Florida Grand Opera Musicians Association

Florida Grand Opera Musicians Association

Formed in 2008 to support its members, the Florida Grand Opera Orchestra Musicians has been the exclusive orchestra for the Florida Grand Opera since 2003.

As early as the 1980's Florida Grand Opera(FGO) had an orchestra for its opera productions. Since the FGO orchestra and the Florida Philharmonic (then Philharmonic Orchestra of Florida) shared many of the same musicians, the orchestras merged in 1986 and Florida Grand Opera engaged the Florida Philharmonic for its productions. This relationship continued until 2002.

In 2001, citing scheduling conflicts with the FPO, the Opera engaged the "Florida Classical Orchestra" to perform for some of its productions. The FCO performed for two productions in the 2000-2001 season, three in 2001-2002, and four in 2002-3. From the 2003-2004 season to the present FCO has been the exclusive orchestra for the Florida Grand Opera.

Members of the Florida Grand Opera Orchestra have degrees from some of the most prestigious music schools in the country and have performed with every other musical organization in south Florida [From the [http://fgomusicians.org/item/fgo-orchestra-is-well-educated The FGOMA Website] ] , as well as many other major organizations across the country [From the [http://fgomusicians.org/item/fgo-orchestra-members-have-performed-with-many-organizations The FGOMA Website] ] . Some include:

* Alabama Symphony
* Ann Arbor Symphony
* Aspen Festival Orchestra
* Atlantic Classical Orchestra
* Baltimore Opera
* Boca Pops
* Boca Symphonia
* Boston Mozarteum Orchestra
* Boston Philharmonic
* Chicago Symphony
* Cincinnati Symphony
* Civic Orchestra of Chicago
* Delaware Symphony
* Florida Philharmonic
* Florida West Coast Symphony
* Fort Lauderdale Symphony
* Jerusalem Symphony
* Key West Pops
* Memphis Symphony
* Miami Chamber Symphony
* Miami City Ballet
* Miami Symphony
* Michigan Opera Theater
* Moscow Chamber Orchestra
* Naples Philharmonic
* New Jersey Symphony
* New Philharmonic
* New York Chamber Ensemble
* Orchestra Miami
* Palm Beach Opera Orchestra
* Palm Beach Pops
* Palm Beach Symphony
* Pittsburgh Opera
* Polish Chamber Orchestra
* Puerto Rico Symphony
* Rochester Philharmonic
* Russian National Orchestra
* Sarasota Opera
* Spoleto Festival
* State Symphony of Mexico
* Sunshine Pops
* Symphony of the Americas
* Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
* Tulsa Opera
* USAF Academy Band and Military Airlift Command Band

Many of the musicians of the Florida Grand Opera Orchestra were members of the Boca Pops Orchestra, which filed for bankruptcy in 2001. The Boca Pops musicians had extensive experience as a pit orchestra, being the orchestra for Miami City Ballet from 1993 until the Ballet stopped using a live orchestra, ca. 2000. Many FGO orchestra members played for the opera as members of the now defunct Florida Philharmonic.

The organization is working towards a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Florida Grand Opera and is represented by American Federation of Musicians Local 655.

Footnotes

External links

* [http://fgomusicians.org Florida Grand Opera Musicians Association]


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