The Anchorage Symphony Orchestra (ASO) is a semi-professional symphony orchestra located in Anchorage, Alaska. Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Orchestra at City Hall (Edmonton). ... Nickname: City of Lights Location in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska Founded Incorporated 1915 November 23, 1920  County Anchorage Municipality Mayor Mark Begich (D) Area  - Total  - Water 5,079. ... State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Other U.S. States Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski (R) Senators Ted Stevens (R) Lisa Murkowski (R) Official language(s) English Area 663,267 mi² / 1,717,854 km² (1st)  - Land 571,951 mi² / 1,481...

The Anchorage Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1946, more than a decade before Alaska became a state, by a consortium of like-minded musicians looking for a musical outlet. Their first program collaberated with the Anchorage Little Theatre for a production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. From their original size of 17, the ASO grew through the 50's, hiring Peter Birch as conductor, and increasing to 32 members. Anchorage, however, continued to grow with the development of the City of Anchorage as the North Slope oil fields grew and with the continued military presence of Elmendorf Air Force Base, the ASO by the 1980s crossed the threshold as a semi-professional ensemble. Today the organization boasts of an endowment, a board of directors, and 80 audition-entranced musicians in its ranks. In 2001, the symphony garnered the Mayor's Arts Award for an Outstanding Arts Organization and the Governor's Arts Award for an Outstanding Arts Organization. 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Dickens was a prolific writer who was almost always working on a new installment for a story and rarely missed a deadline. ... Ebenezer Scrooge encounters Ignorance and Want in A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol is a novella written by Charles Dickens and illustrated by John Leech. ... Prudhoe Bay is a census-designated place located in North Slope Borough, Alaska. ... A Japanese F-15 takes off from Elmendorf during a joint exercise. ... Endowment refers to the innate capacities of an individual, group, or institution. ...

The Anchorage Symphony performs in the Alaska Performing Arts Center in downtown Anchorage.

External links

Official site