Boston University School of Music presents free concert at Symphony Hall
Boston University College of Fine Arts (CFA) School of Music presents a free concert at Symphony Hall in Boston on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at 8:00 pm. The concert highlights the School’s exceptional ensembles, including Boston University Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Chorus, and Wind Ensemble, in an enthusiastic return to live performance. Maestro James Burton of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, BU’s new Director of Orchestral Activities, leads the Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Chorus performing Brahms’ German Requiem with choral director Mariah Wilson. David Martins conducts the Wind Ensemble performing ‘The Cowboys’ from the motion picture The Cowboy and the Girl by John Williams, and Our New Day Begun by Omar Thomas.
The event marks the start of a year of celebrations marking 150 years of Boston University School of Music, which was founded in 1872. Learn more about the milestone and the sesquicentennial’s signature events series at www.bu.edu/cfa/bumusic150.
This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are required for admittance into Symphony Hall at www.bu.edu/cfa/symphonyhall. This concert will be livestreamed for those who are unable to attend in person.
Boston University Wind Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, and Symphonic Chorus
Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 8:00 pm | Symphony Hall, Boston, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston
Boston University Wind Ensemble
David Martins, conductor
‘The Cowboys’ from the motion picture The Cowboy and the Girl by John Williams
Our New Day Begun by Omar Thomas
Boston University Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Chorus
James Burton, conductor
Mariah Wilson, choral director
German Requiem by Brahms
Featuring: Kira Kaplan, soprano; Hyungjin Son, baritone
Boston University School of Music Turns 150
Nearly every major symphony orchestra on this planet has counted BU School of Music alumni among its members. BU College of Fine Arts alumni are arts leaders, educators, music critics and more. The impact of BU School of Music has been profound. This year, with pride we mark 150 years of music-makers, educators, and game-changers at Boston University School of Music. You’re invited to celebrate with us and commemorate the School of Music’s 150 years of music-making!
Boston University
Founded in 1839, Boston University is an internationally recognized institution of higher education and research. With more than 34,000 students, it is the fourth-largest independent university in the United States. BU consists of 17 schools and colleges, along with a number of multi-disciplinary centers and institutes integral to the University’s research and teaching mission. In 2012, BU joined the Association of American Universities (AAU), a consortium of 62 leading research universities in the United States and Canada. Learn more at bu.edu.
Boston University College of Fine Arts
Established in 1954, Boston University College of Fine Arts (CFA) is a community of artist-scholars and scholar-artists who are passionate about the fine and performing arts, committed to diversity and inclusion, and determined to improve the lives of others through art. With programs in Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts, CFA prepares students for a meaningful creative life by developing their intellectual capacity to create art, shift perspective, think broadly, and master relevant 21st-century skills. CFA offers a wide array of undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs, as well as a range of online degrees and certificates. Learn more at bu.edu/cfa.
Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Music
Founded in 1872, Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Music combines the intimacy and intensity of traditional conservatory-style training with a broad liberal arts education at the undergraduate level, and elective coursework at the graduate level. The school offers degrees in performance, conducting, composition and theory, musicology, music education, and historical performance, as well as artist and performance diplomas and a certificate program in its Opera Institute. Learn more at bu.edu/cfa/music.