Programs: Atlanta symphony orchestra: celebrating its 73rd season, the grammy award winning atlanta symphony orchestra continues to affirm its position as one of americas leading orchestras with excellent live performances, impressive guest artists, renowned chorus and engaging education initiatives, all under music director robert spano and principal guest conductor donald runnicles. The orchestra and audiences together explore a creative programming mix, recording and visual enhancements, such as theatre of a concert. The atlanta school of composers reflects music director robert spano and the orchestras commitment to nurturing and championing music through multi-year partnerships defining a new generation of american composers. As the cornerstone for artistic development in the southeast, the atlanta symphony orchestra performs more than 150 concerts each year in symphony hall, as well as venues across the stage of georgia, including educational and community concerts, for a combined audience of more than half a million people.
high museum of art: the high museum of art is the leading museum of art in the southeastern united states. With more than 16,400 works of art in its permanent collection, the high museum has an extensive anthology of 19th and 20th century american art and burgeoning collections of modern and contemporary art, photography, and african art. In november 2005, the high opened three new buildings designed by architect renzo piano which more than doubled the museum's size, creating a vibrant "village for the arts" at the woodruff arts center in midtown atlanta.
alliance theatre founded in 1968, the alliance theatre is the leading producing theatre in the southeast, creating the powerful experience of shared theatre for diverse people. Under the leadership of susan v. Booth, jenning hertz artisic director, the alliance theatre received the regional theatre tony award in recognition of sustained excellence in programming education, and community engagement. Reaching more than 165,000 patrons annually, the alliance delivers powerful programming that challenges adult and youth audiences to think critically and care deeply. Known for its high artistic standards and national role in creating significant theatrical works, the alliance has launched tony award-winning hits to broadway and national tours. Each year, the education department, comprised of the alliance arts for learning institute, theatre for the very young (audiences 18 months - 5 years), theatre for youth and families (audiences k-12), and the acting program, serves over 50,000 students, educators, and families through in-school residency initiatives, performances, acting classes, and drama camps. Programs that serve our community include the palefsky collision project, ga wolf trap early learning through arts, and alliance@work. The alliance also nurtures the careers of playwrites and emerging theatre artists through the alliance/kendeda national graduate playwriting competition and the reiser atlanta artists lab.