The 5th annual MCPS Marching Band Showcase will bring together hundreds of student musicians from across Montgomery County on Saturday, October 24, at Albert Einstein High School.
The free event will run from 11:30am-3pm and is open to the public. The showcase is one of the largest annual music events in Montgomery County Public Schools, featuring students from middle and high school band programs throughout the county.
The event will begin with a massed middle school band performing the National Anthem. Each participating high school will then take the field to perform its individual marching show. The showcase will conclude with approximately 700 high school musicians joining together for a massed band performance of Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5.”
Participating high schools include Albert Einstein, Watkins Mill, Paint Branch, James Hubert Blake, Springbrook, Montgomery Blair, Northwood, John F. Kennedy, Wheaton, Damascus, Quince Orchard, Seneca Valley and Rockville.
Middle school musicians from Parkland, Argyle, Earle B. Wood, Newport Mill, Sligo, Robert Frost, William H. Farquhar, Ridgeview, Kingsview, Lakelands Park, Redland, Francis Scott Key, John T. Baker and A. Mario Loiederman are also scheduled to participate.
