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Article: `Salute' raises $200,000 for BSO
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- March 25, 1994
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"Salute to Symphony," the annual fund-raising and community
outreach event presented by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, broadcast
by WCRB-FM and telecast on WCVB, raised more than $200,000 for the
BSO and drew nearly 8,000 visitors to the open house at Symphony Hall
Saturday afternoon.
The fund-raising was targeted for the BSO's educational and
outreach programs, including the Youth Concerts, the Boston Music
Education Collaborative, Days in the Arts at Tanglewood and Project
STEP, a string-training program for young musicians from minority
communities.
Jane Alexander has appointed Omus Hirshbein as director of the
music program of the National Endowment for the Arts. This is the
first ...