The Columbus Symphony Orchestra is currently seeking volunteer musicians to join our ensemble! We are especially in need of the following instruments: violin, viola, cello, bass, oboe, english horn, bassoon, french horn, harp, and percussion. Pianists who have an interest in playing with an orchestra can also contact us and we would love to have them join us when we perform music that requires a piano part. We do not require auditions or membership fees for musicians to come and play with us.
We meet for rehearsal most Tuesday evenings from 7-9pm in the band room at Central Middle School (enter through Door 6) and perform five concerts per season (October through June). Rehearsals begin in late August/ early September and end in early June. There is a break during the summer months and in December between our annual Holiday Concert and the New Year holiday.
The CSO is a volunteer-run non-profit community orchestra whose musicians range from intermediate to advanced in skill. Our musicians range from high school students to retirees. The CSO is a full orchestra, which means we have strings, winds, brass, and percussion who play with us. We perform classical and pops music. Some examples of composers we've played this past season include: George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Dame Ethel Smyth, Scott Joplin, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinksy, W.A. Mozart, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
