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Overview

• Is in its 46th Season of providing music programs to the citizens of West Tennessee

• The orchestra and affiliated ensembles perform for a total audience of over 30,000 annually

• Has a budget of over $700,000

• Employs 65-70 musicians from throughout the region to perform in 13 annual full-orchestra performances, including the seven concert subscription series

• Presents internationally known guest artists and provides performance opportunities for aspiring young soloists

• Has received funding from the Tennessee Arts Commission since 1968

• Introduces thousands of young people to classical music and the orchestra through entertaining and educational school concerts

• Sponsors the Sinfonia Strings, under the direction of Tricia Wilburn, which provides young string players with their first ensemble experience

• Sponsors the Jackson Symphony Youth Orchestra, under the direction of Elizabeth Weimer which provides intermediate and advanced student musicians an opportunity for a full orchestra performance experience

• Provides  The Touring Brass Quintet which presents workshops free of charge to over 3,000 students each year

• Provides a group viola class at the Jackson Boys and Girls Club

• Presents an annual TubaChristmas workshop and performance

• Supports the Jackson Symphony League's Color of Music program

• Offer private string instruction with Tricia Wilburn and Erin Womack

• Offers a week-long summer music camp at Union University

• Offers scholarships through the Alto Davis Scholarship Fund and the Jackson Symphony Youth Orchestra to young musicians

• Created the Endangered Instrument Program in 2004 which offers free private lessons to students who play the oboe, bassoon, or French horn

• Presents an annual free outdoor summer Starlight Symphony concert that attracts an audience of 6,000 patrons

• Presents free Christmas Gifts to the Community Concerts at First Baptist Church

• Provides a Piano Trio that performs a series of Recitals for Seniors programs at Senior Centers throughout the region

• Has recorded and released a CD and cassette of Handel's Messiah with the Union University Singers and Festival Singers

LINKS:   

Jackson Arts Council Calendar of Events

American Symphony Orchestra League

Americans for the Arts

Tennesseans for the Arts

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