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Conducted by Assistant Director Maj. Michelle A. Rakers, the Marine Chamber Orchestra will conclude its 2017 Summer Series with Edvard Grieg’s Suite for Strings, Opus 40, From Holberg’s Time. Grieg composed the piece in 1884, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of the Norwegian playwright Ludvig Holberg. The music is written in the style of dances from Holberg’s era (the Baroque period). The concert will also include Niels Gade’s Novellette No. 2, Opus 58 and Johann Baptist Georg Neruda’s Concerto in E-flat for Trumpet and Strings, featuring soloist Master Sgt. Michael Mergen. There will be no pre-concert ensemble performance prior to this concert. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 26 at Northern Virginia Community College's Schlesinger Concert Hall in Alexandria, Va. Free, no tickets required. - Conducted by Assistant Director Maj. Michelle A. Rakers, the Marine Chamber Orchestra will conclude its 2017 Summer Series with Edvard Grieg’s Suite for Strings, Opus 40, From Holberg’s Time. Grieg composed the piece in 1884, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of the Norwegian playwright Ludvig Holberg. The music is written in the style of dances from Holberg’s era (the Baroque period). The concert will also include Niels Gade’s Novellette No. 2, Opus 58 and Johann Baptist Georg Neruda’s Concerto in E-flat for Trumpet and Strings, featuring soloist Master Sgt. Michael Mergen. There will be no pre-concert ensemble performance prior to this concert. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 26 at Northern Virginia Community College's Schlesinger Concert Hall in Alexandria, Va. Free, no tickets required.

On Aug. 16-17, French horn player Staff Sgt. Cecelia Buettgen will make her solo debut with the Marine Band when she performs Richard Strauss’s Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat, Opus 11. The concerts, conducted by Assistant Director Major Michelle Rakers, will take place at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 16 at the west terrace of the U.S. Capitol and 8 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 17 at the Sylvan Theater, on the Washington Monument grounds. - On Aug. 16-17, French horn player Staff Sgt. Cecelia Buettgen will make her solo debut with the Marine Band when she performs Richard Strauss’s Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat, Opus 11. The concerts, conducted by Assistant Director Major Michelle Rakers, will take place at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 16 at the west terrace of the U.S. Capitol and 8 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 17 at the Sylvan Theater, on the Washington Monument grounds.