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GCAC Presents: CSO Adds Southern Theatre

GCAC Presents: CSO Adds Southern Theatre

1 Rolanda Copley / October 7, 2011 3:00 pm

For the first time in the Columbus Symphony’s 60-year history, four subscription programs from its regular 12-program Masterworks season will be performed at the Southern Theatre. String Summit is the first of the four Southern Masterworks programs and will be… [Read More]

Picnic with the Pops Moves Downtown in 2012

Picnic with the Pops Moves Downtown in 2012

16 Walker / April 19, 2011 10:00 am

The new Columbus Commons park will open this Memorial Day Weekend, and the Columbus Symphony will be close behind. Beginning in 2012, their popular Picnic with the Pops outdoor summer concert series will be migrating from Chemical Abstracts to the… [Read More]

CSO Gets New Music Director: Jean-Marie Zeitouni

CSO Gets New Music Director: Jean-Marie Zeitouni

5 Walker / October 5, 2010 9:50 pm

Press Release: The Columbus Symphony today announced the appointment of Jean-Marie Zeitouni to the position of music director. The 36-year-old native of Montreal has been contracted to lead the Symphony for the next four years, and will be responsible for… [Read More]

Columbus Mega Summer Weekend 2010 – Vol. 7

3 Anne / July 1, 2010 2:00 pm

Happy Fourth of July everyone! There are plenty of fireworks for you to see if you love them, I do! Red, White & Boom is in its 30th year and the show starts at 10pm on Friday, July 2. There… [Read More]

The Rebirth of The Columbus Symphony Orchestra

The Rebirth of The Columbus Symphony Orchestra

2 Walker / January 3, 2010 12:00 pm

From Columbus City Scene Magazine: Future bright for symphony as it reinvents itself By: Kate Seegraves The last two years have been a long and somewhat bumpy road for the Columbus Symphony Orchestra. After financial woes, labor disputes, a cancelled… [Read More]

CSO dismisses music director Junichi Hirokami

12 Walker / November 14, 2008 1:56 am

The Dispatch wrote Symphony dismisses music director Thursday, November 13, 2008 BY JEFFREY SHEBAN The Columbus Symphony announced this afternoon that Junichi Hirokami is leaving as music director. Hirokami, a native of Japan, took over the baton in June 2006… [Read More]

Columbus Symphony Approves New Contract

30 timjeby / September 22, 2008 9:31 pm

WOSU wrote Columbus Symphony Musicians Approve 3-Year Contract Sam Hendren, WOSU Reporter Columbus Symphony musicians on Monday approved a 3-year contract with the CSO board. Principal Tuba player Jim Akins says under the new contract, the orchestra will maintain all… [Read More]

Players, presenters found ways to stay in the black

0 Walker / July 6, 2008 6:08 pm

The Dispatch wrote Players, presenters found ways to stay in the black Sunday, July 6, 2008 BY MICHAEL GROSSBERG Almost all leading arts groups in central Ohio balanced their 2007-08 budgets despite a worsening economy. Aside from the Columbus Symphony… [Read More]

Musicians to hold own version of summer pops

2 Walker / July 4, 2008 9:15 am

The Dispatch wrote Musicians to hold own version of summer pops Thursday, July 3, 2008 BY JEFFREY SHEBAN Central Ohioans will get a chance to picnic with the pops this summer after all. Seeking to fill the void left by… [Read More]

Symphony shuts down for summer, future in doubt

42 chaptal / May 8, 2008 8:38 pm

The Dispatch wrote Symphony will shut down for summer with future in doubt Thursday, May 8, 2008 BY JEFFREY SHEBAN After 57 years of music making, including a triumphant concert in New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Columbus Symphony says it… [Read More]

Columbus Symphony: Could it really die?

75 Walker / March 15, 2008 1:29 pm

The Dispatch wrote Columbus Symphony: Could it really die? Friday, March 14, 2008 BY MICHAEL GROSSBERG Nearly broke and still short of solutions, the Columbus Symphony could fold as early as next month, the president of the symphony board says…. [Read More]

Columbus Symphony Orchestra on the brink?

59 Walker / January 18, 2008 7:43 am

The Dispatch wrote Symphony on the brink? Musicians shocked by proposed job cuts Friday, January 18, 2008 BY MICHAEL GROSSBERG Leaders of the financially troubled Columbus Symphony are proposing dramatic cuts in the number of full-time musicians and the number… [Read More]

16 arts groups band together to raise millions

8 Walker / November 9, 2007 3:17 pm

The Dispatch wrote Millions sought for the arts Friday, November 9, 2007 BY NANCY GILSON Central Ohio’s major arts groups launched a unified campaign this week to raise $12 million from public and private sources during the next three years…. [Read More]

Columbus Symphony playing a different tune

0 Walker / June 15, 2007 11:51 am

Business First of Columbus wrote Columbus Symphony playing a different tune June 15, 2007 by Adrian Burns Since arriving as executive director last June 15, Tony Beadle has begun retooling the symphony’s programming, an endeavor aimed at boosting excitement for… [Read More]