November 8, 2011:

Join Marin in celebrating Revolutionary Women

Celebrate "Revolutionary Women" with Marin throughout the 2011-2012 concert season, with performances of Hoenegger's Jeanne d’Arc au Bûcher in Baltimore, London, and New York's Carnegie Hall. You can learn more about the piece from Marin here, or by viewing the video clip at left. The celebrations continue this spring, with the first ever Women of the World Festival in Baltimore, co-sponsored by Marin and the BSO in conjunction with London's Southbank Centre. Interested in participating? Join Marin for a series of informal "Think-Ins" at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall on November 11-13.

August 25, 2011:

Join Marin's Concert Webcast this Saturday

During the 2011-12 concert season you will find Marin all over the globe--New York, Baltimore, Dallas, London, Frankfurt, Stockholm & Oslo just to name a few cities. This weekend you can also tune in to hear Marin's first concert in Sao Paolo. Listen LIVE Saturday August 27th, 3:30p ET.

July 11, 2011:

Marin Alsop celebrates 20 years at the helm of the Cabrillo Festival

In Santa Cruz, California, July 31 through August 14, the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music will celebrate Marin Alsop's 20th anniversary season as Music Director/Conductor. Fifteen composers-in-residence will join Marin and the award-winning Festival Orchestra for nine West Coast Premieres, two U.S. Premieres, and seven World Premieres written in honor of the Maestra. Marin welcomes guest artists pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, guitarist D.J. Sparr, and French horn player Kristin Jurkscheit; and NPR Radio's Scott Simon joins her for a special anniversary event. Participating composers include Mason Bates, Margaret Brouwer, Chiayu, Anna Clyne, Michael Daugherty, Tina Davidson, Robin de Raaff, Zosha Di Castri, Pierre Jalbert, Elena Kats-Chernin, Shuko Mizuno, Behzad Ranjbaran, Christopher Rouse, George Tsontakis, and Dan Welcher.

"The highlight of the Festival is a sense of everyone truly being there for the composers–almost cheering them on with every new work–and it is stunning to see. Never have I felt such love from an audience for the music and its creators." --Marin Alsop
Visit the festival website.

February 22, 2011:

Marin Alsop appointed Chief Conductor of Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra beginning 2012

The Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1954, enjoys an international reputation, and in December 2008 was named one of the world's three most exciting upcoming orchestras by Gramophone magazine. It plays over 90 concerts each season. Alsop will work with the orchestra as Principal Conductor and lead its creative endeavors, including its ambitious recording ventures, international touring and educational and community outreach activities.

Marin Alsop conducted OSESP for the first time in 2010, in three performances of Mahler's Symphony No 7. "I was truly impressed with the quality and commitment of the OSESP," she says, "and I am thrilled by the enormous possibilities in front of us. I have been incredibly inspired by the musicians' desire to make great music at an extremely high level, combined with their openness and hunger to embrace new ideas and initiatives. I was immediately struck by the whole organization's sense of adventure and their willingness to break through barriers in order to achieve the highest goals. Brazil is currently undergoing an economic and cultural revival and I look forward immensely to both contributing to and to being part of that in the future".

Alsop continues as Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, having renewed her contract there until 2015.

Marcelo Lopes, Executive Director of OSESP replied:
"When I heard Marin's speech at the American Symphony Orchestra League Conference in Nashville in 2007, I was completely thrilled with her enthusiasm for music as a motor of human growth. Her energy, commitment to community work and passion for music education were so sincere and legitimate that I was immediately inspired with new ideas on how to turn the OESP into a more vigorous cultural force in São Paulo. I strongly believe she is the right conductor to inspire our musicians, to bring them into innovative projects and consolidate the orchestra as a first-class international institution. We feel very lucky and delighted with this new partnership."

November 10, 2010:

Too Hot to Handel

A choir of students from New York City schools will join Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in a performance of Too Hot to Handel on November 14th.

The Gospel Messiah Creative Learning Project performance will follow on Saturday, November 21st, with students from a songwriting workshop will present their original pieces live.

Musical Collaborations

With past performances wildly successful across the country, this show combines the classic Handel's Messiah with the modern spark of gospel, jazz, and rock.

“Perhaps the jazziest, most soulful reinterpretation of Handel's Messiah you'll ever hear.” --The New York Post


With past performances wildly successful across the country, this show combines the classic Handel's Messiah with the modern spark of gospel, jazz, and rock. This original concept by Marin Alsop, was co-arranged by Bob Christianson and Gary Anderson and will feature:

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, Music Director and Conductor
Kecia Lewis-Evans, Soprano
Vaneese Thomas, Mezzo-Soprano
Darius de Haas, Tenor
Leslie Stifelman, Music Supervisor
Choirs from:
Bayside High School
Edward R. Murrow High School
Fordham High School for the Arts
Frank Sinatra School of the Arts
Songs of Solomon
Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts

Click here to learn more and purchase tickets