Single Tickets for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s 2024-25 Season are Now on Sale

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Single Tickets for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s 2024-25 Season are Now on Sale 

BALTIMORE, MD (August 6, 2024) — Single tickets for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s (BSO) 2024-25 season are officially on sale beginning Tuesday, August 6, 2024. Marking the second season of Music Director Jonathon Heyward’s five-year tenure, this highly anticipated season promises to be an unforgettable journey through diverse musical landscapes and compelling performances. 

Get a glimpse of the excitement here: 2024-25 Season Preview. 

Season Opening 

The BSO’s 2024–25 Season, themed “Music that Resonates,” opens with two spectacular Gala Concerts featuring world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma on September 20 at The Music Center at Strathmore and September 21 at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. As the Orchestra’s largest fundraiser of the season, guests can expect surprise moments and special performances by the talented student musicians from BSO OrchKids and the Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestras (BSYO) under the direction of Music Director Jonathon Heyward. 

2024–25 Season Highlights 

• Rhapsodic Classics: In November, the BSO features four back-to-back weeks spotlighting jazz greats, including Aaron Diehl Trio, Mikaela Bennett, and a tribute to Mary Lou Williams’ Zodiac Suite. The season also includes performances of Wynton Marsalis’ Tuba Concerto and a special tribute to Duke Ellington led by Heyward in Spring 2025. 

• Fairytales and Drama: Concertgoers get to experience music’s enchanting ability to weave tales and evoke emotions with performances of Prokofiev Symphony No. 4, Heroes and Heroines where the iconic film scores from The Lord of the Rings to Star Wars are explored, and Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty. 

• Spiritual Elevation: Performances this season look to uplift the soul in profound and transcendent ways as the Orchestra presents Spirit of the Season: Bach, Corelli and Vivaldi, The Planets with Heyward, and Berg’s Violin Concerto together with Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. 

• Operatic Journey: The finale for the 2024–25 season kicks off a multi-year opera initiative with a stage adaptation of Verdi’s Aida, a tale of love and tragedy set in ancient Egypt. The performance will feature a stellar cast including GRAMMY award-winning soprano Angel Blue and begins a new tradition of closing each of the following three seasons with a different Verdi opera under Heyward’s baton. 

• Featured Artists and Conductors: The season features an array of distinguished guest conductors and artists, including Nicholas McGegan, violinists James Ehnes, Gil Shaham, Augustin Hadelich, and pianists Yefim Bronfman and Conrad Tao, among others. 

• Composers of Today: The season also intentionally highlights leading composers of today and emerging voices of tomorrow, including ten works by women, including Jessie Montgomery, Hannah Kendall and Anna Clyne, along with pieces by Gabriela Ortiz, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Chen Yi. 

• Composer in Residence: This season, the BSO looks forward to a special partnership with 2024–25 Composer in Residence,  James Lee III. Commissioned by the BSO, two of Lee’s works will have their world premieres. Additionally, the composer’s residency encompasses an educational component, including student compositions, mentorship, and workshop performances.     

• Casual Conversations: As a part of his vision to not only showcase the talent of BSO musicians, Music Director Jonathon Heyward also looks to provide a deeper look into the classical works performed with the return of the Casual Conversations series. Each conversation features fresh perspectives and lively dialogue with Heyward or a guest performer that brings the audience closer to the music and the musicians who bring it to life. 

Pops and Specials 

Beyond its classical concerts, the BSO welcomes the return of innovative programming such as BSO Fusion and the BSO Pops series, featuring musical mashups and tributes to iconic artists like The Beatles, Radiohead, Cole Porter, and Tina Turner. 

Films with Orchestra 

Guests can enjoy full-length films on a big screen while the Orchestra performs the score live from the stage. Dive into this seasons’ Films with Orchestra series as it features classics including The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Princess Bride, and Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark in Concert. 

Ticket Information 

Tickets for the 2024–25 Season for the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall and the BSO at Strathmore are available through BSO Patron Support at 410.783.8000, 877.276.1444, or BSOmusic.org/Tickets.  

Venue Information 

Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Meyerhoff)
1212 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 

 The Music Center at Strathmore (Strathmore)
5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD 20852 

 For more information, visit BSOMusic.org 

About the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 

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 innovation, performances, recordings, and educational outreach initiatives, including OrchKids. 

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performs annually for more than 275,000 people throughout the state of Maryland. Since 1982, the BSO has performed at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore, and since 2005, with the opening of The Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda, MD, the BSO became the nation’s first orchestra performing its full season of classical and pops concerts in two metropolitan areas. 

In July 2022, the BSO once again made 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 began his inaugural season in September 2023. 

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is a proud member of the League of American Orchestras. 

More information about the BSO can be found at BSOmusic.org.