Shreveport Symphony Orchestra

Since its founding in 1948, the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra (SSO) has become Louisiana ’s oldest continually operating professional orchestra and one of the most respected regional orchestras in the United States. www.shreveportsymphony.com

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The SSO’s mission is: To Embrace–to embrace the community we serve and to be embraced by the same community; to broaden the ...level of supporters and their involvement with the orchestra; to work across the region with various arts organizations through cooperation and partnerships. To Enlighten–to educate; to enlighten the senses beyond the norm. To Experience–to provide the unique aesthetic...

Shreveport Symphony Orchestra is based in Shreveport, the seat of Caddo Parish and the largest city in north Louisiana. Founded in 1948, the symphony remains the longest continually performing professional orchestra in Louisiana, despite a musicians' strike in October, 2008, which nearly terminated its operation. All performances of the orchestra musicians under the auspices of the SSO were...