River Hill high School

12101 Route 108

Clarksville, MD 21029

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC DIRECTOR (ORCHESTRA)

Mrs. Lather has been teaching orchestra in Howard County Schools for 20 years.  She is currently orchestra director at River Hill High School and Marriott’s Ridge High School.  This is Mrs. Lather’s 14^th year as director of the Howard County G/T Middle School Orchestra.  Mrs. Lather has previously taught orchestra at Hammond High School, Mt. Hebron High  School, Hammond Middle School, Patuxent Valley Middle School, Harper’s Choice Middle School, and Clarksville Elementary School.  She has also taught violin and chamber music for three years at McDaniel College, formerly Western Maryland College.

Mrs. Lather has studied violin with Robert Gerle (Catholic University, Peabody, and UMBC) and with Herbert Greenberg (BSO Concertmaster).  She has also studied with Berl Senofsky and Charles Lebove, both of Peabody.  Her undergraduate degree is in Music from the University of Maryland.  She also earned the Juris Doctor degree from the University of Maryland. Mrs. Lather has played in the Maryland Symphony for 20 years in the first violin section and she has played in the first violin section of the Harrisburg Symphony, Fairfax Symphony, and Millbrook Chamber Orchestra.  In addition, she has been the concertmistress of the Columbia Orchestra for 4 years.

In her spare time, Mrs. Lather and her husband, Tom, are very active performing music of the Civil War era.  They perform all over the east coast for reenactments at battlefield parks, Civil War roundtables, 19^th century balls and weddings, etc. The Lathers have completed their second CD of Civil War era music and the CD’s are available at battlefield bookshops and through the Lathers.  Mr. and Mrs. Lather have recorded the sound track for several battlefield visitor center videos and documentaries.

Mrs. Lather, her husband, and two children, Tom and Amy, reside in the Village of River Hill along with their four dogs.