San Bernardino Symphony

San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra
Founded	1928 (1928)
Location	San Bernardino, California, US
Concert hall	California Theatre (San Bernardino)
Music director	Anthony R. Parnther
Website	sanbernardinosymphony.org

The San Bernardino Symphony orchestra is an American symphony orchestra, based in San Bernardino, California. Founded in 1929 by newspaper magnate and conductor, James K. Guthrie, the San Bernardino Symphony is one of the oldest professional orchestras in the state of California.

The orchestra performs the majority of their season at the historic California Theater for the Performing Arts. The orchestra's current music director is Anthony R. Parnther, since 2019.

After a two-year long international search, the San Bernardino Symphony appointed Anthony R. Parnther music director in 2019, making him one of the only black conductors of a professional orchestra in the United States.

Guthrie Library

The Guthrie Library, owned and operated by the San Bernardino Symphony, boasts one of the largest collections of orchestral music in the United States.

Music directors

• Jay Plowe (1929-1933)
• James Guthrie (1935-1961)
• Joseph Pearlman (1962-1965)
• Rudolph Picardi (1965-1968)
• Michael Perriere (1968-1976)
• Meredith Wilson (1976)
• Alberto Bolet (1976-1980)
• Gregory Millar (1981-1982)
• Thomas Nee (1981)
• Donald Ambroson (1983-1984)
• Dr. Ben Eby (1983-1984)
• Don Th. Jaeger (1983-1984 & 1984)
• Stewart Robertson (1989-2001)
• Carlo Ponti, Jr. (2001-2013)
• Frank Fetta (2013-2017)
• Scott Bonner - Interim (2017-2019)
• Anthony R. Parnther (2019–present)

Performance venues

• 
  California Theatre (San Bernardino), the San Bernardino Symphony's principal Masterworks venue
• 
  Redlands Bowl, the orchestra's principal Summer venue

External links

• San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra website