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Marin Alsop

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In 2005, Marin Alsop made history when she became the first woman to be named music director of a major U.S. orchestra. Alsop was appointed as the successor to Russian conductor Yuri Temirkanov as director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Her inaugural season began in 2007, though she served as interim director the previous year. The announcement came at a time of resentment among musicians toward the BSO management, and the players balked at the method of choosing Alsop. However, once Alsop came on board and several managers departed, morale improved. Alsop is credited with introducing more modern music to the BSO's repertoire and embracing technology. Under Alsop, the BSO released a li...  Show more »
In 2005, Marin Alsop made history when she became the first woman to be named music director of a major U.S. orchestra. Alsop was appointed as the successor to Russian conductor Yuri Temirkanov as director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Her inaugural season began in 2007, though she served as interim director the previous year. The announcement came at a time of resentment among musicians toward the BSO management, and the players balked at the method of choosing Alsop. However, once Alsop came on board and several managers departed, morale improved. Alsop is credited with introducing more modern music to the BSO's repertoire and embracing technology. Under Alsop, the BSO released a live performance of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" on iTunes, and her debut was broadcast live on XM Satellite Radio. The orchestra also had its first commercial recording in eight years, a performance of John Corigliano's "Red Violin Concerto" with Joshua Bell. Alsop brings to the BSO a wealth of experience. She founded her own orchestra when she couldn't get into Julliard's conducting program. She studied with Leonard Bernstein and became music director of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. In 2002, she was the first woman to be named principal conductor of a major British orchestra. In 2005, she was one of the recipients of the MacArthur genius grant, an award of $500,000 that recognizes "creativity, originality and potential."  « Show less

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    Mar 23, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Russian conductor Dima Slobodeniouk makes BSO debut

    On Friday night, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s gave, note for note, one of the most thoroughly absorbing and emotionally powerful performances of an all-Russian program since the glory days of all-Russian programs with former music director Yuri Temirkanov.
    On Friday night, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s gave, note for note, one of the most thoroughly absorbing and emotionally powerful performances of an all-Russian program since the glory days of all-Russian programs with former music director...

    Tags: Culture, Music, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    2. Mar 18, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Organist Felix Hell showcased in Baltimore Symphony's French program

    When Meyerhoff Symphony Hall was built back in the early 1980s, there was space for a proper pipe organ to be installed, which would have made the facility even more valuable. Too bad there wasn’t any money.
    When Meyerhoff Symphony Hall was built back in the early 1980s, there was space for a proper pipe organ to be installed, which would have made the facility even more valuable. Too bad there wasn’t any money. Since then, the Baltimore Symphony...

    Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Johann Sebastian Bach, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Culture, Music

    3. Mar 1, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. Baltimore Symphony announces 2013-14 season

    There’s a light and dark theme running through the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s 2013-2014 season, which includes works dealing with great loss, as well as great compassion.
    There’s a light and dark theme running through the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s 2013-2014 season, which includes works dealing with great loss, as well as great compassion. “Sometimes through tragedy, whether a world war or a...

    Tags: Barbra Streisand, Music Industry, Ray Chen, CSI (tv program), World War II (1939-1945)

    4. Feb 20, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. The Baltimore Symphony delivers vivid Wagner program

    The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra chose some of Richard Wagner’s most radiant and involving music for a program this weekend to mark the composer’s bicentennial year. The results were pretty radiant, too, Friday night at Meyerhoff Symphony...

    Tags: Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Culture, Music, Eric Owens, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    5. Feb 9, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. A genius and an anti-Semite, Wagner

    It takes little effort to find severe problems with the character of Richard Wagner, the man who was born two centuries ago and, as he was the first to acknowledge, became one of history's greatest composers.
    It takes little effort to find severe problems with the character of Richard Wagner, the man who was born two centuries ago and, as he was the first to acknowledge, became one of history's greatest composers. It's much harder to dismiss his music, which...

    Tags: Israel, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Music Industry, Nazi Party, Judaism

    6. Jan 4, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. On the Record: Beethoven revitalized by ORR/John Eliot Gardiner

    In the grand scheme of themes, we have more than enough recordings of Beethoven symphonies. But there always seems to be room for one more.
    In the grand scheme of themes, we have more than enough recordings of Beethoven symphonies. But there always seems to be room for one more. I would gladly clear a spot on an overstuffed CD shelf for a version of Beethoven's Fifth and Seventh...

    Tags: Lincoln Center, Culture, Carnegie Hall

    7. Nov 15, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. J. Ernest Green's 'Voices of Light' resonate brilliantly

    J. Ernest Green's masterful conducting of the Annapolis Chorale, Chamber Orchestra and soloists in two performances of Richard Einhorn's "Voices of Light," an oratorio set to Carl Dreyer's 1928 silent film "The Passion of Joan of Arc," brought a unique experience to near-capacity audiences last weekend at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts.
    J. Ernest Green's masterful conducting of the Annapolis Chorale, Chamber Orchestra and soloists in two performances of Richard Einhorn's "Voices of Light," an oratorio set to Carl Dreyer's 1928 silent film "The Passion of Joan of Arc," brought a unique...

    Tags: Women's Health, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Music Industry, The Passion of Joan of Arc (movie), Culture

    8. Oct 22, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Tough times for the BSO

    A report last week that the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is anticipating a deficit of $750,000 or more for the fiscal year that began in September is a reminder that the effects of the 2008 recession are still reverberating through the state's nonprofit arts community. The BSO, like arts groups across the state, was hit hard by the economic downturn, which triggered a drop in ticket sales, private and corporate contributions and state and local government grants. Despite having managed to balance its budget over the past several years by slashing staff, freezing hiring and cutting back in ways large and small, the orchestra still isn't out of the woods yet.
    A report last week that the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is anticipating a deficit of $750,000 or more for the fiscal year that began in September is a reminder that the effects of the 2008 recession are still reverberating through the state's nonprofit...

    Tags: Music Industry, Culture, Music, Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    9. Oct 4, 2012 |Story| Patuxent Homestead

  9. Columbia Orchestra kicks off season with Bernstein and Beethoven

    You don't have to venture farther into the alphabet than the letter "B" to discover the bulk of the Columbia Orchestra's 35th season-opening concert on Saturday, Oct. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Jim Rouse Theatre at Wilde Lake High School. Symphonic giants from the 19th and 20th centuries are paired in this program anchored by Leonard Bernstein's "Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah" and Beethoven's Symphony No. 8.
    You don't have to venture farther into the alphabet than the letter "B" to discover the bulk of the Columbia Orchestra's 35th season-opening concert on Saturday, Oct. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Jim Rouse Theatre at Wilde Lake High School. Symphonic giants from...

    Tags: Theater, Music Industry, Broadway Theater, Classical Music (genre), Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia)

    10. Sep 24, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. BSO to perform Bernstein's 'Kaddish'

    Leonard Bernstein, the brilliant American conductor and composer, did not just wear his heart on his sleeve. All his worries were clearly exposed as well.
    Leonard Bernstein, the brilliant American conductor and composer, did not just wear his heart on his sleeve. All his worries were clearly exposed as well. This comes through in many of his compositions, where there's a palpable sense of struggle —...

    Tags: Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Music Industry, John F. Kennedy, Celebrities, Judaism

    11. Sep 19, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. Dennis C. Kain, BSO timpanist

    Dennis C. Kain, longtime Baltimore Symphony Orchestra principal timpanist, whose career spanned more than four decades, died Saturday of colon cancer at his Hamilton home. He was 73.
    Dennis C. Kain, longtime Baltimore Symphony Orchestra principal timpanist, whose career spanned more than four decades, died Saturday of colon cancer at his Hamilton home. He was 73. "Dennis was not only a wonderful musician and timpanist, but also a...

    Tags: Music Industry, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Culture, The New York Times

    12. Sep 16, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. PBS show shines light on BSO's OrchKids

    Baltimore figures substantially in "Arts and the Mind," a two-hour documentary airing on PBS stations around the country.
    Baltimore figures substantially in "Arts and the Mind," a two-hour documentary airing on PBS stations around the country. There is a good amount of airtime for OrchKids, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's ambitious music education program launched by...

    Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Herb Alpert, Alzheimer's Disease, Lisa Kudrow, Psychology

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