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Departments
2) Letter from the President
4) In Tempo: News of Note
6) BSO Live: Calendar of Events
7) Orchestra Roster 39) Honor Roll
Learning to Lead
Marin Alsop’ s young protegees are the conductors of tomorrow
Program Notes
12) Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 March 2, 3 & 4
16) Beethoven’ s Emperor March 10, 11 & 12
20) Celtic Celebration March 16, 17, 18 & 19
24) Petrushka March 24, 25 & 26
27) Scheherazade March 30 & April 2
29) Off the Cuff: Scheherazade March 31 & April 1
30) Berlioz Symphonie fantastique April 6, 7 & 8
33) The Doo Wop Project April 20, 21, 22 & 23
35) Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 April 28, 29 & 30
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Features
8) Symphony 2.0
by Christianna McCausland The BSO Engages Next-Gen Audiences.
10) Mentor Magic
by Martha Thomas Marin Alsop’ s philosophy is to“ pay it forward.” Three of her many protegees are doing just that.
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On the Cover
Marin Alsop mentors young conductors as director of graduate conducting at Peabody and through the Taki Concordia Conducting Fellowship she founded to provide opportunities for female conductors. See story, page 10.
Photography: Grant Leighton( Alsop), R. R Jones( Arrieche).
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