Toledo Symphony Orchestra

Specialties

The Toledo Symphony Orchestra is northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan’s première professional music ensemble. We perform at the Peristyle at the Toledo Museum of Art, the Stranahan Theater, the Toledo Club, the Franciscan Center at Lourdes college and many, many other venues in a neighborhood near you.

Hire our musicians for your next special event, or call us to learn more about private lessons and educational opportunities.

The Toledo Symphony also operates the Toledo Symphony School of Music and the Toledo Symphony Youth Orchestras.

History

Established in 1943.

The Toledo Symphony has a rich 65-​year history of serving Northwest Ohio and Southwest Michigan. The Symphony has grown from a core group of twenty-​two part-​time musicians to a regional orchestra of nearly eighty professional musicians who consider the Toledo Symphony their primary employer.

With roots as early as 1838, the Symphony sees itself as the musical heart of Northwest Ohio, supporting Neighborhood and Regional Concerts, a School of Music and two youth orchestras in addition to traditional concert offerings (Classics, Pops, Mozart & More and Chamber).

The Symphony performs a majority of its concerts at the storied Peristyle at the Toledo Museum of Art, a historical gem dating back to the Great Depression. Over the years, the Classics Series at the Peristyle, the Symphony’s flagship series, cultivated interest in adventurous and challenging programming – a tribute to the vision of Symphony music directors and curiosity of Toledo audiences.