Vermont Symphony Orchestra

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The Vermont Symphony Orchestra (VSO) is a symphony orchestra based in, and supported by, the U.S. state of Vermont. It is one of the few, and the oldest, state-supported symphony orchestras in the United States.

Founded in Woodstock in 1934, the orchestra has had a long history that has seen it being invited to perform at the New York World's Fair, in 1939, and travelling across the state of Vermont, notably playing in each of the state's 251 cities and towns between 1984 and 1986.

A part of the founding mission of the VSO is to make symphonic music accessible, at an affordable cost, to Vermont's mostly rural citizens. The Vermont Symphony Orchestra does not have a single home hall. Chartered to bring music to the citizenry, the VSO performs in a broad range of settings including Robert Todd Lincoln's estate Hildene, the public lawn of the Vermont State House at Montpelier, the Flynn Center in Burlington, Shelburne Farms on the shore of Lake Champlain in Shelburne, Vermont, Trapp Concert Meadow and many town commons, opera houses and university art centers including Johnson State College, Middlebury College, Castleton State College, Lyndon State College, and the University of Vermont. The VSO has extensive educational outreach with its Musicians-in-the-Schools and Orchestral Youth Concerts programs.

Jaime Laredo has been music director since 1999. The Vermont Symphony Orchestra's associate conductor is Anthony Princiotti. The choral director for the Symphony is Robert DeCormier.