In addition to the critically-acclaimed season classical and pops performances, the RSO is also widely regarded as a leader in education and community outreach programs. The Lennox International Young Artists Competition for Piano and Strings annually draws talented young performers from around the world. The orchestra is actively involved in elementary education programs in the Richardson ISD and in programs benefiting students at the University of North Texas and University of Texas at Dallas.

The RSO is under the leadership of Anshel Bruilow, whose prodigious talents were recognized when he was admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music at the age of eleven. From there he went on to the Philadelphia Musical Academy (now the University of the Arts). At age 16, he was the youngest conducting student ever accepted by the late Pierre Monteux. Highlighting his early career was an autumn in Paris, where he was a winner in the Jacque Thibaud-Marguerite Long Violin Competition (1949). In the years after this, he performed as soloist with the major orchestras of the country.

In 1955, Bruilow turned his sights toward orchestral experience. He spent a season as Concertmaster and Associate Conductor of the New Orleans Philharmonic Orchestra, four years as Associate Concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra, and seven years as Concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra. In 1970, Brusilow was appointed Executive Director and Conductor of the Dallas Symphony, a position he held until 1973. During his tenure, the orchestra toured the west coast and Central and South America for the first time ever, gaining accolades for both conductor and orchestra. Since 1973, he has developed orchestra programs and graduate conducting studies at the University of North Texas and Southern Methodist University.

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Musicians

• Phil Lewis: violin
• Nancy Messuri: violin
• Linda Proch: violin
• Linda Cohen: violin
• Andre Gustus: violin
• Jennifer Garner: violin
• Radost Tedford: violin
• Veronika Vassileva: violin
• Sarah Carmichael: violin
• Gerald Brahinsky: violin
• Song Young Kim: violin
• Mary Havenstrite: violin
• Oksana Sifri: violin
• Jody Cies: violin
• Jo Wallace-Abbie: violin
• Julianne Booth: violin
• Rosalyn Hart: violin
• Valerie Pankratz: violin
• Katy Moore: violin
• Susan Dubois: viola
• Sonja Ryberg: viola
• Peggy Tucker: viola
• Andrew Ding: viola
• Lorin Chisholm: viola
• Viara Stefanova: viola
• Irma Eristavi: viola
• Jennifer Sweetman: viola
• Jungshinn Lewis: cello
• Beth Conway: cello
• Adron Ming: cello
• Brian Sague : cello
• Alex Matros: cello
• Kristin Stilley : cello
• Alice Lee: cello
• Hsinyi Wang: cello
• Dwight Anderson: cello
• David Fray: cello
• Jeff Bradetich: double bass
• Dylan Palmer: double bass
• James Hayden: double bass
• Brian Peacock: double bass
• Jeremy Atkins: double bass
• Debby Johnson: flute
• Darby Gay: flute
• Jackie Poe Akin: flute
• Kelli Short: oboe
• Ceci Lagarenne : english horn, oboe
• Ken Krause: clarinet
• John Scott: clarinet
• Doug Obst: bass clarinet
• Marty Spake: bassoon
• Lisa Oleniczak: bassoon
• Ron Crisco: french horn
• Chrystal Stevens: french horn
• Brian Brown: french horn
• Tammy Brown: french horn
• Bert Truax: trumpet
• Woody Yenne: trumpet
• Donald Burks: trumpet
• James McNair: trombone
• Donny Pinson: trombone
• John Wasson: trombone
• Jason Wallace: tuba
• Stephen Kimple: timpani
• Dale Sacco: percussion
• David Elias: percussion
• Laura Logan: harp
• Jeff Lankov: piano
• Anshel Bruilow: conductor, music director

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