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| Grant Park Symphony Orchestra The Orchestra performs at the Grant Park Music Festival, outdoor, the nation's only free, municipally funded |   |
| Symphony of Oak Park & River Forest Lead by Jay Friedman, this community symphony of both amateur and professional musicians perform classical music concerts in the Chicago, Illinois area. |   | |
| Quincy Symphony Orchestra These include a holiday concert with the Symphony Chorus, a spring pops concert, and the Young Artists Concert. The Orchestra performs five concerts annually. |   | |
| Suburban Youth Symphony Orchestra The SYSO is composed of about sixty young musicians from Chicago's southern suburbs who present an annual subscription series as well as a number of other performances in the Chicago area. |   | |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra Web site contains biographies and history about this symphony orchestra. |   | |
| Waukegan Symphony Orchestra Trapp Auditorium at Waukegan High School. Community-based orchestra presenting a four-concert series performed in the Orlin D. |   | |
| Peoria Symphony Music director and conductor William Wilsen leads this symphony that provides concerts and community music education to the Peoria, Illinois community. |   | |
| Classical Symphony Orchestra The orchestra's rehearsals are open to the public. Offers orchestral training in a range of repertoire. |   | |
| Illinois Symphony Orchestra Web site also provides concert and ticketing information. Professional organization that was formed by the consolidation of the Bloomington-Normal Symphony Society and the Springfield Symphony Orchestra Association. |   | |
| Philharmonic Society of Belleville Arts society that supports the Belleville Philharmonic Orchestra, the nation's second oldest continuously performing symphony orchestra. |   | |
| Augustana College Symphony Orchestra The orchestra performs three full programs a year and joins with the Handel Oratorio Society in yearly performances of Messiah and a major oratorio in the spring. In addition, the orchestra perfor. Full-size orchestra of approximately 75 members. |   | |
| Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra Provides music experience to high school musicians through an organization comprising three orchestras, a chamber music program, international touring and an annual summer residency at Chicago's Grant Park Music Festival. |   | |
| Music of the Baroque Professional chorus and orchestra specializing in 16th, 17th and 18th century music. |   | |
| Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra Symphony orchestra offering subscription concerts in Hammerschmidt Chapel at Elmhurst College. |   | |
| Rockford Symphony Orchestra Presents a classics, pops and family series. |   | |
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