JANUARY – FEBRUARY 2025

WELCOME TO THE BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA .

Our commitment to you is to provide a comfortable , safe , and enjoyable experience in which all individuals — patrons , staff , artists , volunteers — are treated with respect and dignity .

To ensure an exceptional and memorable experience every time you visit , we invite you to consider the following guidelines to help us achieve this shared goal :

• Kindly follow instructions from staff and security regarding late seating , restricted areas , and any emergency response procedures .

• While we ask that photos and videos are not taken during the performance , we encourage you to capture the opening remarks and closing applause .

• Please be considerate of artists on stage and your fellow audience members .

• Your safety is our top priority , and to ensure a safe and enjoyable environment , we will take action to remove individuals who diminish that environment or harm others .

• We encourage sharing your BSO experience , so be sure to tag us on social media @ baltsymphony .

Thank you for joining us today , and we look forward to welcoming you back to the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall and The Music Center at Strathmore soon !

In keeping with our responsible concert hall experience , the BSO will not be reissuing used copies of Overture between concerts . We encourage you to keep and bring back your personal copy of Overture for all concerts during the publication period .

3 Letter from the President

4 Musician Spotlight

5 Orchestra Roster

6 Upcoming Performances

7 Ovation Series

8 Celebrating Black History Month at the BSO and Beyond

16 Mozart ’ s Piano Concerto No . 20 featuring Tao & Heyward

JANUARY 16 – 18

20 Dancing in the Street : Music of Motown

JANUARY 24 – 26

22 A Ravel Anniversary

FEBRUARY 1 & 2

26 BSO Fusion : Brahms X Radiohead

FEBRUARY 7 & 8

28 Rachmaninoff ’ s First Piano Concerto & Stravinsky

FEBRUARY 13 , 15 & 16

31 Simply the Best : The Music of Tina Turner

FEBRUARY 21 – 23

33 Mahler ’ s Fourth with Heyward

FEBRUARY 27 & MARCH 1

MEDIA CONSENT AND USAGE POLICY : Your entrance to Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performances or events constitutes acknowledgement of willingness to appear in photographs and / or video taken by the BSO without compensation of any kind . The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra reserves the right to use any photography or video at any BSO performance or event .

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