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Since our very first season, the finest musicians of our region have been sharing their talents and their love of music with our community. From a group of 40 local musicians performing at the Orpheum Theater, to a group of 70 professional members performing in the acoustically fine, Weidner Center for Performing Arts, we've grown to become the state of Wisconsin's third-largest symphonic orchestra.
A Timeline of Our Leadership
1914 |
Alex Enna - a young, choral conductor from Marinette, directed the first ensemble to use the name "Green Bay Symphony Orchestra" |
1915 |
Walter Larsen - concertmaster of the GBSO; conducted 2 concerts per season |
1929 |
Rudolph Arens - a faculty at Lawrence Conservatory, further established the ensemble into the Polyphonia Society |
1946 |
Herman Daumler - a former concertmaster of the Polyphonia, reorganized the orchestra again as the Green Bay Symphonette |
1952 |
Ralph Holter - Symphonette concertmaster and school orchestra director at West High School |
1966 |
Oleg Kovalenko - hired as the first full-time, professional music director; orchestra officially becomes Green Bay Symphony Orchestra; Kovalenko later became associate conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra |
1972 |
Miroslav Pansky - a prominent Czech conductor whose tenure with the GBSO witnessed a period of great growth and diversity for the Orchestra |
1995 |
Shinik Hahm - a Korean native, also served as music director of the Yale Symphony and the Abilene Philharmonic |
2001
2011 |
Bridget-Michaele Reischl - our ninth music director; appeared with the Atlanta and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestras, the Dayton and Brooklyn Philharmonics, and was music director of the Oberlin Orchestras Donato Cabrera - takes the podium as the 10th music director of the GBSO. Cabrera also leads the San Francisco Youth Orchestra as Wattis Foundation Music Director and serves as Bruno Walter Resident Conductor Chair, working closely with SFS Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas.
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