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Fact
Sheet
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Syracuse Symphony Orchestra is a regional orchestra that serves
an area of over 10,000 square miles and a population base of over
2 million people.
- We
are full time professionals whose primary, and often only source
of income is the salary we earn from the symphony.
- Each
musician owns an instrument, which in many cases costs as much
as a car, and sometimes more than a house!
- Together
we own millions of dollars worth of instruments.
- We
have have played at Carnegie Hall five times in the last 25 years
-- most recently in 2003.
- Most
of the musicians in the symphony hold graduate degrees, and many
have post-graduate degrees.
- Ticket
Sales for symphony concerts are INCREASING nationwide and in our
community.
- Between
2001 and 2005, the Syracuse Symphony budget grew 24%.
- Between
2001 and 2005, musicians salaries only grew about 14%
- Orchestras
are a great community investment opportunity, because nearly their
entire budget is spent within the community.
- Students
who study music score an average of 57 points higher on the verbal,
and 41 points higher on the math portion of the SAT
- We
set the standard for chamber music. Most other orchestras with
chamber music programs copied what we were already doing here
in Syracuse.
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