The Score | Streamed Concerts

Many virtual performance series during the pandemic have “at home” in the name and feature frequently updated new and archival content. Little Rock-based Arkansas Symphony Orchestra musicians have been performing from home in a “Bedtime with Bach” live-streamed series. The Baton Rouge Symphony’s @Home Concert Series showcases its musicians performing small-scale works; some musicians use professional equipment while others use their smartphones. Buffalo Philharmonic musicians are creating and sharing videos via social media. On Saturdays, the Carmel Symphony Orchestra in Indiana streams archived performances and new conversations with musicians on social media. Musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra are featured in a new “CSO from Home” website channel. The Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s “Watch + Listen” page at its website features newly recorded small performances and archival orchestra concerts. Musicians, staff, and board members at Pennsylvania’s Erie Philharmonic are contributing stories and music to its “From Home” site. Michigan’s Grand Rapids Symphony has been releasing daily “From Our Home to Yours” videos, each featuring a different musician from the orchestra. Musicians from Montana’s Helena Symphony have been performing music from their homes on the orchestra’s Facebook page, and Pennsylvania’s Johnstown Symphony Orchestra has a JSYO@Home education series taught by Johnstown Symphony Youth Orchestra Director David Anderson. The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s “LACO At Home” streams feature its musicians in performances and Q&As. The Los Angeles Philharmonic has been airing its “At Home With” series on West Coast radio stations. The New Haven Symphony Orchestra’s “NHSO At Home” series features streamed performances by musicians, and the New York Philharmonic has been posting performances by musicians on Facebook. The Portland Symphony’s “Notes from Home” series features orchestra members performing and talking about music, and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra has been hosting online conversations with musicians, Music Director Rossen Milanov, Executive Director Marc Uys, and others. The San Francisco Symphony has made its substantial “Keeping Score” television series available free to stream during the pandemic. The Seattle Symphony hosted a weeklong Digital Beethoven Fest in June, featuring performances and panel discussions with musicians, staff, and local artists and composers. The Springfield Symphony in Massachusetts has posted “Homegrown” webcasts hosted by Music Director Kevin Rhodes and musicians, while the Stamford Symphony in Connecticut has a website channel featuring archived performances, solo concerts, and informal videos by orchestra musicians, plus interviews by Executive Director Russell Jones.