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July 28, 2010 Kennesaw, GA - Breaking news: Cobb Symphony Orchestra looks to "Mad Men" for its new executive director
Change is coming to the Cobb Symphony Orchestra, a semi-professional ensemble founded in 1951 and based in suburban Kennesaw, Georgia. This week the CSO named Bob Sanna as its new executive director, replacing Brian Hermanson, who served from 2007 until March of this year and left to take charge of the San Luis Obispo Symphony Orchestra in California. Sanna, 72, founded the New York Philharmonic Free Concert Committee of Long Island and was its chairman for 10 years. The concert is billed as Long Island’s largest public event. Sanna won several media awards in his career in advertising, as president and creative director of New York's Sanna Mattson MacLeod, from which he retired in 2003.

June 18, 2010 Atlanta, GA - ASO energized for Verdi's Requiem, even as the future of orchestras in jeopardy (CSO Mentioned in this Article)
The Cobb Symphony, an excellent semi-professional community orchestra in Atlanta’s northern suburbs, is scouting and interviewing for a new executive director to replace Brian Hermanson, who resigned in March to take charge of an orchestra in California.

March 10, 2010 Kennesaw, GA - COBB SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BRIAN HERMANSON CONCLUDES 4 YEAR TENURE
Appointed to lead the CSO in 2006, Brian Hermanson, Executive Director of the Cobb Symphony Orchestra, told the Musicians and Board of Trustees on Wednesday, March 10, at its annual State of the CSO address, that he has elected to accept the position of the Executive Director with the San Luis Obispo Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Hermanson, who has presided over considerable growth and innovation during his tenure with the CSO, said “... the San Luis Obispo Symphony is a formidable entity. This is an opportunity that started slowly and suddenly accelerated in the last couple of weeks. The San Luis Obispo Symphony has held a leadership role in the training of performers, scholars, creators, educators and musical citizens and aligns itself with everything currently in process with the Cobb Symphony and all its programs. The opportunity to work with another institution of this stature, with the wonderful lessons in perspective that I gained from the exceptional people at the CSO, seemed like an opportunity that I could not refuse.”

February 12, 2010 Kennesaw, GA - Progress abounds with the First Annual Noteworthy 5K Run/Walk hosted by the Cobb Symphony Orchestra to benefit all programs under the Cobb Symphony umbrella. Participants will take their mark at 8:30 AM on Saturday, February 20 at the Marietta High School. Registration is still open through the CobbSymphony.org or by calling (770) 429 - 7016 and remains open to the morning of the event. The Cobb Symphony is delighted to announce the formal partnerships of Kaiser Permanente, AT&T, Girls on the Run, Dirt Cheep Music, The WILCOM Group, Delta Air Lines, TRUE OLDIES 1067 and Big Peach Running Company.

February 1, 2010 Kennesaw, GA - The Cobb Symphony Orchestra will kick of its "60 for 60" campaign this week, an initiative to raise $60,000 in honor of its 60th Anniversary Season beginning in September 2010. Over the past half decade, the CSO has experienced an exponential growth due to its education and community outreach programs such as the 400 student Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, the Georgia Center for the Arts, and the Super Saturdays and Casual Friday Open Rehearsals programs.

January 11, 2010 Kennesaw, GA - Cobb Symphony soars in sold-out performance
It's been an ambitious season for the Cobb Symphony Orchestra, one of the region's finest semi-professional community ensembles - and one that's still flourishing in this economy. In October, music director Michael Alexander led 200-some musicians in Mahler's cosmic "Resurrection" Symphony. It was a notable success.

December 18, 2009 Kennesaw, GA - The Cobb Symphony Orchestra announced Monday it is hosting the first annual Noteworthy 5K Run/Walk to benefit the Cobb Symphony Orchestra and all its programs. The event will start and end at the Marietta High School and is in partnership with Marietta High School Track Team.

November 19, 2009 Cobb County, GA On Tuesday, November 18, 2009 the Cobb Symphony Orchestra received a $15,000 grant from the Publix Super Market Charities Foundation. This award is in recognition for the exceptional community-based programming undertaken by the entire Cobb Symphony Orchestra - including the Cobb Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, CSO Jazz, the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, the Georgia Center for the Arts and the Friends of the CSO.

October 20, 2009 Cobb County, GA On Saturday, December 5 - 3 PM at the Murray Arts Center and 7 PM at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church - the Cobb Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, under the direction of Michael Alexander, in conjunction with the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra Chorus, will celebrate the season with family and friends while enjoying holiday favorites featuring the Cobb Symphony and Cobb Symphony Chorus. The program includes a range of works from secular to non-secular.

October 20, 2009 Cobb County, GA - On Saturday, November 7 at 8 PM, the Cobb Symphony Chamber Chorus under the direction of Bryan Black invite you to join us for the world premiere of the ensemble. The program will include a range of works from classical to jazz. This concert will take place at the Murray Arts Center on the campus of Mount Paran Christian School.

October 16, 2009 Cobb County, GA - Wednesday, October 15, 2009 the Cobb Symphony Orchestra was announced as one of the grant recipients for the 2009 Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund Grants in the amount of $50,000. Other local grant recipients include The Georgia Ballet and Theatre on the Square, among others.

October 15, 2009 Cobb County, GA - The Cobb Symphony Orchestra's Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Program is pleased to announce the 3rd Annual Concerto Concerto Competition to take place on January 30, 2010 at the Murray Arts Center on the campus of Mount Paran Christian School in Kennesaw, Georgia. The Concerto Competition is open to all current members of the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus program and winners will perform in concert with the Cobb Symphony Orchestra and Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra in April and May.

September 16, 2009 Cobb County, GA - On Saturday, October 17 at 8 pm and Sunday, October 18, at 3 pm, the Cobb Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Michael Alexander invite you to join soprano Jana Young, mezzo soprano Magdalena Wor, The Cobb Symphony Chorus and the Cobb Symphony Orchestra in Gustav Mahler's highly acclaimed Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection". This event will take place at the Dr. Bobbie Bailey and Family Performing Arts Center on the campus of Kennesaw State University. Come and experience the thrill and excitement of Mahler's exploration of life and death.

August 17, 2009 Cobb County, GA - The Cobb Symphony Orchestra, under the direction Music Director Michael Alexander, invites you to come and join the CSO as they prepare to kick off the 2009-2010 season! Experience the exhilarating and awe-inspiring thrill of live music that will explore and illuminate the human experience on Saturday, September 12 at 8 pm and Sunday, September 13 at 3 pm at the Murray Arts Center of Mount Paran Christian School...