Middle/High Schools

Up to 68 visits during the year by BSO musicians leading sectionals and full orchestras at these schools:

A. Mario Loiederman
Col. E. Brooke Lee
Francis Scott Key
Gaithersburg Middle
Gaithersburg High
John F. Kennedy
Newport Mill
Northwood
Parkland
Sligo
Springbrook

Elementary Schools

Residency of five visits by a BSO woodwind trio:

• Culminating in a side-by-side performance
• BSO members coach 4^th and 5^th graders playing recorder
• Original composition “Irish Fantasy” commissioned for this program by BSO musician Jonathan Jensen

Selected schools include:

Arcola
Highland

Free BSO Concerts for Participating Students

All participating students from middle and high school schools experience a BSO subscription concert, often with the opportunity to “meet and greet” their respective BSO mentors at intermission. Tickets are provided free of charge.

With transportation provided by MCPS, OrchLab students and their music teachers in 2015-16 had the opportunity to select from five different matinee or evening concerts performed by the BSO at the Music Center at Strathmore.

Professional Development for MCPS Music Educators

The BSO, in partnership with MCPS, will host a professional development day led by BSO musicians. All Montgomery County music educators will be invited to attend. MCPS educators will be awarded appropriate credit hours toward mandatory advanced professional certificate renewal.