Maryland Symphony Orchestra

Voices of the Past

Elizabeth Schulze, Conductor

Friday, February 13^th | 7:30 PM
Pealer Recital Hall | Woodward D. Pealer Performing Arts Center

Maryland Symphony Orchestra / *Photo credit: Mark Youngblood*

Masterworks of Dvořák, Haydn, Ballard and Perkinson

Celebrate the Valentine’s Day holiday with a stirring musical performance that explores the profound connections between history, culture and the human experience.

The lyrical beauty of Antonin Dvořák’s “Wind Serenade” captures the timeless harmony between nature and the human spirit and calls to mind traditions of the Bohemian/Czech people. Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s “Sinfonietta No. 1,” with its bold, expressive themes, blends classical traditions with vibrant cultural influences. Lewis W. Ballard’s “Incident at Wounded Knee” offers a moving reflection on Native American culture and explores themes of resistance, justice and resilience. The concert concludes with Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 64 in A Major, a jubilant and uplifting work that exemplifies music’s power to inspire hope and unity.

Since its founding in 1982, the Maryland Symphony Orchestra’s influence and reputation have reached far beyond Western Maryland. Under the baton of Elizabeth Schulze, MSO has become a first-class orchestra of exceptional artistic quality.

Elizabeth Schulze, Music Director
Elizabeth Schulze has conducted orchestras and opera companies, advocated for music education and electrified audiences in the U.S. and abroad for more than two and a half decades. She is currently in her 25th season as MSO music director and was 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. Her most recent international work includes conducting in Hong Kong, Jerusalem and Taipei. In 2013, she received the prestigious Sorel Medallion in Conducting for her adventurous programming.

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Maryland Symphony Orchestra
Prélude with Elizabeth Schulze

Friday, February 13 | 6:30 PM
Pealer Recital Hall | Woodward D. Pealer Performing Arts Center

Prior to the show, MSO Music Director Schulze will discuss the selections that will be performed and reveal insight on how each composer’s work connects to and expresses their heritage. (Open to all ticket holders.)

ADULT	$42
YOUTH	$17
FSU STUDENT	FREE
MILITARY	$37.80

Theatre-style seating

Classical concerts are not recommended for children under the age of 5. As a courtesy to audience members and performers, please use discretion regarding a young child’s ability to sit quietly and enjoy a performance. Audience members with restless children will be asked to take them to the lobby as a courtesy to other patrons.

The presentation of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra is supported by the Community Trust Foundation’s Iris and Peter Halmos Community Fund and by the FSU Foundation, Inc.

CES is supported in part by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, and receives financial support from the Allegany Arts Council, and the City of Frostburg.

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