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The Knights are a New York–based orchestra founded by brothers Eric and Colin Jacobsen. [1] While music students in the late 1990s, the brothers were interested in performing classical and modern music. These gatherings turned into public recitals and the ensemble The Knights of the Many-Sided Table was formed.
The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony (PACS) is a classical symphony orchestra based in New York City.. The orchestra has performed at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall and won The American Prize Competition in Orchestral Performance three times. [1]
The New York Philharmonic is an American symphony orchestra based in New York City. Known officially as the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc., [1] and globally known as the New York Philharmonic Orchestra (NYPO) [2] [3] or the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, [4] it is one of the leading American orchestras popularly called the "Big Five". [5]
The Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is a community orchestra in the New York City metropolitan area. Founded in 1973 under the auspices of the Brooklyn Heights Music Society, the orchestra is comprised primarily of volunteer musicians, playing concerts throughout the year at the Brooklyn Museum and other venues in Brooklyn and New York City.
[4] The five were the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Cleveland Orchestra. But the concept and the list are now outmoded. Music critics today include more orchestras on their lists of "top" American orchestras. [5] Notable U.S. orchestras are listed here by state.
The New York Pops is the largest independent pops orchestra in the United States, [citation needed] and the only professional symphonic orchestra in New York City specializing in popular music. Led by Music Director Steven Reineke , [ 1 ] the orchestra performs an annual subscription series and birthday gala at Carnegie Hall .
The Concert for New York City — October 24 Ireland U2: Elevation Tour: Garbage No Doubt Stereophonics: 55,155 / 55,155 $4,706,370 October 25 October 27 November 12 United States Aerosmith: Just Push Play Tour: The Cult: November 19 United States Bob Dylan: Never Ending Tour 2001: November 27 United Kingdom Elton John: Songs from the West ...
Conductor Ernest Henry Schelling with dog aboard the S.S. Paris, May 24, 1922. The New York Philharmonic's annual "Young People's Concerts" series was founded in 1924 by conductor "Uncle" Ernest Schelling and Mary Williamson Harriman and Elizabeth "Bessie" Mitchell, co-chairs of the Philharmonic's Educational and Children's Concerts Committee. [4]