Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} '''Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston''' is a musician-led American orchestra based in Newton, Massachusetts. It is one of only four co-operative orchestras in the US. It had a long-time association with composer and conductor Gunther Schuller, with Isaiah Jackson as ''Conductor emeritus'' and, since 2000, Gisele Ben-Dor as ''Conductor emerita''. Recently, Kevin Rhodes has been the orchestra's principal conductor.

Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra was founded in 1978 by a group of young freelance musicians who gathered around conductor and Harvard chaplain Larry Hill.

The orchestra received the 1994 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) award for adventurous programming of contemporary music.

Other cooperative orchestras include the London Philharmonic Orchestra, [https://experiencesymphoria.org Symphoria], the [http://thehmc.ca/ Halifax Music Co-Op], Spain's l’Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès, [http://coventrycooporchestra.org.uk/ The Heart of England Co-operative Concert Orchestra] <ref name="CoopNews">{{cite news|last1=Voinea|first1=Anca|last2=Fregni|first2=Francesca|title=Co-operative Orchestras|url=https://www.thenews.coop/92286/sector/co-operative-orchestras/|accessdate=5 March 2018|work=Coop News|date=5 December 2014}}</ref> and the Santa Fe Symphony.<ref>{{cite web|title=Orchestra Auditions|url=http://santafesymphony.org/auditions/orchestra-auditions/|website=The Santa Fe Symphony|accessdate=5 March 2018}}</ref>

==See also== *Artist-run initiative *Artist cooperative *Worker cooperative *Conductorless orchestra (a related category but note that Pro Arte itself does have a conductor)

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==External links== *[http://www.proarte.org/ Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston website]

Category:Musical groups established in 1978 Category:Orchestras from Massachusetts Category:Newton, Massachusetts Category:American chamber orchestras Category:Gunther Schuller