The Louisville Orchestra is the primary orchestra in Louisville, Kentucky. It was founded in 1937 by Robert Whitney (1904–1986) and Charles R. Farnsley, Mayor of Louisville. The Louisville Orchestra employs salaried musicians, and offers a wide variety of concert series to the community, including classical programs featuring international guest artists, pops performances, and education and family concerts. In 1942 the orchestra adopted the name of the former Louisville Philharmonic Society (founded in 1866), which it kept until 1977 before reverting to its original name.[1] The orchestra is the resident performing group for the Louisville Ballet and the Kentucky Opera, and presents several concerts across the Kentucky/Indiana area.
Ten years after its origin, the orchestra launched First Edition Records, becoming the first American orchestra to own a recording label. In 1953, the orchestra received a Rockefeller grant of $500,000 to commission, record and premiere 20th-century music by living composers, placing the Louisville Orchestra on the international circuit. Between 1955 and 1992 at least 170 LPs were released, containing more than 450 compositions by living 20th Century composers.[3]
Eight compact discs were compiled and released by First Edition Records between 1990 and 1994. Around 1999, the Louisville Orchestra was awarded grants from the Aaron Copland Fund for Music and the National Endowment for the Arts, both for the purpose of digitizing all of their master tapes and restoring the music scores for archiving the orchestra's historic first edition Records recordings.[4] Between 2001 and 2006 some 55 of the recordings were compiled by composer and re-released on CD on the First Edition Music label, which was not part of First Edition Records. The label ceased operations in 2006.[5]
Awards and recognitionedit
The Louisville Orchestra has earned nineteen ASCAP awards for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music. The history of commissioned works project is detailed in the documentary film Music Makes a City.[6] The Louisville Orchestra has performed for many events including "A Festival for the Arts" at the White House, the Inter-American Music Festival at the Kennedy Center, "Great Orchestras of the World" at Carnegie Hall, and toured Mexico City. In 2001, the Louisville Orchestra received the Leonard Bernstein Award for Excellence in Educational Programming, presented annually by ASCAP and the American Symphony Orchestra League to one orchestra in North America.
louisville, orchestra, primary, orchestra, louisville, kentucky, founded, 1937, robert, whitney, 1904, 1986, charles, farnsley, mayor, louisville, employs, salaried, musicians, offers, wide, variety, concert, series, community, including, classical, programs, . The Louisville Orchestra is the primary orchestra in Louisville Kentucky It was founded in 1937 by Robert Whitney 1904 1986 and Charles R Farnsley Mayor of Louisville The Louisville Orchestra employs salaried musicians and offers a wide variety of concert series to the community including classical programs featuring international guest artists pops performances and education and family concerts In 1942 the orchestra adopted the name of the former Louisville Philharmonic Society founded in 1866 which it kept until 1977 before reverting to its original name 1 The orchestra is the resident performing group for the Louisville Ballet and the Kentucky Opera and presents several concerts across the Kentucky Indiana area Louisville OrchestraFormer nameLouisville Philharmonic SocietyFounded1937LocationLouisville KentuckyConcert hallKentucky Center for the Performing ArtsMusic directorTeddy AbramsWebsitelouisvilleorchestra org The orchestra performs its concerts at Whitney Hall named for its founder in the Kentucky Center for the Arts 1 and The Brown Theatre 2 The current music director of the Louisville Orchestra is Teddy Abrams who began his tenure in 2014 3 Contents 1 First Edition Recordings 2 Awards and recognition 3 Music directors of the Louisville Orchestra 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksFirst Edition Recordings editMain article List of First Edition Records releases Ten years after its origin the orchestra launched First Edition Records becoming the first American orchestra to own a recording label In 1953 the orchestra received a Rockefeller grant of 500 000 to commission record and premiere 20th century music by living composers placing the Louisville Orchestra on the international circuit Between 1955 and 1992 at least 170 LPs were released containing more than 450 compositions by living 20th Century composers 3 Eight compact discs were compiled and released by First Edition Records between 1990 and 1994 Around 1999 the Louisville Orchestra was awarded grants from the Aaron Copland Fund for Music and the National Endowment for the Arts both for the purpose of digitizing all of their master tapes and restoring the music scores for archiving the orchestra s historic first edition Records recordings 4 Between 2001 and 2006 some 55 of the recordings were compiled by composer and re released on CD on the First Edition Music label which was not part of First Edition Records The label ceased operations in 2006 5 Awards and recognition editThe Louisville Orchestra has earned nineteen ASCAP awards for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music The history of commissioned works project is detailed in the documentary film Music Makes a City 6 The Louisville Orchestra has performed for many events including A Festival for the Arts at the White House the Inter American Music Festival at the Kennedy Center Great Orchestras of the World at Carnegie Hall and toured Mexico City In 2001 the Louisville Orchestra received the Leonard Bernstein Award for Excellence in Educational Programming presented annually by ASCAP and the American Symphony Orchestra League to one orchestra in North America Music directors of the Louisville Orchestra editRobert Whitney 1937 1967 Jorge Mester 1967 1979 John Nelson artistic advisor 1979 1980 Akira Endo 1980 1982 Lawrence Leighton Smith 1983 1994 Joseph Silverstein artistic advisor 1994 1995 Max Bragado Darman 1994 1998 Uriel Segal 1998 2004 Raymond Leppard served as artistic advisor 2004 2006 Jorge Mester 2006 2014 Teddy Abrams 2014 present See also editList of symphony orchestras List of attractions and events in the Louisville metropolitan areaReferences edit a b Korda Marion 2001 Louisville In Sadie Stanley Tyrrell John eds The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians 2nd ed London Macmillan ISBN 9780195170672 2014 15 Classics and Coffee Concerts The Louisville Orchestra 2014 Archived from the original on May 12 2015 Retrieved May 29 2017 a b History Louisville Orchestra website 2016 Retrieved May 29 2017 Johnson Emma November 27 2018 Finding First Editions the Louisville Renaissance Project First Edition Music discography at Discogs Webster Andy September 17 2010 Ky as a Contemporary Music Hub The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved May 19 2020 External links editOfficial website Louisville Orchestra Musicians Association website Louisville Orchestra Collection at University of Louisville archives and records center Music Makes a City A Louisville Orchestra Story at IMDb nbsp web page Louisville Orchestra discography at Discogs Louisville Orchestra eight performances by the orchestra Art of the States via Internet Archive Portals nbsp Classical music nbsp Kentucky Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Louisville Orchestra amp oldid 1191909612, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
