The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra (KSO) received $25,000 in federal grant funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.  The grant, awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), will help preserve a core position in the orchestra which encompasses over 200 performances per year, including participation in the quartet that provides story times for pre-school aged children as well as in-school services.
The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra was one of 64 orchestras to receive funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act totaling $2.6 million of the $50 million economic stimulus funding approved by Congress and the President in February.
The KSO has contributed to the cultural life in East Tennessee since 1935.  Under the leadership of Lucas Richman, the orchestra consists of more than 80 professional musicians and performs more than 200 programs throughout East Tennessee each season.
Performing in traditional venues such as the Tennessee Theatre, Bijou Theatre and the Civic Auditorium, and in non-traditional places like hospitals, school classrooms, nursing homes, city parks and churches, the KSO reaches more than 200,000 people throughout the region each year.
For more information regarding the KSO, or the federal funding awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, please call 865-521-2317.

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The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra (KSO) received $25,000 in federal grant funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.  The grant, awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), will help preserve a core position in the orchestra which encompasses over 200 performances per year, including participation in the quartet that provides story times for pre-school aged children as well as in-school services.
The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra was one of 64 orchestras to receive funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act totaling $2.6 million of the $50 million economic stimulus funding approved by Congress and the President in February.
The KSO has contributed to the cultural life in East Tennessee since 1935.  Under the leadership of Lucas Richman, the orchestra consists of more than 80 professional musicians and performs more than 200 programs throughout East Tennessee each season.
Performing in traditional venues such as the Tennessee Theatre, Bijou Theatre and the Civic Auditorium, and in non-traditional places like hospitals, school classrooms, nursing homes, city parks and churches, the KSO reaches more than 200,000 people throughout the region each year.
For more information regarding the KSO, or the federal funding awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, please call 865-521-2317.

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