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The Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra
2014–2015 Season
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The Baltimore
SyMphony ORchestra
Marin Alsop
Music Director
Barbara M. Bozzuto
Chair
Paul Meecham
President & CEO
Eileen Andrews
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& Communications
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& Publications
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{ from the president
Welcome
On behalf of Marin Alsop, the musicians, staff and board of the BSO, may I extend warm
Happy New Year wishes to you! Our New Year’s resolution is to guarantee you some electrifying performances during this second half of the 2014–2015 season.
And the electricity starts in early January, when Marin Alsop presents The Rite of Spring,
whose sensational premiere in 1913 in Paris induced a riot. Hear Marin describe the event and
how this stunning work changed the course of music in her Off the Cuff program, January
9 and 10 at the Meyerhoff and at Strathmore. Later in the month (January 22–25), the BSO
Superpops welcomes Jason Alexander, aka George
Our New Year’s
Costanza from the award-winning sitcom “Seinfeld.”
resolution is to
He joins Jack Everly for a program of reminiscences
and music from several Broadway favorites, includguarantee you
some electrifying ing Music Man, Pippin and Merrily We Roll Along.
A special gala concert on February 5 marks the
performances
10th anniversary of the BSO’s second home at The
Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda.
February is also an important month for the BSO’s education programs: We honor AfricanAmericans such as Duke Ellington and Harriet Tubman as part of Black History
Month, and we host the third annual Howard County Side-by-Side when
BSO musicians and students from the Howard County Gifted and Talented
Orchestra share the stage at the Meyerhoff.
And March is definitely the month of madness for the BSO. In between
the much-awaited debut of distinguished Japanese conductor Masaaki
Suzuki conducting an all-Mozart concert, and the SuperPops presentation
of the classic movie Singin’ in the Rain with live orchestra under Jack Everly’s
baton, the BSO with Marin Alsop announce its 2015 –2016
centenary season! Wow!
There’s so much to enjoy, and I look forward to seeing you
at the Meyerhoff many times during 2015!
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Vicki Dodson
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Paul Meecham
President and CEO, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
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