In Tune

ASO | IN TUNE

DEAR FRIENDS,

Happy New Year from all of us at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra! What an exciting month we have ahead of us, culminating in a performance of Brahms’ German Requiem, featuring the incomparable ASO Chorus. (See page 14 for more about this amazing group of singers.) As for the rest of the season, we are looking forward to building on tremendous momentum. While the season started strong with Nathalie Stutzmann stepping into her role as Music Director with full concert halls during her first weeks on the podium, that was only the beginning. We are especially happy to report that our audience has grown by leaps and bounds this season, as we’ve seen: 17% increase in overall attendance this season

More than 12,000 new audience members 30,000 young people, including every fifth grader in Fulton County and Atlanta Public Schools, experienced Students at the Symphony 14 sold-out houses (so far) at classical concerts, Movies in Concert, and Symphony Hall LIVE shows Expanding the way people hear the Orchestra and experience Symphony Hall is extremely important to the mission of the ASO. Through our concerts, we bring people together in harmony and present many opportunities for Atlantans to indulge or fall in love with music. No matter which performance brings you to Symphony Hall, whether it’s to hear Hilary Hahn play Tchaikovsky, watch Coco with the ASO playing the score live, or to rock out with genrebending performances like Bobby Weir with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, we are honored to welcome audience members of all musical tastes.

Numbers are important, but they are just that. Each and every person who attends a concert, listens to our broadcasts, or reminisces over a favorite album is woven into the fabric of our history. If we learned anything throughout the past three years, it is that every person has a story. We are grateful to be a part of yours. With gratitude,

TODD HALL