Nottingham Symphony Orchestra

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Nottingham Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra
Short nameNSO
Founded1933 (1933)
Location Nottingham
Music directorDerek Williams
Website www.nso.talktalk.net/index.htm

The Nottingham Symphony Orchestra is the main symphony orchestra for the city of Nottingham. [1]

The NSO was founded in 1933 by Walter Thomas Gaze Cooper as the Midland Conservatory of Music Orchestra. In 1942 it changed its name to become the Nottingham Symphony Orchestra.

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References

  1. "About the NSO". NSO. Retrieved 4 December 2014.