Montgomery Philharmonic, Inc. is a community orchestra based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, dedicated to providing opportunities to enjoy, explore, and create music. As a teaching orchestra with education at the center of our mission, we provide an environment that promotes excellence for musicians of various levels to play orchestral music for themselves and for the community. Our goal is for the audience to experience classical music from great composers ranging from Bach to Webern and everything in between and to come together in the community to share a love of music in an exciting and welcoming environment.
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Concert 4 – February 12 – A special concert curated by members of the Montgomery Philharmonic for Senior Citizens
- at Asbury Methodist Village, 3 PM (Theater)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, BWV 1049 – Johan Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) – 2 flutes, solo violin, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass, continuo
- Serenade, Opus 11(1937) – Dag Wirén (1905–1986) – violin 1, violin 2, violone (cello), viola, cello, double bass
- Song of the Birds – Pablo Casals (1905–1986) – cello ensemble
- https://parnumusicfestival.tv/landing/bc/6N4D5tk8A_/gyOBj5Mms0v – please go to the very end of the video at 2:17:30 to find this piece.
Concert 5 – April 23 —…Immigrants and Emergents, different together (a concert of music by immigrant and emerging composers.)
- at GPC, 6:30 PM (Sanctuary)
Immigrants –
- Song of the Angels from Mathis der Maler, IPH 89 (1933) – Paul Hindemith (1895–1963) (U.S. Citizen 1946) – piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, Percussion – 2 players (glockenspiel, crash cymbals, triangle, snare drum), violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass
- Sinfonietta for Strings and Timpani (1955) – Franz Waxman (1906–1967) (U.S. Citizen 1934) – violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass, timpani
Emergents –
- Monograph for Orchestra (2018) – Jonathan Bingham – 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 2 percussion, harp, piano, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass
- Kauyumari (Fragments) – Gabriela Ortiz (1964–) – Piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 4 trumpets,2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, 4 percussionists (seed pod rattle, claves, jawbone, tambourine, metal guiro, sistrum, tam tam, suspended cymbal, xylophone, glockenspiel, log drum, bongos., harp, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello. double bass
Concert 6 – June 11 – Symphonies Different Together: A Continued Exploration of the Evolution of the Symphony
- at GPC, 6:30 PM (Sanctuary)
- Symphony No. 8 in F major, Opus 94 (1812) – Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) – 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass
- Symphony No. 1 (1988) – Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941) – 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, violin 1 violin 2 viola, cello, double bass
RECENT EVENTS
Concert 3 – December 11 – A special concert featuring Evan Tegley, oboe
- at GPC, 6:30 PM (Sanctuary)
- World Premiere of Childhood Merriment – Valse Caprice – Alton Augustus Adams (1889–1987), arranged by Sandra Ragusa – 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns. 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (1 player) – triangle, snare drum, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass
- U.S. Premier of Letters from Burma for Oboe and String Orchestra – Roxanna Panufnik. Evan Tegley, Solo Oboe
- Symphony No. 8 in G major, Opus 88, B. 163 (1889) – Antonin Dvořák (1841–1904) – piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboe, English horn, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass
Concert 2 – October 23 – Joy and Hope
- at GPC, 6:30 PM (Sanctuary)
- Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo (1942) – Aaron Copland (1900–1990) – 3 flutes (2 & 3 double piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, timpani, percussion (4 players) – xylophone, glockenspiel, cymbals, triangle, whip, bass drum, snare drum, harp, piano (playing celeste), violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass
- These Worlds in Us (2006) – Missy Mazzoli (1980–) – 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 3 percussionists, 2 melodicas, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass
- Symphony No. 2 – Sinfonia India (1935–36) – Carlos Chavez (1899–1978) – 2 piccolos, 2 flutes, 3 oboes, Eb clarinet, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani, percussion (4 players), harp, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass
- William Tell Overture (1829) – Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868) – piccolo, flute, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, triangle, bass drum, cymbals, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass
Concert 1 – December 12, 2021 6:30 PM at Gaithersburg Presbyterian Church
Largo for Strings
(2000) – Boaz Avni (b. 1963)
The Bamboula, opus 75 – Samuel Coleridge–Taylor (1875–1912)
Symphony No. 5 in B–flat major,
D 485 – Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Mondays, July 12 – August 9, 2021 OUTDOOR SUMMER READING SESSIONS at 7:00 PM
Monday, June 29 – August 3, 2020 VIRTUAL YLCMF
The festival is FREE to all who are interested and can commit to attending 6 sessions
This year’s festival will take place online via ZOOM conference. Each student will be given a ZOOM meeting code upon registration.
Classes are taught by Montgomery Philharmonic principal musicians.
Monday, February 24, 2020, 7:00 PM
at Montgomery Village Middle School , 19300 Watkins Mill Rd, Montgomery Village, MD 20886 – The Youth Edition
Rock Riffs – Soon Hee Newbold
Lotus Dance – Kathryn Griesinger
Bright River – Kathryn Griesinger Driftwood – Robert S. Frost
Furioso – Robert W. Smith
Congo Caves – Ralph Ford
On Wings of Freedom – Ayatey Shabazz
Bugler’s Rag – James Ployhar
Ode to Joy – Ludwig van Beethoven, arranged by Richard Meyer
CONCERT 2 – 24 APRIL, 2022
Symphony No. 26 in E-flat major, KV 184 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Elegy for Brass Ensemble
– Kevin Puts (b. 1972)
Symphony No. 3
– Florence Price (1887–1953)
CONCERT 3 – 26 JUNE, 2022
Tragic Overture in D minor, opus 81 – Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Chapultepec – Manuel M. Ponce (1882–1948)
Sinfonia No. 3 – George Walker (1922–2019)
Get In Touch
451 hungerford dr
Suite 119-560
rockville, md 20850
301-337-7516
info@montgomeryphilharmonic.org