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...the TBSO is the largest fully professional arts group in Thunder Bay and the only professional orchestra between Toronto and Winnipeg. We have been a part of the cultural fabric of the city for 45 years.
...audiences benefit from affordable local music performances of the highest artistic quality. Concerts of the TBSO are regularly broadcast nationwide on CBC Radio thus enhancing the reputation of the city.
...the TBSO has an annual operating budget of $1.4 million, over 90% of which is spent locally. Approximately $100,000 is returned annually to the city through rentals and services of the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium. The Association employs 30 full-time musicians for the 24-week concert season and hires up to 20 extra musicians for many concerts. An administrative office staff of four full-time and four part-time people supports the musical activities of the organization.
...in 2005-2006 the TBSO received $470,000 from external sources. Grant allocations from upper levels of government, foundations, and national sponsors provided the bulk of these funds.
...the TBSO performs in a number of venues across the city including Canada's finest concert hall, the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium.
...the TBSO's latest CD, Variations on a Memory, featuring Canadian compositions that have played a major role in the successful development of the orchestra, is a legacy from Thunder Bay's designation as Cultural Capital of Canada. In 2005, the CD was awarded an international distribution to radio broadcasters by the SOCAN Foundation and a JUNO nomination for Jeffrey Ryan's Pangaea. The Canadian Music Centre has announced that Variations on a Memory was their top seller for 2005.
...the Thunder Bay Regional Arts Council presented its "Award to Education" in May 2003 to the Symphony for the innovative educational and aboriginal outreach programs that attract thousands of students each year from throughout northwestern Ontario.
...the TBSO tours throughout the region of northwestern Ontario - from Kenora and Fort Frances to Chapleau and Wawa, bringing evening symphony concerts and day-time school concerts to communities that otherwise would not have access to a symphony orchestra.
...a strong cultural community helps the business community grow stronger - businesses all over Thunder Bay have found sponsorship rewarding not only for the positive marketing benefits it provides, but also as a statement that their company cares about the community.
...local musicians benefit from opportunities to perform with the orchestra, the 80-voice chorus and 50-member youth orchestra. The musicians of the TBSO are a resource for the community - they teach privately and at music schools, the perform as free lance musicians in churches and at weddings, they do instrument repair, compose music and do creative music projects with children.
...we are connected to the other arts organizations in town through the Thunder Bay Arts and Heritage Alliance (AHA!), CAHEP, individual musicians and the networking we do to support each other's promotion and publicity efforts.
...the TBSO is a cultural attraction benefiting tourism and attracting those considering Thunder Bay as place to live and work.