The Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra is a regional symphony orchestra in Flagstaff, Arizona. They play in the Ardrey Auditorium on the campus of Northern Arizona University.
The orchestra was founded on April 11, 1899, as the "Flagstaff Symphony" made its concert debut in Babbitt's Opera House, located in what today is the second floor of the Babbitt Building in downtown Flagstaff. The modern Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra was founded as the Northern Arizona Symphony in 1950 by Dr. Eldon Ardrey.
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