Born in 1887 in a racially integrated neighborhood in Little Rock, Florence Price (born Florence Smith) was the daughter of a dentist who enjoyed a happy childhood. She was precocious as a musician and had her first piece published at age 12. She was valedictorian of her senior class at Capitol Hill School at age 16. It was a big step for a young African American teenager to move to Boston and study at the New England Conservatory, one of the few prestigious music schools in the country to accept students without regard to race, but she jumped at the opportunity. In Boston she studied with the illustrious composer George Whitefield Chadwick and earned her degree in 1907. A few years after returning home, she was offered the directorship of the music department of Clark University in Atlanta where she stayed until 1912. She returned to Little Rock and married the attorney Thomas Jewell Price but found that the racial climate was becoming unbearable with lynching becoming commonplace.
PROGRAM NOTES
In 1927 the Prices moved to Chicago where Florence would spend the rest of her life. Almost immediately after moving, she filed for divorce from Thomas—an especially independent and bold action for the time. This was a period of great musical growth for Price, as she enrolled in the American Conservatory of Music and Chicago Musical College. She signed a publishing contract with G. Schirmer. To make ends meet, she composed radio jingles and played organ to accompany silent movies. She wrote orchestrations for WGN Radio and even composed popular songs under the pen name Vee Jay.
Her big break came in 1939 when soprano Marian Anderson, who mounted an historic Lincoln Memorial concert after she had been denied the use of Washington’s Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution because of her race, performed Price’s setting of the spiritual, “My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord.” The gravity of that appearance is celebrated to this day. Price lived the rest of her life in Chicago and was well known in her time as the first black female composer to garner national attention, but after her death in 1953, her music faded from memory.
A recent development has led to a resurgence in interest in and performances of her music. In 2009 Vicki and Darrell Gatwood purchased a long-vacant home in St. Anne, Illinois, just north of Chicago. During renovations, they found several abandoned papers. Upon closer inspection, it became clear that these were music manuscripts bearing the name of Florence Price. They did an internet search and learned of Price’s importance and that her manuscripts are housed in the archives of the University of Arkansas. Feeling duty-bound to preserve the papers, they contacted the archives and arranged for them to be examined. They had no way of knowing that they had discovered a wealth
(con’t)
of musicological treasure, including the manuscripts of Price’s two violin concertos and her Symphony No. 4.
Price’s orchestral music was ignored by many important conductors. She composed four symphonies of which three survive, two of which were only recently published. She wrote in a letter to Serge Koussevitzky, “To begin with I have two handicaps—those of sex and race. I am a woman, and I have some Negro blood in my veins … I would like to be judged on merit alone.” Just like the others, Koussevitzky, famed conductor of the Boston Symphony, did not program her works. However, one conductor was pleased to showcase her talent—Frederick Stock of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In 1932 Price submitted a handful of works to Chicago’s Wanamaker Music Contest. All of them received accolades, but her First Symphony took top honors.
In the 1890s, composer Antonín Dvořák declared that the United States had all the makings of a great national musical tradition in the songs of Native and African Americans. Although her first symphony made extensive use of African American materials, the Third is, in her own words, “Negroid in character,” but it presents such material in juxtaposition to modernist techniques. Commissioned by the WPA’s Federal Music Project, it was performed in 1940 on a series of concerts in Michigan—the only performance in Price’s life. Even Eleanor Roosevelt sang its praises in her newspaper feature, My Day. The work was not played again until 2001.
Price’s first movement begins with a slow introduction that is characterized by stormy unsettled harmonies. Her mastery of orchestration is apparent from the first notes. After the allegro begins, the mood changes gradually and the second theme, played by solo trombone, becomes much more traditional in character. The remainder of the movement holds a few surprises, but
the music is clearly that of a composer who deserved more performances.
The second movement, andante ma non troppo, is a perfect depiction of quiet beauty, but the middle section is almost impressionistic. Price’s third movement is a Juba, a type of dance brought to Charleston, South Carolina, by enslaved people from present-day Congo. When danced in the American south in the 19th century, the performers accompanied themselves with specialized techniques of body percussion. These sounds are heard throughout the movement but are performed on percussion instruments.
Price’s finale is a furious scherzando of great power. African American flavors are present, but they are countered by 20thcentury styles that prove that the composer
was aware of the newest developments in her field. Described by one reviewer as “kaleidoscopic,” this music is constantly changing with—one could say, reacting to—the turbulent world around it. Perhaps, this is Price’s depiction of her struggles and triumphs in life and her commentary on the African American condition in pre-War America.
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BRAVO! COVER ARTIST
Hector Fernandez is a self-taught artist who has been creating since he was young. Although he has worked in many mediums, his true passion is scratchboard, which allows for incredible detail and striking contrast in each piece.
Scratchboard is a unique black-and-white medium. The board is a wood panel with a fine white clay veneer covered by black India ink. The drawing starts black, and white lines are carefully scratched through the ink with sharp tools like scalpel blades.
Hector resides in Hagerstown, MD and is a Signature Member of the International Society of Scratchboard Artists, which he joined when it was formed 13 years ago.
He has received many awards for his art from various exhibitions including the Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Glendale Art Association, Washington County Arts Council, and most notably 8 awards from the International Society of Scratchboard Artists (2 Silver, 1 Bronze, and 5 Awards of Excellence).
Hector’s work has shown across the U.S., Canada, and Australia. He is thrilled to be collaborating with the Maryland Symphony Orchestra to create the cover artwork for the BRAVO! programs for the 2024/2025 Season.
See more of Hector’s work at www. hectorgallery.com.
Vincent Rauth and Barbara Ingram Groh
STUDENT MUSICIANS OF THE MONTH
The Maryland Symphony Orchestra proudly recognizes the following Washington County Public Schools students who have been selected to participate in various All-State ensembles this spring. These students are honored as our Student Musicians of the Month for February.
The students whose names appear in blue are attending our concerts this weekend.
Senior Orchestra
Valerie Clark-Millar (BISFA)
Camille Sandeen (BISFA)
Junior Band
Ian Morrell (BISFA)
Senior Band
Kayla Shim (BISFA)
Damien Drill (BISFA)
Weslley De Sousa (BISFA)
Angela Aparicio (BISFA)
Senior Commercial Band
Fae Ward (BISFA)
Jayden Hess (BISFA)
Liam Burger (BISFA)
Matthew Ryan Barrett Jr. (BISFA)
Riley Alberding (BISFA)
Camille Sandeen (BISFA)
Angela Aparicio (BISFA)
Senior Jazz Band
Camille Sandeen (BISFA)
Junior Mixed Chorus
Jillian Burton (BISFA)
Dahlia Borowski (BISFA)
Layla Hersom (BISFA)
Sofia Pinson (SHHS)
LyrahGray Qunell (BISFA)
Ava Wisner (BISFA)
Senior Treble Chorus
Winnie Okai (BISFA)
Maria Webb (BISFA)
Nyima Zember (BISFA)
Erin Downey (BISFA)
Hannah Kamseuh (BISFA)
Camila Portillo (BISFA)
Jocelyn Warrenfeltz (BISFA)
Oumou Macalou (NHHS)
Senior Mixed Chorus
Aislinn O’Connor (NHHS)
Joselynn Flores (BISFA)
Amelia Schwarzenegger (BISFA)
Lillian Doyle (BISFA)
Reese Gibson (BISFA)
Zedeara Johnson (BISFA)
Jayjay Leedy (BISFA)
Anora Glascoe (BISFA)
Caleb Bowers (BISFA)
Winston Estell (BISFA)
David Monroig Cruz (BISFA)
Alexa Russell (NHHS)
Upcoming Education Events:
Maryland Symphony Youth Strings & Side By Side Concert at the Maryland Theatre: March 18, 2025
Storytime at Wash. County Library: March 7, 2025 April 25, 2025
See our website to learn more about our Instrument Bank and give a student the gift of music!
MUSIC DIRECTOR BIO
With passion, verve and illuminating musicianship, Elizabeth Schulze has been conducting orchestras and opera companies, advocating for music education, and electrifying audiences in the States and abroad for more than two and a half decades.
Recipient of the 2013 Sorel Medallion in Conducting for her adventurous programming, Schulze is in her 24th season as the Music Director and Conductor of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra and is the recently appointed Music Director and Conductor of the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra in Alaska.
Schulze made her European debut, leading the Mainz Chamber Orchestra in the Atlantisches Festival in Kaiserslautern, Germany. She appeared in Paris as the assistant guest conductor for the Paris Opera and has also appeared in London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Vienna with the National Symphony during its 1997 European tour. Her most recent international work includes conducting in Hong Kong, Jerusalem and Taipei.
Schulze’s recent guest conducting in the States includes appearances with the Buffalo Philharmonic and the New Jersey, Detroit, San Francisco and Chautauqua Symphonies. Her positions with U.S. orchestras include an appointment as Associate Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra, Music Director and Conductor of the Flagstaff, Waterloo/Cedar Falls, and Kenosha Symphony Orchestras, Principal Guest Conductor of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Cover Conductor and Conducting Assistant for the New York Philharmonic, and Assistant Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic, an appointment sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Since the beginning of her career, Schulze has been a spirited advocate for music education. Her far-ranging work included a long association with the National Symphony Orchestra’s Summer Music Institute (SMI). For more than 15 years Schulze conducted, taught and mentored dozens of young musicians at SMI at the Kennedy Center. She has also conducted the American Composer’s Orchestra in LinkUp educational and family concerts in Carnegie Hall and throughout New York City. And for six years, Schulze joined her mentor Leonard Slatkin, teaching at the NSO’s National Conducting Institute.
Her music education and mentoring work spans the elementary school to the university. She was an artist-in-residence at Northwestern University and has guest conducted the orchestras of The University of Maryland, the Manhattan School of Music and Catholic University of America. She has also guest lectured at the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute of Music.
Schulze’s own education includes training in Europe and in the States. She graduated cum laude from Bryn Mawr College and was an honors student at the Interlochen Arts Academy. She holds graduate degrees in orchestral and choral conducting from SUNY at Stony Brook. She was the first doctoral fellow in orchestral conducting at Northwestern University and was selected as a conducting fellow at L’École d’Arts Americaines in France. She was the recipient of the first Aspen Music School Conducting Award. At Aspen, she worked with Murry Sidlin, Lawrence Foster and Sergiu Commissiona. As a Tanglewood fellow, she worked with Seiji Ozawa, Gustav Meier and Leonard Bernstein.
Schulze is represented by John Such Artists Management, Ltd.
FRIENDS OF THE SYMPHONY
Thank you to the following individuals, businesses, foundations and organizations that have contributed to the strength of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra as of January 31, 2025. (July 1, 2023 through January 31, 2025)
To update your donor acknowledgement information, please contact Jennifer Sutton, Director of Development, at jsutton@marylandsymphony.org.
PLATINUM BATON
($10,000 & Above)
William & Patricia Abeles
Antietam Broadband
Anonymous
Gary & Deb Bockrath
Jo Ann Bousum, in memory of Derwood B. Bousum
Mr. & Mrs. Howard B. Bowen
Mary K. Bowman Historical & Fine Arts Fund
City of Hagerstown
Katie Fitzsimmons in memory of Brendan Fitzsimmons
Alice Virginia and David W. Fletcher Foundation
Vincent Rauth Groh & Barbara Ingram Groh Perpetual Charitable Trust
John & Erin Hershey
Dr. Robert K. & Mrs.
Marjorie Hobbs
Elise Holloway Family
Mr. & Mrs. James N. Holzapfel
William “Tad” & Anne Holzapfel
William B. Hunsberger
Patrick McFadden & Michelle Leveque
Dr. George & Mrs. Connie Manger
Jim & Mindy Marsden
Middletown Valley Bank
Doug & Beth Mills
Nicholas Mohar-Schurz
Douglas & Deena Moul
James & Georgia Pierné
William G. Pitzer
Mary Ann Schurz
Dr. Aryeh & Mrs. Laura Herrera-Spessard
Dr. Hugh & Mrs. Marty Talton
Waltersdorf-Henson Families
Washington County Arts Council
Washington County Commissioners
Roberta A. Waltersdorf Family
Martha Williams
Brandon & Haven Younger
GOLD BATON
($5,000 to $9,999)
Scott & Kim Bowen
Dr. Katie Carr & Mr. Ned Taylor
Charles Clark
Delaplaine Foundation, Inc.
Howard Garrett Family
Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Hood
Lee & Patricia Stine
Kershner Sisters Foundation
William & Monica Lingenfelter
Dr. & Mrs. Ira S. Lourie
Meritus Health, Inc.
Bill & Gaye McGovern
George & Nancy Mulholland
James & Colleen Stone
Washington County Health Department
Washington County Gaming Commission
Drs. Paul Waldman & Mary Money-Waldman
James Waltersdorf Family
Margaret O. Waltersdorf Family
David & Shanon Wolf
SILVER BATON
($3,000 to $4,999)
Teresa & John Barr
Mr. & Mrs. David Beachley
Joseph & Julie Boehler in honor of Patricia Angelis
Dr. J. Emmet & Mrs. Mary
Anne Burke
Jason & Dadra Call
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Cirincione
Andrew C. Durham
Michael Fitzgerald
Jean Y. Inaba
Larry Klotz
Bill & Judith Lawrenson
Ed & Julie Lough
Lowell & Susan Michael
Paul & Mary Ann Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Muldowney
Greg & Ilissa Ramm
Mrs. Theron Rinehart
Drs. Tara A. Rumbarger & James A. Schiro
Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Spotts
William & Kathleen Su
Donald & Paula Trumble
Matthew & Bernadette
Wagner
William & Frances Young
CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE
($1,500 to $2,999)
Capt. & Mrs. William. T. Alexander, Ret.
Dr. & Mrs. Michael V. Attardi
Kenneth & Anne Barton
Richard Barton
Mr. & Mrs. David Beachley
Sun & Twila Cheung
Debbie & Todd Cornell
Michael Cusic
Dr. & Mrs. Allen Ditto
Reverend Dr. D. Stuart
Dunnan
Robert & Louise Finch
Robert Fennel
Dr. & Mrs. Jay B. Greenberg
Jean Hamilton
Jimmy Hill
Willa Weller Kaal
Suzanne & Rick Kass
Rick & Donna Kipe
Robert & Susan Larivee
Ms. Doris E. Lehman
David & Louisa McCain
Mr. Peter Murdock & Dr.
Monica Stallworth
James Marshall
Valerie Owens & Mike Dunkum
Harry & Patricia Reynolds
Mr. & Mrs. Denis Rocco
David & Suzanne Solberg
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Strauch
Frank & Cheryl Stearn
Jennifer-Joy Sutton & Sonny Smoyer
Susan Trail
Amy Weber
Terry Wills & Christine Parfitt
Marlene & Mike Young & Family
BENEFACTOR
($500 to $1,499)
Tina Angle
Anonymous
Dr. Michael & Mrs. Jane Anderson
Cathy Ashley-Cotleur
Stephenie Baker
Robert Barnhart
Phyllis Beard
Robert and Kathy Bell
The Honourable & Mrs. W.
Kennedy Boone, III
Melissa Evans
David Bottini & Ray Everngam
Jake & Diana Caldwell
Linda Chambers
Julianna Chitwood
Sherry Cramer
Maria Dahbura
Mr. Eckelbarger & Ms. Daniels
Beth Dellaposta
John & Dr. Ruth Dwyer
Patty Enders
Geo & Carol Engstrom
Mr. & Mrs. John F. Erath
Robert & Mary Fry
Jeffrey & Jacqueline Kelley
James McConnell
Ella C. Mose
Dr. Carl & Mrs. Louise Galligan
Cynthia Garland
BJ & Sherri Goetz
Joseph & Wanda Gerstner
Hagerstown Community College
Edwin & Lucinda Hawbaker
Dr. & Mrs. Eldon L. Hawbaker
Gary & Iris Heichel
Mark Jameson
Judith Jones
Mike and Kathy Jordan
Jordon Knicely
Jan Kochansky
Eric Knode
Patrick Larkin
Duane & Susan Lawson
Leiters Fine Catering
Judith & John Lilga
Virginia Lindsay in memory of Tom Lindsay
Estelle Martin
Michael & Sandy Martin
Peter Michael
Tee Michel
Lisa Miller
David Milowe
Jennifer Moser
Cynthia Myers
Joanna Owen
Adrian & Jennifer Park
Thomas Robins
Kathy Robinson
Dr. Robert & Millie Steinke
Ronald & Leura Sulchek
Sunrise Rotary Club
Dwight & Nancy Swope
Thomas Tarpley
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Tischer
Sandy Wantz
Bill & Kimberly Whaley
Carl & Monika Wertman
James & Stephanie Vaughn
PARTNER
($250 to $499)
Ruth Alpaugh
Jack Anderson
Anonymous
Elizabeth & Harold Baker
Dave Barnhart
Robert Batson
John & Helen Benchoff
Mike & Grace Bennett
J. Bruce & Connie Burley
Mary Kay Chaudrue & Charles Charpiat
Samuel Cushman
Dan & Carolyn Davis
Mr. Larry DeHaan
Donna Ersek
James C. Failor
Philip Fearnow
Mrs. Susan Fiedler
Patricia Ford
A. B. & Janet Fulton
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen C. Garlitz
Gretchen Gawler
David & Rosanna Gonzalez
Teresa Gordon
Fred & Kathy Gleason
Corey & Jessica Green
Thomas & Gwen Hard
Lucy Hogan
Janelle Horst
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Hutzell
Kevin & Lori Jones
Mr. Brooks & Mr. Kline
Joan Canfield & William Kramer
April L. Dowler & John W. League Family
Gay Ludington
Robin Lyles
Victoria Lynch
Alfred Martin
Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Morgan
Jean & Katharine Oliver
William E. O’Toole
Patricia Patton
FRIENDS OF THE SYMPHONY (con’t)
PARTNER
(con’t)
($250 to $499)
Ann Portocarrero
Phyllis Price
Howard & Francine
Reynolds
Susan Roza
Michael Seem
Darcy Shull
Jennifer Smith
Deanna & Wilbur Soulis
James & Darlene Stojak
Dr. Robert & Mrs. Amy Strahl
David & Naomi Styer
George A. Tompkins Jr.
David & Henrietta Tyson
Joseph & Rose Ulrich
Chris Vaccari
David & Deborah Vorhis
Rick Rogers & Susan Warrenfeltz
Sharon Wood
FRIEND
($100 to $249)
Robert Abdinoor, Sr.
Dr. & Mrs. A.F. Abdullah
Mr. Austin Abraham
Ms. Karen Adams
Teresa Angle
Anonymous
Laura Apelbaum
Dale Bannon
David Barnes
Jair Barr
Jeff & Mariah Beard
Stephen Becker
Laurie Bender
Pieter & Stephanie Bickford
Brian & Marina Bigsby
Fritz Blattl
Don & Mary Bowman
Mary-Jane Bowyer
Aileen Boyd
Cori Bragunier
Allen & Elizabeth Brown
Earl Brown
Susan & Wally Brubaker
Louise Bucco
Shawn Buck
Shaun & Cynthia Butcher
Scott & Megan Cassada
Barbara Clary
Robert Cook & Cherie
Pedersen
Mr. & Mrs. David M. Coe
Mauricio & Rose Couto
Paul & Anne Cox
Lynn Crosby
Arthur & Sondra
Crumbacker
Keith Dagliano
Benjamin & Kathleen
Dengler
Kathleen Detlefsen
Patricia Douglas
Richard & Kandyce Douglas
Greg Duffey
Kenneth & Pamela Duncan
Nancy Dunn
Andrew & Maria Durelli
Tracie & Marcia Felker
Steve Fritz
Kristi Frush
Devin Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
Richard & Susan Foot
Carl & Rose Marie Gearhart
Robin Gigger
Marianne Gooding
Bradley & Linda Gottfried
Robert Grahl
Danielle Gross
James & Brooke Grossman
Joshua Grove
Linda Grove
Sarah Hall
Michael & Rowan Harp
Donald Harsh, Jr.
Hillary Hawkins
Donald & Kathryn Henry
Michael Heyser
Roland and Leslie Hobbs
Lawrence Hoeck
Ed & Kathy Hose
Cindy Hykes
Sharon Isbin
James Itell
Karen Jenneke
Paula Jilanis
Judith Johnson
Liz Kaylor
Lawrence Keefer
Caitlin Kelch
David Steele & Robert Kelly
Mary Ann Keyser
James King
Robert & Barbara Kott
Ric & Betsey Lillard
Reverend George Limmer
John Lindeman
Sue Livera
Maryanne Ludy
Emma Lyles
Charles & Melissa Mackley
Missy Maddioncalda
James Main
Mary Malaspina
Pat & Frank Malejko
Bill Mandicott
Robert Mandley
Mike Manspeaker
Steven McDaniel
Heather McEndree
Joseph McIntyre
Kathy McKinley
Henry & Mary McKinney
Douglas Meyer
Vivian Michael
Charles Miller, Jr.
Tyler Miller
Annellen Moore
Raymond Moreland, Jr.
Ellie Morin
Frank Morrisey
Daniel Mullenix
LeRoy & Nicole Myers
Tim & Beth Newhardt
Nitzell Household
Larry & Helen Nowack
Allen Oberholzer
Lee Ann O’Brien
Emily O’Farrell
Terri Gwizdala
Cheryl Pedersen
Paul & Ann Pittman
Sarah Polzin
Brenda Price
David & Monica Quin
Sharon Ridenour
Dan & Careth Rinehart
James Roan
Martin & Karen Robinson
Michael Roehn
Maria Rojas
Mario Rojas
Galen Runkles
Beverly Schaff
Aileen Schulze
Eric Schwartz
Catherine Seibert
Jeffrey Selby
Toni Serini
Robert Shipley
Jeff Sholes
Dustin & Ashley Simmons
Petr Skopek
Frederick & Dorcas Slick
Thomas Sloan
Ida Smith
Jedidiah Smith
Steve Smith
Carolyn Snyder
Andrew & Gloria Stevens
Michelle Strong
Ms. Jeanne Stoner
Robert & Sara Sweeney
Tess Tiches
Ashton & Benito Vattelana
Frank & Annette Van Hilst
Daniel Villanueva
David Wallace
Cynthia Weaver
John Guy & Alexis Webb
Mark & Katharine Weimer
Mary L. Wetzel
Clarence White, Jr.
Brett Wilson
Julie Yoder
PATRON
($50 to $99)
Patton & Jacqueline Allen
Verna Anson
Dale Stein & Dominic Ambrosi
Anonymous
Thomas J. Arenobine
Justin Artz
William Barrett
John Beck
Justin Behrens
Jessica Bennett
Andrew Bowen
Karen Boyer
Robert Brown
Thomas Buckley
Vicky Campanelli
Jimmy Campbell
Christopher Ciardiello
Joseph Cobb
John Colborn
Colleen Corballis
Kevin Cozort
Dr. Anton T. Dahbura
Beth Decker
Mary Dougherty
Beth Dowdell
Thomas Druzgal
Marian & Jim Emr
Pastor Andrea Ernest
Debbie Everhart
Kathy Everly
Robin Ferree
Jacqueline Fignar
Todd & Gail Fineberg
Cherie Ganoe
Steve Flook
Larry Fry
Megan Gallagher
Thomas Gast
Stephen Ginaitis
Ethan Golden
Mr. Stephen & the Honorable Gina Groh
Mark & Kim Halsey
James & Shawn Hardy
Valerie Harshman
Thomas & Josie Haywood
Yuman He
Klaus & Becky Hein
Eunice Heistand
Sean Henderson
Danny Henley
Teresa Hoffman
Mary House
Elizabeth Houser
Jeff Hull
Judy Johnson
Jane Jones
Brian Kendall
Karol Kennedy
Karlen Keto
Brian Koppe
Wallace & Betty Lee
Barbara Linthicum
Fred & Amanda Littlepage
Teresa Lum
Aaron Mace
Christine Madeo
Frank Marconi
Ben Marlin
McCauley Family
Gary Meyer
Kim Milburn
Chris Moleskie
Tereance Moore
Patricia Mullinix
Amy Myers
Carole Myers
Christina Nemir
Gary Olds
Barry O’Neill
Theresa O’Sullivan
Edward Poling
Lisa Poole
Jonathan Prince
Mark Reback
Barbara Rice
Mary Ridenour
Keith Rodgers
Eric Rollins
Maurice Rumbarger
Susan Ruppert
Fred Rutledge
John & Bobbi Schnebly
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathon Schupp
Arby & Renee Shaw
Jennifer Sherwood
Rich Shilling
Joan Shupp
Nathan Speir
Thomas & Veronica Stein
Steven Stitley
Donnie Stottlemyer
Laura Strite
Kimberly Summers
Andrew Talton
Elizabeth Troy
Hector Fernandez & Roger Velasquez
Robert Watson
John & Donna Weimer
Wheeler Household
Mr. Daniel Webber & Dr. Candice Mowbray
Kenneth Wolfe
Andrea Wright
Joel Yount
MUSIC EDUCATION SOCIETY
The Music Education Society is dedicated to fostering intellectual, emotional, and social growth through the transformative power of music. Our educational outreach reaches Title I schools and Head Start programs, providing children from low-income families with the opportunity to experience and benefit from orchestral music.
The Youth Orchestra, composed of middle and high school students, nurtures the next generation of musicians. Additionally, our wide-ranging lecture series offers enriching experiences for adults of all ages. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the supporters listed below, whose generosity ensures that community members of all ages can experience the healing power of music.
Music Education Society Founding Members
Founding members as of January 31, 2025.
Dr. & Mrs. A.F. Abdullah
Karen L. Adams
Capt. & Mrs. William. T. Alexander, Ret.
Dr. Michael & Mrs. Jane Anderson
Anonymous
Verna Anson
Harold & Elizabeth Baker
Dave Barnhart
John & Teresa Barr
Robert & Judith Batson
Stephen Becker
David & Elizabeth Beachley
Stephen Becker
Kennedy & Debby Boone
Scott & Kim Bowen
Mr. Brooks & Mr. Kline
Dr. J. Emmet & Mrs. Mary
Anne Burke
J. Bruce & Connie Burley
Jason & Dadra Call
Scott & Megan Cassada
Dr. & Mrs. Robert
Cirincione
Debbie & Todd Cornell
Ms. Sherry Cramer
Dr. Lynn Crosby
Alison Curwen
Dan & Carolyn Davis
Mr. Larry DeHaan in memory of Frank & Dolly DeHaan
Dr. & Mrs. Allen Ditto
Patricia Douglas
Kenneth & Pamela Duncan in memory of Kaye Duncan
The Reverend Dr. D. Stuart Dunnan
Andrew C. Durham
Mr. & Mrs. John F. Erath
George & Donna Ersek
James C. Failor
Philip Fearnow
Robert & Virginia Fennel
Mrs. Susan Fiedler
Robert & Louise Finch
Richard & Susan Foot
Patricia Ford
Carl & Louise Galligan
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen C. Garlitz
Bruce & Sandra Gephart
Terri Gwizdala
Jamie & Sarah Hall
Jean Hamilton
Edwin & Lucinda Hawbaker
Ms. Deborah Hendrickson
Roland and Leslie Hobbs
Cindy & Jim Holzapfel
Tad & Anne Holzapfel
Anna Hutzell
Jean Inaba in honor of Elizabeth Schulze and all the violins
Dr. Mark Jameson
Karen Jenneke
Paula Jilanis
Lori & Kevin Jones
Michael & Kathy Jordan
Karlen Keto
Robert & Barbara Kott
Robert & Susan Larivee
Ms. Doris E. Lehman in honor of Elizabeth Schulze
Judith & John Lilga
Ric & Betsey Lillard
Virginia Lindsay in memory of Tom Lindsay
Bill & Monica Lingenfelter
Ed & Julie Lough
Mary Malaspina
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Malejko
Estelle Martin
Peter Michael
Barbara Miller
Paul, Mary Ann Miller
Tyler Miller
Dr. & Mrs. Raymond
Morgan
Ella C. Mose in memory of Jimmy
Dr. Candice Mowbray & Mr. Danny Webber
Paul & Harriet Muldowney
Patricia Mullinix
Larry & Helen Nowack
Ms. Valerie Owens & Mr. Mike Dunkum
Terry Wills & Christine Parfitt
Robert Cook & Cherie Pedersen
Georgia & Jim Pierné
William G. Pitzer
Edward Poling
Phyllis L Price, MD
Greg & Ilissa Ramm
Howard & Francine
Reynolds
Mrs. Theron Rinehart
Kathy Robinson
Mario & Magaly Rojas
Robert Shipley
Paul Skidmore
Ida Smith
Jennifer Smith
Wilbur & Deanna Soulis
Dr. Monica Stallworth & Mr. Peter Murdock
Frank & Cheryl Stearn
Thomas & Veronica Stein
Dr. Robert & Millie Steinke
Andrew & Gloria Stevens in memory of David
Bragunier
Lee & Patricia Stine
Jim & Colleen Stone
Ronald & Leura Sulchek
Jim & Colleen Stone
David & Naomi Styer
Dr. Hugh & Mrs. Marty Talton
Donald & Paula Trumble
David & Deborah Vorhis
James Waltersdorf
Margaret O. Waltersdorf
Roberta A. Waltersdorf
Sandy Wantz
Cynthia Weaver
Clarence White, Jr.
Martha Williams in memory of George W & Margaret K Comstock
David & Shanon Wolf
Lloyd Yavener
Marlene & Mike Young & Family
Mr. & Mrs. William P. Young, Jr.
HERITAGE SOCIETY & ENDOWMENT
The MSO’s commitment to excellence is supported by the generosity of individuals who are personally committed to promoting, preserving, and supporting the arts. In recognition of these patrons, the Maryland Symphony Orchestra has created the Heritage Society.
We invite you to consider becoming a member of the Heritage Society through an outright financial gift, living trust, bequest in will, life insurance gift naming, retirement gift plan, real estate gift donation of real property, or a charitable remainder annuity trust. Please contact Jennifer Sutton, Director of Development, at jsutton@marylandsymphony.org to learn more.
Heritage Society Members
Members as of January 31, 2025.
Dr. & Mrs. A. F. Abdullah
Alberta G. Alcorn Family
Dr. & Mrs. Michael Anderson
Anonymous
Mr. & Mrs. John M. Baer
Teresa & John Barr
Dave Barnhart
Jack Beachley Family
John Beck, Jr.
John R. Beck
Sara Bock
Gary & Deb Bockrath
The Honorable & Mrs. W. Kennedy Boone, III
Joann Bousum
Kim & Scott Bowen
Hermione H. Brewer
Mr. & Mrs. Jack B. Byers
Jason & Dadra Call
Michael G. Callas
Mr. & Mrs. Frank D. Carden, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Jack Carey
Mr. & Mrs. Allen J. Clopper
Peter & Kathleen
Clouthier in memory of Rosemary G. Vocke
Mrs. David Cushwa, III
Toni & Lee Crawford
Michael Cusic
Mary & Bud Dahbura Family
Dr. & Mrs. Breese Dickinson
Dr. & Mrs. Allen Ditto
Dr. Edward W. Ditto, III Family
Mr. & Mrs. Merle Elliott
Patricia Enders
Mr. & Mrs. Franklin P. Erck, III
Katie Fitzsimmons
Samuel Freeman Family
Dr. & Mrs. Carl J. Galligan
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Gelbach, Jr.
Florence Hill Graff Family
Vincent Rauth Groh & Barbara Ingram Groh Perpetual Charitable Trust
Lucinda S. Grunberg
Jean Hamilton
Michael & Rowan Harp
Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Harsh, Jr.
Dr. Aryeh & Mrs. Laura Herrera
Mr. & Mrs. John Hershey, Jr.
Harvey H. Heyser, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Robert K. Hobbs
Elsie Holloway Family
Anne & William “Tad” Holzapfel
John H. Hornbaker, Jr., M.D.
Mr. & Mrs. Edward L. Hose
William B. Hunsberger
John V. Jamison, III Family
Karen Jenneke
Dr. Robert L. Josephs
Howard & Anne Kaylor
Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Kenney
Renee & Fred Kramer
Michelle Leveque & Patrick McFadden
Bill & Monica Lingenfelter
Reverend George A. Limmer
Dr. & Mrs. Ira Lourie
Morton & Sophia Macht
Dr. & Mrs. Edward M. Macon
Dr. & Mrs. George Manger
Melinda & James E. Marsden
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry E. Massey
Paul C. & Margaret K. Massey Family
Vincent & Phyillis Mauro Family
Joseph McIntyre
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Meyer
Mrs. Victor D. Miller
Leslie W. Mills
Dr. Candace Mowbray & Mr. Daniel Webber
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Nitzell
Mr. & Mrs. Alan J. Noia
Valerie Owens & Mike Dunkum
Dr. & Mrs. Carl D. Pedersen
Mr. & Mrs. Dominick J. Perini
Mr. & Mrs. Spence W. Perry
Georgia & Jim Pierné
Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Pitzer
Family
William G. Pitzer
Samuel G. Reel, Jr.
William J. & Selina A. Reuter
Mrs. Theron Rinehart
Pearl & Odell H. Rosen
Dr. & Mrs. Joel L. Rosenthal
Bennett Rubin Family
Mrs. Agnita M. Schreiber Family
The Schurz Family
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph L. Sharrett
Petr Skopek
Asley & Dustin Simmons
Dr. Douglas & Mrs. Sue Ellen Spotts
James & Colleen Stone
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Z. Sulchek
Agnes Supernavage
Jennifer Sutton & Sonny Smoyer
Dr. & Mrs. Hugh J. Talton
Doris H. Thompson
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Tischer
Jay L. Troxell Family
Bruce Van Wyk
John M. Waltersdorf
Family
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Wantz
Daniel Watkins
Mrs. Dorothy Slocum Webster
Dr. & Mrs. Howard N. Weeks
Mrs. Mary B. Welty
Captain J. Maury Werth
Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Whisner
Mr. & Mrs. William P. Young, Jr.
Jim & Stephanie Vaughn
SEASON SPONSORS & PARTNERS
Our Deepest Gratitude to Our Season Sponsors and Partners
The Maryland Symphony Orchestra’s 2024-2025 season is made possible through the generous support of our sponsors and partners. We extend heartfelt thanks for their commitment to bringing exceptional music to our community.
The Maryland Symphony Orchestra is funded by an operating grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive. Funding for the Maryland State Arts Council is also provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.
“INSPIRATIONS” PRE-CONCERT EXPERIENCE SPONSOR
The Schurz Family
SUBSCRIBER & DONOR VIP LOUNGE SPONSOR
The Holzapfel Family
SENIOR TRANSPORTATION SPONSOR
Mr. Ed Lough
SEASON HOSPITALITY PARTNER
FREDERICK TRANSPORTATION SPONSOR
TICKET SPONSOR
SUPPORTER SPOTLIGHT
“MSO is so comparable to the major city symphonies and Hagerstown is blessed to have the caliber orchestra that we have.”
- Daniel Watkins
A Hagerstown native, Daniel Watkins is an annual subscriber and generously included the MSO in his estate plans. When asked about what sparked this desire, he said the following...
I was amazed to realize that the quality of the MSO’s performances lived up to others I had seen in major cities. I feel it is important to cultivate for the future of music and music education by getting young people involved as a listening audience and this bequest allows the board the flexibility to do that. If students are in a band program, then they already know music but that’s not necessarily the same thing as what the MSO would play at a concert. Teaching people about music creates future lovers of this genre! Even if it’s Christmas music instead, hearing it played with an orchestra instead of on the radio makes you say, “wow that sounds so much better or bigger” and it has a different dimension which helps people get hooked on Beethoven.
I want to see classical music and quality musical opportunities continue for the next generation in Hagerstown because it is truly a blessing to have the MSO here. I’d strongly recommend listening to the MSO to everyone. From singing in a church choir in middle school, playing in a marching band in high school, attending concerts throughout my lifetime, for my love of music, this is an opportunity for me to pay it forward with my bequest to the MSO.
For helping to ensure the future growth of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra and sharing the music you love, thank you, Daniel. We look forward to seeing you in your favorite balcony seat!
Congratulations to Elizabeth Schulze on 25 Years!
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