Cleveland Women's Orchestra
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The Cleveland Women's Orchestra is an American orchestra made up entirely of female musicians, based in Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded in 1935 and performed its first concert in 1936. It is the oldest women's orchestra in the world.
The orchestra's music director from its founding was Hyman Schandler. Schandler, also a violinist in the Cleveland Orchestra, continued as conductor into the 1980s. The current music director is .
See also[]
- Cleveland Orchestra
- Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra
- Cleveland Chamber Symphony
- CityMusic Cleveland
- Red (an orchestra)
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Categories:
- Musical groups established in 1935
- All-female bands
- Musical groups from Cleveland
- Women's orchestras
- Women in Ohio
- 1935 establishments in Ohio
- Orchestras based in Ohio
- United States orchestra stubs