Monica Weaver was graceful and generous, a top student and a swimmer who played the flute in a local symphony.

He was also a director of the local symphony and opera and a trustee of Temple Israel.

Other students hope to sit on boards for various good causes - the heart fund, for example, or the local symphony.

I returned to Stamford and found that the local symphony was "locked up" with pros from New York City.

Officials of all the local symphonies said it is extremely difficult to find the original orchestral arrangements for movies, because many were simply tossed out once the score was recorded.

After the end of World War II, however, the community felt ready to support a local symphony.

Started their forum to develop the ideal picture of the local symphony for the 21st century in 1997.

It is a corporation "like a small nonprofit, like the local symphony or museum, run by volunteers," Mr. Skiba said.

During his teen years, he played in jazz and blues bands and with local symphonies and orchestras.

With lights finally out and the motor silent, I caught the first movements of the local symphony.