Maude Winthrop Gibbon and Martha Laurens Patterson founded the orchestra in 1936. The orchestra gave its first concert on 28 December 1936, conducted by Tony Hadgi, at the Dock Street Theatre.
In 1936, Maude Winthrop Gibbon and Martha Laurens Patterson founded the orchestra. Their inaugural performance took place on December 28, 1936, conducted by Tony Hadgi, at the Dock Street Theatre.