Texas Association for Symphony Orchestras

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• Texas Association for Symphony Orchestras

TASO
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Why join TASO?
TASO Celebrates Success!

• Texas Association for Symphony Orchestras

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TASOs Mission

• Provide a forum for volunteers to exchange ideas

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TASOs Mission

• Assist in the support, development and promotion
  of symphony orchestras

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TASO works for you

• Trains volunteers who support orchestras and
  those who lead their leagues or guilds

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You can join us!

• Any organization that supports a symphony or
  chamber orchestra is eligible to join TASO as an
  active member.
• Any other organizations or individuals may join
  as non-voting affiliate members and are eligible
  to attend conference.
• Patron members are affiliates who provide
  increased financial support through their dues.

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TASO Board

• Each member group has a representative
• on the TASO board.

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Meetings

• The TASO Board meets 3 times a year in Dallas and
  at the Annual Conference site.
• The Annual Conference is open to all members at
  sites rotated among member organizations.

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Juanita Miller Concerto Competition

• TASO sponsors a statewide music competition that
  was begun in 1997 and named in honor of TASOs
  first president, Juanita Miller.

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TASO Members Share
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CONGREGATE

• Take an in-depth look at the past year
• Keep abreast of how we may best serve the
  orchestras we support

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COLLABORATE

• Workshops conducted by experts
• Interactive roundtable discussions and panels

• Presentations by member groups
• Topics include Leadership, Membership,
• Projects and Fundraising.
• Recently added Advocacy, Technology
• and Media/Public Relations

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CONGRATULATE

• Award presentations in the areas of
• Service
• Fundraising
• Education

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CONGRATULATE

• Finalists make PowerPoint presentations and share
  information on their successful projects.
• Commended project finalists lead roundtable
  presentations and provide written materials to
  conference attendees.

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CONGRATULATE

• Awards of Excellence
• Chosen from nominees statewide in each of
  three categories of Business, Volunteer,
  Legislator or Patron

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CONGRATULATE

• Juanita Miller Concerto Competition
• Winner Performances

• The finalists in three divisions (strings,
  wind, piano) perform for
• the annual conference.

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Award-Winning Education Projects

• Instrument Petting Zoo
• Houston Symphony League
• Bud to Bloom and Music Merit Scholarships
• Womens Symphony League of Tyler
• Youth Music Scholarship Awards
• Wichita Falls Symphony League

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Award-Winning Fundraising Projects

• Painted Violins..Strings Attached
  Symphony League of Fort Worth
• A Day by the Bay Home Tour
• Houston Symphony League Bay Area
• Alex Fleming Memorial Bowl
• Womens Symphony League of Tyler

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Award-Winning Service Projects

• Polar Express Family Concert?
• Womens Symphony League of Tyler
• Sunday Sounds
• Waco Symphony Council

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TASO Resources

• See our website at www.tasovolunteers.com.
• Read our quarterly newsletter, TASO News, for
  up-to-date information about member projects and
  activities.
• Apply to Texas Commission on the Arts for a grant
  to attend conference.
• (right-click to open hyperlinks)
  

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History

• The notion of a state organization was born in
  New Orleans when attendees from Texas were at the
  Womens Association for Symphony Orchestras.
• Shortly thereafter an organizational meeting was
  held in Dallas that included representatives from
  11 cities.
• Mrs. Henry S Miller, Jr. (Juanita) was elected
  the first president in 1967 in Houston.

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• First conference was held in El Paso in 1968.
• In 1997 TASO started a statewide youth concerto
  competition. Judges from prestigious music
  schools across the country select a finalists to
  compete for the grand prize of performing with an
  orchestra in Texas.

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TASO Today!

• Celebrates its 42nd anniversary in 2009
• Boasts 32 member organizations, including the New
  Mexico Symphony Guild
• Showcases TASO members in the news
• Painted Violins... Strings Attached
• Women's Symphony League Adopts Italian Theme for
  Games
• Houston Symphony Gala 2009