Waco Symphony Association

Concerts - in line with the Waco Symphony's mission statement of bringing classical music to the local community, the Waco Symphony presented five classical concerts during the year which included guest artists norm lewis, jeremy denk and gil shaham. The season also highlighted nicholas bardonnay's grand canyon suite visual concerto, which brought the music to life with stunning photography of the grand canyon. A special holiday seaon performance of the nutcracker took place in december.the wsa provides an internship for undergrad or graduate students majoring in music performance, which affords them an opportunity to perform with the Waco Symphony orchestra. In addition to the opportunity to perform with a professional orchestra through the internship, students are awarded a scholarship for their college education.

Waco Symphony youth orchestra- the Association sponsors the Waco Symphony youth orchestra and also pays tuition for select students as needed and requested.

Children's education: belles and brass - the Waco Symphony Association's long-standing belle and brass program accepts high school sophomore and junior girls and junior boys in an etiquette training and classical music appreciation program which not only introduces young students to the world of classical music but also encourages their parents to attend all Symphony concert performances. Participants in the program serve as volunteer greeters at the concerts. The belles & brass program for the 2022-23 year included 23 junior Symphony belles, 42 sophomore Symphony belles and 13 Symphony brass. Adopt-a-school- the Waco Symphony Association donates funds to school orchestras for new instruments, refurbishment of current instruments, and other items needed to provide an opportunity to students to play in the school orchestra. Children's concert- every fall, the Waco Symphony orchestra presents a concert for Waco area school children to expose students to classical orchestral music.