On June 3, 2014, local Clinton resident Dr. Roger Moore and Mr. Charles Schneider, Music Director for the Catskill Symphony, the Schenectady Symphony, and former Utica Symphony Orchestras, gathered a group of community leaders to engage in a conversation about forming a new professional symphony to serve the Mohawk Valley. The atmosphere at the meeting was positive and cautiously optimistic. Marilee Ensign joined forces with Chuck Schneider and Roger Moore, adding her exceptional talent to the Clinton Symphony Orchestra. Together, they harmonized their skills to breathe life into a visionary musical concept. The collaboration proved to be an enriching experience for audiences and a new pinnacle for the orchestra.

The Clinton Symphony Orchestra of the Mohawk Valley was established to reinstitute an 80-year legacy of professional, classical symphonic music in our region. The Mohawk Valley is on the cusp of change and growth, and we are fortunate to have a rich cultural landscape of art museums and galleries, theatres, performing arts centers, music and ethnic festivals, and various other culturally enriching organizations and events. Since 2014, the CSOMV has established itself as a professional and essential part of that vibrant cultural community every growing area needs and deserves.

All communities benefit from strong local arts scenes. The arts bring a critical energy to the economy, help draw new businesses, bring vibrancy to neighborhoods, attract residents and visitors, and augment the educational system. Artistic institutions broaden social horizons, foster a pride of place, keep our region’s historical cultural significance alive, and create an enduring legacy for generations to come.

Our professional musicians, most of whom are from Upstate New York, have vast experience here and abroad, collaborated with founder and late music director, Charles Schneider, for over 30 years, and continue today with Maestro Mas-Arocas.

Open your world beyond what is, to what could be. Strengthen and enhance the education of the whole family – artistically, educationally, socially and recreationally. You will leave the theatre moved, soothed, inspired and awed. The symphony is committed to you and your family to help you experience all that music of this caliber has to offer.