As stated in the Inquirer ("Symphony finds home in Camden: Though it is named for Haddonfield, the nomadic ensemble is settling in on the Rutgers campus," by David Patrick Stearns, 11/02/06):
News of forthcoming Shostakovich symphony performances is not what you expect to see on the time-and-date monitors at PATCO's High-Speed Line stations. But there it is, the Haddonfield Symphony's next concert in its first season at Camden's Gordon Theater, where Shostakovich's Symphony No. 11 is being readied for an 8 p.m. performance Saturday.
In previous years the symphony had performed in a variety of venues but did not have a home of its own.
The Courier Post has more information on the symphony ("Haddonfield Symphony gets by with a little help from its friends," by Frank Halperin, 11/04):
While many arts patrons may be familiar with the orchestra, they may not realize how much preparation each concert requires -- work that is often being done by volunteers.
Approximately 40 volunteers help the symphony's five administrative staffers organize mailings, conduct fundraisers and usher patrons to their seats during performances at Rutgers-Camden's Walter K. Gordon Theater -- the symphony's primary venue.
The symphony, one of the region's cultural gems, has been in existence since 1952.
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