Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra began in 1945 as the Atlanta Youth Symphony under Henry Sopkin and took its present name in 1947. Robert Shaw, music director from 1967 to 1988, founded its choruses, and Yoel Levi succeeded him. For New World Records it recorded Ned Rorem's String Symphony under Shaw, with Sunday Morning and Eagles conducted by Louis Lane, and a disc of works by Stephen Paulus.