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Under the baton of Music Director Jed Gaylin, the Bay-Atlantic Symphony launches its new 2009-2010 season with great energy and
enthusiasm as usual! Proudly continuing its 25-year tradition of performing outstanding classical music, the BAS offers more than 20 opportunities for music lovers, aficionados, and neophytes to
personally experience the special pleasures and immediacy of live orchestral performances.
The BAS subscription series features five concerts throughout the season, which are performed at Stockton College near Atlantic
City, Cumberland County College in Vineland, and beginning this year, at Rowan University in Gloucester, NJ.
Another prime venue for concerts is at the Cape May Music Festival, where BAS has been orchestra in residence since 2003. Composed of professional, dedicated, and experienced musicians, the BAS is
regarded as a cultural jewel in an area that stretches from the Delaware Bay to the Atlantic Ocean.
Through an extensive and expanding educational program that reaches an audience of more than 5,000 each year, the BAS promotes
the universality of classical music while providing an unique educational experience. The BAS creates and enhances an audience joy through passionate performances and innovative collaborations.
A glance at the current season's subscription programs (hyperlink) reflects the BAS's abiding commitment to the exploration and
promotion of excellent symphonic music and in approachable and stirring presentation and performance.
The Bay-Atlantic Symphony: A
Brief History
The Bay-Atlantic Symphony was founded as the Bridgeton Symphony in 1983 in Bridgeton, New Jersey by its first Music Director, Russell Meyer,
and a group of dedicated music lovers.
In 1993, the Symphony was named "Orchestra in Residence" at the Stockton Performing Arts Center at the Richard Stockton College
of New Jersey in Pomona (20 miles west of Atlantic City).
In 1995 the orchestra launched a national search for its next Music Director, and selected Jed Gaylin in 1997 to lead the orchestra into its
next phase.
The power of classical music is the cornerstone of the Bay-Atlantic Symphony's programs. In addition, the Bay-Atlantic Symphony
also strives to add to the region’s cultural life by linking itself with important institutions and populations within the community.
In 1998, the Symphony changed its name to the Bay-Atlantic Symphony to reflect the artistic growth and regionalization of the orchestra.
In 1999, the Symphony was named "The Resident Symphony at the Guaracini Fine and Performing Arts Center" located on the campus
of Cumberland County College in Vineland, New Jersey. BAS was named “Orchestra in Residence” at the prestigious
Cape May Music Festival starting in 2003.
Through active membership in the South
Jersey Cultural Alliance, Jersey Arts Communicators, American Symphony Orchestra League, Art Pride New Jersey, Arts and Business Partnership of Southern New Jersey, as well as various local Chambers of
Commerce and community-based groups, the Symphony serves as an arts ambassador throughout southern New Jersey.Under Jed Gaylin, the orchestra has grown to an impressive ensemble with
national recognition. BAS has been broadcast repeatedly on National Public Radio, including a segment on “Weekend Edition 2004” reaching 4 million listeners throughout the United States.
This feature was also broadcast by Voice of America in English and translated throughout Europe and the
former Soviet Union. BAS has collaborated with such renowned soloists as Hilary Hahn, Eugenia Zuckerman, the Eroica Trio, Stefan Jackiw, Awadagin Pratt, Shai Wosner, Chee-Yun, and Adam Neiman
among others. Both BAS and its Music Director have received extensive accolades in the press and from their enthusiastic audiences.
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