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DATE: August 8, 2011

BSO OPENS 2011-12 SEASON WITHANNE-SOPHIE MUTTERPERFORMING ALL FIVE MOZART CONCERTOS—MAKING HER FIRST BSO APPEARANCE IN THE DUAL ROLE OF CONDUCTOR AND SOLOIST; PERFORMANCES TO TAKE PLACE OVER TWO EVENINGS, SEPTEMBER 30 AND OCTOBER 1

BSO CONDUCTOR EMERITUSBERNARD HAITINKLEADS THREE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING BEETHOVEN’S FIRST, SIXTH, AND NINTH SYMPHONIES, STRAVINSKY’SSYMPHONY OF PSALMS, AND MENDELSSOHN’SA MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAMMUSIC WITHCLAIRE BLOOMNARRATING

CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYICONDUCTS BRAHMS’SA GERMAN REQUIEM

KURT MASURLEADS BEETHOVEN’SMISSA SOLEMNIS;CHARLES DUTOITLEADS DEBUSSY’SLA MER

CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACHLEADS BERLIOZ’SSYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE

RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOSLEADS MUSIC OF SCHUMANN, STRAUSS, HAYDN, AND WAGNER

ESA-PEKKA SALONENMAKES A WELCOME RETURN FOR FIRST BSO CONCERTS SINCE 1988

SIX CONDUCTORS MAKE THEIR SYMPHONY HALL DEBUTS IN 2011-12: Jiří Bělohlávek,

RICCARDO CHAILLY,JUANJO MENJA,ANDRIS NELSONS,JURAJ VALČUHA, ANDJAAP VAN ZWEDEN

BSO COMPLETES TWO-YEAR CYCLE OFJOHN HARBISONSYMPHONIES, HIGHLIGHTED BY THE WORLD PREMIERE OF BSO-COMMISSIONED SYMPHONY NO. 6; SEASON ALSO FEATURESELLIOTT CARTER’SFLUTE CONCERTO WITH BSO PRINCIPALELIZABETH ROWE, ESA-PEKKA SALONEN’SVIOLIN CONCERTO WITHLEILA JOSEFOWICZ,AND THE AMERICAN PREMIERE OFMARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE’S

FROM THE WRECKAGE

,AS WELL AS MUSIC BYDUTILLEUXANDLUTOSŁAWSKI

BSO FAVORITES MAKING WELCOME RETURNS INCLUDEYO-YO MA, PIANISTSLEIF OVE ANDSNES,EMANUEL AX,YEFIM BRONFMAN,GARRICK OHLSSON,ANDPETER SERKIN, AND SINGERSCHRISTINE BREWER,MICHELLE DEYOUNG, ANDJAMES MORRIS

GIDON KREMERMAKES A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED RETURN TO THE BSO STAGE, AND CELLISTGAUTIER CAPUÇON, TRUMPETERHÅKAN HARDENBERGER, SINGERSMARK PADMORE,ANNA PROHASKA, ANDSIMON O’NEILL, AND PIANISTSTILL FELLNERANDCÉDRIC TIBERGHIENARE AMONG13 GUEST ARTISTS MAKING THEIR BSO DEBUTS IN 2011-12

UNDERSCORE FRIDAYS 7 P.M. SERIES WITH REMARKS FROM STAGE AND POST-CONCERT
MEET-AND-GREET RECEPTIONS TO EXPAND FROM THREE TO SIX EVENTS IN 2011-12

TheBoston Symphony Orchestra’s2011–12 season opens on Friday, September 30 with a gala opening night concert featuringAnne-Sophie Mutterin the dual role as violinist and conductor in a program of Mozart Violin Concertos Nos. 3 and 5. Ms. Mutter, who has received wide-ranging acclaim for her recording of all five Mozart violin concertos, will complete the cycle with performances of concertos 1, 2, and 4 in a single concert that opens the BSO subscription season on October 1.

Ranging from the preeminent elder maestros of our time, to prominent masters at the top of their careers, to today’s brightest young podium talents, many of the world’s greatest conductors grace the Symphony Hall podium during the Boston Symphony’s 2011-12 season, September 30, 2011-May 5, 2012.  The season also showcases several of the most compelling large-scale works ever written for orchestra, soloists, and chorus, includingBeethoven’sMissa Solemnis

,

Brahms’sA German Requiem

,andBeethoven’s Ninth Symphony.  A full spectrum of symphonic works by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Haydn, Sibelius, Mahler, and Rachmaninoff, as well as three Strauss tone poems and four Beethoven symphonies, will also be featured.  Along with appearances by many of the BSO’s most popular guest artists, includingEmanuel Ax,Christine Brewer,Yefim Bronfman,Michelle DeYoung,Gidon Kremer,Garrick Ohlsson,

Yo-Yo Ma,James Morris, andPeter Serkin, 2011-12 will also introduce audiences to 13 artists making their debuts in the new season.

The 2011-12 BSO season also offers audiences the opportunity to explore an exciting and dramatic range of unfamiliar and new music encompassing works by composers from both sides of the Atlantic—Elliott Carter,Henri Dutilleux,Witold Lutosławski, andEsa-Pekka Salonen, as well as the American premiere of acclaimed British composerMark-Anthony Turnage’s

From the Wreckage, for trumpet and orchestra, with soloistHåkan Hardenberger.The BSO’s two-year cycle ofJohn Harbisonsymphonies comes to a close with performances of the composer’s Fourth and Fifth symphonies and the world premiere performances of his Symphony No. 6, a BSO commission.

The 131st season of the Boston Symphony Orchestra takes place September 30, 2011–May 5, 2012.   Subscriptions for the BSO’s 2011-2012 season are currently available by calling 888-266-7575 or visitingwww.bso.org.  Single tickets for the BSO’s 2011-12 season, priced from $30 to $120 (Open Rehearsals, $20), go on sale August 8. BSO concerts take place Thursday, Saturday, and Tuesday at 8 p.m. and Friday at 1:30 p.m. or 7 p.m.  The BSO’s 2011-12 Opening Night concert on September 30—featuring Anne-Sophie Mutter in Mozart Concertos Nos. 3 and 5, begins at 6 p.m.; the evening begins with a pre-concert gala reception and ends with a post-concert celebratory dinner for benefactors. Regularly priced Opening Night tickets are priced from $75 to $250.

BSO 2011-12 SEASON OVERVIEW

BSO GUEST CONDUCTOR ROSTER FEATURES THE GREAT ELDER STATESMEN OF THE FIELD, REIGNING MASTERS AT THE TOP OF THEIR CAREERS, AND ACCLAIMED YOUNG STARS MAKING THEIR MARKS IN THE WORLD OF CONDUCTING

Boston Symphony Conductor EmeritusBernard Haitinkwill lead three weeks of concerts in the 2011-12 season, including the season-ending program of Stravinsky’sSymphony of Psalmsand Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (May 3-5).Kurt Masurleads an all-Brahms program (Oct. 20-22) and Beethoven’sMissa Solemnis(Feb. 23-25).Rafael Frühbeck de Burgosconducts two programs, including one of music by Schumann and Strauss (Oct. 27-Nov. 1), and a second program of music by Haydn and Wagner (Nov. 3-5). Always an audience favorite,Christoph von Dohnányiwill lead Brahms’sA German Requiem(April 5-7).

Riccardo Chailly, in his BSO debut, leads two programs: Stravinsky’sThe Rite of Springon a program with music of Prokofiev and Debussy (Jan. 19-24) and rare BSO performances of Mendelssohn’sLobgesang  (Hymn of Praise) (Jan. 26-31). Esa-Pekka Salonenreturns to the BSO podium for the first time in over twenty years, leading Stravinsky’sFirebirdon a program with the first BSO performance of the conductor-composer’s Violin Concerto, featuringLeila Josefowiczas soloist (April 12-14). Former BSO assistant conductorLudovic Morlot, now music director designate of the Seattle Symphony, returns to the BSO podium to lead two programs: Bartók’s Suite fromThe Miraculous Mandarinand Carter’s Flute Concerto, featuring BSO principal fluteElizabeth Rowe(Nov. 17-22), and Harbison’s Symphony No. 4, Ravel’sDaphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 (Nov. 25-29). 

Conductors new to Symphony Hall audiences in the 2011-12 season includeJiří Bělohlávek,

Juanjo Menja, Andris Nelsons,andJaap van Zweden,all of whom will be making their BSO subscription-season debuts. Following his acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut with the BSO this past March,Andris Nelsonscomes to Boston (Jan. 5-7) to lead the orchestra in the American premiere of Turnage’sFrom the Wreckage, featuring trumpeterHåkan Hardenbergerin his BSO debut, on a program with music of Haydn and Strauss.  Juanjo Menja(Dvořák and Bartók, Oct. 13-18)andJaap van Zweden(Beethoven and Rachmaninoff, Feb. 8-11) make their first appearances in the Symphony Hall subscription season following their recent BSO debuts at Tanglewood in 2010 and 2011, respectively.Juraj Valčuhaappears with the orchestra for the first time, leading a program of works by Kodály, Dvořák, and Mendelssohn (Mar. 22-24). Czech conductorJiří Bělohlávekleads the BSO in works by Beethoven and Harbison (Dec. 1-3).BSO Assistant Conductor Sean Newhousereturns to the BSO podium to lead a program of works by Britten, Prokofiev, and Sibelius (Oct. 6-11).

Christoph EschenbachandMyung-Whun Chungmake highly anticipated returns to the BSO podium after many years away from the orchestra. Christoph Eschenbach, who last appeared in Symphony Hall with the orchestra in 2000, will conduct Berlioz’sSymphonie fantastiqueand his overture toBenvenuto Cellinion a program with music by Ravel (March 2 and 3). Myung-Whun Chung, who last appeared with the orchestra in 1996, will lead Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6,Pathétique,on a program with music by Weber and Barber (Nov. 10-12). Charles Dutoitleads Debussy’sLa Meron a program with Dutilleux’sTout un monde lointain, for cello and orchestra, with soloistGautier Capuçon(Feb. 2-4). Following his acclaimed BSO debut in April 2011,Stéphane Denèveleads a program of music by Stravinsky, Ravel, and Shostakovich (Feb. 16-21; BSO Assistant ConductorMarcelo Lehningerwill conduct the February 21 performance).David Zinmanleads the world premiere of the BSO-commissioned Symphony No. 6 byJohn Harbison, on a program with works by Weber, Beethoven, and Strauss (Jan. 12-17). 

FAVORITE GUEST ARTISTS AND 13 BSO DEBUTS

The BSO’s 2011-12 season will showcase the talents of 10 pianists representing a variety of stylistic approaches to the instrument. Three of Beethoven’s five piano concertos will be performed, withLeif Ove Andsnesperforming No. 1 (Jan. 12-17),Emanuel Axperforming No. 2 (Feb. 8-11),andJonathan Bissperforming No. 4 (Dec. 1-3).Jean-Efflam Bavouzetwill be featured in Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 (Oct. 6-11),Yefim Bronfmanin Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 (Oct. 20-22),Richard Goodein Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 (Nov. 17-22),Garrick Ohlssonin Barber’s Piano Concerto (Nov. 10-12), andPeter Serkinin Stravinsky’s Concerto for Piano and Winds (Feb. 16-21). Two pianists will make their BSO debuts in 2011-12: Till Fellnerplaying Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22 (Apr. 26-28), and the young French pianistCédric Tiberghienperforming Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G (Mar. 2-3).

FollowingAnne-Sophie Mutter’sappearances to open the season with music of Mozart, virtuoso violinists also appearing with the BSO in 2011-12 includeLeila JosefowiczplayingEsa-Pekka Salonen’sViolin Concerto (Apr. 12-14),Gidon Kremerplaying Schumann’s Violin Concerto (Oct. 27-Nov. 1),Frank Peter Zimmermannin Dvořák’s Violin Concerto (Mar. 22-24), andLeonidas Kavakos, who will be featured as both conductor and soloist in Bach’s Concerto in D minor for violin, strings, and continuo (Mar. 27-31). Also appearing areYo-Yo Main Dvořák’s Cello Concerto (Oct. 13-18), cellistGautier Capuçonin his BSO debut playing Dutilleux’sTout un monde lointain…, for cello and orchestra (Feb. 2-4), and trumpet playerHåkan Hardenbergermaking his BSO debut in the American premiere ofFrom the Wreckage, for trumpet and orchestra by acclaimed British composerMark-Anthony Turnage(Jan. 5-7).

Audience favorites also include singersJames Morrisin excerpts from Wagner’sDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg(Nov. 3-5);Christine Brewer,Michelle DeYoung,Simon O’Neill, andEric Owensin Beethoven’sMissa Solemnis(Feb. 23-25); andLayla ClaireandKate Lindsey, joined byClaire Bloomas narrator, in Mendelssohn’s complete Incidental Music toA Midsummer Night’s Dream(April 19-24).

Singers slated to make their BSO debuts in the 2011-12 season include mezzo-sopranoSasha Cooke(Harbison 5, Dec. 1-3),sopranoCarolyn Simpson, sopranoCamilla Tilling, and tenorMark Padmore(Mendelssohn’sLobgesang, Jan. 26-31), sopranoAnna Prohaska(Brahms’sA German Requiem, Apr. 4-7), and tenorRoberto Saccáand bassGünther Groissböck(Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, May 3-5). ActressClaire Bloomwill make her subscription series debut narrating Mendelssohn’sA Midsummer Night’s Dream(April 19-24). 

LARGE-SCALE MASTERWORKS FOR SOLOISTS, ORCHESTRA, AND THE TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS

Now entering its fifth decade, theTanglewood Festival Chorus, led by founding conductorJohn Oliver, is featured with the orchestra and soloists in a variety of choral masterworks during the BSO’s 2011-12 season.  They include:
*Excerpts from Wagner’sDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg

to be led byRafael Frühbeck de Burgoswith bass-baritoneJames Morris(Nov. 3-5).
*Rare BSO performances ofMendelssohn’sLobgesang

(Hymn of Praise) under conductorRiccardo Chailly, with sopranoCarolyn Sampson(BSO debut), sopranoCamilla Tilling(BSO debut), and tenorMark Padmore(BSO debut)(Jan. 26-31). 
*Beethoven’sMissa Solemnis

under the direction ofKurt Masur, with sopranoChristine Brewer, mezzo-sopranoMichelle DeYoung, tenorSimon O’Neill, and bass-baritoneEric Owens(Feb. 23-25).
*Brahms’sA German Requiem

withChristoph von Dohnányiconducting,withsopranoAnna Prohaska(BSO debut) and bass-baritoneHanno Müller-Brachmann  (April 5-7).
*Mendelssohn’s Incidental Music toA Midsummer Night’s Dream

under the direction ofBernard Haitink, with sopranoLayla Claire, mezzo-sopranoKate Lindsey, narratorClaire Bloom, and the women of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus (April 19-24).
*A double bill ofStravinsky’sSymphony of Psalms

andBeethoven’s Ninth Symphonyto be led by BSO Conductor EmeritusBernard Haitink, with sopranoJessica Rivera, mezzo-sopranoMeredith Arwady, tenorRoberto Saccá(BSO debut), and bassGünther Groissböck(BSO debut), to close the season (May 3-5).

WORLD PREMIERE OF JOHN HARBISON’S SIXTH SYMPHONY AND MUSIC NEW TO BSO AUDIENCES

In 2011-12, the BSO completes its two-year cycle of Boston-area composerJohn Harbison’ssymphonies with the composer’s Symphony No. 4 in November, No. 5 in December, and the world premiere of the BSO-commissioned Symphony No. 6 in January.

The great American composerElliott Carteris represented by repeat performances in November of his Flute Concerto—a BSO co-commission given its American premiere by the orchestra in 2010—featuring BSO principalElizabeth RowewithLudovic Morlotconducting. In February, the venerable French composerHenri Dutilleuxis represented by hisTout un monde lointain…(A whole world distant…) for cello and orchestra with soloistGautier Capuçonin his BSO debut under the direction ofCharles Dutoit.  Trumpet soloistHåkan Hardenbergermakes his BSO debut in January in the American premiere ofFrom the Wreckage, a recent work by English composerMark-Anthony Turnage. Leonidas Kavakosleads the great Polish composerWitold Lutosławski’s

Musique funèbrein March, and Finnish conductor/composer.Esa-Pekka Salonenleads his own Violin Concerto with soloistLeila Josefowicz.

A detailed 2011-12 BSO program listing appears at the end of this press release. For complete programs, ticket information, photos, and artist bios, click here:

www.bso.org/presskit

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TICKET, SPONSORSHIP, AND OTHER PATRON INFORMATION

TICKET INFORMATION

Subscriptions for the BSO’s 2011-2012 season are available by calling theBSO Subscription Officeat 888-266-7575 or online through the BSO’s website (www.bso.org).  Single tickets, priced from $20 to $120, with Open Rehearsals priced at $20 each (general admission), go on sale August 8.  Regular-season Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts on Tuesday and Thursday evenings are priced from $30 to $110; Friday afternoons are priced from $30 to $105; concerts on Friday and Saturday evenings are priced from $32 to $120.  The BSO’s 2011-12 Opening Night concert on September 30—featuring Anne-Sophie Mutter in Mozart Concertos Nos. 3 and 5, begins at 6 p.m.; the evening begins with a pre-concert gala reception and ends with a post-concert celebratory dinner for benefactors.   Regularly priced Opening Night tickets are priced from $75 to $250.

Tickets may be purchased by phone throughSymphonyCharge (617-266-1200or888-266-1200), online through the BSO’s website (

www.bso.org

), or in person at theSymphony Hall Box Office(301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston). There is a $6.00 service fee for all tickets purchased online or by phone through SymphonyCharge.

American Express, MasterCard, Visa, Diners Club, and Discover, as well as personal checks (in person or by mail) and cash (in person only) are all accepted at the Symphony Hall Box Office. A limited number of rush tickets for Boston Symphony Orchestra subscription concerts on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Friday afternoons are set aside to be sold on the day of a performance. These tickets are sold at $9 each, one to a customer, at the Symphony Hall Box Office on Fridays beginning at 10 a.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning at 5 p.m. Gift certificates are available in any amount and may be used toward the purchase of tickets (subject to availability) to any Boston Symphony Orchestra or Boston Pops performance at Symphony Hall or Tanglewood. Gift certificates may also be used at the Symphony Shop to purchase merchandise.

The College Card and Young Musicians Club Cardallow students and aspiring young musicians to experience the BSO on a regular basis. For only $25 (College Card) or $15 (Young Musicians Club Card) students can attend most BSO concerts at no additional cost! After purchase, simply register the card online to receive text and/or email notification of real-time ticket availability and special offers. More information is available at bso.org or 888-266-1200.

There are a limited number ofRush Ticketsfor BSO subscription-series concerts on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Friday afternoons. Tickets are $9 each, cash only, one to a customer, and can be purchased at the BSO Box Office on Massachusetts Avenue on Fridays beginning at 10am, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning at 5pm. Please note: no Rush Tickets are available on Friday or Saturday evenings.

$20 tickets are available during the BSO season for patrons under 40 years of age. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis on both the orchestra and balcony levels. There is a limit to one pair of tickets per performance, but you may choose as many dates as you like!

Patrons with disabilities can access Symphony Hall through the Massachusetts Avenue lobby or the Cohen Wing on Huntington Avenue. An access service center, accessible restrooms, and elevators are available inside the Cohen Wing entrance. For ticket information, call the Access Services Administrator at 617-638-9431 or TDD/TTY 617-638-9289.

EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES AT SYMPHONY HALL

As part of the BSO’s ongoing initiative to make classical music programming and education widely available to listeners, the orchestra is offering adult educational initiatives for the 2011-2012 season. 

UnderScore Fridaysis a uniquely formatted concert series.  Subscribers hear comments from the stage about the program and a 7pm concert start-time allows attendees to socialize following the performance.  The UnderScore Fridays concerts  series take place on November 21, November 11, January 13, January 27, February 24, March 2, April 13, and May 4.  Tickets for UnderScore Fridays range from  from $32 to $120.

BSO 101returns on a regular, expanded basis in 2011-2012 offering sessions on Wednesday evenings from 5:30-6:45pm. Besides enhancing your listening abilities by focusing on upcoming repertoire, BSO 101 will now also feature presentations devoted to various behind-the-scenes aspects of the BSO. Each session is followed by a complimentary reception.

BSO MEDIA CENTER

The Boston Symphony Orchestra onlineMedia Center, consolidates its numerous new media initiatives in one location on the orchestra’s website (www.bso.org). Modeled after the Symphony’s iPhone app, released in July, 2010, the Media Center is available free of charge and accessible from any computer via a web browser.  The Media Center makes video content, interactive features, audio and written program notes, and digital music readily available over the internet.  The Media Center can be visited by clicking on Media Center at bso.org.

Through the free Media Center, symphony fans can view the BSO’s award-winningClassical Companion, which incorporates engaging elements such as video lectures, essays, archival photographs, interactive music labs, and biographical information to enrich the concert-going experience, listen in and watch the BSO and Boston Pops Emmy-nominated podcasts, and view selectWebTVepisodes which offer a virtual concert-going experience. Additionally, users can stream all Saturday-evening broadcasts of the Boston Symphony Orchestra by accessing WGBH's broadcast stream link throughwww.wgbh.org. 

The Media Center offers excerpts from all the albums released on the BSO’s own label, BSO Classics, and links to buy music directly through bso.org. Albums available include the BSO’s and James Levine’s most recent recordings ofMozart’s symphonies 14, 18, 20, 39, and 41; the BSO’s Grammy-winning recording of Ravel’s completeDaphnis and Chloé, Brahms’sA German Requiem; the Boston Pops’The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothersfeaturing Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, and Ed Harris, andThe Red Sox Album; as well as the Tanglewood Festival Chorus’s 40th Anniversary CD.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s extensive website, www.bso.org, is the largest and most-visited orchestral website in the country, receiving more than 7 million visitors annually and generating over $63 million in revenue since its launch in 1996. BSO Concert Preview Podcasts, focusing on each of the programs of the BSO’s 2010-2011 season, are available throughwww.bso.org, Facebook, and iTunes, and the BSO Video Podcasts are available throughwww.bso.org, iTunes, Facebook, and YouTube.

RADIO BROADCASTS AND STREAMING

BSO concerts are broadcast regularly by 99.5 All-Classical, a service of WGBH. Saturday-evening concerts can be heard live on 99.5 FM, on HD radio at 89.7 HD2, and online at 995allclassical.org (http://995allclassical.org). Broadcasts begin with exclusive features and interviews at 7pm, followed by the concert at 8pm.

FOOD SERVICES AT SYMPHONY HALL

The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s catering partner, Boston Gourmet, offers a fresh perspective on the food and beverage options offered at Symphony Hall before concerts, during intermission, and in the popular Symphony Café.  Symphony Café offers buffet-style dining from 5:30 p.m. until concert time for all evening Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts. In addition, Symphony Café is open for lunch prior to Friday-afternoon concerts. Patrons enjoy the convenience of pre-concert dining at the Café in the unique ambiance of historic Symphony Hall. The cost of dinner is $39 per person; the cost of lunch is $25. The Café is located in Higginson Hall; patrons enter through the Cohen Wing entrance on Huntington Avenue. Please call 617-638-9328 for reservations. 

Additionally, appetizers will be available at the bars in Symphony Hall’s Cabot-Cahners Room and Hatch Room.  Patrons can purchase these at bars or pre-order a pre-concert package that features an appetizer and half-bottle of wine through the BSO’s website atwww.bso.org.  BSO patrons can also take advantage of the hall-wide beverage service by purchasing beverage coupons in advance through the Symphony Hall Box Office.   

SYMPHONY HALL SHOP AND TOURS

The Symphony Shop, located in the Cohen Wing on Huntington Avenue, is open Thursdays and Saturdays from 3pm to 6pm, and from one hour before concert time through intermission. A satellite shop, located on the first-balcony level, is open only during concerts. Merchandise may also be purchased by visiting the BSO website atwww.bso.org.
The Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers offers weekly public and private tours of Symphony Hall during the BSO and Pops seasons. For more information on taking a Symphony Hall tour, please visit us atwww.bso.org. You may also email bsav@bso.org, or call 617-638-9390 to confirm specific dates and times. Schedules are subject to change.

SPONSORSHIPS

UBS will continue its partnership with the Boston Symphony Orchestra as its exclusive season sponsor, building on the mutually successful partnership that began in 2003. UBS’s season sponsorship of the Boston Symphony Orchestra is based on a shared passion for collaboration and excellence. In the same way musicians and a conductor rely on one another, UBS strives to work collaboratively with clients to deliver the tailored strategies that help them pursue their financial goals.

That is why UBS has a long history of supporting the arts around the globe. In addition to the BSO, the firm sponsors several outstanding symphony orchestras and festivals around the world, including the Ravinia Festival in Chicago and the London Symphony Orchestra and Lucerne Festival.

UBS believes the lasting success of the firm is linked to the well-being of the communities where it does business. Through grants and volunteer initiatives, UBS strengthens relationships with local organizations while focusing on education and creativity.

Building on our Season Sponsorship, UBS has partnered with the BSO to launch the BSO Academy School Initiative at Thomas A. Edison School. The three major goals of the BSO Academy School Initiative are to (1) provide high-level K-8 music education, (2) to create a school community with parents, teachers, and students through the use of music as a unifying element, and (3) to help students develop a skill set that can prepare them for success in high school, college and beyond.

UBS' contribution allows the BSO to enhance the school’s basic music instruction through on-site performances, trips for Edison students to the Symphony Hall, individual lessons and coaching sessions.
“UBS is pleased to play a role in creating a thriving and sustainable partnership between professional musicians and the artists of the future” said Stephen Brown, New England Market Managing Director, UBS Wealth Management Americas. “We believe music education encourages a motivated, creative and confident student body and is a pathway to a better future. “
Corporate memberships at nearly 70 cultural institutions throughout the country allow UBS to offer support while encouraging community involvement among its employees. Last year, more than 5,600 U.S.-based employees volunteered over 35,000 hours as part of our Community Affairs programs. We view these activities as a reflection of our commitment to the communities in which we live and work.

Headquartered in Zurich and Basel, Switzerland, UBS draws on its 150-year heritage to serve private, institutional and corporate clients worldwide, as well as retail clients in Switzerland. We combine our wealth management, investment banking and asset management businesses with our Swiss operations to deliver superior financial solutions.
EMC Corporation is the supporting partner of the 2010-11 BSO season. The Fairmont Copley Plaza Boston, together with Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, is the Official Hotel of the BSO.Commonwealth Worldwide Chauffeured Transportation is the Official Chauffeured Transportation Provider of the BSO.  The Evening Open Rehearsal series is supported by Harvard University Extension School and Harvard Summer School.

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BSO PRESS CONTACTS:

Bernadette Horgan, Director of Public Relations (

bhorgan@bso.org

) 617-638-9285

Kathleen Drohan, Associate Director of Public Relations (

kdrohan@bso.org

) 617-638-9286

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News Source : Tickets To The Boston Symphony's 2011-12 Season Will Go On Sale To The General Public On Monday, August 8, Available By Calling 888-266-1200, Visiting Www.bso.org, Or In Person At The Symphony Hall Box Office At 301 Massachusetts Avenue