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=== Performing arts === Live [[jazz]] music is the centerpiece of two annual outdoor festivals in Syracuse, the [[Syracuse Jazz Festival]], Polish Festival as well as the CNY Jazz Arts Foundation's Jazz in the Square Festival. Performers in the last five years have included [[Chuck Mangione]], [[Joshua Redman]], [[Smokey Robinson]], [[Branford Marsalis]], [[The Bad Plus]], [[Randy Brecker]], [[Stanley Clarke]], [[Jimmy Heath]], [[Terrence Blanchard]], [[Slide Hampton]], [[Bobby Watson (American musician)|Bobby Watson]], [[Dr. John]], and [[Aretha Franklin]]. The Polish Festival hosted Grammy winners [[Jimmy Sturr]] and his Orchestra, Polish music legend [[Stan Borys]] and [[Irena Jarocka]], Grammy nominee [[Lenny Gomulka|Lenny Goumulka]], LynnMarie, Dennis Polisky & The Maestro's Men, The Buffalo Touch Polka Band featuring Jerry Darlak, and The John Gora Band. Syracuse was home to the 75-member [[Syracuse Symphony Orchestra]] (SSO), founded in 1961.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=Melinda|last2=Breidenbach|first2=Michelle|date=April 3, 2011|title=Backstage at the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra: Squeezed musicians, tired donors and a slow-building crisis|url=https://www.syracuse.com/news/2011/04/backstage_at_the_syracuse_symp.html|access-date=November 20, 2020|website=Syracuse|language=en|archive-date=April 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418202935/https://www.syracuse.com/news/2011/04/backstage_at_the_syracuse_symp.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The SSO's former music directors include [[Daniel Hege]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Johnson|first=Melinda|date=June 17, 2009|title=Syracuse Symphony Orchestra music director Daniel Hege signs on with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra|url=https://www.syracuse.com/arts/2009/06/while_syracuse_symphony_orches.html|access-date=November 20, 2020|website=Syracuse|language=en|archive-date=April 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418202940/https://www.syracuse.com/arts/2009/06/while_syracuse_symphony_orches.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Frederik Prausnitz]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=November 22, 2004|title=Frederik Prausnitz, 84, Advocate of Modern Classical Composers, Dies (Published 2004)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/22/arts/music/frederik-prausnitz-84-advocate-of-modern-classical-composers.html|access-date=November 20, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=April 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418181909/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/22/arts/music/frederik-prausnitz-84-advocate-of-modern-classical-composers.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Kazuyoshi Akiyama]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 27, 1995|title=Symphony Guest Conducts In Two Distinctive Realms {{!}} The Spokesman-Review|url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/jan/27/symphony-guest-conducts-in-two-distinctive-realms/|access-date=November 20, 2020|website=The Spokesman-Review|archive-date=April 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418204100/https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/jan/27/symphony-guest-conducts-in-two-distinctive-realms/|url-status=live}}</ref> The orchestra performed over 200 concerts annually for an audience of over 250,000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Syracuse, New York {{!}} GoComGo.com |url=https://gocomgo.com/cities/syracuse-new-york/venues |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=gocomgo.com}}</ref> The SSO filed for [[Chapter 7, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 7 Bankruptcy]] in 2011 and was replaced by the Syracuse Symphoria in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Symphoria plays for 34,000 fans after rising from bankrupt Syracuse Symphony (video) |url=http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/03/symphoria_plays_for_34000_after_rising_from_bankrupty_syracuse_symphony.html |website=Syracuse.com |date=March 4, 2014 |access-date=October 28, 2015 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924130746/http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/03/symphoria_plays_for_34000_after_rising_from_bankrupty_syracuse_symphony.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Clinton String Quartet has been active for over 15 years and is based in the Syracuse area. All four members were also members of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. The Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music for more than a half century have presented a series of concerts by various [[Chamber music|chamber]] ensembles. The [[Society for New Music]], founded in 1971, is the oldest [[Contemporary classical music|new music]] organization in the state outside of New York City, and the only year-round new music group in [[upstate New York]]. The Society commissions at least one new work each year from a regional composer who awards the annual Brian Israel Prize to a promising composer under 30 years of age and produces the weekly "Fresh Ink" radio broadcast for [[WCNY-FM]]. The Syracuse Opera Company is a professional company that generally performs three operas each season. Founded in 1963 as the Opera Chorus of the [[Syracuse Symphony Orchestra]], it became independent in 1973. In addition to full performances, it offers several free outdoor concerts each year in [[Armory Square]], [[Thornden Park]], and elsewhere. The company has an annual budget of US$1 million and is the only professional opera company in upstate New York. The Syracuse Shakespeare Festival is a charitable, educational, not-for-profit corporation dedicated to performing the works of William Shakespeare. It was founded in 2002 and is best known for its annual free Shakespeare-in-the-Park program at the Thornden Park Amphitheatre that has attracted more than 12,000 people since its inception. [[Syracuse Stage]] presents experimental and creative theater; a number of its productions have been world premieres and have moved to [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}} The venue was designed by its most famous former artistic director [[Arthur Storch]]. Its artistic director is Robert Hupp. The Red House Arts Center, which opened in 2004, is a small theater housed in a converted hotel that offers performances by local, national, and international artists, and hosts regular exhibits in its art gallery, and screenings of [[independent films]]. Syracuse is also known for a large contemporary music scene, particularly in the [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]], [[hardcore punk|hardcore]], [[ska]], and [[punk rock]] genres.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/upstate-new-york-metal-scene/|title=Upstate New York's Music Scene Is Even Heavier Than the Snowfall|last=Jones|first=Alexander|date=December 21, 2015|website=Vice|language=en|access-date=October 24, 2019|archive-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024171100/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/rq4nwx/upstate-new-york-metal-scene|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.syracuseska.com/scene.html|title=Syracuse Ska Scene β Scene|website=syracuseska.com|access-date=October 24, 2019|archive-date=November 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191118054953/http://www.syracuseska.com/scene.html|url-status=live}}</ref> From 1997 to 2003, Syracuse (or its suburbs) was home to [[Hellfest (American music festival)|Hellfest]], a major hardcore music festival.
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