Music Center Founding Partner
For over a century, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) has been recognized as one of America’s leading orchestras and one of Maryland’s most significant cultural institutions. The orchestra is internationally renowned and locally admired for its performances, recordings, community, and educational initiatives including OrchKids.
The only major American orchestra to have been founded as a part of its municipality, the BSO is also the only American orchestra with year-round venues in two distinct metropolitan areas, both specifically designed with the orchestra in mind: the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore, and the Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda. 2020 marked the beginning of a new era of innovation, stability, and digital accessibility, including the launch of the virtual platform BSO OffStage and a groundbreaking docu-concert series BSO Sessions.
In July 2022, the BSO once again made musical history with its announcement that Jonathon Heyward would succeed Music Director Laureate and OrchKids Founder Marin Alsop as the Orchestra’s next Music Director. Maestro Heyward begins his five-year contract in the 2023-24 season.
Upcoming BSO Events at Strathmore
SAT MAY 4 | 10AM
SAT MAY 4 | 11:30AM
THU MAY 9 | 8PM
BSO: Blockbuster Film Classics
The Music Center
SAT MAY 18 | 8PM
BSO: Tan Dun Conducts
The Music Center
SAT JUNE 1 | 8PM
BSO: Wilkins Conducts Florence Price
The Music Center
THU JUNE 6 | 8PM
BSO: Shostakovich Symphony No. 8
The Music Center
SAT JUNE 15 | 8PM
BSO: The Pines Of Rome
The Music Center
FRI SEPTEMBER 13 | 8PM
BSO: And I Love Her: The Beatles Reimagined
The Music Center
FRI SEPTEMBER 20 | 8PM
BSO: Yo-yo Ma Joins Jonathon Heyward
The Music Center
SAT SEPTEMBER 28 | 8PM
BSO: Ehnes Plays Barber
The Music Center
FRI OCTOBER 4 | 8PM
BSO: Blockbuster Broadway
The Music Center
THU OCTOBER 10 | 8PM
BSO: Mena Conducts Mozart and Schumann
The Music Center
SAT OCTOBER 19 | 8PM
BSO: Alsop Conducts Chopin and Prokofiev
The Music Center
FRI OCTOBER 25 | 7:30PM
SUN NOVEMBER 3 | 3PM
BSO: Debussy, Respighi, and Mary Lou Williams
The Music Center
SAT NOVEMBER 9 | 8PM
BSO: Heyward Conducts Sibelius and Marsalis
The Music Center
SUN NOVEMBER 17 | 3PM
BSO: Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra
The Music Center
FRI NOVEMBER 22 | 8PM
BSO: Lush Life: Ellington and Strayhorn
The Music Center
SAT DECEMBER 7 | 8PM
BSO: Baroque Christmas with McGegan
The Music Center
FRI DECEMBER 13 | 7:30PM
BSO: Cirque Nutcracker
The Music Center
FRI JANUARY 3 | 7:30PM
BSO: The Princess Bride in Concert
The Music Center
SAT JANUARY 11 | 8PM
BSO: Heyward and The Planets
The Music Center
THU JANUARY 16 | 8PM
BSO: Heyward Conducts Mozart and Lutoslawski
The Music Center
FRI JANUARY 24 | 8PM
BSO: Dancing in the Street: Music of Motown
The Music Center
TUE JANUARY 28 | 8PM
BSO: Lunar New Year
The Music Center
SAT FEBRUARY 1 | 8PM
BSO: A Ravel Anniversary
The Music Center
FRI FEBRUARY 7 | 8PM
BSO: Brahms X Radiohead
The Music Center
SUN FEBRUARY 16 | 3PM
BSO: Rachmaninoff and Stravinsky
The Music Center
SAT FEBRUARY 22 | 8PM
BSO: Simply the Best: Music of Tina Turner
The Music Center
THU FEBRUARY 27 | 8PM
BSO: Mahler’s Fourth Symphony
The Music Center
SAT MARCH 8 | 8PM
BSO: Heyward Conducts Beethoven’s Fifth
The Music Center
SAT MARCH 22 | 8PM
BSO: Bartók and Mendelssohn
The Music Center
FRI MARCH 28 | 7:30PM
FRI APRIL 4 | 8PM
BSO: Let's Misbehave: The Songs of Cole Porter
The Music Center
THU APRIL 17 | 8PM
BSO: Alsop Conducts Scheherazade
The Music Center
SUN APRIL 27 | 3PM
BSO: Gil Shaham Returns
The Music Center
THU MAY 1 | 8PM
BSO: Heyward Conducts Brahms
The Music Center
FRI MAY 9 | 8PM
BSO: Heroes and Heroines
The Music Center
SAT MAY 17 | 8PM
BSO: Mozart and Schubert
The Music Center
THU MAY 29 | 8PM
BSO: Zhang Conducts Tchaikovsky
The Music Center
SAT JUNE 7 | 8PM
BSO: Bronfman Plays Beethoven
The Music Center
SUN JUNE 15 | 3PM
BSO: Heyward Conducts Verdi’s Aida
The Music Center
BSO performing at The Music Center at Strathmore
Photo Credit Arts Laureate