Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra

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Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra
Origin Seattle, Washington, USA
GenresClassical music
Years active1944 (1944)
MembersMusic director Adam Stern
Website http://www.seattlephil.org/

The Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra, hosted in Benaroya Hall in Seattle, Washington, United States, is a member-controlled orchestra founded in 1944. [1]

The orchestra performs a minimum of four subscription concerts per season, in addition to outreach concerts and collaborations with other artistic organizations. [2] Under the current (2003–present) music director Adam Stern, [3] the Philharmonic presents a broad spectrum of orchestral music, from standard repertoire to local, West Coast, U.S. and world premieres. [4]

The orchestra was given a brief mention in the Nickelodeon sitcom, iCarly , about a teenage girl who lives in Seattle in a massive apartment building. It was mentioned by the doorman's stalker ex-girlfriend, who buys tickets for the two of them to see a concert together in an effort to get them back together.

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