Elizabeth Rusch Fetters

Last May, Harford County Public Schools in Maryland recognized Elizabeth Rusch Fetters for 20 years of service.

Fetters has served all of those 20 years as a chorus and general music teacher at Southampton Middle School.

Through her tenure at Southampton, her choruses have earned Excellent and Superior ratings at contests and festivals, most recently earning a Superior rating at Music in the Parks Festival in Hershey, Pa., on May 16.

Fetters was recently appointed music department chair at Southampton. She continues to play as a freelance performer in Harford County and Baltimore, manages a private bassoon studio, and continues to publish and present in her field.

She is a past national officer and member of Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity. Fetters holds degrees from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Kent State University (Ohio), and the University of Maryland. She is a 1996 graduate of Warren Area High School.