List of symphony orchestras in the United States
This non-exhaustive list of symphony orchestras in the United States contains American orchestras with entries in the Wikipedia plus other particularly noted orchestras. For orchestras from other countries, see list of symphony orchestras and for American youth orchestras see list of youth orchestras in the United States.
Alabama
Alaska
Arkansas
Arizona
- Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra
- Northwest Intergenerational Community Orchestra
- Phoenix Symphony
- Tempe Symphony Orchestra
- Tucson Philharmonia Youth Orchestra
- Tucson Symphony Orchestra
California
Colorado
Connecticut
- Hartford Symphony Orchestra
- New Haven Symphony Orchestra [3]
- Orchestra New England
- Waterbury Symphony Orchestra [4]
District of Columbia
Florida
- Florida Intergenerational Orchestra [5]
- Florida Orchestra
- Florida West Coast Symphony
- Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
- Naples Philharmonic Orchestra
- New World Symphony Orchestra (a training orchestra)
- Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra
- Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra
- Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra
Georgia
- Atlanta Symphony Orchestra [6]
- New Trinity Baroque (on period instruments)
- Rome Symphony Orchestra [7]
Hawaii
Illinois
- Chicago Sinfonietta
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Elgin Symphony Orchestra
- Grant Park Symphony Orchestra
- Illinois Symphony Orchestra
- Illinois State University Symphony Orchestra
- Lyric Opera of Chicago
- Peoria Symphony Orchestra
- Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra
- Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra
Indiana
- Carmel Symphony Orchestra
- Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra
- Lafayette Symphony Orchestra
- Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra [8]
- Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
- Muncie Symphony Orchestra
- Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra
- Richmond Symphony Orchestra
- South Bend Symphony Orchestra
- Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
- Kentucky Symphony Orchestra[11]
- Lexington Philharmonic
- Louisville Orchestra
- Owensboro Symphony Orchestra
Louisiana
- Acadiana Symphony Orchestra
- Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra
- Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
- Natchitoches-Northwestern Symphony Orchestra
- Rapides Symphony Orchestra
- Shreveport Symphony Orchestra
Maine
Maryland
- Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
- Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
- Greater Baltimore Youth Orchestra
- Maryland Symphony Orchestra
- Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra
Massachusetts
Michigan
- Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra
- Detroit Symphony Orchestra
- Flint Symphony Orchestra
- Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra [24]
- Jackson Symphony Orchestra[25]
- Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra[26]
- Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra, at Michigan Technological University, in Houghton, Michigan
- Lansing Symphony Orchestra
- Midland Symphony Orchestra [27]
- Royal Oak Symphony Orchestra [28]
- West Shore Symphony Orchestra [29]
Minnesota
- Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra
- Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra
- Minnesota Orchestra (formerly Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra)
- Minnesota Sinfonia
- Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Mississippi
Missouri
- Heritage Philharmonic
- Kansas City Symphony
- Missouri Symphony
- Northland Symphony Orchestra
- St. Joseph Symphony
- Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
- Springfield, MO Symphony Orchestra
- University City Symphony Orchestra
- Lee's Summit Symphony Orchestra
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
- Asheville Symphony Orchestra
- Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
- Greensboro Symphony Orchestra
- North Carolina Symphony
- Winston-Salem Symphony Orchestra
- Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
North Dakota
Ohio
- Canton Symphony
- Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
- Cleveland Orchestra
- Columbus Symphony Orchestra
- Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
- Springfield Symphony Orchestra
- Toledo Symphony Orchestra [30]
- Youngstown Symphony Orchestra
Hamilton-Fairfield Symphony Orchestra Clermont Philharmonic Blue Ash Symphony Orchestra Lebanon Symphon Orchestra
Oklahoma
Oregon
- Eugene Symphony
- Grande Ronde Symphony Orchestra
- Oregon East Symphony
- Oregon Symphony
- Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Pennsylvania
- Allentown Symphony Orchestra
- Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
- Erie Philharmonic
- Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra
- Johnstown Symphony Orchestra
- Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic
- Philadelphia Orchestra
- Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
- Philly Pops
- Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
- Pottstown Symphony Orchestra
Puerto Rico
South Carolina
- Carolina Pops Orchestra
- Charleston Symphony Orchestra
- Greenville Symphony Orchestra
- South Carolina Philharmonic
- Summerville Community Orchestra
South Dakota
Tennessee
- Chattanooga Symphony and Opera [31]
- East Tennessee Symphony Orchestra [32]
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
- Memphis Symphony Orchestra
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Texas
- Austin Symphony Orchestra
- Dallas Symphony Orchestra
- East Texas Symphony Orchestra
- El Paso Symphony Orchestra
- Houston Symphony Orchestra
- Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
- San Antonio Symphony
- Waco Symphony Orchestra
Utah
- Orchestra at Temple Square (accompanies the Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
- Orchestra of Sandy City
- Southwest Symphony
- Utah Symphony Orchestra
- Utah Valley Symphony
Vermont
Virginia
- Alexandria Symphony Orchestra
- Charlottesville University Symphony Orchestra
- Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
- Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra
- Prince William Symphony Orchestra
- Richmond Symphony Orchestra
- Virginia Beach Symphony Orchestra
- Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Washington
- Mid-Columbia Symphony (Richland, Washington) [33]
- Seattle Chamber Players [34]
- Seattle Symphony Orchestra [35]
- Spokane Symphony [36]
- Walla Walla Symphony [37]
- Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (Vancouver, Washington) [38]
West Virginia
Wisconsin
- Concord Chamber Orchestra, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Green Bay Symphony
- La Crosse Symphony Orchestra
- Madison Symphony Orchestra [41]
- Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
- Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra