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Enjoy these online offerings by members and friends of the League of American Orchestras. We may have missed some, so let us know if we have by filling out the "Add to Our Directory" form, and be sure to check with your local orchestra about their offerings. Music inspires us, strengthens us, and brings us together; please consider a donation to your local orchestra in these difficult times.
Quad City Symphony Orchestra
QCSO Concert Conversations - Join host Kai Swanson as he chats with Music Director Mark Russell Smith and soloists about upcoming concerts and repertoire. Available on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts.
QCSO Because. . . Podcast - Inspired by the children's book Because by Mo Willems, Because . . . is a podcast that explores the people, places, and things that helped us get to where we are today. Join QCSO Principal Horn, Marc Zyla, as he explores these stories with people we admire. Available wherever you get your podcasts.
-Quad City Symphony Orchestra
To support the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, visit their website.
Reilly Arts Center / Ocala Symphony Orchestra
OCALA, Fla. (April 6, 2020) - The Reilly Arts Center is proud to announce that COX Communications has donated $5,000 to sponsor the Reilly Digital Series. COX Communications has been a long-time partner and supporter of Reilly Arts Center and Ocala Symphony Orchestra programs. This additional sponsorship came unexpectedly at a time when the Reilly and our community need it most.
- Reilly Arts Center/Ocala Symphony Orchestra
To support the Reilly Arts Center, you can submit a donation online.
Reno Philharmonic
#spreadjoy - The musicians of the Reno Phil were asked to perform a short piece that brings them joy in the hopes that they will bring you joy — or at least a smile — until we can all be together again.
To support the Reno Philharmonic, visit their website.
Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra
Enjoy the RSO! - Since you can’t see us, HEAR US! The Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra invites you to enjoy recordings of past performances as we look forward to bringing you more great live music in the not too distant future!
-Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra
To support the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra, you can submit a donation online.
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
Anthem of Hope - A virtual orchestra performance of Anthony DiLorenzo’s Anthem of Hope, initially commissioned in 2017 in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. In the new performance, ROCO’s 39 musicians each recorded their solo parts in their homes on their cell phones. Houston-based Blueprint Film Co. edited the musicians’ individual parts together to create one video, which the orchestra says is meant to honor “all who are on the frontlines of the pandemic: the doctors, nurses, scientists, and healthcare workers; grocery, pharmacy, and restaurant employees; educators and childcare workers; delivery, agriculture, manufacturing, and technology professionals; and all essential employees.”
-River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
ROCO's Anthem of Hope - Behind the Scenes!
ROCO’s Response to the Coronavirus Crisis
To support the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, visit the “Support” sections of their website.
Rogue Valley Symphony
The RVS's "Hang in there" card to YOU
To support the Rogue Valley Symphony, you can submit a donation online.
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) is pleased to present our RPO @ Home Digital Series, streaming concerts for households to enjoy anytime, anywhere! From a musical journey through Spain and Latin America, to celebrations of Mardi Gras on the streets of New Orleans, there's something for everyone to enjoy in 2021 with the RPO! Visit rpo.org/streaming for concert information.
-Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
To support the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, you can submit a donation online.
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra is launching never-before-seen concert footage as part of the new online ‘RSNO Friday Night Club’ to enable people to enjoy music whilst staying at home. Let us know where you are watching from on social media using #RSNOFridaynightclub.
-Royal Scottish National Orchestra
To support the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, you can submit a donation online.
Saint Joseph Symphony
Audition Series - Three concerts this spring as part of our search process for a New Music Director/Conductor. Each of our finalists have designed a show featuring members of the Saint Joseph Symphony Orchestra. We will announce our new hire in early June 2021.
-Saint Joseph Symphony
To support Saint Joseph Symphony, visit their website.
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Concert Library - Launched in 2017, the Concert Library was created to share The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra's performances with those who are unable to attend concerts in person — through on-demand streaming and regularly scheduled live streams throughout the season. The Concert Library currently includes 18 full-length video concerts and 49 distinct pieces for on demand viewing, including two concerts designed for children and their families, as well as dozens of audio concerts for streaming through the SPCO’s partnership with Classical Minnesota Public Radio.
-The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
To support The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, visit their website.
Salibury Symphony (NC)
Salisbury has offered three online concerts during the Spring of 2021 but is now looking forward to a Pops at the Post, "Remember, Recognize, Rejoice" on the 20th anniversary of 9-11 (2021) and a full season beginning in October of 2021.
-Salisbury Symphony
San Diego Symphony Orchestra
At-home music making and learning resources
San Diego Symphony Stream - Audio broadcasts of recent San Diego Symphony concerts, pre-concert podcast talks by Nuvi Mehta and more!
-San Diego Symphony Orchestra
To support the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, you can submit a donation online.
San Juan Symphony
Website - The San Juan Symphony is an innovative, regional orchestra which serves the Four Corners area. We also have a regional youth orchestra program, the San Juan Symphony Youth Orchestras. Check the symphony’s Facebook page for occasional video recordings.
-San Juan Symphony
To support the San Juan Symphony, visit their website.
San Francisco Symphony
SFS Media - The San Francisco Symphony has a long and distinguished history of using new technology to reach audiences and bring classical music to millions around the world. In 2001, the Symphony became the first American orchestra to create its own audio/video label, SFS Media, which produces the Symphony's CDs and DVDs, as well as radio and TV documentaries. San Francisco Symphony is currently releasing ongoing live concert recordings from the 2019–20 season.
Keeping Score - Nine one-hour documentary episodes telling the stories of great works of classical music plus nine accompanying concert performances to be available worldwide.
MTT25 - An Online Tribute to Michael Tilson Thomas culminates on June 28, 2020 at 5pm PDT/8pm EDT, with a virtual performance event hosted by vocalists Audra McDonald and Susan Graham, and featuring personal stories and performances by a star-studded guest list of friends and musical colleagues of Michael Tilson Thomas. This global tribute to Michael Tilson Thomas’ remarkable 25-year tenure as Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony will stream free of charge in a special YouTube Premieres event on the Symphony’s YouTube page.
-San Francisco Symphony
To support the San Francisco Symphony, donate and volunteer on their website.
Santa Fe Symphony
The Santa Fe Symphony returns to live performances for 2021-2022! In addition to beloved masterworks by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Verdi, Mendelssohn, Stravinsky, and more, The Santa Fe Symphony is continuing its commitment to female, minority, and 21st-century composers, plus collaborative performances with local and national institutions such as The Santa Fe Opera, Performance Santa Fe, Festival Ballet Albuquerque, The Santa Fe Youth Symphony, and The Sphinx Organization.
We will also continue to offer virtual performances through Santa Fe Symphony TV. An annual subscription of $80 includes access to all new content as it is released.
-Santa Fe Symphony
To support the Santa Fe Symphony, visit their website.
Santa Rosa Symphony
The Santa Rosa Symphony, after well-received virtual concerts in the fall of 2020, continues to stream its SRS @ Home concerts on YouTube through May 2021. Each of these monthly concerts, recorded at the Green Music Center's Weill Hall, includes a work by its Artistic Partner Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. Concert extras on YouTube include a LIVE pre-concert talk and post-concert Q&A with Music Director Francesco Lecce-Cong.
-The Santa Rosa Symphony
To support the Santa Rosa Symphony, you can make a gift online.
Sarasota Orchestra
Music Moves Us - Our Sarasota Orchestra family is committed to staying connected through music that uplifts and inspires. This growing collection of video messages and music, concert recordings, and special items represents our passion for great music. We hope you find some measure of joy and respite in the music and voices we share here.
-Sarasota Orchestra
To support the Sarasota Orchestra, visit their website.
Savannah Philharmonic
#SavPhilMusicMonday - Starts every Monday through September 14 with beautiful music. Music and Artistic Director Keitaro Harada interviews #savphil musicians, who will deliver inspired performances featuring Georgia-themed tunes.
-Savannah Philharmonic
To support the Savannah Philharmonic, you can submit a donation online.
Seattle Symphony
Broadcasts - The Seattle Symphony will continue sharing performances that provide strength, comfort and joy. The musicians of the Seattle Symphony have generously volunteered to share free broadcasts with everyone during this time of uncertainty. All broadcasts can be streamed through the Symphony’s social media channels on YouTube and Facebook.
- Seattle Symphony
Visit “Beyond the Stage” on Seattle Symphony’s Website to view at-home crafting videos, previous concerts, and more.
To support the Seattle Symphony, you can submit a donation online.
Sequoia Symphony Orchestra
Musical Uplink is a digital series that will be available to everyone. Not just our subscribers and not just for people who bought tickets last year; Musical Uplink will be for everyone, free of charge.
For the 21/22 Season you'll be treated to ten filmed performances that will be released either once or twice a month through social media channels where we'll have a chance to come together with the community around great music.
-Sequoia Symphony Orchestra
To support the Sequoia Symphony Orchestra, you can submit a donation online.
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
SSOPlayOn! - The digital season, under the banner SSOPlayOn!, will see the release of three to four concerts on specific days each week. Until the end of June, SSO will launch video and audio concerts across its online platforms, showcasing newly recorded concerts, performances of works by Singapore's home-grown composers, as well as never-before-released recordings of musical treasures from our rich archive.
-Singapore Symphony Orchestra
To support the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, visit their website under the “Support Us” section.
South Bend Symphony Orchestra
The South Bend Symphony Orchestra unites with the South Bend Civic Theatre to create "Light One Candle: A South Bend Celebration." This collaboration illuminates the diversity of holiday celebrations in South Bend and the surrounding communities.
With season favorites woven into the program, the celebration explores the traditions of five cultural groups – Jewish, African American, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi, Latinx, and Eastern Orthodox – through dance, storytelling, and symphonic music. Musical selections featuring the Symphony include “Winter” from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons; "Go Tell It on the Mountain" arranged by South Bend’s own Dr. Marvin Curtis; Gruber’s "Silent Night", and many more. SBSO Music Director Alastair Willis leads the performance.
-South Bend Symphony Orchestra
To support the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, you can submit a donation online.
South Carolina Philharmonic
The South Carolina Philharmonic is committed to performing live symphonic music and providing dynamic educational opportunities in the Midlands. We carry forward a legacy of passion for the music and embrace our responsibility to be a vibrant part of the cultural fabric of our diverse community.
To support the South Carolina Philharmonic, visit their website.
South Texas Symphonic Orchestra
We are proud to submit a recording of part of a Beethoven Symphony.
-South Texas Symphony Orchestra
To support the South Texas Symphonic Orchestra, visit their website.
Spartanburg Philharmonic
Together SpARTanburg - COVID-19 has affected all our lives in a very abrupt and difficult way. In partnership with Ballet Spartanburg and Spartanburg Little Theatre, we have created a new digital performance series called Together SpARTanburg. Beginning this Wednesday, join us at 10:00am every day for a new, original videos from our musicians, dancers and actors, doing what they do best - performing. Join us as we take the performing arts to the digital stage.
- Spartanburg Philharmonic
To support the Spartanburg Philharmonic, you can submit a donation online.
Springfield Symphony Orchestra
The Springfield Symphony Orchestra (MA) presents its virtual Spring 2021 Chamber Concert Series, three professionally-filmed concerts each showcasing the artistry and versatility of three ensembles from its phenomenal orchestra—string quartet, string trio, and percussion trio--premiering on April 10, April 24, May 8, and available for on-demand streaming through May 21. Music from Beethoven, Mozart, Kodály, Borodin, Gershwin, Živković, and more, including the premiere performance of Sudoku 75, an original composition by Principal Timpanist Martin Kluger.
-Springfield Symphony Orchestra
To support the SSO, visit the “Ways to Give” section of their website.
Stamford Symphony
The Stamford Symphony Channel - Website page featuring videos, talks, articles, educational content, and additional resources.
Upcoming events:
Sublime Serenades (Saturday, April 17, 2021)
Times Change (Saturday, May 8, 2021)
To support the Stamford Symphony, visit the “Support Us” section of their website.
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Digital Concerts - Filmed in Powell Hall using the SLSO's high-definition camera system, new digital concerts are released every two weeks on the orchestra's website, available to stream anywhere for a limited time.
Broadcasts - SLSO concerts broadcast each Saturday night in partnership with St. Louis Public Radio are made available to stream on the orchestra's website for a limited time.
To support the SLSO, visit the “Support” sections of their website.
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Sydney Symphony's WATCH NOW website is an on-demand archive of recent livestreams, including the December 2019 closing concert of the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall before a two-year acoustic renovation: Chief Conductor Designate Simone Young AM conducted Mahler's Das klagende Lied.
-Sydney Symphony Orchestra
To support the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, you can submit a donation online.
Symphony of Southeast Texas
LISTEN - Principal players in the orchestra have videoed in their homes demonstrations of their instruments along with brief bios that were uploaded to major school districts in the region. Those districts have made them available through Parent Portals. Reports indicate they have been viewed with enthusiasm. Additionally, our Music Director did a virtual narration of our Youth Education concert that had to be cancelled. He introduces each piece, and follows the teacher's guide we compiled. In lieu of the orchestra playing, we used whatever clips of the repertoire that were available. This will also be sent to schools and is available on our website.
-Symphony of Southeast Texas
To support the Symphony of Southeast Texas, visit you can submit a donation online.
Symphonicity
Youtube Channel - Come share your passion and joy for music with Symphonicity! It is our mission to provide high-quality music for everyone, to afford an opportunity for performers, and to educate young musicians. Symphonicity’s volunteer musicians come from different cities, states and countries. We are teachers, business professionals, homemakers, composers and much more. We are different in age, race and religion, but we all have two things in common: our love of music and our love of this community. Symphonicity performs 9 concerts per year at various venues, and the orchestra is a resident performing arts group at the Sandler Center for the Arts in the Town Center of Virginia Beach.
-Symphonicity
To support Symphonicity, visit the “Support Us” section of their website.
The Symphonic Pops of Long Island
Media - We are a Symphony Orchestra putting on concerts of Pops music over the past few decades. We make special efforts each season to perform for Seniors and Veterans.
-The Symphonic Pops of Long Island
To support The Symphonic Pops of Long Island, you can submit a donation online.
Symphony Tacoma
COVID-19 has made it unsafe for us to perform live concerts, but it can’t stop us from making music! Like many orchestras, we have had to create new ways to continue our mission of "building community through music." Until we can meet again in the concert hall, we are pleased to produce these virtual series so we can continue to share symphonic music experiences with you:
INTERLUDES SERIES: new chamber music performances by small groups of socially-distanced musicians performing themed programming.
ENCORE SERIES: rebroadcasts of favorite concerts from our archives. Audio recordings are accompanied by video segments, photographs, and other visuals curated to enhance the performance.
FACEBOOK LIVE SERIES: conversations with musicians, guest artists, and community members for an exclusive look behind the curtain.
All events are FREE of charge and broadcast on our YouTube channel! Just log in and enjoy!
-Symphony Tacoma
To support Symphony Tacoma, visit their website.