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 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)
RECENT EVENTS
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


Get In Touch
451 hungerford dr
Suite 119-560
rockville, md 20850
301-337-7516
info@montgomeryphilharmonic.org