| LC control no. | no 97038532 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Virginia Symphony Orchestra |
| Variant(s) | Virginia Symphony VSO (Virginia Symphony Orchestra) Virginia Orchestra Group |
| See also | Component of merger: Norfolk Symphony and Choral Association Component of merger: Virginia Philharmonic Component of merger: Peninsula Symphony (Hampton, Va.) Component of merger: Virginia Beach Pops |
| Biography/History note | The Virginia Symphony Orchestra was founded as the Norfolk Civic Symphony Orchestra in approximately 1921. It merged with the Civic Chorus in 1949 to form the Norfolk Symphony and Choral Association in 1949. In 1979, this organization merged with the Virginia Philharmonic (previously named the Norfolk Symphony), the Peninsula Symphony, and the Virginia Beach Pops to form the Virginia Symphony Orchestra (officially named the Virginia Orchestra Group). JoAnn Falletta has been the conductor of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra since 1991. <http://www.lib.odu.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=129&q=virginia+symphony+orchestra> |
| Beginning date | 1979 |
| Located | Norfolk (Va.) |
| Address | 150 Boush Street, Suite 201 Norfolk, VA 23510 |
| Field of activity | Orchestral music |
| Found in | Hailstork, Howe, Gottschalk [SR] p1997: label (The Virginia Symphony) Tobias, P. The American cello, p2004: container (Virginia Symphony Orchestra) Virginia Symphony, WWW site, searched October 25, 2018: about us (Virginia Symphony Orchestra; VSO; Virginia Symphony) <https://virginiasymphony.org/about-us/> OCLC, searched October 25, 2018 (access points: Virginia Symphony; Virginia Symphony Orchestra; usage: Virginia Symphony Orchestra; Virginia Symphony) Old Dominion University, WWW site, searched October 29, 2018: Special Collections of the ODU Libraries; Virginia Symphony Orchestra Records, 1921-2015; Administrative/Biographical History (Virginia Symphony Orchestra; Virginia Symphony; official name: Virginia Orchestra Group; conducted by JoAnn Falletta since 1991; founded as the Norfolk Civic Symphony Orchestra in approximately 1921; merged with the Civic Chorus in 1949 to form the Norfolk Symphony and Choral Association; current organization, Virginia Orchestra Group, formed in 1979 through the merger of the Norfolk Symphony and Choral Association, Virginia Philharmonic (previously named the Norfolk Symphony), the Peninsula Symphony, and the Virginia Beach Pops) <http://www.lib.odu.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=129&q=virginia+symphony+orchestra> |
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