Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Hosts BSO Academy Festival at Artscape This Weekend

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) will host two community activities at Artscape, America's largest free arts festival held in Baltimore annually. The BSO Academy Festival at Artscape will provide adult amateur musicians the opportunity to perform with the BSO today, July 20 at 2:30 p.m. and Sunday, July 21 at 3 p.m. at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. The concerts presented by the Academy participants are free and open to the public. Please see below for complete event and registration details.

On Saturday, July 20, the BSO Academy Artscape Orchestras provide participants the opportunity to rehearse and perform side-by-side with the BSO in two different orchestras under conductor Cristian Macelaru. Based on the acclaimed Rusty Musicians with the BSO program, Academy Festival participants will receive a full one-hour rehearsal with BSO members as well as a unique performance for a full audience of family, friends and Artscape attendees. Academy participants also have the chance to sit onstage while BSO musicians perform a selection on each half of the performance.

Participants also have the option to take part in the BSO Academy Chamber Music Weekend at Artscape on Sunday, July 21, where groups of four or more members can play chamber music side-by-side with a member of the BSO. Groups rehearse twice throughout the weekend and will perform an entire chamber music work for a public audience on July 21 at 3 p.m. at the Meyerhoff.

COMPLETE PERFORMANCE DETAILS:

BSO Academy Artscape Orchestras Concert
Saturday, July 20, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. - Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (JMSH)
Cristian Macelaru, conductor
Wagner: Overture to Flying Dutchman
Chabrier: España
Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Sleeping Beauty
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Rossini: Overture to Barber of Seville
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
Offenbach: Orpheus and the Underworld
Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
Tickets to this concert are free and open to the public. General admission seating only.

BSO Academy Chamber Music Concert
Sunday, July 21, 2013 at 3 p.m. - JMSH
Tickets to this concert are free and open to the public. General admission seating only.

COMPLETE PARTICIPANT REGISTRATION DETAILS:
BSO Academy Artscape Orchestras
Saturday, July 20, 2013 - JMSH
Program Fee: $90 per orchestra experience (i.e. $180 for both Group 1 and 2 orchestras)
Group 1 rehearsal: 10-11 a.m.
Group 2 rehearsal: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Performance: Saturday, July 20, 2013 at 2:30 p.m.
To apply: Participants will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis (i.e. no audition required). Those interested are encouraged to apply via the online application as soon as possible!

BSO Academy Chamber Music Weekend at Artscape
Sunday, July 21, 2013 - JMSH
Program Fee: $475
Rehearsals: Saturday, July 20, 2013 from 6:30- 8:30 p.m. and Sunday, July 21, 2103 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Performance: Sunday, July 21, 2013 at 3 p.m.
To apply: Groups should pre-select a piece up to 15 minutes in length that includes themselves and a BSO member, indicating their repertoire and member preferences on their application. While the BSO will do its best to accommodate faculty coach preferences, please note that BSO member requests cannot be guaranteed.
Please note: If you would like to participate in Chamber Music Weekend but do not already have a group, please email Hana Morford (academy@bsomusic.org) in order to be placed on a group waiting list.

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