BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 www.bso.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: The mission of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is to foster and maintain an organization dedicated to the making of music consonant with the highest aspirations of the musical art, creating performances and providing educational and training programs at the highest level of excellence.

Orchestra Music Programs: The BSO's two beloved orchestral ensembles-the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops-offered 405 concerts reaching more than 1.141 million audience members. Internationally recognized as one of the finest orchestras, the BSO is one of the largest orchestral organizations in the world as measured by scope of its operations. Within the U.S., it is the fourth-largest performing arts institution. In 2018-2019, the BSO welcomed 213,790 patrons to Symphony Hall for its winter season, 202,270 for its Holiday and Spring Pops seasons, 194,860 attended a concert at Tanglewood in Lenox, MA. 28,010 attended Youth and Family Concerts and High School Open Rehearsals and 502,150 enjoyed community concerts offered across the Greater Boston region, including the Boston Pops July 4th concert on the Charles River Esplanade. Highlights included: the opening of the new Linde Center for Music and Learning on the grounds of Tanglewood, which houses the Tanglewood Learning Institute and its year-round roster of innovative programming and performance and rehearsal spaces for the Tanglewood Music Center. The Boston Symphony Children's Choir became the newest permanent ensemble within the symphony, enriching and expanding the BSO's repertoire while giving children an extraordinary choral education. The Boston Pops performed its first ever sensory friendly concert designed for families with a child or adult who is impacted by the autism spectrum disorder.

Education and Community Programs: Education and community programs are integral to the BSO's mission and are delivered via: 1) The Tanglewood Music Center (TMC), BSO's summer academy for rising professional musicians; and 2) Education and Community Engagement Department programs. The TMC is a bridge from the conservatory to the professional world. Promising young musicians study with some of the world's finest practitioners as they prepare for successful performing careers. In 2019, the TMC provided 141 of the world's most promising young musicians-from 24 states and 12 countries-the opportunity to engage in intensive, performance-oriented work with BSO musicians, resident and guest faculty members, and guest artists. The TMC Fellows studied orchestral and chamber music, with an emphasis on contemporary music, vocal repertoire from art song to opera, composition, and conducting. They presented 26 orchestral, vocal, and chamber concerts throughout the summer, including the week-long Festival of Contemporary Music enjoyed by 11,710 audience members. The TMC also functions as a think tank for faculty, who have the time and talent to explore uncharted directions in composition, conducting, and collaboration to advance and influence the field. Education and community engagement programs reached more than 31,000 students, teachers, and families, many of whom came from low-income households in and around Boston. Highlights included: 1) 16 Youth and Family Concerts and High School Open Rehearsals where 23,775 tickets were distributed and children under age 18 attended Family Concerts for free. 1,534 students from 27 Boston Public Schools received free tickets to Youth Concerts. 2) Approximately 2,150 people attended a Community Chamber Concert, where BSO musicians performed in small ensembles around the region including Framingham, Roxbury, Worcester, and Watertown. 3) Symphony for Our City is a partnership between the BSO and 11 Greater Boston nonprofit organizations serving diverse populations. 372 clients of the nonprofits attended BSO, Pops, and Tanglewood performances. 4) Days in the Arts (DARTS): 368 students participated in a week-long residential summer arts immersion program. Thanks to the BSO's generous tuition subsidies, students from urban, suburban, and rural communities gained confidence as they explored different art forms as creators and audience members.

Historic Preservation and Conservation and Facility Rental: The BSO's two main properties, Symphony Hall and Tanglewood, have long and significant histories and both attract visitors from near and far. Symphony Hall's acoustic qualities have earned it a place among the top three concert auditoriums in the world, a fact underscored by the hall's 1999 designation as a National Historic Landmark. Symphony Hall resonates with more than a century of performances by key artists. It is also a key performance venue for a number of ensembles and presenters, including the Handel and Haydn Society, the Celebrity Series of Boston, and the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra. The hall has a 2625 seat capacity. Located in the Berkshire hills of Lenox, Massachusetts and established in 1936 by then-Music Director Serge Koussevitzky, Tanglewood is the summer home of the BSO. Its performance venues-Koussevitzky Music Shed, Seiji Ozawa Concert Hall, and Linde Center-and 80 ancillary buildings are located on 526 pastoral acres in the Berkshire hills in western Massachusetts. The grounds are open to the public year-round. Tanglewood attracts more than 200,000 visitors annually and presents ten weeks of diverse programming, including BSO, Pops, and Tanglewood Music Center concerts. Built in 1938, the Koussevitzky Music Shed is a seasonal hall open on three sides with 5,121 seats and additional seating for more than 10,000 on the surrounding lawn. BSO concerts are performed in the shed. Opened in 1994, Seiji Ozawa Hall is a brick and wood structure that provides a venue for chamber music performances and serves as the headquarters of the Tanglewood Music Center. It seats 750 audience members on the orchestra level and an additional 450 in the two balconies, as well as hundreds more on the lawn. This year, the BSO completed a $70 million Tanglewood Forever campaign, which included $43 million for facilities and landscape improvements; $23 million in endowment funds to support Tanglewood programs; and $4 million for existing and new learning and community programs.

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