Prince George County Public Schools’ Music Enrichment Program provides instrumental and choral music instruction at the elementary, middle school and high school levels. The program enriches students’ lives with musical knowledge and enthusiasm, as well as a better understanding of the personal commitment required to be successful. Dedicated music teachers, students and parents all contribute to this exemplary program. This year’s culminating concert features the High School Honors Band, Senior Youth Orchestra and the High School Honors Chorus.

School of Music violin students refine their technique and artistry with former first violinist of the Mendelssohn String Quartet, Miriam Fried.

Fried has played with virtually every major orchestra in the United States and Europe and has been a frequent guest with the principal orchestras of Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, as well as with the Israel Philharmonic, the London Symphony, the Royal Philharmonic and the Vienna Symphony. 

School of Music cello students refine their technique and artistry with former Juilliard String Quartet cellist Joel Krosnick.  

This Masterful Strings masterclass is funded in part by The Barbara K. Steppel Memorial Faculty Fellowship in Cello.

A nationally respected pedagogue, Rebecca Henry is the Chair of the Preparatory String Department at the Peabody Conservatory, where she teaches violin and viola. In this masterclass, Henry discusses string pedagogy best practices with UMD School of Music string students. 

Masterful Strings is funded in part by The Tretter Distinguished Faculty Fellowship in Violin.