CONTENTS
JANUARY – FEBRUARY 2026
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!
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.
2 Letter from the President
3 Orchestra Roster
5 Musician Spotlight
6 News of Note
7 Kids Listen Free Corner
8 Hear It From Heyward
10 The Orchestra Swings
12 Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY
JAN 2 & 3
14 Bernstein, Copland & Marsalis in American Soundscapes
JAN 8, 10, & 11
18 Kings of Soul
JAN 16 – 18
20 Brahms & Haydn with Heyward
JAN 23 – 25
23 Rachmaninoff & Shostakovich
JAN 29, 31, & FEB 1
26 Bruckner & Mozart
FEB 5 & 7
28 Reimagined: Vivaldi’ s Four Seasons
FEB 13 & 14
30 La Vida Loca
FEB 20 – 22
32 The Rite of Spring( EARTH | Songs)
FEB 26, 28, & MAR 1
36 Board, Endowment Trust & Staff
37 Symphony Fund Honor Roll
43 Government Funders and Corporate Sponsors
44 Orchestra Map
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.
JAN-FEB 2026 | OVERTURE | 1