121 Orchestras Except for Jersey City (which is very close to New York City and Newark) and Honolulu (where the orchestra went out of business in December 2010), all 125 cities have orchestras playing classical music. The Florida Orchestra plays in both Tampa and St. Petersburg; the Virginia Symphony Orchestra plays in both Norfolk and Virginia Beach. Alabama: Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery Alaska: Anchorage Arizona: Mesa, Phoenix, Tucson Arkansas: Little Rock California: Bakersfield, Fresno, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Stockton Colorado: Colorado Springs, Denver Connecticut: Bridgeport, Hartford Delaware: Wilmington District of Columbia: Washington Florida: Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, St. Petersburg, Tampa Georgia: Atlanta, Columbus Idaho: Boise Illinois: Chicago, Peoria, Rockford Indiana: Evansville, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis Iowa: Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Des Moines Kansas: Wichita Kentucky: Lexington, Louisville Louisiana: Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Shreveport Maine: Portland Maryland: Baltimore Massachusetts: Boston, Springfield, Worcester Michigan: Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids Minnesota: Minneapolis, St. Paul Mississippi: Jackson Missouri: Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield Montana: Billings Nebraska: Lincoln, Omaha Nevada: Las Vegas, Reno New Hampshire: Manchester New Jersey: Newark New Mexico: Albuquerque New York: Albany, Buffalo, New York City, Rochester, Syracuse North Carolina: Charlotte, Durham, Greensboro, Raleigh, Winston-Salem North Dakota: Fargo Ohio: Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, Youngstown Oklahoma: Oklahoma City, Tulsa Oregon: Portland Pennsylvania: Erie, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh Rhode Island: Providence South Carolina: Columbia South Dakota: Sioux Falls Tennessee: Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville Texas: Amarillo, Arlington, Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Houston, Lubbock, San Antonio Utah: Salt Lake City Vermont: Burlington Virginia: Norfolk, Richmond, Virginia Beach Washington: Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma West Virginia: Charleston Wisconsin: Madison, Milwaukee Wyoming: Cheyenne Where Do They Play? This is not a complete list of American orchestras. For example, in the state of Iowa alone, there are also orchestras in Sioux City, Dubuque, Mt. Pleasant, Ames, Waterloo, and Fort Dodge, in addition to numerous community bands and college and university orchestras. |