“In the wake of the chaos left by the Covid crisis, some nonprofit organizations emerged with new goals, names and plans. Polk County’s only professional orchestra is no exception,” writes Cary McMullen in Monday’s (8/2) Lkldnow (Lakeland, FL). “After being known for more than 30 years as the Imperial Symphony Orchestra, it will enter the 2021-2022 season as the Lakeland Symphony Orchestra, the name it originally had when it was formed in 1965…. The orchestra will have a different home and day of the week for its major concerts, shorten its programs and hold multiple small concerts around the county. [Last season] the orchestra did give a few concerts, some conducted in outdoor spaces with limited seating and others featuring small ensembles…. The orchestra also live-streamed its concerts…. Changing the orchestra’s name back to its original form had been discussed … for years…. ‘Most orchestras are named after the city where they’re located. Lakeland Symphony Orchestra just makes more sense,’ [board member Greg Sale] says…. For many seasons, the orchestra gave its concerts at the Youkey Theatre … on Tuesday evenings, but in the upcoming season, the orchestra will give its three major concerts on Saturdays in the Polk Theatre.”
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