Toledo Symphony Chamber Orchestra Concert

Fresh off the triumph of their performance in Carnegie Hall in May of 2011, the Toledo Symphony happily returns to its roots and mission by presenting over four hundred performances this year, including educational program, outreach activities, and music services for everyone in our larger community.  As the Symphony performs its 68th season, audiences will near half a million, including tens of thousands of school children.  Performances in classrooms, concert halls, churches, auditoriums, senior centers, and theaters will be presented in three states and in nearly one hundred communities. 

National recognition is not new to the Toledo Symphony.  The National Endowment for the Arts as one of the best regional orchestras in the United States.  The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers has twice awarded it the Contemporary Music Programming Prize.  Two world premiers of new works by Charles Wourinen have been lauded by the Wall Street Journal and the Detroit Free Press.  Major soloists like Andre Watts, Doc Severinsen, Michael W. Smith, Mark O’Connor, and Kirill Gerstein, blended with fresh young stars like Karen Gomyo and Tianwa Yang bring the international music world to Toledo.

Previously known as the Friends of Toledo Music and The Toledo Orchestra Association, The Toledo Symphony has remained an integral part of the region's music life since 1943.  Since then, the orchestra has been led by seven distinguished conductors, each adding an important personal imprint on the evolution of the orchestra.  They have awakened the city to the necessity of civic, corporate and private investment in top-quality musicians, expanded the variety and quality of concerts and established a permanent core orchestra of full-time musicians. 

The orchestra's services have expanded from one series with three concerts in 1943 to five series with over 40 concerts in the 2011/2012 season.  Churches, schools and theaters throughout the region provide cultural partnerships through annual Symphony appearances.  Collaborations with area colleges and universities train performers and supporters of the future.  Other organizations whose needs for an orchestra are filled by Toledo Symphony musicians include The Toledo Ballet, Toledo Opera, Toledo Choral Society and Music Under the Stars.

The concert presented at Ohio Northern University on January 29th is free and open to the public! Please visit the symphony website for more information about this great American orchestra: www.toledosymphony.com         

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