FRIENDS OF MUSIC AWARD SCHOLARSHIPSTO TWO AREA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS The Friends of Music have awarded $500 scholarships to two graduating seniors from area high schools. The scholarships were presented at a Friends’ concert last Saturday, May 18, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Shepherdstown. The recipients were Lilly Noel, of Shepherdstown, who will graduate June […]
FRIENDS OF MUSIC GIVE GRANTS TO TWO BERKELEY COUNTY SCHOOLS The Friends of Music have awarded grants to assist the music programs at two Berkeley County middle schools. Both grants were presented at the schools on April 25. The first grant went to Martinsburg North Middle School. It consisted of four Oscar Schmidt Acoustic Guitars, […]
TICKETS ON SALE NOW FOR MAY 18 ORCHESTRA CONCERT IN SHEPHERDSTOWN The Friends of Music will present a Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra concert in Shepherdstown on Saturday, May 18. The concert will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church at 7:30 p.m. Entitled “Nonsense and Sensibility,” it will feature two works: Beethoven’s Septet in E-flat major, […]
SIGN UP NOW FOR MARCH 29 PRE-CONCERT LUNCH IN SHEPHERDSTOWN Those attending the Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra concert in Shepherdstown on March 30 will have an opportunity to get a preview of the performance at a luncheon the day before. The concert, which is sponsored by Friends of Music will be held at Trinity Episcopal […]
The Friends of Music will present a Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra concert in Shepherdstown on Saturday, March 30. The concert will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church at 7:30 p.m. Entitled “String Fling,” it will feature the world premiere of the string version of “Into the Liquid,” a work by J. Kimo Williams. Williams is […]
Everyone is invited to a Friends of Music Mardi Gras dinner at Shepherdstown’s Bavarian Inn on Friday, March 1. The event will be a fundraiser for the Friends. All proceeds will benefit our concert programs and the grants and scholarships we provide to support music education in local schools. The evening will begin with cocktails […]
Everyone is invited to participate in the Friends of Music’s Fourth Annual “Puzzle Mania” jigsaw puzzle competition in Shepherdstown the afternoon of Sunday, February 24. The event will be a fundraiser for the Friends and its Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra. This year’s event will be held again at the Shepherd University Wellness Center, on the […]
The Friends of Music will present the third concert of their 2018-2019 season on Saturday, January 19. The concert will be an organ recital by prize-winning organist Julie Vidrick Evans, of Washington D.C. It will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the historic Trinity Episcopal Church in Shepherdstown. The recital will include a rich variety […]
PROGRAM NOTES Edward Elgar (Born in Lower Broadheath, England in 1857; died in Worcester, England in 1934) Salut d’Amour, Op. 12 Elgar was the quintessential underdog, and as such, his masterpieces make us all the more glad he finally achieved his rightful praise. He was a self-taught composer, learning his craft by borrowing books on […]
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