The orchestra supplements its core by bringing more than 400 professionally auditioned guest musicians to Charleston annually.
[citation needed] Maude Winthrop Gibbon and Martha Laurens Patterson founded the orchestra in 1936.
The orchestra gave its first concert on 28 December 1936, conducted by Tony Hadgi, at the Dock Street Theatre.
This follows the organization's $1 million loss in revenue from ticket sales and local government funding.
Aligning with the CSO's COVID-19 recovery plan, the reorganization eliminated the full-time position of music director.