The Boston Pops Orchestra

The Boston Symphony Orchestra works to foster and maintain an organization dedicated to making music with the highest aspirations of musical art, creating performances and providing educational and training programs. Education is an integral part of BSO s mission. BSO conducts youth and family concerts that introduces music into the lives of elementary, middle school and high school students. More than 60,000 students benefit from BSO s education programs. The BSO education staff also offers lesson plans and resource kits for K-12 teachers that include a list of composers and their compositions to enhance music education. The Tanglewood Music Center provides a unique, in-depth musical experience for emerging professional musicians of exceptional ability. BSO was founded in 1881 and has recorded pieces by Beethoven and several other composers.