Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra

Specialties

The Johns Creek Symphony is a fully paid professional, part-​time, symphonic orchestra. We hire only the best musicians in the Atlanta Metro Region and the greater Southeast to perform some of the world’s greatest and most beloved compositions. We have a three or four concert season, anchored by our Christmas Gala Holiday Pops Concert in December, followed by traditional classical as well as light classics/​light pops concerts. Founded in 2007, we are based in Johns Creek, Georgia, but pull from all of the North Fulton region.

History

Established in 2007.

The Johns Creek Symphony was founded as a 501© 3 in the state of Georgia, April 2007.

Meet the Business Owner

J. Wayne B.

Business Owner

Maestro Baughman, Founder/​Music Director and Conductor of the JCSO, studied choral and orchestral conducting, earning undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Alabama, as well as advanced studies in conducting at the University of Michigan. Upon his arrival in Atlanta in 1974, Maestro Baughman immediately became involved with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Choruses and for twenty-​five years was a frequent vocal soloist, chorus member, and rehearsal conductor under the guidance of the late Robert Shaw. Well known for his oratorio performances as bass soloist, he collaborated with Maestro Shaw on numerous performance projects including the Mozart Requiem Mass, J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion, and Handel’s Messiah. In 1990, as bass soloist, Maestro Baughman shared the honor of a Grammy Award for the Telarc recording of Belshazzar’s Feast (Walton) and Chichester Psalms (Bernstein) with Robert Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.