Also in nineteen forty-two, the music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra asked eighteen composers to write music expressing love for America.

VOA: special.2011.08.14

The famous conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky, learned about Copland's music.

VOA: special.2011.08.14

Another,Heinz Hall, is where the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performs.

VOA: special.2009.07.13

The National Symphony Orchestra performs there.

VOA: special.2010.10.29

to benefit victims of the earthquake in Haiti. In May,Jon will appear with the National Symphony Orchestra and special guest Tito Puente,Jr., at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington,D.C.

VOA: standard.2010.04.02

The orchestra was formed in 1885 by some of the Boston Symphony's early benefactors, who were looking to expand the orchestra's appeal by playing popular music.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28