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Friday Flashback – My Scariest Moment

by Julie Gregorian Our recent performance of Sibelius’ Violin Concerto brought back memories of my scariest moment in the BSO. At my first performance of this piece (circa 1974) as principal bassoon, the conductor was the peppery Arthur Fiedler of Boston Pops fame. Near the middle of the first movement,…
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BSO percussionist Brian Prechtl

By Greg Mulligan Brian Prechtl has been a member of the percussion section of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra since 2003 as well as a leader, teacher and mentor with the BSO’s outreach program OrchKids since 2008.   The OrchKids program serves over a thousand kids in six schools located in…
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Four Fiddlers

Four Fiddlers Mark 25 Years with the BSO by Ellen Pendleton Troyer Over the course of four days in late 1990, the BSO violin audition committee, comprised of 10 players plus music director David Zinman, heard nearly 100 violinists. The goal was to fill four violin section openings. After three…
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Christmas Stockings for the Homeless

By Brian Prechtl This past holiday season, BSO musicians participated in an initiative mounted by students at the University of Maryland School of Nursing to reach out to homeless people in the surrounding area. Naomi Prechtl, one of those students, is my daughter. When asked how this project came to fruition,…
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