Bringing Orchestral Music
to the Mountains
Based in Morehead, the smallest city in Kentucky with a community-supported symphony orchestra, the Cave Run Symphony was founded in 2013. It is a 60-piece musical ensemble comprised of professional and semi-professional musicians, music professors and teachers, and highly qualified, auditioned student musicians.
The Orchestra is operated by the Cave Run Symphony Orchestra Society, Inc., a non-profit, tax-exempt organization under Section 501 ©(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Gifts to the CRSO are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.
The CRSO is funded by gifts, grants, sponsorships, program book advertising, branded merchandise marketing and ticket sales. We welcome support at any time of the year.
Bringing Orchestral Music to the Mountains
Based in Morehead, the smallest city in Kentucky with a community-supported symphony orchestra, the Cave Run Symphony was founded in 2013. It is a 60-piece musical ensemble comprised of professional and semi-professional musicians, music professors and teachers, and highly qualified, auditioned student musicians.
The Orchestra is operated by the Cave Run Symphony Orchestra Society, Inc., a non-profit, tax-exempt organization under Section 501 ©(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Gifts to the CRSO are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.
The CRSO is funded by gifts, grants, sponsorships, program book advertising, branded merchandise marketing and ticket sales. We welcome support at any time of the year.
Cave Run Symphony Orchestra to be Scottish at April 6 concert
A salute to great music from and about Scotland will be featured on Sunday, April 6, when the Cave Run Symphony Orchestra wraps up its 11th full season with a concert entitled “Great Scot” at 3 p.m. in the Morehead Conference Center.
It will be the CRSO’s fourth performance of the 2024-25 season and will include compositions by Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Villiers Stanford, William Alwyn, Michael Korb, Ulrich Rover, and Leroy Anderson.
“We are pleased to present another great concert and to finish this wonderful season of entertaining local audiences with the beauty and power of orchestral music,” said Dr. Craig Burrows, CRSO board chair.
The 60-piece orchestra is operated by the Cave Run Symphony Orchestra Society, a non-profit, tax exempt organization under Section 501 ©(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
“The orchestra is underwritten by gifts, sponsorships, program book advertising, and ticket sales and we welcome support at any time of the year,” Burrows added.
Gifts can be made online at caverunsymphony.org or at the door of the concert or by mail to PO Box 441, Morehead.
Adult tickets for April 6 are $15 and are available at the Morehead Visitor Center. Cash or checks will be accepted for payment.
Tickets also can be purchased at the door with cash, checks or credit cards. Children and students of all ages are admitted free of charge.
Morehead is proud to be the smallest city in Kentucky with a community-supported symphony orchestra.
Hometown Holiday attracts an overflow audience for the Cave Run Symphony
More than 730 persons jammed the Morehead Conference Center on Saturday, Dec. 7, for the magical sounds of the holiday season presented by the Cave Run Symphony Orchestra and three guest choral music ensembles.
It was the largest attendance at a CRSO concert in five years and the orchestra’s second performance of the 2024-25 season. It was the culminating event of two days of holiday festivities in the Morehead area.
Noel Weaver, visiting assistant professor of choral music at Morehead State University, was guest conductor for the concert featuring the Concert Choir and University Chorus from MSU and the Honor Choir from Montgomery County High School.
“We were pleased to celebrate this special time of the year with our musicians, audience members, area residents, and community sponsors who enjoy orchestral music,” said Dr. Craig Burrows, CRSO board chair. “And we greatly appreciated the efforts of Tony Pence and Downtown Morehead, Inc. in coordinating these holiday events.”
Burrows added that grants from the City of Morehead, Rowan County Fiscal Court and the Morehead-Rowan Tourism Commission again subsidized the cost of free admission to the concert.
Audience members who desired to financially support the orchestra were encouraged to make a voluntary donation at the door in the spirit of GWYC (Give What You Can).
The 60-piece orchestra is operated by the Cave Run Symphony Orchestra Society, Inc., a non-profit, tax-exempt organization under Section 501 ©(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Gifts to the CRSO are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Remaining concerts in the 2024-25 season will be Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, with the theme of “Symphonic Stories” and on Sunday, April 6, 2025, with the theme of “Great Scot!” Both concerts begin at 3 p.m. at the Conference Center.
“Since the orchestra is underwritten by gifts, sponsorships, grants, program book advertising, and ticket sales, we welcome support at any time of the year,” Burrows added.
Adult tickets are $15 and are available for the February and April concerts at the Morehead Visitor Center, at the door or online at CRSOmusic.org. Children and students of all ages are admitted free of charge to all performances.
More than 730 persons jammed the Morehead Conference Center on Saturday, Dec. 7, for the magical sounds of the holiday season presented by the Cave Run Symphony Orchestra and three guest choral music ensembles.
It was the largest attendance at a CRSO concert in five years and the orchestra’s second performance of the 2024-25 season. It was the culminating event of two days of holiday festivities in the Morehead area.
Noel Weaver, visiting assistant professor of choral music at Morehead State University, was guest conductor for the concert featuring the Concert Choir and University Chorus from MSU and the Honor Choir from Montgomery County High School.
“We were pleased to celebrate this special time of the year with our musicians, audience members, area residents, and community sponsors who enjoy orchestral music,” said Dr. Craig Burrows, CRSO board chair. “And we greatly appreciated the efforts of Tony Pence and Downtown Morehead, Inc. in coordinating these holiday events.”
Burrows added that grants from the City of Morehead, Rowan County Fiscal Court and the Morehead-Rowan Tourism Commission again subsidized the cost of free admission to the concert.
Audience members who desired to financially support the orchestra were encouraged to make a voluntary donation at the door in the spirit of GWYC (Give What You Can).
The 60-piece orchestra is operated by the Cave Run Symphony Orchestra Society, Inc., a non-profit, tax-exempt organization under Section 501 ©(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Gifts to the CRSO are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Remaining concerts in the 2024-25 season will be Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, with the theme of “Symphonic Stories” and on Sunday, April 6, 2025, with the theme of “Great Scot!” Both concerts begin at 3 p.m. at the Conference Center.
“Since the orchestra is underwritten by gifts, sponsorships, grants, program book advertising, and ticket sales, we welcome support at any time of the year,” Burrows added.
Adult tickets are $15 and are available for the February and April concerts at the Morehead Visitor Center, at the door or online at CRSOmusic.org. Children and students of all ages are admitted free of charge to all performances.