Introducing
The Adrian Symphony Orchestra’s
2007 – 2008 Season
Welcome!
Now in its twenty-seventh season, the Adrian
Symphony Orchestra is experiencing a period of
tremendous artistic development, remarkable audience
growth and sustained financial success. The Adrian
Symphony is comprised of professional musicians
drawn from Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan.
The orchestra regularly collaborates with
extraordinary soloists, including prize-winners of
the Naumburg, Leeds, and Tchaikovsky
Competitions. ASO guest artists have appeared in
internationally-known orchestras in venues ranging
from New York’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center to
Vienna’s Musikverein. Recent ASO soloists have
appeared with the New York Philharmonic,
Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic,
and the Boston Pops, as well as the Metropolitan
Opera and other prestigious orchestras across the
world.
In 2008 the Adrian Symphony Orchestra became one of
only seven orchestras selected nationwide by the
League of American Orchestras to participate in
its Institutional Vision Program, a
three-year intensive program devoted to long-term
institutional growth and big-picture planning.
John Dodson,
Music Director of the Adrian Symphony Orchestra,
took over the organization’s artistic leadership in
2001. His artistic focus has been on inviting
soloists of exceptional quality and raising the
orchestra’s musical level to a new high. Dodson’s
tenure has explored a new orchestral model featuring
a variety of concert genres, diverse concert venues,
innovative audience-outreach programs and broad
educational efforts for adults as well as children.
Susan Hoffman,
Executive Director of the Adrian Symphony Orchestra
has led the organization in creating a new,
sustainable-funding model that has removed the
orchestra’s debt, doubled its endowment, and
fully-integrated audience development with donor
development. Recently, the organization has begun a
planned-giving program whose long-term goal is to
significantly enhance the orchestra’s endowment.
The mission of Adrian Symphony is to create musical
performances of the highest quality and to present
activities which educate, enhance and improve the
quality of life for the citizens of Lenawee County
and Southeast Michigan. It is a Michigan non-profit
corporation governed by a Board of Directors and
counseled by an Advisory Board of Directors. The
Adrian Symphony Orchestra is a 501 (c) (3)
organization and proudly serves as the Professional
Orchestra-in-Residence at Adrian College
