Virginia Symphony Orchestra
- Virginia Symphony Orchestra
The Virginia Symphony Orchestra is an American regional orchestra in Hampton Roads, Virginia. The orchestra performs at several venues in Virginia, including Chrysler Hall in Norfolk and the Ferguson Center for the Arts in Newport News.
The orchestra was founded in 1920 as the Norfolk Symphony, and was for a time the only American orchestra between Baltimore and Atlanta. During the US economic crisis and recession of the 1970s, the Virginia Symphony assumed its present form in 1979 with the merger of the Norfolk Symphony, Peninsula Symphony Orchestra, and the Virginia Beach Pops Symphony. [cite news | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9407E3DD123FF934A25757C0A961958260 | title= A Consolidated Orchestra That's Thriving | work=New York Times | author=Allan Kozinn | date=17 April 1997 | accessdate=2008-09-28]
Past music directors of the orchestra have included Henry Cowles Whitehead, Edgar Schenckman and Russell Stanger. In May 1991, JoAnn Falletta was appointed the orchestra’s eleventh music director.
Music directors (partial list)
* Walter Edward Howe
* Henry Cowles Whitehead
* Edgar Schenkman (1948-1966)
* Russell Stanger (1966-1980)
* Richard Williams (1980-1986)
* Winston Dan Vogel (1986-1990)
* JoAnn Falletta (1991-present)
References
External links
* [http://www.virginiasymphony.org/ Virginia Symphony Orchestra]
* [http://www.lib.odu.edu/special/manuscripts/vasymphony.htm Old Dominion University page on Virginia Symphony Orchestra]
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