Since our very first season, the finest musicians of our region have been sharing their talents and their love of music with our community. From a group of 40 local musicians performing at the Orpheum Theater, to a group of 70 professional members performing in the acoustically fine, Weidner Center for Performing Arts, we've grown to become the state of Wisconsin's third-largest symphonic orchestra.

A Timeline of Our Leadership

1914	Alex Enna - a young, choral conductor from Marinette; first ensemble to use the name "Green Bay Symphony Orchestra"
1915	Walter Larsen - concertmaster of the GBSO; conducted 2 concerts per season
1929	Rudolph Arens - faculty at Lawrence Conservatory; further established the ensemble into the Polyphonia Society
1946	Herman Daumler - former concertmaster of the Polyphonia; reorganized the orchestra again as the Green Bay Symphonette
1952	Ralph Holter - Symphonette concertmaster and school orchestra director at West High School
1966	Oleg Kovalenko - hired as the first full-time, professional music director; orchestra officially again becomes Green Bay Symphony Orchestra; later became associate conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
1972	Miroslav Pansky - a prominent Czech conductor whose tenure with the GBSO witnessed a period of great growth and diversity for the Orchestra
1995	Shinik Hahm - the third GBSO music director, Hahm, a Korean native, also served as music director of the Yale Symphony, and the Abilene Philharmonic
2001	Bridget-Michaele Reischl - our fourth music director; appeared with the Atlanta and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestras, the Dayton and Brooklyn Philharmonics; music director of the Oberlin Orchestras