How did you get to your first class today? By foot, bus, T, or crane? 😆 🤩 It's a bright and sunny day here in Boston for the first day of classes! This summer, we were able to bring in a brand-new Model D Steinway grand piano for the Marshall Room!

BU Music students aren't just starting the fall semester in Boston! Specifically, these thirteen bright-eyed School of Music juniors started their fall semester abroad at the Royal College of Music in London!

✨ Faculty Spotlight! As a part of the Moab Music Festival, Assistant Professor of Clarinet, Rob Patterson performs on a delightfully unusual stage: the Colorado River! Our faculty are all-star performers and educators. Opportunities abound for ALL within the BU music community!

TONIGHT AT 5:30! Don't miss the very first BU Symphony Orchestra concert of the semester in the Tsai Performance Center! Conducted by James Burton, you won't want to miss this fabulous program of music by Tchaikovsky, Wagner, and Dvořák! 📸 Photo: Jack Belcher

TONIGHT! Join the BU Symphony Orchestra for an exciting evening of music at 7:30 pm in the Tsai Performance Center. Conducted by James Burton, this concert is free, open to the public, and will be live-streamed at: bu.edu/.../concerts-r…

TONIGHT! 🤩 Join the BU Chamber Orchestra for their first concert of the semester at 7:30 pm in the CFA Concert Hall. Conducted by Jonathan McPhee and Ken Yanagisawa, this concert is free, open to the public, and will be live-streamed at: spr.ly/6019uz7hH 📸: Jake Belcher

TONIGHT! 🤩 Join us for an exciting faculty recital featuring Professors Shiela Kibbe (piano) and Terry Everson (trumpet) at 7:30 pm in the CFA Concert Hall! 🎶 This special evening of music is free, open to the public, and will be live-streamed at: spr.ly/6018ubVVe

Join the BU Wind Ensemble for a special all-Bach concert arranged by Conductor Kenneth Amis TONIGHT at 7:30 pm in the Tsai Performance Center with a pre-concert lecture at 6:30 pm. This concert is free, open to the public, and will be live-streamed at spr.ly/6013ug9F9

Opera in the works ✨ Tonight at 6:00 pm in the Booth Theatre, join us for an exciting evening of scenes performed by BU Opera students from works by Bellini, Gounod, Mozart, and more! This concert is free and open to the public! Photos by Jacob Chang

TONIGHT!✨ Join the Boston University Wind Ensemble for an exciting evening of music at 7:30 p.m. in the Tsai Performance Center! Conducted by Kenneth Amis, this concert is free, open to the public, and will be live-streamed at: spr.ly/6010RK37y 📸 Jake Belcher

BU School of Music: Wrapped! Today, as we prepare for Intersession, we're reflecting on the Fall 2023 semester and all the music we've made! Check out these awesome photos by Emily Wang and Jacob Chang. Congratulations to our students for a job well done this semester!

Make some noise! Happy New Year from your friends at Boston University School of Music! 📸: Jake Belcher