This unique evening brings together the music of Symphony Number One and the unmatched culinary talent of The Center Club's Chef Bannan. Come mingle with music director Jordan Randall Smith and the musicians of SNO to share in an unforgettable evening of music, wine, and hors d’oeuvres. We encourage you to stay and experience great chamber music and solo works by Milhaud, Mahler, and more! We look forward to seeing you on August 18 at 6:00pm. Click to join us!


We're Hiring

In August, we will hold auditions and interviews as we expand our programs for Season 2. We're searching for skilled artists and eager entrepreneurs on a number of instruments to perform electrifying concerts of music, new and old. Auditions will be held August 27 - 31 in Baltimore. To stay up to date, follow the event.

Stay Tuned

Gear up for our big announcement: we will name our next Call For Scores nominees later this week! Our panel has enjoyed reviewing over 230 scores from over 115 composers. We look forward to releasing the names of those who will advance to the final rounds of the competition. Winners will be announced August 1 and will be featured across several future concerts. Follow us on Facebook to get the announcement first.


Best of Baltimore 

It's time for Baltimore Magazine's, "Best of Baltimore Reader's Poll," and we need your help to win Baltimore's Best Band! Simply enter your name, email address, and "Symphony Number One" in the band category, and submit. Send one entry per day for the chance to win two tickets to the 2016 Best of Baltimore Party at the Hippodrome! Deadline for entries is July 29th. Will you help us? Vote now! [Read our feature, too!]

UPCOMING EVENTS

Founded in 2014, Symphony Number One is the newest chamber orchestra in Baltimore’s grassroots performing arts space. Led by Music Director Jordan Randall Smith, Symphony Number One offers a unique model for presenting new music by bringing together great composers of the past, virtuoso performers of the present, and the leading compositional voices of the future. The orchestra is not exclusively devoted to the performance of new music. Instead, each program presents a new, large-scale composition alongside classical masterworks, tailored to work together and highlight the featured composer. These concerts will also serve a larger mission: provide other grassroots ensembles with exciting programs to re-invigorate the American classical landscape while giving composers a chance to have their works performed again.
 
Symphony Number One’s creative team joins Baltimore’s thriving startup culture; the organization was founded by Music Director Jordan Randall Smith. A Dallas native, Smith previously co-founded and conducted Ars Nova Dallas and led the Dallas Festival of Modern Music as Artistic Director. He received a Bruno Walter fellowship at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, studying with Marin Alsop and Gustav Meier both at Cabrillo and at the Peabody Conservatory. 
 
Transplanted to Baltimore, Smith recruited a creative team of colleagues from the Peabody Conservatory: Nicholas Bentz, Sean Meyers, Melissa Lander, and Christopher Ciampoli. The creative team has expanded to incorporate the core orchestra of musicians from across the Baltimore-Washington region. The group continues to pool expertise gleaned from their work with other contemporary music projects and major ensembles as they create a new concert style focused on fresh music from the next generation.

For more information, please visit symphonynumber.one.