Boston Civic Symphony

{{Primary sources|date=January 2011}}

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{{Infobox orchestra

| name = Boston Civic Symphony (BCS)

| image =The_Boston_Civic_Symphony_Orchestra_Boston_Massachusetts.jpg

| founded = 1924

| website = {{URL|www.bostoncivicsymphony.org}}

| principal_conductor = Francisco Noya

}}

The Boston Civic Symphony is the second oldest orchestra in Boston, Massachusetts.

History

The Boston Civic Symphony was founded in 1924 by Joseph Wagner."[http://www.bostoncivicsymphony.org/html/history.html History of the Boston Civic Symphony] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725094022/http://www.bostoncivicsymphony.org/html/history.html |date=July 25, 2011 }}". Boston Civic Symphony. Retrieved 2011-01-03. The group performs at the New England Conservatory in Jordan Hall{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4uzjnIlyKJIC&dq=boston+civic+symphony&pg=RA21-PA8 |title=Official Bulletin |date=1925 |publisher=The National Federation of Music Clubs |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Larson |first=Susan |date=1994-11-22 |title=Vim and virtuosity at the Civic Symphony. Article clipped from The Boston Globe |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/27349127/ |access-date=2024-02-15 |work=The Boston Globe |pages=60}}{{Cite web |last=Patterson |first=David |date=2010-03-08 |title=Thrilling Tchaikovsky from Boston Civic Symphony |url=https://www.classical-scene.com/2010/03/08/thrilling-tchaikovsky-from-boston-civic-symphony/ |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=The Boston Musical Intelligencer |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=DeVoto |first=Mark |date=2014-11-17 |title=Civic's Virtues and Virtuoso |url=https://www.classical-scene.com/2014/11/17/civics-virtues-virtuoso/ |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=The Boston Musical Intelligencer |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Prichard |first=Laura Stanfield |date=2016-11-23 |title=BCS Properly Piloted |url=https://www.classical-scene.com/2016/11/23/boston-civic-lipsitt/ |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=The Boston Musical Intelligencer |language=en-US}} on Gainsborough Street and at Eleanor Welch Casey Theatre of Regis College Fine Arts Center in Weston.{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Michael |date=2016-10-11 |title=Plano Debut Lifts Gloom |url=https://www.classical-scene.com/2016/10/11/plano-civic/ |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=The Boston Musical Intelligencer |language=en-US}}

Highly respected performer, conductor, and teacher Max Hobart, who was previously with the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 27 years, has had an association with The Boston Civic Symphony since 1979.{{Cite web |title=Maestro Out of the Heartland |url=https://wellesleywestonmagazine.com/past-issues/winter-2008-2009-table-of-contents/maestro-out-of-the-heartland/ |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=Wellesley Weston Magazine |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Max Hobart |url=http://bostoncivicsymphony.org/team/max-hobart/ |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=Boston Civic Symphony |language=en-US}}

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