The BSO Mid-week Concert Series
The BSO is pleased to continue to offer three age-appropriate concert series. A teacher's guide for each of the concerts is available. There are no tickets, just reserved seating for our group. If you have any questions, email Jocelyn Davey.
Cirque de la Symphonie
Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009
Time: 10:00am - 12:45pm
Ages: Middle School and High School
Cost: $FREE
Contact: Jocelyn Davey
Information:
FREE Open Rehearsal
Jazz from Africa to America
Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Time: 10:00am
Ages: Grades 1 - 8
Cost: $6.00
Contact: Jocelyn Davey
Information:
Music for Youth 2: Jazz from Africa to America
Karen Callaway Williams, tap master
Explore the roots of jazz, blues and beyond with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Your journey will teach you how African drumbeats, moving spirituals, and ragtime have helped to shape this popular genre. Hear the music of Duke Ellington and Baltimore's own Eubie Blake, and enjoy the dancing of tap master Karen Callaway Williams.
Featured Works:
Lebo M.: One by One
Obo Addy: Wawshishijay, "Our Beginning"
Eubie Blake: Charleston Rag
James P. Johnson: Victory Stride
Count Basie: One O'Clock Jump (1937 version)
William Grant Still: "Animato" from Syphony No. 1
Duke Ellington: "Vortex" from Suite from The River
Duke Ellington: Peanut Brittle Brigade from The Nutcracker
James Weldon Johnson & Rosamond Johnson/Arr. Roland Carter: Lift Every Voice and Sing
Anansi the Spider
Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009
Time: 11:30am
Ages: PreK - 5th
Cost: $6.00
Contact: Jocelyn Davey
Information:
Prime Time II - Anansi the Spider
Charlotte Blake Alston, narrator
Mark Lohr and Tim Marrone, actors
Join the BSO and master storyteller Charlotte Blake Alston for "Anansi the Spider and the Moss Covered Rock" with theatriclowns Mark Lohr and Tim Marrone. Hear the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra play this composition based on the traditional West African folktale, and explore other traditional music and dance from around the world!
Featured Works:
Jonathan Holland, Anansi the Spider and the Moss Covered Rock
Romeo and Juliet
Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009
Time: 10:00am - 12:45pm
Cost: $FREE
Contact: Jocelyn Davey
Information:
FREE Open Rehearsal