Cape Symphony Orchestra

CONTACT:

712A Main St.
Yarmouth Port, MA 02675
508-362-1111, x 101
www.capesymphony.org

Pamela Morrill, Director of Development

DESCRIPTION:

CSO is the only full-size symphonic orchestra on Cape Cod and the Islands, and the third largest in Massachusetts. Founded in 1962, this high-quality symphonic orchestra plays to over 40,000 listeners every year. The CSO covers half its costs through ticket sales; its 85 professional musicians work only part-time, and so must supplement their income otherwise. Music education school programs on the Cape have been heavily hit by state budget cuts and reduced state aid, yet the CSO provides free concerts to schools and students -- in 2002, 4,500 children. They have launched a Youth Ensembles Program wherein promising musicians are enabled to refine their techniques with orchestra members, with a plan of creating soon a Cape & Islands Youth Orchestra. In its “Composing Kids” Program, 6th-graders spend 22 weeks composing a symphony under expert instruction, then the CSO performs it -- to a highly appreciative audience, you can bet! CSO also offers competitive music scholarships for promising students; one winner, Elizabeth Remy, is now principal harpist with the Atlanta Symphony. Here you have philanthropy truly enhancing quality of life on the Cape & Islands; if you have a home there, or are a visitor, please show your appreciation.

(2003: CULTURE: Arts: Performing: Music and Dance)