On Tuesday, April 2, professional musicians from the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra (MSO) visited Showell Elementary School for the second time this year….this time to introduce their instruments to all students in Grade 2 and Grade 3. Music teacher, Mrs. Bethany Pugner had invited the MSO musicians in order to expose the children in her classes to the wonders and versatility of instruments like the flute and the trumpet.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, March 5, the second graders at Snow Hill Elementary School were excited as they walked into their morning music class. It was not a “regular” day because special visitors were waiting to see them. Professional musicians, Rachael Yokers and Ismar Gomes, from the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra (MSO) had come to play their instruments….and to give each student an opportunity to try out the flute and the cello that they had brought with them.
Read MoreThird grade students at Showell Elementary School are making merry music this month. This year, for the first time, the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra (MSO) is presenting their “A-B-C-Me Play” violin instruction program at Showell.
Read MoreOn Monday, May 7, kindergartners and First Graders at Showell and Ocean City Elementary Schools were all smiles! They were making music, practicing the high and low sounds of the violin and the cello. Helping them try their hand at student-sized instruments were professional musicians from the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra (MSO), Blair Skinner, violinist, and Ismar Gomes, cellist, who travelled from Baltimore to spend the day with these budding musicians.
Read MoreIn early April, excited students at Buckingham and Ocean City Elementary Schools met trombone player, Nick Mazziott, and violinist, Blair Skinner from the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra (MSO), thanks to the invitation from music teachers, Julie Young and Rick Chapman.
Read MoreThe Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra recently celebrated the culmination of its 2017-2018 season, “Reaching Ever Higher,” at Chesapeake College with a post-concert gourmet dinner in the atrium of the Todd Performing Arts Center.
Read MoreThe Mid-Shore Community Foundation recently announced the establishment of the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra Fund, a designated endowment fund at the foundation.
Read MoreOn April 11, representatives from the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra made a trip to Berlin Intermediate School to teach master classes to fifth and sixth graders who play the violin, viola and cello. Each group of students met with the MSO professional musician who plays a similar instrument. This outreach program was paid for by Michael Jahnigen, a generous donor. Pictured are Corbin Denk, Juwan Carelock, Gavin Stearn, Aiden Foley, Hayden Mills and MSO cellist Devree Lewis.
Read MoreThe MSO was incorporated in May 1997 as Delmarva’s first homegrown professional orchcestra and performed its first concert, under the direction of Music Director Donald C. Buxton, at the Ocean City (Maryland) Convention Center on Nov. 21, 1997. All three MSO concerts during the 1997-1998 season were performed at the convention center.
Read MoreThe MSO is excited to announce that from a diverse pool of applicants, the partnership between the MSO and Worcester County Public Schools has been selected to participate in the 2015 Symposium on Music in Schools and receive the Yale Distinguished Music Educator Award. This year's Symposium, which will take place June 4-7, 2015, on the Yale campus in New Haven, CT, focuses on partnerships between professional music organizations and public school music programs and will facilitate high-level discussion about the importance of music in young people's lives.
Read MoreMusicians from the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra hosted master classes with students from Southern Delaware School of the Arts in Selbyville Wednesday, March 18.
Read MoreStudents at Buckingham Elementary School got a lesson in music from some of the region’s finest performers last week with a visit from two Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra musicians.
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