Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association
With the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at its core, the mission of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association is to enrich, inspire and transform lives through music, community engagement and education—locally, nationally and internationally.
Jeff Alexander began his tenure as President of the CSOA in January of 2015.
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Meet the staff of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association.
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Board of Trustees
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Negaunee Music Institute Board
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View the CSOA's recent Annual Report & Financial Information
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Rosenthal Archives of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Press Room
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CSOA Staff Features
After 20-plus years in the recording industry, CSO audio engineer Charlie Post has received his first Grammy Award. And he couldn’t be more thrilled.
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For more than 20 years, Gerald Virgil has played a key role in producing the high-quality program books read by thousands of patrons at Symphony Center each season.
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Christopher Lewis, CSO stage manager, reports that one of the best parts of his job is listening to “the world’s greatest musicians every day.”
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"When you love doing what you do, when you love people, it makes the job easier," says Lamont Moore, security manager at Symphony Center. "The music [here] is beautiful. It’s healing for everybody."
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Katy Clusen, manager of school & family programs for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, discusses how attending a concert at Orchestra Hall inspired a career change.
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Joe Sherman, production manager for the Symphony Center Presents series, loves the constant challenges of his post. “It’s a good job for me because I like to be on my feet," he says. "I like to keep moving, and it’s a lot of adapting,”
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