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To get a sense of how the orchestras of ICSOM are doing currently, we asked every orchestra\u2019s delegate to provide a short blurb about what is happening of note in their orchestra. Charter members of ICSOM are denoted with *.<\/em><\/p>\n

Alabama Symphony Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1997
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1998 (the predecessor Birmingham Symphony was a member of ICSOM from 1975\u20131995)
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 256-733
\nThe Alabama Symphony is in the final month of a season that featured the performances of all nine Beethoven symphonies, and the initiation of two new outreach programs.
\n\u201cThe ASO Up Close\u201d is a program that allows patrons to sit next to specific musicians in a dedicated rehearsal, in order to develop a deeper understanding of the rehearsal process.
\n\u201cASO On The Road\u201d is a program that sends chamber ensembles from the orchestra to perform in such venues as hospitals and schools.
\nBoth programs have been well received and successful.<\/p>\n

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1945
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1971
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 148-462
\nFor the remainder of the Atlanta Symphony\u2019s 18-19 season, we are performing two more movies (Jaws<\/em> and Casablanca<\/em>) and a semi-staged version of Beethoven\u2019s Fidelio<\/em>, along with several other subscription and pops programs. 2019\u201320 marks the ASO\u2019s gala 75th anniversary season, and Maestro Spano will conduct 12 subscriptions, with guests and Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles providing the rest of the classical conducting. In April, the ASO and chorus will return to Carnegie Hall with a performance of Beethoven\u2019s Missa Solemnis<\/em>. The master season ends with the complete Tristan und Isolde<\/em> semi-staged over three nights. Other highlights of the season will be Mahler\u2019s Eighth and Bruckner\u2019s Fourth Symphonies.<\/p>\n

*Baltimore Symphony Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1916
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1962
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 40-543
\nCommemorating the 100th anniversary of women\u2019s
\nsuffrage in the U.S., the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Marin Alsop celebrate women in music in the 2019\u201320 season. Highlights include: world premieres by Lera Auerbach, Anna Clyne, and Reena Esmail; the BSO debuts of guest conductors Carolyn Kuan, Ruth Reinhardt, and Xian Zhang; and performances by Olga Kern, Viktoria Mullova, and Ren\u00e9e Fleming.
\nThe 2019\u201320 season also includes a tribute to Beethoven that culminates in All Together: A Global Ode to Joy. This special project, launched in partnership with Carnegie Hall, sees Maestra Alsop leading performances of Beethoven\u2019s Ninth Symphony on five continents with nine different orchestras. The BSO\u2019s season-closing concerts feature a new translation of \u201cOde to Joy\u201d by Baltimore-based rapper and musician Wordsmith.<\/p>\n

*Boston Symphony Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1881
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1962
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 9-535
\nThe Boston Symphony recently opened the Tanglewood Learning Institute (TLI), an adult educational initiative to be held in a multi-building complex newly completed on the Tanglewood grounds in Lenox, MA. This initiative will present not only music by members of the BSO, but also visual and the other performance arts and culture to TLI participants. From the performance side, the BSO\u2019s recent recording of Shostakovich\u2019s 4th and 11th Symphonies with Music Director Andris Nelsons received the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance\u2014the third recording in the series to do so.<\/p>\n

*Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1934
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1963
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 92
\nThe Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra has seen ticket-sales growth again this season amid some rather diverse programming. The orchestra enjoyed a successful tour of Florida in April, performing in five locations. We look forward to next season, celebrating 20 years of leadership under music director Joann Falletta.<\/p>\n

Charlotte Symphony Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1932
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1999
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 342
\nAs part of Charlotte\u2019s 250th anniversary, the CSO participated in the production of A People\u2019s History of Charlotte, a video event that took place on the facade of the McColl Center in uptown Charlotte. Using 3D projection-mapping software, still images, video, and music, the story of Charlotte-Mecklenburg was told through the eyes of the people. The CSO recorded the score by Nkeiru Okoye used in this collaboration.
\nWe were happy once again to host a ProAm event this year. The stage was so full of great people who love to play their instrument that we had to turn people away. We always welcome the company of our amateur colleagues, and it is exciting to meet them on our side of the stage. Next season one of our highlights will be our gala concert featuring Itzhak Perlman playing Mendelssohn. Not only are we looking forward to an excellent evening of events, we can\u2019t wait to share the stage with such a fabulous artist.<\/p>\n

Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1954
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1969
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 10-208
\nThe Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra concluded its 2018\u20132019 season in March with a gala concert honoring Ren\u00e9e Fleming\u2019s 25 years of engagement with Lyric Opera of Chicago. The Lyric Orchestra looks forward to the upcoming season celebrating both Sir Andrew Davis\u2019s 20th season as music director and a much-anticipated Ring Cycle in the spring. The Orchestra musicians also will continue their community outreach endeavors, such as performing at retirement homes and volunteering at the Chicago Food Depository.<\/p>\n

*Chicago Symphony Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1891
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1962
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 10-208
\nSupport from ICSOM for the musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra was a key part in sustaining our fight for a contract that reflects the quality of our orchestra. The seven-week strike, the longest in the CSO\u2019s history, came to an end as the musicians voted at the end of April to ratify a new five-year agreement. Primary issues included salary and retirement benefits, specifically the CSOA\u2019s insistence on ending the Defined Benefit Pension Plan. Final details of the contract continue to be hammered out, and will soon appear in the Settlement Bulletin. Highlights of next season, besides the absence of picketing, include: five world premieres; a tour of Europe, including three performances in Vienna as part of the 150th anniversary season of the Musikverein; two performances at Carnegie Hall; and a cycle of all of Beethoven\u2019s symphonies to celebrate his 250th birthday.<\/p>\n

*Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1895
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1962
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 1
\nAs the fifth-oldest US orchestra, the Cincinnati Symphony celebrates its 125th anniversary season in 2019\u20132020. Highlights of the season include a gala weekend in January 2020 featuring soprano Ren\u00e9e Fleming, eight newly-commissioned compositions by US composers, and a recreation of the Vienna Akademie concert of 1808, that included the premieres of Beethoven\u2019s Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, the Fourth Piano Concerto, and the Choral Fantasy. Music Director Louis Langr\u00e9e will close the season in May 2020 with a new work by composer Julia Adolphe and Gustav Mahler\u2019s Symphony No. 3.<\/p>\n

*The Cleveland Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1918
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1962
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 4
\nThe Cleveland Orchestra has just begun its second century of giving concerts in Cleveland and around the world. The orchestra has ongoing residencies in Miami and Vienna, as well as at Indiana University, and just completed a tour of China with Music Director Franz Welser-M\u00f6st. The CO Youth Orchestra is completing its 33rd season with a trip to Europe this Spring.<\/p>\n

Colorado Symphony Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1989
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1968 (joined as the Denver Symphony, then reformed as the CSO after bankruptcy proceedings in 1989)
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 20-623
\nComing off three straight years of financial stability and on course for a fourth, the Colorado Symphony is in the process of finding a new home. Summer programming highlights for the CSO include Andrea Boccelli, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Josh Groban, Weird Al Yankovic, Tenacious D, and OneRepublic at the historic Red Rocks Amphitheater. The 2019\u20132020 season will highlight our Concertmaster Yumi Hwang-Williams celebrating her 20-year anniversary with the CSO.<\/p>\n

Columbus Symphony Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1951
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1990
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 103
\nThe Columbus Symphony\u2019s 2019\u201320 Masterworks season will include an expansion of our popular festival concept programs. These combine music, art, educational, and other thematically related events, immersing patrons in each festival\u2019s focus across multiple disciplines. There will be six: one American, two separate Russian programs, two celebrating Beethoven at 250, and a Chihuly Festival.<\/p>\n

Dallas Symphony Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1900
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1968
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 72-147
\nThe Dallas Symphony Orchestra\u2019s 2019\u201320 season begins a new chapter in the artistic history of the organization with the arrival of Music Director Designate Fabio Luisi. Luisi\u2019s five concerts during the year will include the Dallas premiere of Composer-in-Residence Julia Wolfe\u2019s new orchestral composition, Richard Strauss\u2019s Salome<\/em> in-concert, the first DSO performance of Franz Schmidt\u2019s The Book of Seven Seals<\/em> and the launch of a new Brahms recording project. The DSO will also welcome Gemma New as principal guest conductor. New\u2019s debut week coincides with the orchestra\u2019s inaugural Women in Classical Music symposium, a four-day event that will spark conversation and dialogue on an issue of great importance in the field. In addition to the work on stage, the DSO has begun work in southern Dallas to bring free instruments and instrument education to children of that area, a comprehensive program in partnership with area schools and community organizations.<\/p>\n

*Detroit Symphony Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1887
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1962
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 5
\nThe Detroit Symphony Orchestra is set to embark on a season-long centennial celebration of its historic home, Orchestra Hall. This acoustical gem was opened in October 1919 under then music director Ossip Gabrilowitsch, and many programs in 2019\u20132020 will feature repertoire performed during Orchestra Hall\u2019s initial season. The DSO will also return to the Interlochen Center for the Arts this July for the first time since 2006. This five-day residency will feature a performance by the orchestra, as well as side-by-side opportunities, masterclasses, and individual training sessions led by DSO musicians. As its search for a new music director continues, the DSO is excited to welcome new and returning guest conductors throughout the season.<\/p>\n

The Florida Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1968
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1987
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 427-721
\nThe musicians welcome Mark Cantrell, the new President and CEO of the Florida Orchestra, who comes to us from the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra. We wish him much success in leading TFO to new artistic heights and growth towards major orchestra status.<\/p>\n

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1957
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 2001
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 72-147
\nThe Fort Worth Symphony welcomed its new CEO Keith Cerny in January 2019. Robert Spano was welcomed as the new principal guest conductor starting March 2019. Music Director Miguel Harth-Bedoya will be ending his 20-year tenure in the summer of 2020, and the search is on for the next music director.<\/p>\n

Grand Rapids Symphony<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1930
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 2013
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 56
\nThe 2019\u201320 season is the 90th Anniversary of the Grand Rapids Symphony. Helping to commemorate this milestone will be performances by Itzhak Perlman, Augustin Hadelich, and Olga Kern. Kirill Gerstein will be performing all of the Beethoven Piano Concertos over two evenings, and Ingrid Fliter will perform in the GRS debut of a new series, \u201cThe Pianists\u201d.<\/p>\n

Grant Park Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1944
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1977
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 10-208
\nThe Grant Park Music Festival season is fast approaching. We are proud to continue the long tradition of free classical concerts in Chicago. Our wonderful chorus, led by Christopher Bell, joins us this season for Beethoven\u2019s Missa Solemnis<\/em>, Mahler\u2019s Resurrection<\/em> Symphony, Vine\u2019s Choral<\/em> Symphony (No. 6), Kahane\u2019s \u201cemergency shelter intake form\u201d, and Delius\u2019s Mass of Life<\/em>. Our season also features world premieres of two commissioned works, Roustom\u2019s Turn to the World: A Whitman Cantata<\/em>, and Garrop\u2019s Shiva Dances<\/em>. We are also performing symphonies by Tchaikovsky (No. 2), Beethoven (No. 8), Shostakovich (No. 1), Vaughan Williams (No. 2), Mozart (No. 38), and Dvo\u0159\u00e1k (No. 7). The season also features several concerti and other orchestral works, a Broadway program, and a showing of The Wizard of Oz, with live soundtrack provided by the orchestra. Come join us for some wonderful concerts.<\/p>\n

Hawai\u02bbi Symphony Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 2011
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1967 (as the Honolulu Symphony)
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 677
\nThe Honolulu Symphony Orchestra, originally founded in 1900, is now in its seventh season as the Hawai\u02bbi Symphony Orchestra with an eighth season on the horizon. Though the current HSO has a smaller footprint of total work than its predecessor, the orchestra still produces dynamic programming coupled with world-class guest conductors and soloists.<\/p>\n

Houston Symphony<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1930
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1965
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 65-699
\nThe Houston Symphony is closing this season with programs that include Rachmaninoff\u2019s The Bells and Bartok\u2019s Bluebeard\u2019s Castle. 2019\u20132020 Opening Night will be conducted by Leonard Slatkin and feature Yefim Bronfman performing Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3. During the season we will play programs of all Stravinsky and all R. Strauss, and a two week Schumann Festival. Soloists throughout the season will include Danill Trifonov, Emanuel Ax, and Augustin Hadelich. We have just announced our new concertmaster, Yoonshin Song, who starts with us in May. Yoonshin comes to us from the Detroit Symphony.<\/p>\n

*Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1930
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1962
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 3
\nThe ISO is currently undertaking a large-scale reimagining of our Symphony on the Prairie summer series, as management looks to increase revenue by adding more performances and guest artists, generally expanding the season, although retaining the same number of orchestra weeks. Highlights from the 2019\u201320 season include a three-week Beethoven Festival in January, which will include the first five symphonies; the Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano; and five works commissioned by the ISO specifically for the festival. Three ISO musicians will also act as soloists in 2019\u201320, as Jennifer Christen plays the Strauss Oboe Concerto, Conrad Jones plays the Haydn Trumpet Concerto, and Austin Huntington is featured in the Beethoven Triple<\/em> Concerto.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville Symphony<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1949
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1997
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 444
\nThe Jacksonville Symphony is currently in the midst of a search for a new President and CEO, whom we are hoping to have in place by the beginning of the 2019\u20132020 season. We have been invited to participate in the SHIFT festival of American Orchestras next season, and look forward to bringing our orchestra to Washington DC for the event in 2020.<\/p>\n

Kansas City Symphony<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1982
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1998 (the predecessor Kansas City Philharmonic was a member of ICSOM from 1966\u20131983)
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 34-627
\nDuring the upcoming 2019\u201320 season the Kansas City Symphony will celebrate three important anniversaries\u20142020 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven, and the KCS will pay tribute with 10 concerts featuring the composer\u2019s best known works.
\nNext year also marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Isaac Stern\u2014the father of the symphony\u2019s music director, Michael Stern\u2014and 2019\u201320 also marks the 15th anniversary of Michael Stern\u2019s tenure as music director.
\nLong-time and admired Executive Director Frank Byrne will step down in late July after many years of outstanding service and will be succeeded by Daniel Beckley, current vice-president and general manager of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n

Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1978
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1978
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 161-710
\nThe Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra recently celebrated its 40th season since organizing and establishing itself as the tenured opera, ballet, and theater orchestra of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Washington National Opera. Next season will include an additional WNO mainstage production and touring ballet companies from four countries.<\/p>\n

*Los Angeles Philharmonic<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1919
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1962
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 47
\nThe Los Angeles Philharmonic is celebrating its centennial season with 50 new commissions, performances conducted by all extant Music Directors, and three international tours. The LA Phil\u2019s Youth Orchestra LA (YOLA) is celebrating 10 years since its foundation by Gustavo Dudamel.<\/p>\n

Louisville Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1937
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1980
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 11-637
\nThe Louisville Orchestra\u2019s 2019\/2020 season opens with violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, who was included, alongside Music Director Teddy Abrams, on the \u201c19 FOR 19: ARTISTS TO WATCH\u201d list by New York Classical Radio WQXR. The LO will continue its commitment to living composers in various programs including From the Diary of Anne Frank<\/em> by Michael Tilson Thomas, which will be the culmination of a city-wide exhibition of the Violins of Hope. Other season highlights include Mahler 5, Verdi\u2019s Requiem<\/em> and three guest conductors who will make their LO debuts.<\/p>\n

*Metropolitan Opera Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1880
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1962
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 802
\nThe Metropolitan Opera\u2019s new season opens on September 23 with Gershwin\u2019s Porgy and Bess<\/em>, and November brings the Met premiere of Akhnaten<\/em>, Philip Glass\u2019s ode to ancient Egypt. Artist William Kentridge creates a new staging of Berg\u2019s Wozzeck<\/em>, conducted by Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin, the Met\u2019s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director. And in February 2020, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato headlines the Met premiere of Handel\u2019s Agrippina<\/em>. The season\u2019s final new production spotlights Der Fliegende Holl\u00e4nder<\/em>. The season also features 20 classic revivals\u2014including Verdi\u2019s Macbeth<\/em> and Puccini\u2019s Tosca<\/em>. In May and June 2020, the MET Orchestra takes the stage of Carnegie Hall for three concerts with N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin and guest conductor Gianandrea Noseda, with works of Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Beethoven, and Strauss.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1959
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1970
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 8
\nThe Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra welcomes its new music director, Ken-David Masur, for his first season, beginning in September 2019. We look forward to an exciting year as we transition into our new home, Milwaukee Symphony Center, starting in September of 2020.<\/p>\n

*Minnesota Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1903
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1962
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 30-73
\nHighlights from the 2018\u201319 season include our live-in-concert recording project with celebrated rapper-singer-writer Dessa, a continuation of our Mahler recording cycle with the Seventh and Tenth Symphonies, and a season-long focus on 20th and 21st-century American music. During Sommerfest, we will continue to deepen our connection with the music and musicians from last summer\u2019s tour to South Africa, as well as this season\u2019s ongoing partnership with musicians from our first local Common Chords residency in North Minneapolis. We will also embark on a summer-long celebration of music from Latin America, concluding with a much-anticipated performance of Osvaldo Golijov\u2019s La Pasi\u00f3n seg\u00fan San Marcos<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Nashville Symphony<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1946
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 2000 (the orchestra was also an ICSOM member from 1975\u20131977)
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 257
\nThe Nashville Symphony will complete its 2018\u201319 season with the release of its recording of Symphony No. 4 by Jonathan Leshnoff, written for and recorded with the Violins of Hope. The orchestra will also perform this piece along with Carmina Burana by Carl Orff at the League of American Orchestras annual convention in Nashville in early June. The 2019\u201320 season includes more recordings of new works by John Adams, Jennifer Higdon, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Brad Warnaar.<\/p>\n

*National Symphony Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1931
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1963
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 161-710
\nFor its 2019\u201320 season, the NSO will play 16 works it has never performed before, eight of which are by living composers, plus three co-commissioned works. We will record all nine Beethoven symphonies with our music director, Gianandrea Noseda, who will lead us in a performance at Lincoln Center in addition to an international tour of China and Japan.<\/p>\n

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1922
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1973
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 16-248
\nThe NJSO will conclude its classical subscription season in early June with a performance of Mendelssohn\u2019s A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em> and Rachmaninoff\u2019s Second Symphony. Late June and July will see five summer outdoor pops concerts, and the sixth-annual Edward T. Cone Foundation Composition Institute at Princeton University.<\/p>\n

New York City Ballet Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1948
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1968
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 802
\nIn April, the NYC Ballet Orchestra began the Spring 2019 season. This season will include much of NYCB standard repertoire including Concerto DSCH<\/em> (Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2), Tchaikovsky Suite No. 3, Barber Violin Concerto, and Copland\u2019s Rodeo<\/em> conducted by Music Director Andrew Litton. The season will also include the premiere of an orchestrated version of a piano composition written by Mark Dancigers, Bright<\/em>, and conclude with Mendelssohn\u2019s A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em>.<\/p>\n

New York City Opera Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1943
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1970
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 802
\n2018\u201319 has seen five productions, only one of which, Stonewall<\/em> (to be performed in June), has a full (reduced) orchestra complement. The number of performances of this has been reduced from eight to five. The rest of the season\u2019s productions have been with chamber players (one on a part) or string quartet or piano. Some have only included non-NYCO musicians.
\nThe orchestra approved filing a grievance with local 802 against management for hiring non-NYCO members, and for failing to pay our orchestra\u2019s 18-performance yearly minimum.
\nWe are awaiting arbitration results.<\/p>\n

*New York Philharmonic<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1842
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1962
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 802
\nIn the 2019\u201320 season, the New York Philharmonic launches an ambitious commissioning project to mark the centennial of the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote: Project 19 will feature world premieres composed by nineteen different women, representing both established and emerging voices. The Philharmonic also eagerly anticipates a spring tour to Europe, culminating in its appearance at the Mahler Festival 2020 in Amsterdam. The orchestra will perform Mahler\u2019s first and second symphonies under Music Director Jaap van Zweden, and is the first American orchestra to appear at the festival.<\/p>\n

North Carolina Symphony<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1932
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1972
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 500
\nThe North Carolina Symphony is currently in contract negotiations. The NCS received a very generous gift for our endowment. After 2019\u201320 Grant Llewellyn will become MD Laureate, so the NCS will be looking for a new music director. Llewellyn\u2019s final full season will include Mahler 5, Beethoven 9, and The Rite of Spring<\/em>. Our Gala Concert guest artists will be Ren\u00e9e Fleming and Branford Marsalis.<\/p>\n

Oregon Symphony<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1896
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1971
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 99
\nThe Oregon Symphony is finishing up a season full of artistic creativity and vision. After the past two seasons\u2019 wildly successful SoundSights<\/em> and Sounds of Home<\/em> projects, this season saw the latest installment, called SoundStories<\/em>. These multi-event projects saw a wonderful collaboration of many creative genres, including video, art, and puppetry, and pushed the boundaries of how a symphony orchestra concert can be defined. We are in the midst of a very exciting search for our next music director, and next year\u2019s season includes a wide variety of new and exciting projects, including the next installment of our ongoing Sounds project: the second iteration of SoundSights<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Orquesta Sinf\u00f3nica de Puerto Rico<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1958
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 2003
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 555
\nThe Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra faces great challenges and difficult times. The fiscal collapse of the government, the stagnation of the economy, the public debt, the loss of the population, and the actuarial deficit of the retirement systems all threaten the stability of the social environment of Puerto Rico. The high cost of energy, the loss of benefits, and the rise in taxes gradually degrade the quality of life of the inhabitants. All of these problems have been exacerbated by the impact of hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, from which the island has not fully recovered. (Note: see the Report on page 8.<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

*The Philadelphia Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1900
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1962
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 77
\nThe Philadelphia Orchestra celebrates its 120th season beginning September 2019 and the eighth with Music Director Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin. We will be welcoming Erina Yashima, Assistant Conductor, and Lina Gonzalez-Granados, Conducting Fellow.<\/p>\n

Phoenix Symphony<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1947
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1974
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 586
\nFundraising for the Phoenix Symphony is centered around our Mind Over Music programs. Musicians are teaching STEM classes in elementary schools using music as a way of explaining all sorts of academic subjects. We continue to perform programs for Alzheimer\u2019s patients, and to perform at homeless shelters and indigent rehab centers. We have improved ticket sales for classics and pops, and our board is larger and more involved than ever.<\/p>\n

*Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1895
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1962
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 60-471
\nThe Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is looking forward to another season with Music Director Manfred Honeck. A highlight for next season is our three-week tour to Europe in the fall.<\/p>\n

*Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1922
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1962
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 66
\nFor the 2019\u201320 season, several concert programs by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra will feature a focus on local history. The RPO is commissioning a new work to honor Susan B. Anthony, social reformer and women\u2019s rights activist, who played a pivotal role in the women\u2019s suffrage movement. Anthony spent most of her life in Rochester. Also planned are concert performances of Virgil Thomson\u2019s 1947 opera The Mother of Us All<\/em>, which chronicles Anthony\u2019s life and work.<\/p>\n

*St. Louis Symphony<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1880
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1962
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 2-197
\nThe 2019\u20132020 season will celebrate the 140th year of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and the beginning of Frenchman St\u00e9phane Den\u00e8ve\u2019s tenure as the new music director. St. Louis has strong and abiding connections to France, and Den\u00e8ve\u2019s inaugural season will highlight this. With the richness, vibrancy, and interconnectedness of music from the two countries, the season will feature familiar works by Gershwin, Ravel, and Saint-Sa\u00ebns alongside the newer voices of our generation, including Adams, Higdon, Puts, Kernis, and Connesson, among others. Several other larger works will be presented as well: Mahler\u2019s Symphony No. 2, Resurrection<\/em>, and Berlioz\u2019s The Damnation of Faust<\/em> in its entirety. Also exciting is that acclaimed pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet will be the artist in residence throughout the season.<\/p>\n

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1959
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1984
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 30-73
\nThe Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra is looking forward to its 61st season and welcomes keyboardist and conductor Richard Eggar as well as composer and musical host Rob Kapilow as new Artistic Partners. Both make their official start in the 2019\u20132020 season.<\/p>\n

San Antonio Symphony<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1939
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1978 (the orchestra was also an ICSOM member from 1968\u20131970)
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 23
\nAfter a hostile takeover attempt failed last season, the SAS concluded an executive director search and hired Corey Cowart. SAS also announced that the 2019\u201320 season would end our Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing\u2019s tenure after ten seasons and he will be named Music Director Emeritus. We are beginning the music director search process.<\/p>\n

San Diego Symphony Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1910
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1974
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 325
\nThe San Diego Symphony welcomes its new music director, Rafael Payare, and prepares for the building of its new summer home, the Bayside Performance Park.<\/p>\n

San Francisco Ballet Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1975
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1977
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 6
\nIn 2019, the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra celebrated the career of Executive Director Glenn McCoy, who is retiring after 32 years of service. We thank Glenn for his support of our orchestra, and his good work in helping to make the San Francisco Ballet one of the world\u2019s premier arts organizations.<\/p>\n

San Francisco Opera Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1980
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1983
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 6
\nThe San Francisco Opera Orchestra 2019 Summer Season features three conductors making their company debuts, with productions of Bizet\u2019s Carmen<\/em>, led by James Gaffigan, Handel\u2019s Orlando<\/em>, with Christopher Moulds on the podium, and Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s Rusalka<\/em>, under the baton of Eun Sun Kim. This fall, Pl\u00e1cido Domingo makes a much anticipated return to the War Memorial Opera House in a special concert to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his first appearance with San Francisco Opera.<\/p>\n

*San Francisco Symphony<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1911
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1963
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 6
\nThe San Francisco Symphony had an exciting season, beginning with two concerts at Carnegie Hall to open its season. In November a new, progressive four-year contract was signed well before the expiration of the previous agreement. In December, Essa Pekka Salonen was named music director designate. He will begin his tenure in the 2020\u201321 season at the conclusion of Michael Tilson Thomas\u2019s 25-year music directorship. The musicians are pleased to collaborate with the administration on a new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiative.<\/p>\n

Symphoria<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 2012
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1970 (as the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra)
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 78
\nSymphoria looks forward to working with Pamela Murchison, who joins us as our first executive director on June 3, 2019. Highlights of our upcoming 2019\u201320 season include a Rachmaninoff festival featuring the four piano concertos and a performance of Peter Boyer\u2019s Ellis Island: The Dream of America<\/em> with actors from Syracuse Stage.<\/p>\n

Utah Symphony<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1940
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 1979
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 104
\nThe Utah Symphony highlighted its own musicians this season as soloists in all six of Bach\u2019s Brandenburg Concertos. We are also celebrating local history with a commissioned work by Zhou Tian commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Transcontinental Railway, and performances next season of Olivier Messiaen\u2019s Des Canyons aux \u00e9toiles…<\/em>, inspired by the landscapes of southern Utah. The 2019\u201320 season marks the Symphony\u2019s 80th anniversary.<\/p>\n

Virginia Symphony Orchestra<\/h4>\n

Founded:<\/strong> 1920
\nJoined ICSOM:<\/strong> 2000
\nAFM Local:<\/strong> 125
\nThe Virginia Symphony begins its 99th season this fall as we undertake a search for our next music director. We have just signed a contract that takes us through our centennial season. As we celebrate the achievements in our first century, we anticipate new artistic heights and better lives for the musicians in the century ahead. \u201cSupporting the arts means supporting the artists!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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