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MAY-JUNE 2019 CULTIVATING THE ANNOUNCING NEXT GENERATION OF THE 2019 CONCERT-GOERS NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL 15569-ad in Overture May June 2019.qxp_Layout 1 3/11/19 1:25 PM Page 1 Costuming Now on view I Winterthur Museum THE Tickets at 800.448.3883 or winterthur.org/thecrown Presented by @winterthurmuse #costumingthecrown C ROWN Photograph © Alex Bailey/Netflix, Inc. The Crown is produced by LEFT BANK Pictures in association with SONY PICTURES TELEVISION for NETFLIX. WINTERTHUR MUSEUM, GARDEN & LIBRARY I 5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, DE 19735 MAY/ CONTENTS JUNE 2019 2 From the President 4 In Tempo: News of Note 6 BSO Live: Calendar of Events 7 Orchestra Roster 8 Music for the Ages Cultivating the next generation of concert-goers 10 Movie with Orchestra: An American in Paris MAY 2–5 11 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto MAY 9–11 14 Brahms Violin Concerto MAY 18 & 19 20 André Watts Performs Beethoven’s Emperor MAY 30 & JUN 2 Off The Cuff: André Watts Performs Beethoven’s Emperor MAY 31 & JUN 1 25 Mahler Symphony No. 9 JUN 7–9 8 27 Movie with Orchestra: West Side Story JUN 13–16 4 30 Campaign Donor Roll 36 Symphony Fund Honor Roll 43 Board, Endowment Trust & Staff 44 Impromptu: René Shapiro, trumpet 6 ▼ ON THE COVER Patrons enjoy a BSO performance at Be Green: Recycle Your Program! Please return your gently used program to the Overture racks in the lobby. the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Want to keep reading at home? Please do! Just remember to recycle it when you’re finished. Latecomers will be seated at suitable intervals. @BSOmusic Connect With Us t @BaltSymphony No cameras, video or recording devices of any type are permitted. @baltsymphony MAY–JUN 2019 / OVERTURE 1 FROM THE PRESIDENT - hank you for joining us for this concert by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. As we near the completion of our 2018–19 season Tand look ahead to summer and beyond, we want to take this opportunity to express our gratitude for your continued attendance and support. As the largest arts organization in the State of Maryland, one of our fundamental values at the BSO is a commitment to serving audiences of all backgrounds and making live music performances as accessible as possible for as many people as possible. In this issue of Overture, you will read about a few of our programs that make it easier for concert- QUIRIN JOHNNY goers, and especially children, students and families, to attend BSO events at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall and The Music Center at Strathmore. We are encouraged by the growth of these initiatives and the warm reception that they have received. This season, with the generous support of BSO Board Member Marshall Levine and his wife Sarellen, we launched the Young and Free program, which makes free tickets available to young people ages 7–17 with the purchase of an adult ticket. Since it began in October, we’ve welcomed hundreds of children to our concerts at no cost, and many of these young people have been first-time symphony attendees. At the BSO, we feel strongly that it is incumbent upon us to do our part when it comes to preparing the next generation of music enthusiasts. With your support, we reach over 350,000 individuals across the state annually through our performances and educational programs. It is our hope that we can continue to build upon this work so that engaging with music is made a reality for anyone who wishes to have that experience and that they too are able to come to know the joy that music brings so many of us. THU, JUNE 13, 8 PM MEYERHOFF In everything that we do at the BSO, it is all because of the incredible support that we FRI, JUNE 14, 8 PM MEYERHOFF receive from our community. We greatly value our patrons, donors and subscribers for SAT, JUNE 15, 8 PM STRATHMORE SUN, JUNE 16, 3 PM MEYERHOFF the role that they play in allowing us to present exceptional performances and educational programs. We are also deeply grateful for the State of Maryland and our elected leaders MARIN ALSOP, CONDUCTOR for their ongoing generosity. The BSO performs Leonard Bernstein's Oscar®-winning score live with the re-mastered film, shown in hi-def. On behalf of our Board of Directors, musicians and staff, thank you, and we hope you West Side Story© 1961 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Inc. enjoy this performance. All rights reserved. © A.M.P.A.S Young and Free: This date free for children ages 7-17 with purchase of adult ticket. Info at BSOmusic.org/youngandfree PRESENTING SPONSORS: Peter T. Kjome TICKETS FROM $25 President and CEO BSOMUSIC.ORG Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 410.783.8000 2 OVERTURE / BSOmusic.org WE KNOW E V E RYTHIN G ABOUT THIS TOWN. ARTS FOOD DRINK SHOPPING & MORE! AUGUST 2018 PLUS! STEVE GEPPI’S MARVELOUS GIFT OCEAN CITY’S FAMOUS WHITE MARLIN OPEN & THE CHARMERY’S RECIPE FOR SWEET SUCCESS THE LEGACY OF ONE YEAR LATER: A FROZEN MOMENT INSIDE! Jim Rouse’s Columbia Turns 50: CAMBRIDGE’S UNSUNG HOW IS ELLICOTT IN TIME: DEVIN ALLEN SUMMER HAS IT LIVED UP TO HIS UTOPIAN DREAM? LOCAL CIVIL RIGHTS HERO CITY RECOVERING? 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OrchKids partners with Library of Congress to study early jazz pianists or the second year in a row, OrchKids has had Marin Alsop and a tribute to Jelly Roll OrchKids students the opportunity to meet with musicologists and Morton by the OrchKids Jazz Band. perform an original explore the resources of the Library of Congress’ Select members from both ensembles composition at Music Division Reading Room — home to then came together to perform an original the Library of Congress in April. musical scores, photos, letters and insightful composition inspired by Scott Joplin’s Fmaterials — for a unique creative and academic project. Last Treemonisha, an opera that celebrates African-American year, as part of their 10th-anniversary celebration, OrchKids culture. Carmen Balthrop, who happens to be OrchKids studied the collection of Leonard Bernstein during what Senior Site Manager Camille Delaney-McNeil’s mother, was the 100th anniversary of his birth. This year, students performed the title role in Treemonisha on Broadway and celebrated the lives of legendary early jazz pianists Scott joined OrchKids at the Library of Congress for a performance Joplin and Jelly Roll Morton. of Treemonisha’s “Slow Drag.” The OrchKids Bucket Band and “Working with the BSO’s OrchKids has been extremely OrchKids Brass Band also performed pop-up concerts on the rewarding. We are excited about their enthusiastic response to steps of the Thomas Jefferson Building. engaging with the Library’s extraordinary jazz collections,” said “We were thrilled to work with the Library of Congress Susan H. Vita, Chief of the Library’s Music Division. again this year on a creative composition project,” said On April 13, the students returned to the Library’s OrchKids Executive Director Raquel Whiting Gilmer. “The Coolidge Auditorium with BSO Music Director Marin Library is such an amazing resource for the students, and it’s Alsop for performances inspired by their findings. The very exciting that they had this opportunity to perform with concert included the OrchKids String Ensemble led by Music Director Marin Alsop in the Coolidge Auditorium.” 4 SECOND FIDDLE SHOPPES BSA launches one-day fundraiser to support BSO education programs n Saturday, May 18, the Baltimore Symphony Associates TEMPO hold a one-day fundraiser called the “Second Fiddle Shoppes.” OLocated 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 FUNDRAISER DETAILS 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, Saturday, May 18 snacks and beverages are available for purchase, and members of the 10 am– 4 pm BSO present a pop-up concert. “The Associates are very excited to put on this fundraising event GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, for the first time ever,” said the BSA’s Marge Penhallegon. “We have FELLOWSHIP HALL a number of wonderful local vendors selling amazing homemade 5407 N Charles Street items, and we’ll be awarding door prizes every hour. Knowing that Parking in rear of church, $2 donation at the door. the donations support the Baltimore Symphony’s outstanding education programs makes it that much more special.” NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL A Celebration of Women Composers ow in its third year, the New of music that we’ve programmed tells Next up is a concert of chamber Music Festival has quickly a unique and compelling story, and we music at Peabody Conservatory’s Nbecome a staple of the BSO’s are proud to present a range of voices Griswold Hall on June 21 with Alsop summer concert season. Ahead of the and perspectives that showcases some and cellist Inbal Segev, co-curators of orchestra’s 2019–20 season, which of the most inspired work happening the New Music Festival.