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The San Diego Symphony is an American symphony orchestra, based in San Diego, California. The orchestra is resident at Copley Symphony Hall. The orchestra also serves as the orchestra for San Diego Opera.^[1]

On December 6, 1910, the orchestra gave its first concert as the San Diego Civic Orchestra. The orchestra encountered several periods of fiscal trouble over its history which forced it to cease operations. The first such period was from 1921 to 1926. The orchestra resumed limited summer concerts in 1927, but disbanded again in 1936. In 1949, the symphony began to play concerts again.

Copley Symphony Hall was built in 1929 as a French Rococo style luxury movie theater, the Fox Theater. The venue was conferred to the Symphony in 1984.^[2] From 1996 to 1998, the fiscal troubles of the orchestra led it to file for bankruptcy in May 1996^[3] and to cease operations.^[4]

With a bankruptcy plan centered on a $2 million gift from Larry Robinson^[3] and through the pro bono efforts of prominent bankruptcy attorneys Ted Graham and Jeff Garfinkle of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, and receiver, Thomas F. Lennon, who managed the finances, the orchestra reorganized and restarted in 1998, with Jung-Ho Pak serving as artistic director. He had become the symphony's assistant conductor in 1994.^[5]

Several years after the orchestra's reorganization, on January 14, 2002, the San Diego Symphony announced the single largest donation ever made to a symphony orchestra – US$120 million by Joan and Irwin Jacobs. One report stated that the arrangement is for $50 million to be donated over a period of 10 years, at $5 million a year. The remainder would then be left to the orchestra as a bequest.^[6]^[7]

In 2001, the orchestra had ratified an agreement which would increase the musicians' annual base salary from $25,920 to $45,750, with an expansion of the concert season from 26 weeks to 41 weeks. In 2006, the orchestra ratified a new 5-year contract that raised the annual minimum salary from $45,750 to $57,776 over five years. The 41-week season will also expand to 42 weeks. As of 2006, the annual budget of the orchestra was $14 million.^[8] In September 2016, the San Diego Symphony announced a new 5-year contract which will increase base musician salaries from just under $70,000 to $80,000 per year.^[9]

In January 2016, the San Diego Symphony won approval to construct a new outdoor pavilion to host its Summer Pops programs.^[10]

The orchestra's most recent music director was Jahja Ling,^[11] from 2004 to 2017. Ling currently has the title of conductor laureate of the orchestra. From 2006 until his death in 2012, the principal pops conductor of the orchestra was Marvin Hamlisch.^[12]^[13] The current chief executive officer of the orchestra is Martha Gilmer, since October 2014.

In January 2018, Rafael Payare first guest-conducted the orchestra. On the basis of this concert, in February 2018, the orchestra named Payare its next music director, effective 1 July 2019. His initial contract is for 4 years, and he assumed the title of music director-designate with immediate effect.^[14]^[15]

Melvin G. Goldzband, the San Diego Symphony's archivist, has published a book about the orchestra, San Diego Symphony From Overture to Encore.^[16]

Music Directors

B. Roscoe Schryock (1912–1920)
Nino Marcelli (1936–1937)
Nikolai Sokoloff (1938–1941)
Fabien Sevitzky (1949–1952)
Robert Shaw (1953–1958)
Earl Bernard Murray (1959–1966)
Zoltán Rozsnyai (1967–1971)
Peter Erős (1972–1979)
David Atherton (1980–1987)
Yoav Talmi (1989–1996)
Jung-Ho Pak (1998–2002, artistic director)
Jahja Ling (2004–2017)
Rafael Payare (music director designate; effective 2019)

References

^ Turegano, Preston (January 22, 2006). "The opera's proving to be a boon for symphony's musicians". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
^ Scher, Valerie (February 16, 2006). "Sounds great! Less filling!". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
^ ^a ^b Senza Sordino, October 1998, p. 8.
^ Scher, Valerie (November 12, 2006). "Talmi is back, with an 'Elegy' in hand". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
^ Scher, Valerie (October 1, 2006). "Passionate Pak a 'crusader' on a mission". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
^ Turegano, Preston (October 8, 2006). "Balancing the books: 'It's never easy in this business'". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
^ Chute, James (October 8, 2006). "Signs of life". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
^ Scher, Valerie (June 30, 2006). "Symphony musicians approve contract". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
^ "San Diego Symphony musicians sign new 5-year pact". Retrieved September 9, 2016.
^ "Symphony bayfront site gets initial OK from port". Retrieved September 9, 2016.
^ Scher, Valerie (October 5, 2007). "Ling's contract is renewed". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
^ Scher, Valerie (April 9, 2006). "Orchestra makes a 'great investment in the pops'". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
^ Scher, Valerie (August 1, 2004). "Two-part harmony". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
^ "Rafael Payare Named Next Music Director of the San Diego Symphony" (PDF) (Press release). San Diego Symphony. February 13, 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
^ George Varga (February 13, 2018). "San Diego Symphony names Rafael Payare as its next music director". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
^ Scher, Valerie (March 11, 2007). "His book is music to symphony lovers". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.

External links

Official website of the San Diego Symphony

[1] Turegano, Preston (January 22, 2006). "The opera's proving to be a boon for symphony's musicians". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.

[2] Scher, Valerie (February 16, 2006). "Sounds great! Less filling!". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.

[icsom.org-3] Senza Sordino, October 1998, p. 8.

[4] Scher, Valerie (November 12, 2006). "Talmi is back, with an 'Elegy' in hand". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.

[5] Scher, Valerie (October 1, 2006). "Passionate Pak a 'crusader' on a mission". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.

[6] Turegano, Preston (October 8, 2006). "Balancing the books: 'It's never easy in this business'". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.

[7] Chute, James (October 8, 2006). "Signs of life". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.

[8] Scher, Valerie (June 30, 2006). "Symphony musicians approve contract". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.

[9] "San Diego Symphony musicians sign new 5-year pact". Retrieved September 9, 2016.

[10] "Symphony bayfront site gets initial OK from port". Retrieved September 9, 2016.

[11] Scher, Valerie (October 5, 2007). "Ling's contract is renewed". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.

[12] Scher, Valerie (April 9, 2006). "Orchestra makes a 'great investment in the pops'". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.

[13] Scher, Valerie (August 1, 2004). "Two-part harmony". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.

[14] "Rafael Payare Named Next Music Director of the San Diego Symphony" (PDF) (Press release). San Diego Symphony. February 13, 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2018.

[15] George Varga (February 13, 2018). "San Diego Symphony names Rafael Payare as its next music director". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved February 15, 2018.

[16] Scher, Valerie (March 11, 2007). "His book is music to symphony lovers". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.

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-The '''San Diego Symphony''' is an American symphony orchestra, based in [[San Diego]], [[California]]. On December 6, 1910, it gave its first concert as the San Diego Civic Orchestra.
+The '''San Diego Symphony''' is an American symphony orchestra, based in [[San Diego]], [[California]].  The orchestra is resident at [[Copley Symphony Hall]].  The orchestra also serves as the orchestra for [[San Diego Opera]].<ref>{{cite news | last=Turegano|first=Preston| title=The opera's proving to be a boon for symphony's musicians| url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060122/news_1a22turegano.html| work=San Diego Union-Tribune | date=January 22, 2006| accessdate=June 19, 2014|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6QSsoqm5G|archivedate=June 19, 2014}}</ref>
+On December 6, 1910, the orchestra gave its first concert as the San Diego Civic Orchestra.  The orchestra encountered several periods of fiscal trouble over its history which forced it to cease operations. The first such period was from 1921 to 1926. The orchestra resumed limited summer concerts in 1927, but disbanded again in 1936. In 1949, the symphony began to play concerts again.
-Currently, the Symphony performs over 100 [[concert]]s each season, including the [[Irwin M. Jacobs|Jacobs]] Masterworks series, the Winter Pops series, annual holiday programs, a Family Festival series, and the Light Bulb Series. From July through September, the Symphony presents an outdoor Summer Pops season. Recently, a "Thursday Night Jazz"<ref>http://www.sandiegosymphony.org/tickets-events/2015-16-season/jazz-at-the-jacobs/</ref> series was initiated.
-The Symphony performs subscription series concerts at [[Copley Symphony Hall]], which was built in 1929 as a [[France|French]] [[Rococo]] style luxury [[movie theater]], the Fox Theater. It was conferred to the Symphony in 1984. The [[Symphony Towers]] (the second tallest building in [[San Diego County]]) building was built around Copley Hall in 1989.<ref>{{cite news | last=Scher|first=Valerie| title=Sounds great! Less filling!| url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060216/news_lz1w16symph.html| work=San Diego Union-Tribune | date=February 16, 2006| accessdate=June 19, 2014|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6QSsjUJlg|archivedate=June 19, 2014}}</ref>
+[[Copley Symphony Hall]] was built in 1929 as a [[France|French]] [[Rococo]] style luxury [[movie theater]], the Fox Theater.  The venue was conferred to the Symphony in 1984.<ref>{{cite news | last=Scher|first=Valerie| title=Sounds great! Less filling!| url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060216/news_lz1w16symph.html| work=San Diego Union-Tribune | date=February 16, 2006| accessdate=June 19, 2014|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6QSsjUJlg|archivedate=June 19, 2014}}</ref>  From 1996 to 1998, the fiscal troubles of the orchestra led it to file for bankruptcy in May 1996<ref name="icsom.org">[http://www.icsom.org/pdf/senza365.pdf ''Senza Sordino'', October 1998, p. 8.]</ref> and to cease operations.<ref>{{cite news | last=Scher|first=Valerie| title=Talmi is back, with an 'Elegy' in hand| url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20061112/news_1a12talmi.html| work=San Diego Union-Tribune | date=November 12, 2006| accessdate=June 19, 2014|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6QSseawyk|archivedate=June 19, 2014}}</ref>
-Since 2005, symphony musicians have also performed as the pit orchestra for [[San Diego Opera]].<ref>{{cite news | last=Turegano|first=Preston| title=The opera's proving to be a boon for symphony's musicians| url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060122/news_1a22turegano.html| work=San Diego Union-Tribune | date=January 22, 2006| accessdate=June 19, 2014|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6QSsoqm5G|archivedate=June 19, 2014}}</ref>
-The orchestra encountered several periods of fiscal trouble over its history which forced it to cease operations. The first such period was from 1921 to 1926. The orchestra resumed limited summer concerts in 1927, but disbanded again in 1936. In 1949, the symphony began to play concerts again. From 1996 to 1998, the fiscal troubles of the orchestra led it to file for bankruptcy in May 1996<ref name="icsom.org">[http://www.icsom.org/pdf/senza365.pdf ''Senza Sordino'', October 1998, p. 8.]</ref> and to cease operations.<ref>{{cite news | last=Scher|first=Valerie| title=Talmi is back, with an 'Elegy' in hand| url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20061112/news_1a12talmi.html| work=San Diego Union-Tribune | date=November 12, 2006| accessdate=June 19, 2014|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6QSseawyk|archivedate=June 19, 2014}}</ref>
 With a bankruptcy plan centered on a $2 million gift from Larry Robinson<ref name="icsom.org"/> and through the [[pro bono]] efforts of prominent bankruptcy attorneys Ted Graham and Jeff Garfinkle of [[Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison]], and receiver, Thomas F. Lennon, who managed the finances, the orchestra reorganized and restarted in 1998, with [[Jung-Ho Pak]] serving as artistic director. He had become the symphony's assistant conductor in 1994.<ref>{{cite news | last=Scher|first=Valerie| title= Passionate Pak a 'crusader' on a mission| url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20061001/news_1a01chamber.html| work=San Diego Union-Tribune|date=October 1, 2006| accessdate=June 19, 2014|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6QSsSUFr2|archivedate=June 19, 2014}}</ref>
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 In January 2016, the San Diego Symphony won approval to construct a new outdoor pavilion to host its Summer Pops programs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/jan/12/symphony-pops-port-venue/|title=Symphony bayfront site gets initial OK from port|access-date=2016-09-09}}</ref>
-Since 2004, the [[musical director]] has been [[Jahja Ling]]. In October 2007, Ling extended his contract with the orchestra to 2012.<ref>{{cite news | last=Scher|first=Valerie| title=Ling's contract is renewed | url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20071005/news_1c05ling.html| work=San Diego Union-Tribune | date=October 5, 2007 | accessdate=June 19, 2014|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6QSrxVSXz|archivedate=June 19, 2014}}</ref> Since 2003, the executive director of the orchestra is Edward Gill. From 2006 until his death in 2012, the principal pops conductor of the orchestra was [[Marvin Hamlisch]].<ref>{{cite news | last=Scher|first=Valerie| title=Orchestra makes a 'great investment in the pops'| url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060409/news_1a09season.html| work=San Diego Union-Tribune | date=April 9, 2006| accessdate=June 19, 2014|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6QSs3R0NZ|archivedate=June 19, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last=Scher|first=Valerie| title=Two-part harmony| url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040801/news_m1a1fest.html| work=San Diego Union-Tribune | date=August 1, 2004| accessdate=June 19, 2014|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6QSsCnf89|archivedate=June 19, 2014}}</ref>
+The orchestra's most recent music director was [[Jahja Ling]],<ref>{{cite news | last=Scher|first=Valerie| title=Ling's contract is renewed | url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20071005/news_1c05ling.html| work=San Diego Union-Tribune | date=October 5, 2007 | accessdate=June 19, 2014|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6QSrxVSXz|archivedate=June 19, 2014}}</ref> from 2004 to 2017.  Ling currently has the title of conductor laureate of the orchestra.  From 2006 until his death in 2012, the principal pops conductor of the orchestra was [[Marvin Hamlisch]].<ref>{{cite news | last=Scher|first=Valerie| title=Orchestra makes a 'great investment in the pops'| url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060409/news_1a09season.html| work=San Diego Union-Tribune | date=April 9, 2006| accessdate=June 19, 2014|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6QSs3R0NZ|archivedate=June 19, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last=Scher|first=Valerie| title=Two-part harmony| url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040801/news_m1a1fest.html| work=San Diego Union-Tribune | date=August 1, 2004| accessdate=June 19, 2014|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6QSsCnf89|archivedate=June 19, 2014}}</ref>  The current chief executive officer of the orchestra is Martha Gilmer, since October 2014.
+In January 2018, [[Rafael Payare]] first guest-conducted the orchestra.  On the basis of this concert, in February 2018, the orchestra named Payare its next music director, effective 1 July 2019.  His initial contract is for 4 years, and he assumed the title of music director-designate with immediate effect.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.sandiegosymphony.org/static/media/uploads/Press/General/sds_press_release_-_music_director_2.12.18.pdf | title=Rafael Payare Named Next Music Director of the San Diego Symphony | publisher=San Diego Symphony | date=13 February 2018 | accessdate=2018-02-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/classical-music/sd-me-music-rafael-payare-20180213-story.html | title=San Diego Symphony names Rafael Payare as its next music director | work=San Diego Union-Tribune | author=George Varga | date=2018-02-13 | accessdate=2018-02-15}}</ref>
 Melvin G. Goldzband, the San Diego Symphony's archivist, has published a book about the orchestra, ''San Diego Symphony From Overture to Encore''.<ref>{{cite news | last=Scher|first=Valerie| title= His book is music to symphony lovers | url=http://legacy.utsandiego.com/news/features/20070311-9999-1a11viewm.html| work=San Diego Union-Tribune | date=March 11, 2007| accessdate=June 19, 2014|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6QSsHl4CV|archivedate=June 19, 2014}}</ref>
 ==Music Directors==
-* B. Roscoe Schryock (1912–20)
+* B. Roscoe Schryock (1912–1920)
-* [[Nino Marcelli]] (1936–37)
+* [[Nino Marcelli]] (1936–1937)
-* [[Nikolai Sokoloff]] (1938–41)
+* [[Nikolai Sokoloff]] (1938–1941)
-* Fabien Sevitzky (1949–52)
+* Fabien Sevitzky (1949–1952)
-* [[Robert Shaw (conductor)|Robert Shaw]] (1953–58)
+* [[Robert Shaw (conductor)|Robert Shaw]] (1953–1958)
-* Earl Bernard Murray (1959–66)
+* Earl Bernard Murray (1959–1966)
-* [[Zoltán Rozsnyai]] (1967–71)
+* [[Zoltán Rozsnyai]] (1967–1971)
-* [[Peter Erős]] (1972–79)
+* [[Peter Erős]] (1972–1979)
-* [[David Atherton]] (1980–87)
+* [[David Atherton]] (1980–1987)
-* Yoav Talmi (1989–96)
+* Yoav Talmi (1989–1996)
 * [[Jung-Ho Pak]] (1998–2002, artistic director)
-* [[Jahja Ling]] (2004–present)
+* [[Jahja Ling]] (2004–2017)
+* [[Rafael Payare]] (music director designate; effective 2019)
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-* [http://www.sandiegosymphony.org/ San Diego Symphony website]
+* [http://www.sandiegosymphony.org/ Official website of the San Diego Symphony]
-* [http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060604/news_lz1a04view.html Preston Turegano, "It's a tough job, but she enjoys it".  ''San Diego Union Tribune'', June 4, 2006] (profile of San Diego Symphony librarian Nancy Fisch)
-* [http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20061112/news_mz1j12music.html Valerie Scher, "Music to his ears".  ''San Diego Union Tribune'', November 12, 2006] (feature article on San Diego Symphony clarinettist Frank Renk)
-* [http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20061231/news_1a31class.html Valerie Scher, "Leading an orchestra on the upswing".  ''San Diego Union Tribune'', December 31, 2006] (feature article on San Diego Symphony concertmaster Jeff Thayer)
-* [http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070304/news_1a04bass.html James Chute, "Covering the basses".  ''San Diego Union Tribune'', March 4, 2007] (profile of San Diego Symphony principal double bass Jeremy Kurtz)
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