Community Outreach
The BSO performs approximately 30 education concerts and open rehearsals each year for more than 60,000 area students in pre-school through 12th grade. Cornerstone initiatives include BSO on the Go, a program that brings small groups of BSO musicians into schools for interactive music education workshops at no cost to the schools, and Side-by-Side concerts, which allow student musicians to rehearse and perform a full-length concert alongside BSO musicians. The BSO at Strathmore is actively involved in giving back to Montgomery County and the Greater Washington, D.C. area with the BSO On the Go program. The BSO also serves adult music lovers through audience education programs such as pre-concert lectures and post-concert discussions. Rusty Musicians, a program geared towards adult amateur musicians, allows participants to join the BSO and perform under Maestra Alsop.
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