Chattanooga Symphony and Opera Appoints New Music Librarian

Chattanooga, TN - The Chattanooga Symphony and Opera is pleased to announce that Megan Chisom Peyton has been appointed to the post of music librarian beginning July 1, 2015. She succeeds long-time librarian Janet Hale who is retiring after a career of more than 40 years with the CSO as librarian and principal flutist.

"We are delighted to welcome Megan to this new role with the CSO. She has been performing with us for the past two seasons as a section violist. She and her husband will be relocating from Greenville, SC, and it will be great to have her in Chattanooga full-time," said CSO Executive Director Molly Sasse.

Ms. Peyton is a graduate of the University of Texas and holds a Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Georgia. She also holds a Music Therapy? Equivalency Certificate from the University of Georgia. Before accepting the library position with the CSO she was Principal Viola for the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra and the Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra, and a section violist for the Greenville Symphony Orchestra.

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The mission of the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera is to inspire, engage, and enrich the greater Chattanooga community through music and music education.

The 2015/16 season marks 83 seasons for the CSO, which played its first concert on November 5, 1933. The CSO, conducted by Music Director Kayoko Dan, consists of top players from the Chattanooga area as well as from across the southern region. The CSO performs a full season of Masterworks, Pops, Chamber, and Volkswagen Series concerts from September through May, as well as a variety of community, education, and engagement events throughout the year.