Before you get your hopes up, the answer is “No, Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture will not be on the upcoming Mansfield Symphony Orchestra’s “Russian Spectacular” concert on February 9.” [The crowd…
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According to a 2016 study by the League of American Orchestras, “Overall, [symphony] audiences declined by 10.5% between 2010 and 2014…”. However, there is overwhelming evidence of a plethora of health…
Keep reading “Why Aren't You Going to the Symphony When It Improves Health?”Toward the end of 2017, we had a singing contest inviting local performers to submit videos of themselves singing pop and rock songs. Once their videos were submitted, we invited the public…
Keep reading “Meet Our Bach to Rock® Finalists!”by Mark Sebastian Jordan Hello, friends! I’m here today to tell you about an exciting new series of free events that are being added to the Mansfield Symphony’s upcoming season….
Keep reading “What is "Symphony Chug?"”by Colleen Cook We have SUCH an incredible 2017-2018 Season Lineup! We’ve been literally bursting to tell you about it, and last night, we had the opportunity to spill the beans…
Keep reading “Announcing our 2017-2018 Season!”by Colleen Cook If you’ve never been to our Season Preview Party before, you might be wondering what all the hype is about. After all, we’ll be publishing the season…
Keep reading “5 Really Good Reasons to Attend the #RenSeason Preview Party”by Colleen Cook with DRM Productions As you probably already know, we’re near the end of a year-long search for our next Mansfield Symphony conductor. With over a hundred applicants from…
Keep reading “Meet Douglas Droste”by Colleen Cook Forty years ago, locally-renown choral conductor Richard Wink had an idea: the Mansfield Symphony should have a chorus. So many great symphonic works require a chorus, and Mansfield is…
Keep reading “Why I Sing: An Interview with Larry Griffin”by Colleen Cook and DRM Productions Octavio Más-Arocas is the second of three finalists for the position of Music Director of the Mansfield Symphony Orchestra. Maestro Más-Arocas tells us about…
Keep reading “Meet Octavio Más-Arocas”by Llalan Fowler When I was a kid and just getting into music, my grandmother started taking me to all the Sunday matinees with the Mansfield Symphony Orchestra. The whole…
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