. . . "In addition to playing an entire season of symphony concerts each year, the orchestra is involved in children's concerts, ballet, opera, and pops concerts.???Internationally known artists appear with the orchestra on a regular basis, artists such as Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Doc Severinsen, Ray Charles, John Browning, Jean Pierre Rampal, Denyce Graves, Christopher Parkening, Edgar Meyer, Roberta P" . . . . . . . .