The Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra is a community orchestra group in the New York City metropolitan area.
Founded in 1973, the orchestra consists of a mix of amateur, semi-professional, and professional musicians who play concerts throughout the year at St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The BSO's Artistic Director is Nicholas Armstrong.
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Artistic Director Nicholas Armstrong has conducted throughout the United States and Europe, and in his native England, where he began his musical studies. Armstrong subsequently studied conducting at the Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello in Venice, where he was also a member of the Teatro La Fenice orchestra. He has worked with Pierre Boulez, Zubin Mehta, Norman Del Mar, Nino Rota, and Otto Werner Mueller.
The Brooklyn Symphony Youth Orchestra was founded by the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra in September 2008. Kelly Howard, a former Concert Master of the BSO, conducts the youth orchestra.
The Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra's 2010-2011 season program showcases Tchaikowsky's 1812 Overture, a Duke Ellington Arrangement of the Nutcracker Suite, Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, and works by Rachmaninoff and Dvorak. The season line-up is viewable at http://brooklynsymphonyorchestra.org/season.html.