Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Meet your new Baltimore Symphony Orchestra musicians! 👋 We’re excited to welcome this talented group to our stages. Please join us in wishing them the best for the season ahead! 🎶 Martha Long, Principal Flute 🎵 Chris Wolf, Assistant Principal Trombone 🎶 James Ferree, Principal Horn 🎵 Casey Karr, Bass 🎶 Aidan Alcocer, Assistant Principal/Utility Horn 🎵 Ryan Avila, Bass 🎶 Hangyul Kim, Second Violin

We're proud to work with many talented guest artists this season, including pianist Aaron Diehl! Aaron joins us for Mary Lou Williams' "Zodiac Suite" this November. Learn more about Diehl's musical upbringing, his tour with Wynton Marsalis at age 17, and his love of flying in the latest podcast episode from Speaking Soundly. Listen at https://bit.ly/3tDVUSh 🎧

We are fortunate to have Baltimore-based composer James Lee III as our 2024-25 Composer in Residence! This weekend, we'll perform another one of Lee III's moving works: “Chuphshah! Harriet's Drive to Canaan," following the extraordinary life of Harriet Tubman. After premiering this piece in 2011, we're excited to bring it back to the stage with Marin Alsop!

We recently kicked off the school year at the OrchKids instrument petting zoo at Mary Ann Winterling Elementary School! 🎺 The petting zoos allow students to try out many different instruments and find the one that suits them best. These students began their after-school programming with OrchKids this week. Over 2,000 students will receive high-quality music education this school year through OrchKids! We're also proud to share that the program expanded to include two new sites this year: the Henderson-Hopkins School and the Dorothy I. Height Elementary School. We are wishing all OrchKids students a wonderful year of music-making! 🫶

Thank you to our supporters, sponsors and BSO community for making this one of the most successful Gala and Season Opening Celebrations in our history! ✨ We're happy to share that the festivities at Strathmore and the Meyerhoff were our first sold-out gala concerts since the pandemic. The concerts featured the legendary Yo-Yo Ma, along with members of BSO OrchKids and the BSYO. A special thank you to Governor Wes Moore and First Lady Dawn Moore for once again serving as Honorary Co-Chairs of the Gala. 🎶 Read more about the celebration in The Baltimore Sun: https://bit.ly/4dhJofY

We kicked off the first ever Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Composer Mentoring project featuring our 24-25 composer in residence, James Lee III. James will spend time with 6 young composers from 3 partner institutions over the course of the year as they work on new compositions for small chamber ensembles. What a terrific year these aspiring composers are going to have as they develop their voices under James's guidance.

We're ecstatic to share that Governor Wes Moore and First Lady Dawn Moore will once again serve as Honorary Chairs at our annual Season Opening Celebrations this weekend! The Governor's administration has continued to be staunch supporters of the arts and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Just this past year, Governor Moore worked alongside our state legislature to secure funding for the BSO's Music for Maryland Summer Tour, bringing the power of live music to thousands across the state. We thank him and the First Lady for this and all of their efforts to ensure our artform flourishes for years to come. 🎶 We're proud to represent our great state!

Thanks to our generous sponsors, this year's Gala and Season Opening Celebrations are already the most successful in our organization's history! We're grateful for our community's support and wanted to give a special shoutout to those who donated items to our silent auction. Some of the many highlights: 👨🍳 Tony Foreman hosts YOU for dinner, with Jonathon Heyward and BSO musicians ⚾ Baltimore Orioles game in the Mayor's Suite 🍇 Three nights at a Bordeaux château from Total Wine & More 🏈 Baltimore Ravens VIP package And more! Check it out at https://bit.ly/3TALfFr

Football Sundays are back in Baltimore! 💜 Members of the BSO performed the National Anthem to a crowd of over 70,000 at the Baltimore Ravens home opener on Sunday. Thank you to the Ravens for inviting us! We’re excited to cheer on our home team all season long. Rise and conquer! #ravensflock

We might be a bit biased, but we have the best supporters! 🤩 On Wednesday we celebrated the start of a new season with our Donor Appreciation Concert. It was wonderful to reconnect with members of our BSO community, and make new memories! We can't wait to continue the festivities next week at our Season Opening Celebration. See you there! 👋 📸 MK Martin