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|type= Performing arts
|location=205 E. Zaragoza Street<br/>(The [[Tivoli High House]])
|leader_title= Music director
|leader_name= [[Peter Rubardt]]
|board= [[Thomas Bailey]], <small>''President''</small><br/>[[William Dollarhide]], <small>''Vice President''</small><br/>[[Rick Harper]], <small>''Treasurer''</small><br/>[[Robert de Varona]], <small>''Immediate Past President''</small><br/>Ava Abney<br/>Thomas Armstrong<br/>[[John Cavanaugh]]<br/>Rodger P. Doyle<br/>Martha Ann Hunter<br/>Tad Ihns<br/>Angela Jones<br/>Patricia Langhorne<br/>Ann G. Litvak<br/>Anne Patterson<br/>James M. Potter<br/>Douglas Rehm<br/>Susan Stumpf<br/>Robert W. Turner<br/>Milton Usry<br/>Roger Webb<br/>Timothy Wright<br/>|staff= [[Christina Littlejohn]], <small>''Executive Director''</small><br/>[[Bret Barrow]], <small>''Director of Education & Development Administration''</small><br/>[[Kat Davis]], <small>''Director of Public Relations & Foundation Officer''</small><br/>[[Crystal Lohman]], <small>''Director of Patron Services & Marketing Manager''</small><br/>[[Michelle Thomas]], <small>''Director of Finance''</small><br/>[[Dale Riegle]], <small>''Orchestra Personnel Manager''</small><br/>[[Allison Giltinan]], <small>''Music Librarian''</small><br/>[[Martin Rogers]], <small>''Operations Manager''</small><br/>
|budget=$900,000
|website=[http://www.pensacolasymphony.com www.pensacolasymphony.com]
==History==
The Pensacola Symphony Orchestra dates back to [[1926]], when German-born [[John Borjes]], who had studied at the [[WikipdiaWikipedia:Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre|Leipzog Leipzig conservatory]], established the '''Pensacola Philharmonic Orchestra'''. A smaller, more informal group was also founded around that time by [[Edwin Northrup]].
The groups continued to perform through the [[Wikipedia:Great Depression|Great Depression]] with financial assistance from [[Wikipedia:Works Progress Administration|Works Progress Administration]]'s [[Wikipedia:Federal Music Project|Federal Music Project]]. The groups' names changed many times over the years before settling on the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra.
The Pensacola Symphony Orchestra is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization that is operated by a 23-member Board of Directors, the current president of which is [[Thomas Bailey]]. The organization also employs five full-time staff members, including an executive director position, currently held by [[Christina Littlejohn]].
===Board of Directors===
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*[[Thomas Bailey]], ''President''
*[[William Dollarhide]], ''Vice President''
*[[Rick Harper]], ''Treasurer''
*[[Robert de Varona]], ''Immediate Past President''
*Ava Abney
*Thomas Armstrong
*[[John Cavanaugh]]
*Rodger P. Doyle
*Martha Ann Hunter
*Tad Ihns
*Angela Jones
*Patricia Langhorne
*Ann G. Litvak
*Anne Patterson
*James M. Potter
*Douglas Rehm
*Susan Stumpf
*Robert W. Turner
*Milton Usry
*Roger Webb
*Timothy Wright
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===Past Board Presidents===
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*1953-54 – [[Gene Trader]]
*1954-58 – [[George Narber]]
