Virginia Symphony Orchestra
The Virginia Symphony Orchestra is an American symphony orchestra from the Hampton Roads metropolitan area in Virginia .
The orchestra performs primarily at Chrysler Hall in Norfolk , the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts in Virginia Beach , the Ferguson Center for the Arts in Newport News , the Phi Beta Kappa Hall at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg and at the Regent University in Virginia Beach. The orchestra works with the Virginia Opera and Virginia Arts Festival as well as school districts in the region.
The Norfolk Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1920, was the only such orchestra between Baltimore and Atlanta at the time . During the recession of the 1970s, the orchestra was merged with the Peninsula Symphony Orchestra and the Virginia Beach Pops Symphony to form the Virginia Symphony Orchestra in 1979 .
Music directors
In May 1991, JoAnn Falletta , a woman, was appointed for the first time as the orchestra's eleventh music director . Karen Philion is the President and Executive Director .
- Walter Edward Howe (from 1921)
- W. Henry Baker
- Bart Wirtz
- Arthur Fickenscher
- Frank L. Delpino
- Henry Cowles Whitehead (1934-1948)
- Edgar Schenkman (1948–1966)
- Russell Stanger (1966-1980)
- Richard Williams (1980-1986)
- Winston Dan Vogel (1986–1990)
- JoAnn Falletta (since May 1991)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Allan Kozinn: A Consolidated Orchestra That's Thriving . In: New York Times , April 17, 1997. Retrieved September 28, 2008.
- ↑ List of executives on the orchestra's website, accessed September 15, 2016 ( Memento of the original from September 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
