Wheeling Symphony Orchestra

In May 2007, the "Capitol" closed its doors unexpectedly, forcing the Symphony to look for a new home. Temporary facilities were set up at the John Marshall Center for the Performing Arts and Wesbanco Arena. On September 25, 2009, the orchestra held its first performance, titled "A Homecoming", in the re-opened Capitol Theatre. The orchestra continues to perform at Capitol Theatre where it has introduced a number of innovations such as its "college nights" in which students presenting a valid, current college ID can attend a symphony performance free of charge. The symphony and some of its ensemble subgroups also perform at additional venues in the greater Wheeling area.

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• Henry Mazer conducting the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra in "pops" favorites of the Ohio Valley. / 1950 / 12" Vinyl / Blackcrest Records{{Cite web|url=https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/cdc66b29-45f2-41ac-b256-073efb349c0b|title=Release group "Henry Mazer conducting the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra in "pops" favorites of the Ohio Valley." by Henry Mazer,Wheeling Symphony Orchestra - MusicBrainz|website=musicbrainz.org|language=en|access-date=2017-06-23}}

The Wheeling Symphony Orchestra and its then-conductor Henry Mazer make an extended appearance in Sir Yehudi Menuhin's then-widely read autobiography Unfinished Journey.{{cite book|last1=Menuhin|first1=Yehudi|title=Unfinished Journey: Twenty Years Later|date=1997|publisher=Fromm Intl|isbn=0-88064-179-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/unfinishedjourne0000menu/page/327 327]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/unfinishedjourne0000menu/page/327}}{{cite news|last1=Wille|first1=Rolf-Peter|title=Henry Mazer: Never boring|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/news/2002/08/07/29432/henry-mazer.htm|accessdate=21 May 2017|work=The China Post|date=August 7, 2002}}

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• [http://www.wheelingsymphony.org/ Wheeling Symphony website]

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Category:American symphony orchestras

Category:Musical groups established in 1929

Category:Wheeling, West Virginia

Category:Orchestras based in West Virginia

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