The New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) was an American

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, one of three based in

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New Hampshire New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

. It was established in 1974, with conductor James Bolle. Its last listed music director was

Kenneth Kiesler Kenneth Kiesler (born August 18, 1953) is an American symphony orchestra and opera conductor and mentor to conductors. Kiesler is conductor laureate of the Illinois Symphony Orchestra where he was music director from 1980 to 2000 and founder and d ...

. In early 2007, the NHSO reported that it had sold only 100 of 850 available seats for its February concert. The orchestra subsequently cancelled its season and ceased operation. The official NHSO website had not been updated since 2005, and by 2009 was gone.

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