ABOUT US

 

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The Gwinnett Symphony Orchestra & Chorus is a 501 (C) (3), Non-Profit Musical Arts Organization comprised of talented adult and youth musicians and provides outstanding educational performances of classical and popular music for the diverse metro Atlanta community.

 

Our ensembles include the Symphony Orchestra & Symphony Chorus, which consists entirely of volunteer musicians, and the Ballet Orchestra, & Chamber Orchestra, which are blended orchestras consisting of professional and volunteer musicians.  Our professional ensembles in-residence include the Gwinnett Horn Quartet, Gwinnett Brass Quintet, and Gwinnett String Quartet

 

To apply for membership in GSO, please click here and fill our our online application and the music director will be in contact with you.

 

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Mission Statement:

 

The Gwinnett Symphony Orchestra and its ensembles strives to enrich the quality of life through the study and performance of quality music. It is our goal to instill in each person we serve a positive sense of self-esteem and lifelong learning through discipline, commitment, and achievement.

 

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In the past 11 years GSO has:

• Performed Major Works with Premier guest artists, including seminars or master-classes about the works performed

Guest artists and performances highlights:

 

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #2 with Ralph Votapek, 1^st Van Claiborne award winner and 16 time soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Mozart Violin Concerto #5 with Beth Newdome, Associate Concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Schumann Konzertstuck with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Horn Section members: Susan Welty, Richard Deane, Bruce Kenney, Thomas Witte

Bellini Oboe Concerto with G. Allen Barbee

Bach Viola Concerto with Vladimir Yampolsky

 

• Performed publicly before thousands of people both indoor and out.

Performance venues have included:

Performing Arts Center at Gwinnett Center

Jacqueline Casey Hudges Center for the Arts

Piccolo Spoleto Music Festival, Charleston

Lake Lanier Islands Beach and Waterpark

Mountain Park United Methodist Church

Meadowcreek High School Auditorium

Rialto Center for the Performing Arts

First Presbyterian Church Marietta

St. Matthews Episcopal Church

Pilgrimage Presbyterian Church

Roswell Cultural Arts Center

The Winery at Chateau Elan

Georgia Perimeter College

Christmas at Callanwolde

St. Pius X High School

New School of Music

Stone Mountain Park

 

• Established an education division that includes a comprehensive and continuing music education for hundreds young people each year, enhancing the music education received by the youths in their individual schools

•  Organized an Education Side-By-Side Concert annually that allows the youth to perform with adults in a concert dedicated to the pursuit of excellence

•  Held frequent master classes by our Professional Community Musicians at area schools to expose our youth to the various musical styles and instruments

 

Our future plans include:

 

• Sponsoring an annual music competition and presentation in conjunction to promoting the economic benefits and the diverse quality of musical life in the greater Gwinnett community

• Establishment of the GSO Endowment to insure the continuity and future growth of our organization

• Providing expanded outreach performances into the surrounding areas to reach those people who otherwise would not be exposed to the cultural enrichment of the GSO performing groups

• Providing and sponsoring in-service workshops for area musicians and teachers

• Efforts to bring the whole of the Greater Atlanta area performing arts community more closely together to improve communication among the groups and to better coordinate the activities of the groups for the growth of the arts in the greater Gwinnett community.