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Sunday, March 1, 2026 - 4:00pm
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
Ellicott City, MD

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Program

Nancy Bloomer Deussen
Peninsula Suite (2008)
Marianne Martinez
Aria ("Che non mi disse") (1767)
Beth Anderson
Three Swales (2000)
~ INTERMISSION ~
Alex Shapiro
Remembrance (2013)
Mary Howe
Let Us Walk in the White Snow (0)
Judith Shatin
Stringing the Bow (1992)

Guest Artists

Melissa Chavez, soprano

Our Musicians

The musicians of the NSS are among the finest in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore area. Many are also members of some of the premiere orchestras in the area, as well as being active chamber musicians and teachers.

Violin I

Jie Kim concertmaster
Sarah Calderon asst. concertmaster
Sonia Garcia-Lee
Jessica Hanson
Rebecca DeStephanis

Violin II

Eli Thomas principal
Nancy Shavin asst. principal
David Shavin
Eleonel Molina

Viola

Matthew Gattuso principal
Kimberly Finnigan asst. principal
Lauren Haren

Violoncello

Andrew Nixon principal
Daniel Daughtry-Weiss asst. principal
Tom Valdez
Alyssa Moquin

Contrabass

Barbara Fitzgerald principal
Wendy Hellman

Donations

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Sponsors

The NSS is sponsored in part by:

Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County
Frederick Arts Council
Maryland State Arts Council

Building Blocks


Brenda de la Cruz Eternal Vines