Marin Alsop
The original Global Ode to Joy was conceived by Marin Alsop in partnership with New York’s Carnegie Hall. Alsop was set to lead performances of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on six continents with ten renowned orchestras. The concert experience was to be reimagined for local communities, presenting new music alongside the music of Beethoven and artists…
The mission of the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship is to mentor, support, and promote women conductors as they advance in their professional careers. The Taki Fellowship is currently a two-year award that primarily includes intensive coaching and mentoring with Marin Alsop and other music industry professionals. The TACF honorarium for Fellows is $20,000 over the…
In 2015 Marin Alsop took over as Professor and Director of the Graduate Conducting Program at the Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University. When she became Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony in 2007, Marin founded the Peabody/BSO Fellowship for talented emerging conductors. The first conductor to receive that fellowship, Joseph Young, now heads the ensemble…
OrchKids uses music as a vehicle for students to develop musical and social skills that are transferable to all areas of their lives including creativity, self-expression, and teamwork. Marin Alsop, Music Director Laureate of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and OrchKids Founding Director, shaped OrchKids into the cornerstone of the BSO’s community engagement efforts across the…
After reading an article about large increases in people learning and playing instruments, Marin wondered if the Baltimore Symphony was missing out on an opportunity to connect with aspiring adult musicians. They put out a call for non-professional musicians to come and play with the musicians of the BSO and had almost 400 people sign…
Hailed for its incredible versatility, String Fever performed through the US in a wide variety of venues, from an eight-month run at one of New York City’s top jazz clubs to a series of concerts for 8,500 Atlanta schoolchildren. String Fever was featured on two of Billy Joel’s albums, Nylon Curtain and Innocent Man, collaborated…
