It is one of the oldest women's orchestra in the world after the Orchestre féminin de Paris (founded in 1930).
The orchestra's music director from its founding was Hyman Schandler.
Schandler, also a violinist in the Cleveland Orchestra, continued as conductor into the 1980s.
The current music director is [Eric Benjamnin].
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