Funny just as I m develop one of Sarek s very stubs Such is wikipedia Its far more beneficial of course that I am blocked for two entire days when I am in the middle of writing this Perhaps somebody with some sanity could add the following to the article or maybe you will take my comments with a pinch of salt and accept good humor The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra is a professional orchestra based in Rhode Island which performs throughout Southern New England Founded in 1944 its current music director as of July 2009 is Larry Rachleff Based in East Providence Rhode Island its performing home is Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Providence In the 1960s Erich Kunzel served as its assistant conductor As of 2010 the orchestra has attracted the likes of conductor Jahja Ling violinists Jennifer Frautschi Karen Gomyo and David Kim and pianists Ilya Yakushev Jessie Chang and Jon Kimura Parker to perform with the orchestra Music school The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra is the only fully integrated professional orchestra and music school in United States It has a major music school founded by Alan Fox which eduates over 14 000 young people and adults with music lessons of all ability levels and instrumentations with classes and ensembles The educational program of the school spans not only classical music but extends into pop jazz rhythm blues and advocates youth orchestras and big band ensembles The orchestra received a grant to support Music After Hours a consortium with the Music School geared towards educating aspiring young musicians grades 3 5 children after hours This was put into effect in 2001 In September 2008 the Rhode Island Philharmonic Society established the Carter Center for Music Education and Performance located Waterman Avenue in East Providence which has over 30 private studios including a jazz rock and blues wing Every May the orchestra puts on 4 education concerts at VMA and groups of musicians perform at schools and community centers throughout the year References External links Home page Category American orchestras Category Music schools in the United States