Orlando Symphony Orchestra is a professional orchestra based in Orlando, Florida

Orlando, Florida

Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...

. It was founded in 1990 as "Central Florida Friends of Music". The group collaborates with many cultural and religious organizations. Orlando Symphony also provides large ensembles for corporate conventions in the area. Unlike the two other Orlando-area professional orchestras, the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra

Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra

The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra is one of Orlando's three unrelated per-service professional orchestras, the others being the Orlando Symphony Orchestra and the Bach Festival Society in residence at Rollins College. The OPO is based in Symphony Square at Loch Haven Park in Orlando, Florida, and...

 and the Bach Festival

Bach Festival

Bach Festivals are annual classical music festival held to celebrate the memory of the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach. Various locations throughout the world held a festival dedicated to Bach...

 Society (in residence at Rollins College

Rollins College

Rollins College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Winter Park, Florida , along the shores of Lake Virginia....

), the Orlando Symphony is an orchestra for hire and does not present a regularly scheduled concert series.