Concerts

Mid-Week Education Concerts

2010-2011 Season

Welcome to a new season of exciting Education Concerts with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra! The BSO is pleased to continue to offer three age-appropriate concert series.

Concert Preview CDs will be available in August and will contain repertoire and information for the upcoming concerts. Teacher's Guides for the 2010-2011 Season will also be posted and available for printing in August. Teacher's Guides for the 2009-2010 season will remain online until that time. Please visit the Teacher's Guides page on our website to download them for your classroom files. Through our partnership with the Maryland Music Educators Association, we strive to create a helpful resource to prepare your students for their concert experience.

Tiny Tots: Pre-K - Kindergarten

(approximately 35 minutes in length)
These fun and interactive concerts are designed to introduce students to symphonic music and help instill a life-long appreciation for the arts.

Prime Time: Grades 1-3

(approximately 40 minutes in length)
Prime Time concerts expand on the themes and formats of the Tiny Tots concerts to create a fun and age-appropriate introduction to symphonic music.

Music for Youth: Grades 4-8

(approximately 45 minutes in length)
These concers are designed to give students a deeper understanding of music and how it relates to the world around them.

All seats are $6.00 per person. One complimentary chaperone is allowed for each group of 15 students. For more information, contact the Education Department at 410.783.8118 or email education@baltimoresymphony.org.


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Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at 10:00 am

Friday, December 3, 2010 at 10:00 am

Tiny Tots 1 - The Nutcracker

Baltimore Ballet, dancers

Join the BSO and the Baltimore Ballet as excerpts from this holiday classic come to life.  Treat your students and yourself to the timeless tale of The Nutcracker and delight in some of the season's most memorable melodies. 

Featured Work:
Tchaikovsky -  The Nutcracker (Overture and selections from Act II)

 

BSO Mid-Week Education Concerts are presented by PNC, Supporting Sponsors: Bank of America and MetLife.

Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 10:00 am

Friday, April 8, 2011 at 10:00 am

Tiny Tots 2 - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

Narrated by students from the Baltimore School for the Arts

A staple in symphonic repertoire, Benjamin Britten's A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra has delighted audiences for decades.  Watch your students seek and find the instruments in the Orchestra as they view their own drawings on the big screen. 

Featured Work:
Britten -  A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

BSO Mid-Week Education Concerts are presented by PNC, Supporting Sponsors: Bank of America and MetLife.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at 11:30 am

Friday, December 3, 2010 at 11:30 am

Prime Time 1- The Nutcracker

Baltimore Ballet, dancers

Join the BSO and the Baltimore Ballet as excerpts from this holiday classic come to life.  Treat your students and yourself to the timeless tale of The Nutcracker and delight in some of the season's most memorable melodies.

Featured Work:
Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (Overture and Selections from Act II)

BSO Mid-Week Education Concerts are presented by PNC, Supporting Sponsors: Bank of America and MetLife.

Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 11:30 am

Friday, April 8, 2011 at 11:30 am

Prime Time 2 - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

Narrated by students from the Baltimore School for the Arts

A staple in symphonic repertoire, Benjamin Britten's A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra has delighted audiences for decades.  Watch your students seek and find the instruments in the Orchestra as they view their own drawing on the big screen. 

Featured Work:
Britten - A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

BSO Mid-Week Education Concerts are presented by PNC, Supporting Sponsors: Bank of America and MetLife.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011
at 10:00 am & 11:30 am

Friday, February 4, 2011
at 10:00 am & 11:30 am

Music for Youth 1 - Beethoven: A Musical Hero

Rheda Becker, narrator
Tony Tsendeas, actor

Travel back in time with the BSO and actor Tony Tsendeas to uncover the remarkable life of one of history's greatest composers, Ludwig van Beethoven. 

Featured Works:
Beethoven -  Symphony No. 5 (excerpts)
Beethoven -  Symphony No. 9 (excerpts)

BSO Mid-Week Education Concerts are presented by PNC, Supporting Sponsors: Bank of America and MetLife.

Thursday, May 19, 2011
at 10:00 am & 11:30 am

Friday, May 20, 2011
at 10:00 am & 11:30 am

Music for Youth 2 - The Composer is Dead

Tim Marrone, actor

Experience the BSO's premiere of Nathaniel Stookey's score for Lemony Snicket's The Composer is Dead in this arts integrated performance!  Can your students guess how the composer met his unfortunate demise? 

Featured Work:
Nathaniel Stookey - The Composer is Dead!

BSO Mid-Week Education Concerts are presented by PNC, Supporting Sponsors: Bank of America and MetLife.

For more information, please contact the
Education Department at 410.783.8118.

 

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