SPRINGING FOR ORCHESTRAS

Published: Symphony, July/August 2009

Spring for Music, an orchestra festival bound for Carnegie Hall in May 2011, announced its seven participating orchestras in April. The organizing group, called the Festival of North American Orchestra, chose the seven - the Albany (N.Y.), Atlanta, Dallas, Montreal, Oregon, and Toledo symphonies and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra - based on their innovative programming. The festival was first announced in January as an opportunity for orchestras to program adventurously wihtout any worries about marketability. A grant of $1 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will underwrite the first three annual festivals.