Rouse advised the Baltimore Symphony, served as composer in residence for the New York Phil, taught at Juilliard and Peabody, and won a Pulitzer in 1993 for a concerto dedicated to Leonard Bernstein. Rouse’s final symphony will debut in Cincinnati in October. Marin Alsop called his death an “enormous loss” and said, “I was able to spend time with him these last weeks and he was irreverent and profound, as always.” – Baltimore Sun
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Reaches Tentative Agreement, Could Perform Next Week
The union ratification vote is Monday, and the public won’t hear details of the proposed contract until then. But late Friday night, “a brief, joint statement by the BSO and the Musicians’ Association of Metropolitan Baltimore Local 40-543 said that if both the players’ union and the BSO’s board of directors vote to sign the contract ‘it would enable the Baltimore Symphony to open its concert season’ next weekend.” – Baltimore Sun