Place to see: Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Columbus, Ohio, United States

About this place:

"The Columbus Symphony Orchestra is a symphony orchestra of the United States, based in Columbus, Ohio. Its Music Director is Junichi Hirokami.

The orchestra was founded in 1951 as the Columbus Little Symphony following the demise of the Columbus Philharmonic. Its first full season of concerts, in 1952, took place at Central High School (now COSI Columbus). From 1956-1970, the orchestra performed concerts at Veterans Memorial Auditorium. Since 1970, the orchestra's home has been the Ohio Theatre, where it has its offices, rehearses and presents the majority of its concerts.

The Columbus Symphony currently consists of 52 full-time musicians and additional musicians employed as needed for individual performances. The CSO presents a series of 12 pairs of classical concerts, a series of 6 pairs of pops concerts, and a Summer outdoor pops series presented on the lawn of the Chemical Abstracts Service. In addition, the CSO presents annual special events, concerts for children and students,and serves as the orchestra for Opera Columbus and BalletMet."