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Mount St. Mary’s University Chamber Choir

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Performs classical sacred music.

Mount St. Mary’s University Chamber Choir, Department of Visual and Performing Arts, Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg.

Call 301/447-5308

or go to www.msmary.edu

Thurmont Thespians

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The Thurmont Thespians were founded in 1998 by Beth Royer Watson. Creating a summer workshop focused on teaching all aspects of theater to children and teens had been a dream of hers for many years. The dream was realized as the Thurmont Thespians. Each year a summer music theater workshop is presented for children and teens. The workshop culminates in a weekend of performances.

Thurmont Thespians, Thurmont.

For information, call 301/416-0864;

send e-mail to beth.watston@myactv.net or theboard@thurmontthespians.org;

or go to www.thurmontthespians.org

Frederick String Quartet

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The Frederick String Quartet and Fredericktowne Flute-String Trio have been performing at weddings and other special occasions for over 10 years.

Based in Frederick, Maryand, our string and flute-string chamber music is perfect for producing an atmosphere of polished refinement and elegance appropriate for many social events including weddings, receptions, celebrations, holiday parties, and anniversaries – indoors or outdoors.

Frederick Strings, Frederick.

Call 301/695-8868,

send e-mail to info@fredstrings.com

or go to http://www.fredstrings.com

Weinberg Center for the Arts

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A showcase for performing arts in central Maryland, The Weinberg Center plays a valuable leadership role in our local and regional arts communities. Through a wide range of dramatic, musical, artistic and educational programs, The Weinberg enhances our area’s cultural life and ensures that the arts remain accessible and affordable to the broadest possible audience.

Weinberg Center for the Arts, 20 W. Patrick St., Frederick.

Call 301/228-2828

go to www.weinbergcenter.org

Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre and Children’s Theatre

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Way Off Broadway has been a leader in the area’s performing arts community since it first opened its doors in late 1990 as The Keynote Dinner Theatre. In 1995, with a new set of owners the curtain rose for the first time on Way Off Broadway with its inaugural production, Let the Good Times Roll. Less than an hour from DC, Baltimore, and Gettysburg, WOB combines both fine dining and first class live entertainment. WOB is also the only theatre in the area that is open and producing production 52 weeks a year. In 1996, Way Off Broadway opened its wildly popular Children’s Theatre, ensuring entertainment for all ages in the region. Over the year, the theatre continued to produce larger scale productions while still providing guests with the one-on-one service they came to know. In 2002, the Kiska Family purchased the theatre with a desire to expand the theatre and its operations. With an eye toward the future, there is always something fun and excited happening at The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre & Children’s Theatre!

Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre and Children’s Theatre, 5 Willowdale Dr., Frederick.

Call 301/662-6600

or go to www.wayoffbroadway.com

Maryland Shakespeare Festival

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The Maryland Shakespeare Festival is a professional, innovative and classic theater deeply committed to its community. Founded in 1999 with the vision of providing free outdoor performances of Shakespeare plays each summer, The Maryland Shakespeare Festival is structured with three distinct program areas: Performance, Education and Performance Research. Each area serves the community in its own way.

Currently, the Performance program area provides professional performances of Shakespeare plays each summer – accessible to everyone. The only theater in the Frederick area working under an Equity contract (the national union of actors and stage managers), The Maryland Shakespeare Festival also employs some of the most respected designers in the Mid-Atlantic region, creating productions at the highest artistic levels which everyone in the community can enjoy.

Maryland Shakespeare Festival, 15 W. Patrick St., Frederick.

Call 301/668-4090

or go to mdshakes.org

Frederick Symphony Orchestra

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The Frederick Symphony Orchestra (FSO) is a community orchestra composed of professional and amateur musicians from Central Maryland. Founded in 1997, the orchestra performs a series of concerts each year which include classical masterworks, music by contemporary composers, pops concerts, and educational programs. Through its affiliation with Frederick Community College, FSO performs at FCC’s Jack B. Kussmaul Theater, and qualified musicians receive college credit for playing in the orchestra.

Frederick Symphony Orchestra, Kussmaul Theater, Arts and Student Center, Frederick Community College, Opossumtown Pike, Frederick.

Call 301/663-8476

or go to www.frederickorchestra.org.

Mid-Maryland Performing Arts Center

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Founded in 1989, the center is a 5,000-square-foot professional training facility with three studios with state-of-the-art flooring, a large lobby and waiting area with restrooms, locker rooms, a homework area, vending machines and ample parking.

Mid-Maryland Performing Arts Center, 5901 Enterprise Ct., Frederick.

Call 301/694-5105

or go to http://www.mmpac.com/

Maryland Ensemble Theatre

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Begun in 1997, the ensemble is dedicated to creating and producing theater with professional resident artists and visionaries in the art of theater. Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) is dedicated to the creation and production of extraordinary theatre art through the combined voices of a diverse ensemble of professional resident artists who are influential leaders in the community and visionaries in the art of theatre.

MET creates a positive environment where artists and audience share an exciting, emotional, thought provoking theatre experience for our times and our community. MET features an eclectic season of plays that are accessible; yet, challenge audiences and pique the interest of a national audience. Through open communication and life long learning, the MET ensemble brings an unparalleled commitment to excellence that helps shape our region by initiating creative dialogue between artists and audience; providing outreach to under served communities; and training, education, and professional development opportunities to students of theatre that will propagate MET artistic values into the American Theatre.

Maryland Ensemble Theatre, 31 W. Patrick St., Frederick.

Call 301/694-4744

or go to www.marylandensemble.org

Cultural Arts Center of Frederick County

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Housed in the former McCrory’s dime store and acquired by the Frederick Arts Council in 1998, the community arts center offers a venue where artists of every discipline can work, rehearse, perform, teach classes and conduct workshops. Open Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with frequent evening and weekend performances.

For information about events and facility use, call 301/662-4190

or go to www.frederickartscouncil.org

Cultural Arts Center of Frederick County, 15 W. Patrick St., Frederick.