(HADDONFIELD, NJ) -- Symphony In C will hold its 70th Anniversary Gala on Sunday, April 24, 2022 at Tavistock Country Club in Haddonfield. The event will include an open bar and gourmet dinner with wine and entertainment by the popular Elegance Electric String Quartet. The Gala Honorees include Charles Heuisler, Esq. and C. Carney Savery. The event will also remembering Rob Kugler and Lee Hymerling. The Gala begins at 5:00pm with Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres and David Zipse on piano.
From its beginning in 1952 as the Haddonfield Symphony, Symphony in C has become the region’s premier orchestra of young professional musicians and community-based music education organization. Proceeds from the gala will support their professional development internship program, youth orchestra, and Camden-based education programs. Gala Chairs include Rosie Hymerling, Steve and Penny Ryan.
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Tavistock Country Club is located at 100 Tavistock Lane in Haddonfield, New Jersey.
Founded as The Haddonfield Symphony, Symphony in C began as a community orchestra allowing amateur musicians to pursue their love of music by performing for the Haddonfield and southern New Jersey communities. Its debut performance was in January 1954 under music director Guido Terranova. Since then, it has grown into one of only three professional training orchestras in the United States preparing musicians and conductors who are on the cusp of world-class careers through concert, educational outreach and professional development programs.
During the 1987-1988 season, the Symphony began providing training and performance opportunities to young professional musicians with the establishment of its Professional Development Internship Program. Over the next 13 seasons, this program grew to encompass all 78 positions within the orchestra. In 1991, the Symphony established the position of assistant conductor. The first holder of this position, Alan Gilbert, was named music director of the Symphony in 1992. During his tenure, he appointed the first composer-in-residence, Daniel Dorff, and launched the Young Composers’ Competition. From 1997 to 2000, Music Director Daniel Hege expanded the Music Matters! educational programs and Professional Development Internship programs for Symphony musicians.
Assistant Conductor Rossen Milanov was appointed Music Director in 2000, and led the organization for fifteen years, attracting the finest young musicians and soloists and increasing the orchestra’s artistic profile. In July, 2014, Maestro Milanov announced his departure at the end of the season, after being named Music Director of the Columbus Symphony and the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. After an extensive international search, the Board of Directors selected 31 year old Stilian Kirov as Music Director. Maestro Kirov assumed artistic leadership on July 1, 2015 and made his debut performance with the orchestra on September 19, 2015.
In 2004, the Symphony was awarded the national MetLife Award for Community Engagement in recognition of its programs serving people with special needs. In 2006, the Symphony moved its concert series to the Gordon Theater at Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts, and changed its name to Symphony in C in to reflect its commitment to the cultural and economic redevelopment of Camden. Symphony in C has been designated a Major Arts Organization by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and was awarded a Citation of Excellence in 2013, 2014, and 2015.
