FYI - a most rewarding musical experience. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Invites Amateur Musicians to Participate in the Second Annual BSO Academy
PRESS CONTACTS: Eileen Andrews Jackson, 410.783.8020 mailto:EJackson%40BSOmusic.orgHYPERLINK "mailto:[email protected]"[email protected] <mailto:EJackson%40BSOmusic.orgHYPERLINK> Laura Farmer, 410.783.8024 mailto:LFarmer%40BSOmusic.orgHYPERLINK "mailto:[email protected]"[email protected] <mailto:LFarmer%40BSOmusic.orgHYPERLINK> BSO connects with new audiences through interactive experiences like BSO Academy and Rusty Musicians Baltimore, Md. (November 16, 2010) — The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra announced today its second annual BSO Academy. This immersive summer music program gives approximately 100 amateur adult musicians the opportunity to perform alongside a top professional orchestra. The BSO Academy will convene in Baltimore, Maryland for seven days—from Sunday, June 12 to Saturday, June 18, 2011. Daily sessions of performance and educational activities will be held at the BSOʹs primary venue, the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, and the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) located just a few blocks from the Meyerhoff. In addition to orchestra rehearsals, sectionals, master classes and personal lessons, the Academy also includes chamber music rehearsals and enrichment classes led by BSO musicians, activities with Maestra Alsop and lectures led by local experts. Chamber music groups created at the beginning of the week with Academy participants and BSO musicians will perform in an intimate concert on Friday, June 17 at Falvey Hall on the MICA campus. The following day, Academy participants and BSO musicians will perform Bernstein’s Overture to Candide, Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, movement one, Rimsky‐Korsakov’s Capriccio espagnole, and Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis together at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in a finale concert on Saturday, June 18. Leadership support for the BSO Academy from 2010-2012 is generously provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Please see below for complete registration details. “The BSO Academy is the ultimate fantasy camp for adult amateur musicians. Our goal in starting this program was to really connect with people who share our passion for music and create a new kind of music community,” explains BSO Music Director Marin Alsop. “Watching these musicians perform sideby‐ side with the Orchestra during the inaugural BSO Academy was like watching passion ignited! I look forward to making beautiful music with a new group of Academy participants this summer.” The inaugural BSO Academy took place in June 2010 and drew 46 participants from both the local area and across the country. The program cultivated greater involvement with and from Academy participants, as alumni have continued to interact with BSO musicians through private lessons, Facebook, increased concert attendance and involvement in similar participatory events like “Rusty Musicians with the BSO.” The BSO hosted “Rusty Musicians” in February 2010 at The Music Center at Strathmore and in September 2010 at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Each event welcomed hundreds of amateur musicians to perform on stage with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Marin Alsop. Programs like the BSO Academy and Rusty Musicians continue the BSO’s vision to connect with audiences through greater levels of active participation in creative music‐ making. The BSO expects to more than double last year’s enrollment, serving more than 100 participants in the BSO Academy’s second year. “It has been tremendously inspiring to observe how the majority of last year’s nearly 50 participants continues to engage with the BSO in meaningful ways,” notes BSO President and CEO Paul Meecham. “Because of the hours BSO Academy alumni spent working alongside BSO musicians, they feel entirely comfortable contacting musicians or chatting with them after a concert. In this regard, the BSO Academy has achieved the ultimate end of removing barriers that separate the musicians from their audiences. The inaugural program not only produced better musicians, but also built genuine and lasting friendships.” “Since college I have taken a completely different road professionally, but music has always been a passion,” reports 2010 BSO Academy participant, Mary Padilla, a software engineer from Woodbridge, VA. “The BSO Academy really lit a new fire for me, not to mention a great admiration for the BSO and its members.” About the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra The Grammy Award‐winning Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is internationally recognized as having achieved a preeminent place among the worldʹs most important orchestras. Acclaimed for its enduring pursuit of artistic excellence, the BSO has attracted a devoted national and international following while maintaining deep bonds throughout Maryland with innovative education and community outreach initiatives. The BSO made musical history in September 2007, when Maestra Marin Alsop led her inaugural concerts as the Orchestra’s 12th music director, making her the first woman to head a major American orchestra. With her highly praised artistic vision, her dynamic musicianship and her commitment to accessibility in classical music, Maestra Alsop’s leadership has ushered in a new era for the BSO and its audiences. Under Music Director Marin Alsop’s leadership, the BSO has rapidly added several critically acclaimed albums to its already impressive discography. The BSO recently released Dvořák’s Symphonies Nos. 6, 7 and 8, the final two discs in its three‐disc Dvořák cycle. In August 2009, the BSO and Marin Alsop released Bernstein’s Mass featuring baritone Jubilant Sykes, the Morgan State University Choir and the Peabody Children’s Chorus. The album rose to number six on the Classical Billboard Charts and received a 2009 Grammy nomination for Best Classical Album. The Orchestra made its foray into online distribution in April 2007 with the release of a live‐concert recording of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring on iTunes, which quickly become the site’s number one classical music download. In addition to the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, where the orchestra has performed for 28 years, the BSO is a founding partner and the resident orchestra at the new state‐of‐the ‐art Music Center at Strathmore, just outside Washington, D.C. With the opening of Strathmore in February 2005, the BSO became the nation’s only major orchestra with year‐round venues in two metropolitan areas. REGISTRATION DETAILS • Visit BSOAcademy.org to fill out an online application form and submit the $35 non‐refundable application fee through the website, OR • Print out the PDF application form found at BSOAcademy.org and write a check for the $35 nonrefundable application fee made out to the “Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.” Mail your check and application to: BSO Academy Coordinator Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 1212 Cathedral Street Baltimore, MD 21201 • Applicants must be at least 25 years old for consideration into the program. • The $35 application fee will be waived for applicants who submit their registration before December 15th. All applications, supplemental materials and applicable fees must be received by noon on February 1, 2011. Base tuition for the BSO Academy is $1,650 with opportunities for chamber music and private lessons available at additional costs. See BSOAcademy.org for more details.
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