CONTENTS
MARCH – APRIL 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!
2 Letter from the President
3 Orchestra Roster
5 Musician Spotlight
6 News of Note
8 From BSYO to BSO
9 Kids Listen Free Corner
10 Introducing the 2026-27 Season
12 The Phil Collins Story
MAR 3
13 Heyward Conducts Mahler
( EARTH | Songs)
MAR 7 & 8
18 Ravel’ s Boléro, Debussy
& Saint-Saëns
MAR 12 & 13
22 The Doo Wop Project
MAR 20 – 22
25 Diana Krall
MAR 23
26 A Hero’ s Journey: Schumann & Strauss
MAR 26 & 28
29 Seong-Jin Cho in Recital
APR 6
30 Disney’ s Encanto In Concert
APR 10 – 12
31 Appalachian Spring & Beethoven 6
with Alsop( EARTH | Songs)
APR 16, 18 & 19
34 Sheku Kanneh- Mason & Heyward
APR 24 – 26
37 Board, Endowment Trust & Staff
38 Remembering Ruth R. Marder
40 Symphony Fund Honor Roll
47 Government Funders
and Corporate Sponsors
48 Orchestra Map
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.
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.
MAR-APR 2026 | OVERTURE | 1