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Published: September 7, 2008
An anniversary and milestone
Twenty years later, the Oklahoma City Philharmonic continues its musical magic
By Rick Rogers
In October 1989, a fledgling orchestra played its first notes for a packed crowd that had turned out to hear familiar works by Tchaikovsky , Bach, Smetana and Ravel. The occasion was the long-awaited debut of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic , an ensemble that promised "a new tradition of musical magic.”

Two decades later, that tradition has continued uninterrupted. The orchestra has since performed more than 150 cla...

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