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Departments
2 ) Letter from the Executive Board Chair
4 ) In Tempo : News of Note
6 ) BSO Live : Calendar of Events
7 ) Orchestra Roster 39 ) Honor Roll
48 ) Impromptu : Marcia Kämper , Flute
SuperMaestro
Jack Everly has been the principal pops conductor for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra since 2004 , when he took over the post previously held by Marvin Hamlisch .
Program Notes
12 ) Tchaikovsky ’ s Pathétique January 6 , 7 & 8
16 ) Beethoven Symphony No . 7 January 12 & 15
21 ) Off the Cuff : Beethoven Symphony No . 7
January 13 & 14
22 ) Brahms Symphony No . 1 January 20 , 21 & 22
26 ) A Tribute to Ol ' Blue Eyes January 26 , 27 , 28 & 29
28 ) Bruckner Symphony No . 4 February 2 , 3 & 4
31 ) Dvořák ’ s Cello Concerto February 16 & 19
34 ) Off the Cuff : Dvořák ’ s Cello Concerto
February 17 & 18
35 ) Mendelssohn Symphony No . 4 February 24 , 25 & 26
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Features
8 ) Stravinsky in America
by Christianna McCausland The BSO season illustrates how the composer set the bar for his 20 th century peers .
10 ) Broadway was his Destiny
by Martha Thomas Jack Everly fell in love with musicals the minute he heard Kismet .
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On the Cover
Photo by Atlanta Symphony Orchestra , Jeff Roffman
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