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The Florida Orchestra

Celebrating its 40th anniversary with the 2007/08 season, The Florida Orchestra is recognized as one of the finest orchestras in the United States, a point reaffirmed by the American Record Guide, which says the orchestra "is now positioned to attain the next stage of recognition, on a national and worldwide level" under the direction of Music Director Stefan Sanderling. The son of Kurt Sanderling, famed conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic, Stefan Sanderling also serves as the music director of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and principal conductor of the Toledo Symphony.

With 75 professional musicians, The Florida Orchestra performs more than 130 concerts annually in the tri-city area of Tampa, Clearwater and St. Petersburg. Their concerts include baroque, classical, romantic and contemporary symphonic and choral works, as well as a broad spectrum of popular music, including Broadway, jazz, film music, rock, Motown, Latin and more. The main concert series include the Progress Energy Masterworks, Raymond James Super Pops and morning Holland American Line Coffee Concerts. The orchestra also has numerous outreach programs, including the free Target Pops in the Park concerts, and the youth concerts, the latter reaching over 30,000 children annually.