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expanded to include a program for middle school students that explores the connections between music and visual art, and masterclasses for high school and college instrumentalists, taught by PSO guest artists. Every spring, more than 2,000 Central New Jersey elementary school students attend the PSO BRAVO! children's concert. Altogether, PSO BRAVO! serves 10,000 students annually.
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Music education initiatives are a central component of the orchestra’s activities. In 1995, the PSO debuted BRAVO!, an education program through which small ensembles of PSO musicians travel to local elementary schools and introduce students to the instruments of the orchestra. PSO BRAVO! has since
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The Princeton Symphony Orchestra has a stated mission to build understanding and appreciation of classical music in the Princeton community. To this end, the orchestra presents numerous concerts and other events free of charge, including Chamber Series concerts, lectures in collaboration with the
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The Princeton Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1980 by Portia Sonnenfeld (at the time also the director of the orchestra program at Princeton High School) and was originally a chamber ensemble known as the Little Orchestra of New Jersey. Sonnenfeld's vision was supported by a dedicated board of
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After Sonnenfeld's death in 1986, Mark Laycock was appointed music director. During Laycock's 22-year tenure, the ensemble grew into a fully professional symphony orchestra and saw significant artistic growth. In 2009, after an extensive two-year search, the PSO appointed high-profile conductor
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The PSO’s Classical Series concerts feature both classical masterworks and new music by living composers. The orchestra has been praised for offering "a model of what a new music premiere should be." Past and upcoming Classical Series guest artists of particular note include violinists
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The orchestra performs six Classical Series concerts, two PSO POPS! concerts, and four Chamber Series concerts each season. The orchestra season runs September through May.
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PSO POPS! concerts include a December holiday concert and a Broadway concert. Notable singers who have joined the orchestra for Broadway pops programs include
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Rossen Milanov as its third music director. Today, the orchestra attracts large and diverse audiences from New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
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has been music director since 2009, leading the orchestra in critically acclaimed performances. All orchestra concerts take place at the 900-seat
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The PSO’s Chamber Series programs are designed to complement the themes explored in Classical Series concerts, presenting chamber music at the
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Alexander Hall at Princeton University, home to performances of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra.
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in Princeton and at two local retirement communities.
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Princeton, New Jersey
Rossen Milanov
Richardson Auditorium
Princeton University
Edward T. Cone
Leila Josefowicz
Jennifer Koh
Lara St. John
Joshua Roman
Eugenia Zukerman
David Krakauer
Anthony Hewitt
Westminster Choir College
Barbara Cook
Norm Lewis
Brent Barrett
Institute for Advanced Study
Princeton Public Library
"Richardson Auditorium"
"The Princeton Symphony Orchestra Announces Its 2010-2011 Season"
"About the Princeton Symphony Orchestra"
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"Princeton Symphony Orchestra Archives"
the original
"New York Times Events Calendar"
"Broadway serenade: Norm Lewis brings the songs he loves to Princeton"
"Princeton Symphony Orchestra Music Director Falls in Love with POPS!"
"PSO Lectures"
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