Santa Rosa Symphony - (707) 546-8742

The Santa Rosa Symphony's vision is to create one of the leading regional symphony orchestras in America, nationally recognized as a model of artistic excellence, fiscal vitality and community engagement.

More than 65,000 people attend concerts or music education programs each year. In addition to the musical offerings and musician training listed above, the Symphony's music education outreach consists of: pre-concert talks, free concerts for youth (8 per year, nearly 8,000 total attendance), an in-school daily music listening program (over 250 classrooms), in-school performances by professional ensembles, and a music immersion program for 4 selected elementary schools each year, including curriculum materials. The organization has won recognition for community involvement with such projects as A Child of Our Time (Met Life Award for Excellence in Community Engagement) and benefit concerts such as one following Hurricane Katrina.

The symphony has a 35-member board of directors, an administrative staff of 13 (includes part and full time), 6 artistic staff, 9 academic faculty (summer), and over 200 volunteers (ushers, concert help, parent help, Symphony League)

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