Masterworks Festival
Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade
Pablo Saelzer, Music Director
June 21-27, 2010

Under the direction of Pablo Saelzer, the Avanti Orchestra of the Friday Morning Music Club, in collaboration with Montgomery College, is holding a Masterworks Festival during the week of June 21-27, 2010. The Festival is an opportunity for professional and highly accomplished musicians to come together to study, rehearse, and perform a symphonic masterwork.
 

                      Click picture to download the concert promo (PDF).

                      Download the Masterworks Festival promo (PDF) here.

Program:

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908): Scheherazade, Suite Symphonique, Op. 35
Edited by Clinton F. Nieweg & Drew Holmes

1. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship
2. The Story of the Kalender Prince
3. The Young Prince and the Young Princess
4. Festival at Baghdad. The Sea. The Ship Crashes upon a Rock.

Rehearsal Schedule & Information (revised 6/16/10):
Monday, June 21: strings + harp only at 7:30-10 pm

Tuesday, June 22: strings + harp at 7:30-10 pm; woodwinds + horns at 8:45-10 pm

Wednesday, June 23: strings + harp + woodwinds + horns at 7:30-10 pm; Brass and percussion at 8:45-10 pm.

Thursday, June 24: all sections at 7:30-10 pm

Friday, June 25: all sections at 7:30-10 pm

Location: Montgomery College/Rockville, Music Building, Room 124

51 Mannakee Street, Rockville, Maryland 20850

Directions     Campus Map

Parking: Free parking in the student lots.

Light snacks will be available at rehearsals.

Concert Schedule & Information:
Sunday, June 27, 2010
2:15 pm: Building opens
2:45 pm: Call time
3:00 pm: Rehearsal
5 pm: Concert begins
Location: Montgomery College/Silver Spring, Performing Arts Center, Main Stage – Theatre 1
Address: 7995 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD (intersection of Georgia Avenue and East-West Highway)
Directions (Disregard the Public Parking section. Please use parking instructions below.)
Parking: There is surface parking and a parking garage behind the performance hall. Surface parking: North on Georgia Avenue, turn right onto King St. Proceed past the performance venue (on your left) and take your first left into the surface parking lot. South on Georgia, turn left onto King St. Proceed past the performance venue (on your left) and take your first left into the surface parking lot. Parking Garage: North on Georgia Avenue, turn right onto Jessup Blair Dr. The parking garage entrance will be on your left. The performance hall is just north of the parking garage. South on Georgia, turn left onto Jessup Blair Dr. The parking garage entrance will be on your left. The performance hall is just north of the parking garage.

Concert Dress:
Women: Solid colored top (dressy formal top in a single color preferred, need not be black); Black long skirt or slacks; Black shoes.
Men:  Black shirt; No tie; Black pants; Black socks; Black shoes. 

Musician Roster and Bios

Mark your Calendars!
2011 Masterworks Festival: June 20-25, 2011

Operations Managers: Pete Ostle and Joanna Taylor

Friday Morning Music Club
Montgomery College Department of Music
Metropolitan Orchestra @ Montgomery College