About us
In 1962, Leopold Stokowski founded the American Symphony Orchestra with the imperative “to offer concerts of great music within the means of everyone.” Thirty years later that imperative has expanded to rebuild audiences for orchestral music by connecting music to a wide range of interests and experiences. The mission of the ASO is to renew live orchestral music as a vital force in contemporary American culture. To this end, the ASO presents thematic programming, in which musical works are curated around ideas drawn from a variety of disciplines such as history, visual arts, science, politics and literature. ASO pursues innovation in concert presentation and is devoted to the promotion of musical education. In its efforts to increase the constituency for orchestral music by making it once again a relevant and essential experience for a modern, diverse society, the ASO considers itself an organization in the public’s service, and a model for the survival and growth of orchestras in the twenty-first century.
- Website
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http://americansymphony.org/
External link for American Symphony Orchestra
- Industry
- Performing Arts
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- New York, NY
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1962
Locations
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Primary
263 W 38th St
10th Floor
New York, NY 10018, US
Employees at American Symphony Orchestra
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Michael Dorf
Founder, Chairman & CEO of City Winery. Original Founder & CEO of Knitting Factory, philanthropist, climate activist, wine enthusiast
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Joshua Winograde
Rice University Shepherd School of Music, American Symphony Orchestra, Bard SummerScape and Music Festival
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Sara Cutler
Editorial Board at American Harp Journal
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Bill Ellison
FUNNY GIRL on BROADWAY