Provider Details
Provider: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Contact Details
Address
1212 Cathedral St
Baltimore, MD 21201
Baltimore, MD 21201
Primary Contact: Brian Prechtl
Cultural Organization
The BSO Education Department is committed to providing outstanding programming and community engagement opportunities to infants through adults in the Greater Baltimore community. The BSO presents a Midweek Education Concert series, daytime educational concerts for area schoolchildren throughout Maryland. In addition to these programs and the BSO’s Family Concert and Music Box Series, the BSO on the Go brings BSO musicians into Maryland County elementary, middle and high schools for interactive music education workshops. The BSO also presents annual Side-by-Side concerts with local students from area public high schools, giving aspiring musicians an opportunity to perform and study with professional musicians. OrchKids™ is the BSO’s award-winning during- and after-school music education and life-enrichment initiative, designed to create social change within Baltimore City communities.
Events and Programs Offered
The Orchestra Sings - A Link Up Experience
Melody is one of the universal elements of music and defines the music we know and love. A great melody can express ideas and emotions, help tell a story, and bring people together through song. Composers create melodies through a combination of rhythmic patterns, sweeping…
Program/Event Format:
Field Trip - Cultural Organization, Field Trip, Field Trip - Performance
Art Forms:
Visual Art and Design, Theater, Storytelling, Puppetry, Music, Dance and Movement, Digital Arts/Media, Creative Writing
The Nutcracker - A Magical Tale in Mount Vernon
Get ready to be swept away by excerpts of this reimagined version of The Nutcracker, choreographed by Amy Hall Garner and set in the Baltimore neighborhood of Mount Vernon, featuring inspiration from many of our iconic community landmarks such as The Walters Art Gallery, Restaurante…
Program/Event Format:
Field Trip - Cultural Organization, Field Trip, Field Trip - Performance
Art Forms:
Visual Art and Design, Theater, Storytelling, Puppetry, Music, Dance and Movement, Digital Arts/Media, Creative Writing
Saint Georges' Sword and Bow
Hoping to become the next great pop sensation, a young girl discovers her music teacher was the biggest star in 18th century France. In this time-bending musical adventure, Giselle learns about life’s triumphs and tragedies from the most accomplished man in Europe, the Chevalier Saint-Georges.…
Program/Event Format:
Field Trip - Cultural Organization, Field Trip, Field Trip - Performance
Art Forms:
Visual Art and Design, Theater, Storytelling, Puppetry, Music, Dance and Movement, Digital Arts/Media, Creative Writing
Play Me a Ghost Story
Do you like spooky tales? How about spine-tingling music? Then gather ’round the bonfire for a thrilling afternoon of symphonic ghost stories with the BSO, Edgar Allan Poe, and other eerie apparitions. Featuring the music of Gustav Mahler, Lou Reed, and Jim Stephenson. This is…
Program/Event Format:
Field Trip - Cultural Organization, Field Trip, Field Trip - Performance
Art Forms:
Visual Art and Design, Theater, Storytelling, Puppetry, Music, Dance and Movement, Digital Arts/Media, Creative Writing
Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra
Experience the building of the orchestra! The dazzling centerpiece of this program is Philharmonia Fantastique: a 25-minute concerto and animated film that follows a magical Sprite on a musical journey through the instruments of the orchestra. By the film’s end, the instrument families of the…
Program/Event Format:
Field Trip - Performance
Art Forms:
Visual Art and Design, Storytelling, Music, Digital Arts/Media