About Us

Our Mission

Our Values

The Bloomington Symphony Orchestra promotes a lifelong appreciation of music through the performance of orchestral repertoire and outreach to the community in Bloomington and south-central Indiana. Since 1969, we’ve been a musical home for local residents who want to keep their love of music alive. We provide performance opportunities and a real sense of community for musicians from Bloomington and surrounding areas. We also provide ongoing educational opportunities for audiences, students, and the community at large, because we truly feel that music is a gift that’s meant to be shared.
   

 

MEET OUR MUSICIANS

The eighty-five musicians currently on the BSO’s roster range in age from 17 to 90. One of our string bass players has been with the Orchestra since its first rehearsal, in 1969!

Nearly every type of profession is represented, too – school teachers, physicians, small business owners, professors, sales clerks, bakers, and students, just to name a few. We are, in a very real sense, your community orchestra.