Alton Symphony Orchestra
PO Box 1205
Alton, IL 62002
Phone: (618) 792-4002
Primary Contact: Steven McCann
altonsymphony@gmail.com
Music Director: Maestro Wm. Shane Williams
www.altonsymphonyorchestra.org
American Youth Symphony Orchestra
60 55th St
Clarendon Hils, IL 60181
Phone: 630-850-8505
Primary Contact: Remus Badea
AYSO@amimusic.org
Music Director: Nicholas Wallin
www.aysomusic.org
Camerata Sinfonietta
Eastern Illinois University
600 Lincoln Avenue
Charleston, 35 61920
Phone: 217-520-1888
Primary Contact: Richard Robert Rossi
rrrossi@eiu.edu
Music Director: Richard Rossi
www.eiu.edu/camerata/
Centralia Cultural Society Philharmonic
Centralia Cultural Society
1250 E. Rexford Street
Centralia, IL 62801
Phone: (618) 532-2951
Primary Contact: Elizabeth Shuler
eshuler1@hotmail.com
Music Director: Angelina McLaughlin-Heil and Roy Kroezen
www.centraliaarts.org
Champaign-Urbana Symphony
701 Devonshire Drive, #C-24
Champaign, IL 61820-7337
Phone: (217)351-9139
Primary Contact: Gerri Kirchner
music@cusymphony.org
Music Director: Stephen Alltop
www.cusymphony.org
Chicago Arts Orchestra
Athenaeum Theatre
2936 N. Southport Avenue
Chicago, IL 60657
Phone: (773)248-0644
Primary Contact: Eleanor Ranney
eranney@chicagoartsorchestra.org
Music Director: Javier Jose Mendoza
www.chicagoartsorchestra.org
Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Bar Association
321 S. Plymouth Court
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: (312) 554-2081
Primary Contact: Emily Riojas
eriojas@chicagobar.org
Music Director: David Katz
cbasymphonyandchorus.blogspot.com
Chicago City Wide Symphony Orchestra
Jefferson Park Field House
4822 North Long Avenue
Chicago, IL 60630
Primary Contact: Martha Ash
citywidesymphony@gmail.com
Music Director: Michael Pecak
www.citywideorchestra.org
Chicago College Of Performing Arts Symphony Orchestra
430 S. Michigan Ave, Rm 926
Chicago, IL 60605
Phone: 312-341-2182
Primary Contact: Elizabeth Sustar Nye
esustar@roosevelt.edu
Music Director: Emanuele Andrizzi
www.roosevelt.edu/ccpa
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic
1111 N WELLS ST STE 501
CHICAGO, Illinois 60610-7633
Phone: 3125738932
Primary Contact: Rhapsody Snyder
rhapsody.snyder@chijazzphil.org
Music Director: Orbert Davis
www.chicagojazzphilharmonic.org
Chicago Metamorphosis Orchestra Project
2941 N McVicker Ave
Chicago, IL 60634
Phone: 315-212-2714
Primary Contact: Thomas Madeja
Thomas@chimop.org
www.chimop.org
Chicago Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
PO Box 8638
Chicago, IL 60680
Phone: 3124939889
Primary Contact: Donna Miller
donna.miller@cmsorch.org
Music Director: Russell Vinick
www.cmsorch.org
Chicago Philharmonic
401 S. LaSalle
Suite 1600-J
Chicago, IL 60605
Phone: (312) 957-0000
Primary Contact: Donna Milanovich
dmilanovich@chicagophilharmonic.org
Music Director: Scott Speck
www.chicagophilharmonic.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
220 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: (312) 294-3000
Primary Contact: Liz Madeja
madejae@cso.org
Music Director: Riccardo Muti
www.cso.org
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
410 S. Michigan Avenue
Suite 833
Chicago, IL 60605
Phone: (312)939-2207
Primary Contact: Madalyne Maxwell
mmaxwell@cyso.org
Music Director: Allen Tinkham
www.cyso.org
Danville Symphony Orchestra
715 W Fairchild St
Danville, Illinois 61832
Phone: (217) 443-5300
Primary Contact: Ryan Loeckel
info@danvillesymphony.org
Music Director: Jeremy Swerling
www.danvillesymphony.org
DePaul Symphony Orchestra
804 W Belden Ave
Chicago, IL 60614
Primary Contact: Cliff Colnot
cliffccm@aol.com
Music Director: Cliff Colnot
music.depaul.edu/academics/ensembles
DuPage Symphony Orchestra
1515 Legacy Circle Suite 3H
Naperville, Illinois 60563-3161
Phone: 630-778-1003
Primary Contact: Amber Broderick
info@dupagesymphony.org
Music Director: Barbara Schubert
dupagesymphony.org
Edwardsville Community Symphony
124 East Olive Street
Staunton, IL 62088
Phone: 6185201904
Primary Contact: Keith Baker
keithallenbaker@yahoo.com
Music Director: Angelina McLaughlin-Heil
EdwardsvilleCommunitySymphony.com
Elgin Symphony Orchestra
20 DuPage Court
Elgin, IL 60120-6424
Phone: (847)888-0404
Primary Contact: David Bearden
d.bearden@elginsymphony.org
Music Director: Andrew Grams
www.elginsymphony.org
Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra
60 S. Grove Ave.
Ste. 2
Elgin, IL 60120
Phone: 18478417700
Primary Contact: Eric Larson
elarson@eyso.org
Music Director: Matthew Sheppard
www.eyso.org
Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra
P.O. Box 345
Elmhurst, IL 60126
Phone: (630) 941-0202
Primary Contact: Cynthia Krainc
esoexecdirector@gmail.com
www.elmhurstsymphony.org
Elmhurst University Philharmonic Orchestra
190 Prospect Avenue
Elmhurst, IL 60126
Phone: 630-617-3620
Primary Contact: Taka Matsunaga
taka.matsunaga@elmhurst.edu
Music Director: Taka Matsunaga
www.elmhurst.edu/academics/departments/music/performing-ensembles/orchestras/
EMA Youth Orchestra
87 N. Williams Street
Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: 8153826569
Primary Contact: Cynara Pierzina
cpierzina@encoremusicacademy.org
Music Director: Terry Foster
www.encoremusicacademy.org/
Evanston Symphony Orchestra Association
PO Box 778
Evanston, IL 60204
Phone: (847)864-8804
Primary Contact: David Ellis
esomusic@evanstonsymphony.org
Music Director: Lawrence Eckerling
www.evanstonsymphony.org
Grant Park Music Festival
205 E Randolph Dr
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: (312)742-7638
Primary Contact: Paul Winberg
paul.winberg@gpmf.org
Music Director: Carlos Kalmar
www.grantparkmusicfestival.com
Harper Symphony Orchestra
1200 W Algonquin Rd. P206
Palatine, IL 60067-7398
Phone: (847)925-6568
Primary Contact: Greg Clemons
gclemons@harpercollege.edu
Music Director: William Anthony Porter
Heartland Festival Orchestra
8500 N Knoxville Ave, Ste G
Peoria, IL 61612
Phone: (309)339-3943
Primary Contact: Ellen Day
ellen@heartlandfestivalorchestra.org
Music Director: David Commanday
www.heartlandfestivalorchestra.org
Highland Park Strings
1601 Oakwood Ave #105
Highland Park, IL 60035
Phone: (847) 831-3622
Primary Contact: Lawrence Block
lawrenceblock100@gmail.com
Music Director: Robert Hasty
www.highlandparkstrings.org
Hyde Park Youth Symphony
Logan Center for Arts
915 East 60th Street, Suite 217
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: (312) 525-9642
Primary Contact: Dileep Gangolli
ed@thehpys.org
www.thehpys.net
Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra
377 Artists Walk
Park Forest, IL 60466
Phone: (708)481-7774
Primary Contact: Mary Kate Luzzo
mluzzo@ipomusic.org
Music Director: Stilian Kirov
www.ipomusic.org
Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra
PO Box 306
Ottawa, IL 61350
Phone: (815) 780-7117
Primary Contact: Barbara Lukancic
bjlukancic@comcast.net
Music Director: Daniel Sommerville
www.ivso.org
Illinois Wesleyan Symphony Orchestra
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, IL 61701
Phone: (309) 556-3063
Primary Contact: Lev Ivanov
livanov@iwu.edu
www.iwu.edu/music/ensembles/symphony-orchestra.html
Jacksonville Symphony Society
215 Park St
Jacksonville,, IL 62650
Music Director: ​Dr. Garrett Allman
www.jaxsym-il.org/
Kankakee Valley Symphony Orchestra Association
PO Box 52
Kankakee, IL 60901
Phone: (815) 214-9555
Primary Contact: Yvonne Chalfant
office@kvso.org
Music Director: Allan Dennis
www.kvso.org
Kankakee Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra
PO Box 572
Kankakee, IL 60901
Phone: (815) 334-7773
Primary Contact: Dana Jacobucci
info@kvyso.com
Music Director: Katrina Cessna
kvyso.com
Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra
PO Box 310
DeKalb, IL 60115
Phone: (815)756-3728
Primary Contact: Kelsey Chelberg
contact@kishorchestra.org
Music Director: Linc Smelser
www.kishorchestra.org
Knox-Galesburg Symphony Orchestra
Knox College, Box K-195
2 East South Street
Galesburg, IL 61401
Phone: (309)341-7268
Primary Contact: Lucas Wood
lucas@knoxgalesburgsymphony.org
Music Director: Dr. Bruce Polay
www.knoxgalesburgsymphony.org
Lake County Symphony Orchestra
2729 Enoch
Zion, IL 60099
Phone: (847)746-3472
Primary Contact: Ron Arden
ardenmusik@gmail.com
Music Director: Ron Arden
www.lakecountysymphonyorchestra.com
Lake Forest Civic Orchestra
P.O. Box 889
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Primary Contact: Laura Whisler
laurawhisler@hotmail.com
Music Director: Christopher Raemaekers
www.lakeforestcivicorchestra.org
Lake Shore Symphony Orchestra
PO Box 57237
Chicago, IL 60657
Phone: (773) 263-8816
Primary Contact: Deborah Grimes
info@lsso.org
Music Director: Russell Vinick
www.lsso.org
Lakeview Orchestra
PO Box 1165
Chicago, IL 60690
Phone: 312-380-9049
Primary Contact: Gregory Zinkl
gregory.zinkl@lakevieworchestra.org
Music Director: Greg Hughes
www.lakevieworchestra.org
McHenry County Youth Orchestra & Academy
401 Country Club Rd
Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: (815)356-6296
Primary Contact: Emanuele Andrizzi
e.andrizzi@mcmusiccenter.org
Music Director: Emanuele Andrizzi
www.mcmusiccenter.org
Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra
c/o Audra Sybert
655 Wooley Rd
Oswego, IL 60543
Phone: (815) 212-0524
Primary Contact: Audra Sybert
mysoexecutivedirector@gmail.com
Music Director: Lawrence Sisk
www.mysomusic.org
Midwest Philharmonic Orchestra
15 Scully Drive
Schaumburg, IL 60193
Phone: (847) 312-3690
Primary Contact: Taka Matsunaga
taka@midwestconservatory.com
Music Director: Taka Matsunaga
www.midphil.org
Midwest Young Artists Conservatory
878 Lyster Road
Highwood, IL 60040
Phone: (847)926-9898
Primary Contact: Allan Dennis
allandennis@mya.org
Music Director: Allan Dennis
www.mya.org
Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra
Millikin University 1184 West Main Street
Decatur, Illinois 62522
Phone: 217-424-3774
Primary Contact: William McClain
wmcclain@millikin.edu
Music Director: William McClain
symphonyguildofdecatur.org/
Moline High School Orchestras
3600 Avenue of the Cities
Moline, IL 61265
Phone: 309-738-7332
Primary Contact: Zack Morton
zmorton@molineschools.org
Music Director: Zack Morton
sites.google.com/a/molineschools.org/moline-music-program/
Music Institute of Chicago
300 Green Bay Road
Winnetka, IL 60093-4088
Phone: (847)905-1500 x 580
Primary Contact: Jim Setapen
jsetapen@gmail.com
Music Director: Jim Setapen
www.musicinst.org
Music of the Baroque
25 E Washington St
Suite #823
Chicago, IL 60602
Phone: (312) 551-1415
Primary Contact: Julie Griffin
juliegriffin@baroque.org
www.baroque.org
New Philharmonic
McAninch Arts Center, College of DuPage
425 Fawell Boulevard
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-6599
Phone: (630)942-4239
Primary Contact: Paula Cebula
cebula@cod.edu
Music Director: Kirk Muspratt
www.atthemac.org
NIU Community School of the Arts
1425 W Lincoln HWY
DeKalb, IL 60115
Phone: 8157531450
Primary Contact: Joshua Anderson
janderson17@niu.edu
Music Director: Linc Smelser
www.niu.edu/extprograms/csa/ensembles/sinfonia.shtml
North Park University Orchestra - Music in Human Values
3225 West Foster Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60625
Phone: 7732445631
Primary Contact: Tom Zelle
tzelle@northpark.edu
Northbrook Symphony Orchestra
899 Skokie Boulevard, Suite LL 12
Northbrook, IL 60062
Phone: (847)272-0755
Primary Contact: James Karagianis
info@northbrooksymphony.org
Music Director: Lawrence Rapchak
northbrooksymphony.org
Northwest Indiana Symphony
1040 Ridge Road
Munster, Indiana 46321
Phone: (219) 836-0525
Primary Contact: Shari Ebert
info@NISOrchestra.org
Music Director: Kirk Muspratt
www.nisorchestra.org
Northwest Symphony Orchestra Association
PO Box 46
Mount Prospect, IL 60056
Phone: (847)965-7271
Primary Contact: Judith Amundson
nsochicago@gmail.com
www.northwestsymphony.org
Olivet-Nazarene University Orchestra
School Of Music
1 University Avenue
Bourbonnais, IL 60914
Primary Contact: Dr. Neal Woodruff
nwoodruff@olivet.edu
www.olivet.edu/music-ensembles
Park Ridge Fine Arts Symphony
PO Box 89A
Park Ridge, IL 60068
Primary Contact: Chris Poindexter
prfas@yahoo.com
Music Director: Barbara Schubert
www.prfas.org
Peoria Symphony Orchestra
101 State Street
Peoria, IL 61602
Phone: 3096711096
Primary Contact: Susan Hoffman
shoffman@peoriasymphony.org
Music Director: George Stelluto
peoriasymphony.org
Philharmonic Society of Belleville
116 N. Jackson
Belleville, IL 62220
Phone: (618) 235-5600
Primary Contact: Barbara Compton
bvillephilharm66@att.net
www.bellevillephilharmonic.org
Quad City Symphony Orchestra
327 Brady St
Davenport, IA 52801
Phone: (563)322-0931
Primary Contact: Beth Sindt
Bsindt@qcso.org
Music Director: Mark Russell Smith
qcso.org
Quincy Symphony Orchestra Association
1026 Maine St.
Quincy, IL 62301-3930
Phone: (217)222-2856
Primary Contact: Jane Polett
qsoa@adams.net
Music Director: Bruce Briney
www.qsoa.org
Ravenswood Community Orchestra
5841 N KIMBALL AVE
Chicago, Il 60659
Phone: 7732033537
Primary Contact: Amy Rasmussen
amyoboe1@gmail.com
Music Director: Richard Corrigan
www.facebook.com/Ravenswood-Community-Orchestra-67117898552/
Rockford Symphony Orchestra
711 N. Main Street
Rockford, IL 61103
Phone: (815)965-0049
Primary Contact: Julie Thomas
jthomas@rockfordsymphony.com
Music Director: Yaniv Attar
www.rockfordsymphony.com
Rockford Symphony Youth Orchestra
711 N. Main Street
Rockford, IL 61103
Phone: (815)965-0049
Primary Contact: Margo Stedman
mstedman@rockfordsymphony.com
Music Director: Linc Smelser
www.rockfordsymphony.com
Salt Creek Chamber Orchestra
100 W. Cossit Ave.
LaGrange, IL 60525
Phone: (734) 945-2914
Primary Contact: Dr. Tim Semanik
tsemanik@gmail.com
saltcreekchamberorchestra.org
Sangamon Valley Youth Symphony
420 S 6th St
Springfield, IL 62701
Phone: (217)753-8000
Primary Contact: Jacquelyn Evers
svys.svco@gmail.com
Music Director: Matthew Sheppard
svys.org
Schaumburg Youth Orchestra
Prairie Center for the Arts
201 Schaumburg Ct
Schaumburg, IL 60193
Phone: 847-895-3600
Primary Contact: Robert Pileckis
rpileckis@villageofschaumburg.com
Music Director: Joseph Malmquist
schaumburgyouthorchestra.org
Senior Suburban Orchestra
1517 Hillcrest Ct
Lombard, IL 60148
Phone: (630) 303-1663
Primary Contact: Gerry Norton
Beancounter1@ameritech.net
Music Director: Dan D'Andrea
www.seniorsuburbanorchestra.org
Sinfonia Camerata
1733 Amelia Ct
Crest Hill, IL 60403
Phone: (815) 741-2185
Primary Contact: Dr. Richard Siegel
RSiegel920@aol.com
Southern Illinois Symphony and Music Festival
1000 S. Normal Ave.
Carbondale, IL 62901
Primary Contact: Edward Benyas
benyas@siu.edu
Music Director: Edward Benyas
www.SouthernIllinoisSymphony.org
Southwest Symphony Orchestra
6601 W. College Dr.
Box 270
Palos Hts., IL 60463
Phone: (708) 802-0686
Primary Contact: Shari Ebert
southwestmanager@gmail.com
Music Director: David Crane
www.southwestsymphony.com
Suburban Youth Symphony Orchestra
P O Box 662
Flossmoor, Illinois 60422
Phone: 7084140431
Primary Contact: Janet Kuester
thesyso@gmail.com
Music Director: David Forsman
www.SuburbanYouthSymphony.org
Symphony of Oak Park & River Forest
PO Box 3564
Oak Park, IL 60303-3564
Phone: (708)218-2648
Primary Contact: Beth Hoover
thesymphonyoprf@gmail.com
Music Director: Jay Kenneth Friedman
www.symphonyoprf.org
Urbana Pops Orchestra
207 W California Ave
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: 2179791910
Primary Contact: Debra Larson
debra@urbanapops.org
Music Director: Stephen Larson
sites.google.com/urbanapops.org
Waukegan Symphony Orchestra
39 Jack Benny Dr
Waukegan, Illinois 60087
Phone: 847-360-4740
Primary Contact: Debra Carl
dcarl@waukeganparks.org
Music Director: Alexander Platt
waukegansymphony.org/
West Suburban Symphony Orchestra
PO Box 565
Hinsdale, IL 60522
Phone: (630)887-7464
Primary Contact: Kathryn Macal
finance@westsubsymphony.org
Music Director: Peter Lipari
www.westsubsymphony.org
Windy City Winds
1414 N Well St Apt 505
Chicago, IL 60610
Phone: 773-732-0625
Primary Contact: Mark Mosley
mwsgmosley@outlook.com
www.windycitywinds.org
Youth Symphony of DuPage
P.O.Box 55
Naperville, IL 60566
Primary Contact: Kay Burdi
kburdi@ysdp.org
Music Director: Dr. Mark Liu
www.ysdp.org