Concert

  Band and orchestra students at Barbara Ingram School for the Arts will combine with the Potomac Valley Youth Orchestra of Montgomery County, Md., to present a Mother's Day concert of music for large orchestra. The concert will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday at The Maryland Theatre in Hagerstown.  Featured on the program will be Overture to Arthur Sullivan's “The Yeoman of the Guard,” the “Presto Finale” to Mozart's Symphony No. 36, Gershwin's “Little Rhapsody in Blue” with pianist Jessan Groenendyk, and Rossini's Overture to “The Italian Girl in Algiers.”  Also featured at the concert will be Potomac Valley Orchestra's concerto competition winner Marie Hodges performing Beethoven's Violin Sonata in F. Barbara Ingram will feature All-State alto saxophonist Hansu Sung in Eugene Bozza's Improvisation and Caprice.

The Robert Sykes Quartet will perform at the Noteworthy Sundays at Your Library Concert April 1 at the Leonard P. Snyder Memorial Branch Library at 12624 Broadfording Road in Clear Spring. The concert begins at 3 p.m. The quartet features Washington County jazz pianist Robert Sykes, Matt Lewis on bass, Bob Jones on drums and Anita Thomas on saxophone. The group performs a variety of jazz styles based in the mainstream jazz tradition of the Be-Bop and Post-Bop era. To reserve seats, call 301-739-3250, ext. 123.

The Drucks, a husband and wife singing duo from Pennsylvania, will perform today from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Washington County Senior Center at Girls Inc., 626 Washington Ave., Hagerstown. The couple travels throughout the country proclaiming the gospel through their ministry of music that began in the late 1970s. It became a full-time mission once they retired in 2002. For more information, go to www.thedrucks.org. For more information about the concert, call 301-671-2368.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. -- The voices of 86 cellos will reverberate throughout Laird Hall on Friday. A free cello choir concert at Wilson College will conclude a week-long workshop dedicated to the tenor of strings. The workshop, in its 10th year, was coordinated by Cellospeak, a Virginia-based educational nonprofit for student cellists who are adults. "It's very much different for adults to study later in life," said Dorothy Amarandos, Cellospeak founder and artistic director. "Children learn much more readily than adults.

The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts will present the Museum Consort in a performance from the George W. Comstock Library - A Memorial Concert on Sunday, Jan. 27, at 2:30 p.m. A reception, hosted by members of the museum's volunteer organization, the Singer Society, will be held following the performance. Dr. George W. Comstock, who passed away on July 15, 2007, was a physician and professor emeritus at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He was a distinguished epidemiologist who conducted seminal research on tuberculosis, and was regarded by his peers as the world's foremost expert on the disease.

The Irish Session Lads will be in concert Friday, Nov. 16, at 8 p.m. at Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church. Cleek Schrey anchors the band with fiddle and piano accompaniment, Sean McComiskey drives the rhythm with the button accordion and Stuart Jackson plays the Irish uilleann pipes. Tickets cost $18 for adults, $15 for seniors, $12 for members and $8 for children/students. Shepherd University students get in free with their Rambler ID.   For more information, call 304-263-2531 or go to http://smad.us/concerts .

The concert with radio show host and recording artist John Tesh originally scheduled for May 7 at The Maryland Theatre has been postponed to a later date to be determined. Current ticket holders should contact The Maryland Theatre, 21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown, MD at 301-790-2000 or online at mdtheatre.org for refunds. For more information regarding Tesh, the new Hagerstown concert date or "The John Tesh Radio Show," go to http://www.tesh.com .

The concert with radio show host and recording artist John Tesh originally scheduled for May 7 at The Maryland Theatre has been postponed to a later date to be determined. Norm Slemenda, general manger of Prettyman Broadcasting, made the announcement Thursday. Current ticket holders should contact the Maryland Theatre, 21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown at 301-790-2000 or online at mdtheatre.org for refunds. For more information regarding Tesh, the new Hagerstown concert date or "The John Tesh Radio Show" go to http://www.

The second annual Fill the Food Banks concert Sunday at Red Run Park in Rouzerville benefited Waynesboro Area Human Services, Waynesboro Community Services and Five Forks Church's food pantry. “As far as I'm concerned, it was a great success,” said state Sen. Richard Alloway, R-Franklin/Adams/York. Alloway, who hosted the event in partnership with the Washington Township (Pa.) Supervisors, said he counted about 225 people. “The weather was perfect,” he said. “The music was incredible.” Jane Birt, director of Waynesboro Area Human Services, said two pickup truckloads of food was collected.

Everyone handles pre-concert jitters differently. Students gathered Saturday for Washington County Public Schools All County Middle and Senior High School Orchestras concert illustrated this point. The young musicians, donning black and white formal wear, awaited their performance in the library at North Hagerstown High School. One hurried past at lightning speed with a pizza. Another slept in a chair at a table. Some wielded bows, applying rosin in long, smooth strokes.

Kids Alive Fest Children's Village of Washington County holds its open house and community safety day. Activities include: helicopter landing, 11 a.m., weather and emergency calls permitting; K-9 demonstration, noon; auto extrication demo, 1 p.m.; Ronald McDonald safety show, 2 p.m. Representatives from area organizations will participate with safety-related displays and activities. Tours of the Power of Fire House. Mini-car rides and fire hose spraying challenge with purchased tickets.

There will be a gospel music concert by the Back Creek Valley Boys on Sunday at 2 p.m. at Mount Zion Church, 14336 Greencastle Pike, Cearfoss. Admission is free and a goodwill offering will be taken for the group.  A basket will be placed in the front of the church for contributions for the cemetery maintenance fund. Refreshments will be served following the concert. Women's Club news • The Women's Club, at 31 S. Prospect St., will sponsor a house and garden tour in Hagerstown on Saturday, June 1. Eight houses will be on tour, including some on Oak Hill Avenue and South Prospect Street.

  Band and orchestra students at Barbara Ingram School for the Arts will combine with the Potomac Valley Youth Orchestra of Montgomery County, Md., to present a Mother's Day concert of music for large orchestra. The concert will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday at The Maryland Theatre in Hagerstown.  Featured on the program will be Overture to Arthur Sullivan's “The Yeoman of the Guard,” the “Presto Finale” to Mozart's Symphony No. 36, Gershwin's “Little Rhapsody in Blue” with pianist Jessan Groenendyk, and Rossini's Overture to “The Italian Girl in Algiers.”  Also featured at the concert will be Potomac Valley Orchestra's concerto competition winner Marie Hodges performing Beethoven's Violin Sonata in F. Barbara Ingram will feature All-State alto saxophonist Hansu Sung in Eugene Bozza's Improvisation and Caprice.

Hagerstown Seventh-day Adventist Church will host a concert Saturday at 7 p.m., featuring Herman and Sonnie Harp.  The Chapel Records recording artists are one of the Christian community's finest duos. They present a variety of music that features solo, duets and the original songs of Sonnie Harp. In addition to more than 100 concerts annually, they are seen daily on 3ABN, Hope Channel and the Family Reunion Concert Series. The church is at 11507 Robinwood Drive.   Senior site Smithsburg senior site:  •  Wednesday - “Healthy Vision” with Ita Kavanagh, 10 a.m. • Friday - Cards, dominoes or games, 10 a.m.  •  Monday, May 6 - “Diabetes” with nurse Louise Wyant, 9:30 a.m.   Scholarship available Through Hagerstown Community College's affiliation with the Maryland Space Grant Consortium, HCC students are eligible to compete for the 2012-13 Maryland Space Grant Consortium scholarship.

Lynn and Rick Bibbee's story is one of hope and heart. It's a story about caring and compassion and taking dedication to a whole different level. It's about putting their efforts into preserving a place where all of God's creatures, big and small, exist in harmony. It's about saving a zoo. A few years ago, the Hagerstown couple didn't even know Tri-State Zoological Park existed in Cumberland, Md. - despite the fact that they had lived there for many years. But during a visit to the area last March, Rick Bibbee picked up a local magazine and spotted a discount coupon for admission to the zoo. When he returned home, he shared the information with his wife and the two decided to make it a destination.

Hagerstown Community College will hold a spring dance concert Saturday, April 27, beginning at 2:30 p.m. at Kepler Center on the college campus. The event will feature students in the HCC Dance Company, as well as several students taking dance classes at HCC. A combination of contemporary, jazz, modern and ballet dancing will be performed. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, send an email to Alyssa Foley Little at ajfoley@hagerstowncc.edu.

 "American Idol" finalist Bucky Covington and others will perform a Cabin Fever benefit concert at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at Allegany County Fairgrounds in Cumberland, Md. A family fun day will precede the concert from noon to 3 p.m. The concert will benefit Tri-State Zoological Park in Cumberland. Tickets cost $20 to $25. Call 301-759-0550 or go to www.woodsetter.com .

The Top Five Vocal concert Countertenor Terry Barber will perform classical and popular favorites. A Community Concert Association of Hagerstown concert. 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 12, at The Maryland Theatre, 21 S. Potmac St., downtown Hagerstown. $25; $2 students. Call 240-520-0174 or go to www.hagerstownliveonstage.com . She's got great hair World-class hair designer Brett Borreson will lead Evening of Hope: Fashion for a Cure, a theatrical hair-inspired fashion show Saturday, April 13. 6 p.m., doors open for silent auction; 7 p.m., hair and fashion show begins.

New Beginning Full Gospel Church, Martinsburg, W.Va., The Easter Brothers will minister in song and testimony at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 30. St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, Williamsport, a concert of special Lenten music will be at 4 p.m. Sunday. The concert will feature area artists and a cantata titled A Time for Alleluia by the St. Andrew Presbyterian Church choir. Free will offering.

Susan Herbst said she didn't have a choice about deciding whether to continue with the concerts at Right Choice Ministries, which she founded with her late husband, Winston. “He kind of made that decision for me,” she said. “He made me promise that I would continue it.” Susan Herbst said before her husband's death on Dec. 23, he told her he wanted her to continue with the Hagerstown ministry that provided a place where local teens could gather and listen to clean music in a safe and drug-free environment.