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The Orchestra
The ASO is a Grammy Award-winning, internationally-renowned ensemble now in its 62nd season. Flourishing under the Creative Partnership of Music Director Robert Spano and Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles since 2001, the ASO is in a period of artistic prosperity and innovation unparalleled in its history.
During this era, the ASO already has released 13 CDs—remarkable in a time when most American orchestras are recording rarely, if ever, garnering five Grammy Awards (for a total of 23)—and has commissioned, performed and recorded new music by today’s most prominent and emerging composers. With critically acclaimed performances in the U.S. and abroad, the ASO has solidified its place among the world’s very best orchestras.
Year established: 1945, as a youth ensemble
Music Director: Robert Spano
Principal Guest Conductor: Donald Runnicles
Chair of the Board: Margaret Conant Reiser
President and Chief Executive Officer: Allison Vulgamore
Staff Conductor & Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra: Jere Flint
Director of Choruses: Norman Mackenzie
Assistant Conductor and League Conducting Fellow: Mei-Ann Chen
Concertmaster: Cecylia Arzewski
Composing Partners: John Adams, David Del Tredici, Osvaldo Golijov, Jennifer Higdon, Christopher Theofanidis
Administrative offices:
1280 Peachtree Street NE,
Suite 4074,
Atlanta, GA 30309
404-733-4900
Websites:
www.atlantasymphony.org
www.classicchastain.org
Performance venues:
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts Center,
1280 Peachtree Street NE, (between 15th and 16th St.);
Classic Chastain - Chastain Park Amphitheatre
Atlanta Symphony Hall Capacity: 1748
Classic Chastain:
the outdoor summer music series of the ASO performed at Chastain Park Amphitheatre; Capacity: 6561
Concerts
72 - Classical Series
6 - Summer Classical
12 - SunTrust SuperPOPS!
8 - Coca-Cola Family Concerts
16 - Holiday concerts
7 - Free Parks concerts
4 - Fridays @ Noon
3 - Special Concerts |
4- Symphony 260
3 – ASYO
28 – Classic Chastain
18 – Symphony Street
9 – Discover
9 – neXt Generation
3- Special
21 – other engagements |
Grammy Awards: 23
Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra (ASYO): 120+ musicians - founded in 1975
Talent Development Program (TDP): 20 students annually - founded in 1993, this program supports talented African-American and Latino musicians through private coaching, mentoring, and performances
Operating budget: $29M
Musicians: 95
Administrative Staff: 55
Volunteers
In addition to the Board and its various committees, the ASO's cadre of dedicated volunteers includes the Atlanta Symphony Associates, the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra's Parent Association and the Talent Development Program's Advisory Committee.
Chorus
ASO Chorus - 200 singers
ASO Chamber Chorus - 60 singers
(With some overlap between the two groups.)
Board
52 - Board of Directors
26 - Board of Counselors
12 - Life Directors
Total - 90
Atlanta Symphony Center
Designed by world-renowned architect Santiago Calatrava, the Symphony Center will serve as the Orchestra's full-time performance, rehearsal, teaching and administrative home. Located on 14th Street, the Symphony Center property realizes the ASO's civic vision for a mixed-use development that brings commercial and cultural interests together in the heart of Atlanta. The new Center will be a cornerstone of the Woodruff Arts Center Village for the Arts and create a vital resource for Atlanta and the State of Georgia.
Woodruff Arts Center
The Woodruff Arts Center is the largest arts center in the Southeast and also is one of the four largest in the nation. The Woodruff is unique in that it combines five visual and performing arts divisions on one campus as one not-for-profit organization. Opening in 1968, the Woodruff Arts Center is home to the Alliance Theatre, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the High Museum of Art, Young Audiences and the 14th Street Playhouse.
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is a founding member of the Woodruff Arts Center.
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