Lexington Community Orchestra

The Lexington Community Orchestra, was founded in January 1990. There was an observed need for more performance opportunities for Lexington and Central Kentucky musicians. Orchestra members are semi-professional and professional musicians through out the state of Kentucky. The board of directors of the orchestra are all current performing members of the orchestra. The orchestra obtained 501(3) status September 5, 2008. Since 1990 the orchestra has collaborate with local community professional musicians and composers. Such as : The Lexington Singers, Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra, Eastern Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, Asbury College Orchestra, Kentucky Ballet Theatre, Lexington Ballet Company, Daniel Mason and Benjamin Karp. The orchestral has also performed orchestral literature by local composers, Joseph Baber and Lorne Dechtenberg.

Mission:

The orchestra offers high quality performances of orchestral literature at no cost to the Lexington community. The orchestra provides opportunities for community musicians to perform orchestral literature as part of a non professional symphony orchestra and to foster fellowship among community musicians.

Values:

The Lexington Community Orchestra ta has an unwavering commitment to its core values of artistic excellence, accessibility and innovation. The orchestra strives to provides the community with relevant orchestra literature that is accessible to all central Kentucky music lovers.

Vision

The Lexington Community Orchestra envisions the need for creation and performances of great orchestral literature and the essential for it provides for the community. Through our efforts, we enrich all music lovers lives through the beauty of music