Presenting the 78th Season, 2010-2011
"Oktoberfest"
September 26, 2010
"Legends of the East"
November 7, 2010
"Russian Rhapsody"
February 13, 2011
"Highland Frolic"
April 10, 2011
Conductor Kimo Furumoto
The Rio Hondo Symphony
is one of the oldest
and most successful
community orchestras in
all of Southern California.
Kimo Furumoto named Conductor
Kimo Furumoto, widely known for his innovative concert programming, has been named Conductor and Music Director of the Rio Hondo Symphony beginning with the last year's 77th season.
He won the coveted position over three other highly talented conductors who led the orchestra last season after the retirement of Wayne Reinecke. Furumoto, the third Guest Conductor, conducted the "American Rhapsody" concert March 1, 2009.
Furumoto is the Conductor and Music Director of the Huntington Symphony Orchestra in West Virginia. During the last nine years under his baton, the orchestra has enjoyed record attendance.
The Symphony
For 78 years, the Rio Hondo Symphony has thrilled Southern California audiences. Founded by Ruth Haroldson, a violin instructor at Whittier College, the orchestra has provided music, free of admission fees, to visitors from various communities. First called the Whittier Symphony, in 1964 the orchestra acknowledged the wider audience by renaming itself the Rio Hondo Symphony. Today the symphony is sponsored by Whitter, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs, and by Rio Hondo College. It is also supported by hundreds of individuals and businesses.
The mission of the Rio Hondo Symphony Association is to enrich the cultural life of the community it serves, to expand the musical knowledge of youth and adults, and to provide an outlet for the talents of musicians in the greater Southern California area through the performance of symphonic music.
Four concerts are performed yearly at the Vic Lopez Auditorium at Whittier High School in Whittier.
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