ProMusica is 37 musicians from all over the country who are redefining what it means to be a chamber orchestra. Led by Music Director David Danzmayr and Creative Partner, renowned violinist Vadim Gluzman, our vision is to engage, inspire, and connect people to the world around them through the joy of ProMusica. The orchestra both honors the classical traditions and champions the contemporary, with a deep commitment to new works, commissions and premieres.
Established in 1979 by Timothy Russell and Richard Early, our co-founders believed that great cities have great orchestras. From its early beginnings, ProMusica committed to three strategies for carrying music forward — performing, educating, and commissioning new works. These valued activities and their intention to create quality opportunities for musicians and audiences remain at the heart of ProMusica to this day.
Reaching a broad audience, ProMusica performs at the intimate Southern Theatre in downtown Columbus in which it is the resident orchestra, and goes beyond the city limits, presenting concerts at the Worthington United Methodist Church. The orchestra presents an annual Summer Music Series of outdoor performances at the Franklin Park Conservatory & Botanical Gardens, and offers unique and intimate chamber ensemble concerts at non-traditional spaces including Natalie’s Coal-Fired Pizza, Brothers Drake Meadery, and Wolf’s Ridge Brewing. In 2017, ProMusica made its Chicago debut performing for a sold-out crowd at the prestigious North Shore Chamber Music Festival. Chicago Classical Review noted the ensemble’s “robust unified string timbre [was] most impressive, having an abundant Mozartean grace.”
ProMusica’s performances are time-tested and modern, presented in ways that few orchestras can. Widely recognized as a national leader in promoting contemporary repertoire, we have commissioned 68 pieces and programmed over 120 world and regional premieres by composers including Pulitzer prize winners Kevin Puts and Aaron Jay Kernis, Joan Tower, Gabriela Montero, Michael Daugherty, Lera Auerbach, Gabriela Lena Frank, Mark O’Connor, Conrad Tao, and Joshua Roman. ProMusica has an active recording program with thirteen CDs released to date, including world premiere performances of our commissioned works. Our innovative NAKED CLASSICS series with renowned host and presenter Paul Rissmann, explores classical music in a fresh and completely approachable format. We are one of the few American chamber orchestras to have performed an entire Schubert Symphony Cycle (including Schubert scholar Brian Newbould’s finished versions of Unfinished and Symphony No. 10) and recently completed a two-year Beethoven Symphony Cycle.
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