The ASO’s innovative Theatre of a Concert initiative presents a unique mix of creative musical programming and visual enhancements. A conception of the Creative Partnership of Music Director Robert Spano, Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles, and President and CEO Allison Vulgamore, Theatre of a Concert explores new ways to experience symphonic music.

Audiences are treated to new musical performance experiences in a variety of formats and settings. Installation artists provide imagery in the form of film or other artistic projection to harmonize with the ASO’s live performance. This combination creates a marriage of the auditory and the visual, presenting a stunning synchronization of a variety of art forms.

At a Theatre of a Concert performance, audiences may see the orchestra shell bathed in colors, projections of abstract imagery, nature scenes and faces, or film footage that references and enhances the musical piece. Their visual and auditory senses engaged, the audience becomes even more involved and enjoy new perspectives on what it is to appreciate music.

Don’t miss this unique performance experience. The ASO presents Theatre of a Concert during the 2008-2009 season with the productions Doctor Atomic and Haydn: The Creation.  We hope you’ll join us.

$1 Million Grant – The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Theatre of a Concert was one of three Atlanta Symphony Orchestra initiatives awarded a $1 million three-year grant by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (NY). This grant also supports Recordings and the Atlanta School of Composers. Awarded in recognition of innovative artistic achievement and as an investment in the Orchestra’s ambitious artistic initiatives, this unprecedented level of support is the first Mellon Foundation grant to the ASO in more than 30 years, as well as the largest grant from a national foundation outside Atlanta earned by the ASO in its history.