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Bo Li
Assistant Principal Cello
A Dad on the run.
Some days, BSO Acting Assistant Principal
Cello Bo Li feels like a taxi driver. That’s because, like many a harried parent still in the thick
of child-rearing, Bo and his wife Mary shuttle
their two talented children, Mia, 10, and Ryan,
eight, to a host of activities each week.
“I don’t have any hobbies right now,” says the
amiable dad. “My kids are my hobby.”
Mia’s activities, for example, include piano and
cello lessons, orchestra rehearsal with the Howard
County Gifted and Talented (GT) Orchestra, swim
practices and meets, and Chinese class. Ryan’s
current passion is soccer, which requires two practices and one game per week. Plus, he’s also in the
GT Orchestra, also takes piano lessons, as well as
studying violin with the BSO’s own Wonju Kim, and
also joins his sister for Chinese class.
“When the kids were younger, my wife and I could
manage the various dropoffs and pickups between
the two of us,” says Li. “But now we need to collaborate with other parents to do carpools. My wife is a
lot better at keeping all of this organized than me.
She sends me a memo practically every day of
when