Yakima Symphony Orchestra

It all started with a chamber orchestra in 1967 organized by a dozen musicians and Brooke Creswell as the music conductor. They operated under the auspices of Yakima Valley Community College and performed in the small, acoustically dry College Theater with occasional run-outs to the Capitol Theatre or Davis High School. During those first few years a group of dedicated people determined that the chamber orchestra deserved the stability that an autonomous organization could provide and they incorporated as Patrons of Music.