BSO's 'Mass' project not quite paid for
The BSO's remarkably successful production of Bernstein's Mass, performed in Baltimore, Washington and New York, had a price tag of about $500,000. That includes the transportation expenses for the orchestra and the Morgan State Choir, as well as the costs of recording the piece at the Meyerhoff (Naxos is expected to release the CD version sometime in 2009).
"Specific fundraising was undertaken for Mass," says Eileen Andrews Jackson, BSO veep for public relations and community affairs, "and we are about 75 percent of the way there." Helping with the bottom line was the strong turnout in each venue, with sold-out or nearly sold-out conditions for all six performances.
