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SECOND FIDDLE SHOPPES
BSA launches one-day fundraiser
to support BSO education programs
O
n Saturday, May 18, the Baltimore Symphony Associates
hold a one-day fundraiser called the “Second Fiddle Shoppes.”
Located at Grace United Methodist Church, the event features
decorative furnishings and décor from previous BSA Symphony
Designer Show House exhibits.
For a small donation, attendees can shop from a selection of
handmade candles, chocolates and accessories from local crafters.
Guests can also visit the “Encore shop,” which is full of bargains with
“nearly new” household items, toys and jewelry. Baked goods, pizza,
snacks and beverages are available for purchase, and members of the
BSO present a pop-up concert.
“The Associates are very excited to put on this fundraising event
for the first time ever,” said the BSA’s Marge Penhallegon. “We have
a number of wonderful local vendors selling amazing homemade
items, and we’ll be awarding door prizes every hour. Knowing that
the donations support the Baltimore Symphony’s outstanding
education programs makes it that much more special.”
FUNDRAISER DETAILS
Saturday, May 18
10 am– 4 pm
GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH,
FELLOWSHIP HALL
5407 N Charles Street
Parking in rear of church, $2 donation at the door.
NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL
A Celebration of Women Composers
N
ow in its third year, the New
Music Festival has quickly
become a staple of the BSO’s
summer concert season. Ahead of the
orchestra’s 2019–20 season, which
celebrates music in conjunction with the
100 th anniversary of women’s suffrage in
the U.S., all of the music on this year’s
festival is by women composers.
“I’m thrilled that this year’s New Music
Festival features such an outstanding
group of contemporary composers,
who happen to be women!” said Music
Director Marin Alsop. “Each piece
Inbal Segev
of music that we’ve programmed tells
a unique and compelling story, and we
are proud to present a range of voices
and perspectives that showcases some
of the most inspired work happening
in classical composition today.”
The festival kicks off on June 20
with a free concert at the Ottobar. BSO
Associate Conductor Nicholas Hersh
leads Shara Nova, also known as My
Brightest Diamond, in a performance
of Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Penelope,
a song cycle inspired by Homer’s epic
The Odyssey.
Anna Clyne
Next up is a concert of chamber
music at Peabody Conservatory’s
Griswold Hall on June 21 with Alsop
and cellist Inbal Segev, co-curators of
the New Music Festival.
On June 22, the New Music
Festival concludes with a free orchestral
performance at the Meyerhoff Symphony
Hall with Alsop leading the BSO in
works by Missy Mazzoli, Joan Tower and
Jessie Montgomery. Jennifer Higdon’s
Low Brass Concerto, co-commissioned
by the BSO, and the world premiere of
Anna Clyne’s Dance, a new concerto for
cello and orchestra written for Segev,
anchor the program. The concert is
preceded by a block party outside the hall
with live entertainment and local food
trucks. Alsop and several of the festival’s
featured composers participate in a
roundtable discussion inside the lobby
before the performance.
For more information and ticket
reservations go to BSOmusic.org/
NewMusicFestival.
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