| JOIN THE MOVEMENT … The excitement of last season’s conductor search is undeniable. During the 2008-2009 concert season our single ticket sales tripled. We were able to provide concert experiences to more than 7,500 individuals living in the Twin Tiers and reached out to offer more than 2,500 educational experiences through the schools and our youth programs. |
 The name “Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes” is very unique among over eight hundred professional symphony orchestras in the nation. However, more significant is the community which supports our musical organization. Because of you, the Corning-Elmira Musical Arts, Inc., the parent institution of the OSFL, has been striving to better the lives of the Southern Tiers and beyond. I also applaud the passion and talent of the former conductor Marietta Cheng and the gifted musicians, the devoted board of trustees, and the skilled management staff. Therefore, I am honored to be selected as the new Music Director and Conductor of your orchestra, and I anticipate my first down beat with great excitement. If you have not attended our concerts before, then now is the time to catch the new OSFL sound at the Clemens Center and the Corning Museum of Glass. To our devoted audience, I am looking forward to become a new member of the community; now, let us begin our journey in becoming one of the most revered orchestras in the nation.
Toshiyuki Shimada
Music Director & Conductor |
| YOU BELONG HERE … Through the six programs we offer we have something for everyone. Orchestra concerts attract our community’s leaders, support the less fortunate, and have special offerings for both students and families. We also pledge to continue to support you and our local economy in all we do. Our organization is comprised of more than 70 people, musicians, and employees, who live and work here in the Twin Tiers. Throughout the course of our fiscal year our programs contribute more than $300,000 to our local economy. |
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What are they saying?
See what our audience members are saying about our last concert
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"The English language does not have enough superlative adjectives to describe the seasons’ first concert, but here are a few: exquisite, exciting, exhilarating, and magnificent. People were breathless or shedding joyous tears at the end of the outstanding performance."
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"The orchestra was amazing - the strings played the best I have ever heard them play. I liked how Toshi talked to the audience, not down to us like students, but as one adult to another telling us about this wonderful music - blue cathedral. He has a sincerity about the music and a great zest for performing that I love! I look forward to the rest of the season."
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As the music flowed so brilliantly - and "blue cathedral" was especially heart stopping - I looked around. Was I indeed at the Clemens Center? I could have been in Orchestra Hall, Carnegie Hall, Heinz Hall - you name it. The Orchestra certainly sounded better than I've ever heard it and, of course, it's all because of Toshi Shimada. Kudos to him for an outstanding evening of music making.
I can hardly wait for the December concert. |
 Click here to visit the Arts of the Southern Finger Lakes website for more information on our Cultural Partners! The Cultural Partners' purpose is to identify a way to collaborate in order to improve the effectiveness of their organizations and the cultural community as a whole.
Many thanks to Tom Weidemann and the staff of the Clemens Center, Nancy Jean Perkins and the Corning Museum of Glass, the ARTS of the Southern Finger Lakes, the Arnot Art Museum, the Rockwell Museum of Western Art, 171 Cedar Arts Center, the Steuben Chamber of Commerce, RSVP Volunteers, Ravine’s Wine Cellars, Atwater Vineyards, Katherine’s Gardens, Lisa Johnson, The Elmira City School District, Joy S. Perry, Yale University, Elmira College, The Star-Gazette, The Leader, WENY, WSKG, WETM, The Radio Works, and other media groups for their year-round support and encouragement.
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